Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Spy vs. Spy
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.19.2006
At 8:30:27, Kiefer fixes Theo a drink as he informs him, "Your intelligence service denied our request for cooperation. So has your government." Way to start from a position of strength, there. Theo says that he's not surprised, remarking, "There's no upside to giving [Collette] up." So Kiefer makes Theo an offer: "Our roster of all known terror suspects working around the world. Our WET list." The gap between his sock and pant-cuff making him look a bit less dashing at the moment, Theo remarks that his government's requests for that list have always been turned down: "The NSA has always said that giving us the list would jeopardize their operations," he points out. "It will," Kiefer readily agrees. "I don't work for the NSA. I don't work for CTU. This is personal." It's so handy this season how Kiefer only works for CTU when he wants to. Instead of wondering how Kiefer's going to get a hold of the WET list as a private citizen, Theo agrees to the deal. Before Kiefer dials his cell phone to make it happen, Theo warns Kiefer that he already knows several names on the list, so he'll know if they try to pass him a fake. I wouldn't worry, Theo. Kiefer would never try to screw you like that.
Kiefer gets Chloe on the phone and asks her to download the WET list from the NSA server and send it to his PDA, ASAP, on the QT. Chloe says that's going to be a little tricky, what with a guy from DHS having ganked her keycard, but Kiefer tells her that this is the only way they're going to get to Bierko. She hangs up even more grumpily than usual, and glares over to where Slime is sitting at Edgar's computer, completely oblivious. But still irritating. Chloe watches as someone brings Slime a cup of coffee, and gets an idea. What you're about to see is why you should never make other people get your coffee, no matter how important you think you are.
It's 8:32:33 as Chloe goes over to Slime all innocent-like, saying, "Excuse me, Miles," and brushing his coffee cup right off the desk and into his lap. Slime leaps up like a scalded cat, if all cats were assholes, and demands in an angry-mom-in-church voice, "What's wrong with you?" Chloe fake-apologizes as Slime hurries off to the bathroom, removing his jacket and tie as he goes. He's not even out of sight before Chloe takes her keycard out of Slime's portable cardreader, sticks it into the built-in slot under Edgar's desk, and logs right onto the NSA server. She picks up the phone and calls Kiefer as she does so, and it's less than a minute before the list is uploaded to his PDA. "I hope you know what you're doing," Chloe grumbles before hanging up. Since when did she start wondering?