Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Not-So-Secret Service
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 25 | Aired on 09.13.2006
In the wine cellar, the two Oscar winners have an urgent, whispered conversation. She asks what he's doing there, and he says he was framed. Terrified for him, she tells him to turn himself in and she'll tell her husband the truth, but he refuses. Because he's protecting her, remember. She's afraid he's going to get killed if he remains a fugitive, but he knows how she can watch his back: find out the agents' daily password. Don't worry, it won't make any more sense later on. He kisses her goodbye and sends her back into the hallway with a full bladder and no excuse to return to the bathroom any time soon. I do have to give Michael Douglas credit; he does do a fairly good job in this movie of acting like he's in love with a woman whose age is within fifty years of his.
Back at the command post that Kiefer and the agents have set up at Pete's place, they get word that Pete just used his cell phone to call the First Lady's restaurant. Kiefer immediately teleports to the kitchen there, where he takes in the entire scene in about a moment. Noticing the phone behind the agent Pete snuck past earlier, he accuses, "You turned around when it rang, didn't you?" The agent sheepishly admits as much. Kiefer huffs, "Ballsy." Jill pops in to say that Agent Tom heard from FLOTUS what happened. As she and Kiefer head back to the restroom area, Kiefer explains that FLOTUS doesn't want to believe that her protector is trying to assassinate her husband, and that Pete is looking for allies. Kiefer finds the wine cellar, now empty. "The idea," he bitches at the hallway agent, "is to secure the entire site." Having made everyone feel bad, Kiefer leads Jill to the exit, ordering her to check stolen car reports on Accords, Tauruses, Camrys, and Explorers. "How do you know what kind of car he's going to steal?" Jill asks. Kiefer explains that Pete knows those are the four most commonly registered vehicles in the D.C. area. And as we see Pete stealing himself a Taurus, Kiefer adds the Pete's next move is going to be to find his informant, Walter Xavier. So at least Kiefer will know not to look for Pete at hair salons.
Pete spends the night in the driver's seat of his stolen Taurus, parked by the side of a rural road somewhere. Pretty bold for a federal fugitive in a stolen car. He's awakened by the morning sun. That must seem almost decadent, for someone who's used to waking up at 4 AM. Pete drives along the dirt roads until he comes across a crummy little mom-and-pop market, a bait shop with a sign advertising internet access. Inside, he uses the terminal to dummy up some Publisher's Clearing House business cards. Is this part of a plan to buy his way out of trouble with a giant check?
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