Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 291 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Small Consulation
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2007.03.05
Logan exits into the front lobby at 5:22:52, where a waiting Kiefer opens the front door for him. I expected Logan to be wired for sound so that Kiefer would already know what happened, but on their way to the car, Logan gives a report. He's truthful with Kiefer about what Markov said, but adds that he thinks that Markov is lying: "And he knows enough about what's going on to want to deny that." Opening the car door for Logan, Kiefer asks how Logan knows that. "Because I've done enough lying myself to be familiar with the signs," Logan replies. Wow, what if Logan is lying now? I think it would be cool if the show explored this further, going into what's at stake and what Kiefer and CTU risk by not believing Logan, and what they have to lose by believing him. There's probably some interesting discussions to be had about Logan's motives, and we could all go back and forth until we find out whether Markov is lying or telling the truth. What if Logan thinks he's lying but turns out to be right? What if he's being candid, but is only mistaken? There are any number of possibilities here.
So, instead, Markov immediately calls Gredenko to warn him that the U.S. is on to him. Possibilities pissed away. Gredenko is irritated that Russia's role been exposed this way, but Markov assures him that if the U.S. had any real evidence, they wouldn't have sent Logan in the first place: "By the time they find anything, it will be too late." Too late for what, exactly? Are they planning to instantly cripple the country's ability to retaliate against Russia with a first strike of three suitcase nukes? If it's that easy, maybe we shouldn't have won the Cold War after all. Even so, Gredenko agrees to proceed.