Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 216 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Fire in the Hole
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 14 | Aired on 2010.03.29
The evacuation party is underway and underground, briskly walking through the bowels of the U.N. Of course, some might say the U.N. is all bowel, but in this case it's the literal sub-basement tunnels. Hassan has changed out of his suit and into a casual jacket, like he's out on a day trip to look at autumn leaves or something. Up ahead, Kiefer is trying to call Ethan back, but getting no answer. So then he calls the CTU switchboard to have them patch him through. Wow, you do not call Kiefer unless you're really sure you want to talk to him, do you?
General Brucker is on the phone to the leader of his commando team, who says they can get to the tunnel access point in time, "If we haul ass." The ambush is set to happen at the vehicles. Brucker reminds him to get Hassan alive and wishes him luck. Meanwhile, under the U.N., Kiefer gets off the phone with the McGuire AFB switchboard and calls Walker up to the front of the group to warn her that something's up. "Keep your eyes open," he says. It's 5:36:47, and finally Walker can stop running blindly into things.
5:41:04. The evacuation party has reached a section of tunnel 200 meters long, cluttered with crates and pallets. There's barely enough room along one side to walk two abreast. Which I guess is why the SUVs are waiting at the mouth of the tunnel, with plainclothes agents standing next to them. Against his instincts, Kiefer starts leading everyone down the tunnel, trying once again to get Ethan on the phone. There certainly wasn't this much drama getting Taylor out of the U.N., as I recall. Either time. Brucker's commandos, lying in ambush, see them coming and pull down their ski masks. "Wait until the target's in the kill zone," the leader instructs. "Remember, we need to take Hassan alive." the leader says. It would probably be okay to shoot Hassan someplace in a large but non-vital part of his body, like the leg or the hair.