Episode Report Card Gustave: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Serfin' USA
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.06.2002
The TerrorVan pulls up to a dirt field. A hooded Kiefer is pulled from the van and cuffed to a post many yards from the road amidst some Lynchian oil wells. FATB explains to Kiefer that a sniper rifle has been aimed at Kiefer. If the trade goes through smoothly, he vill live. If not, he vill die. "What about my daughter?" gasps Kiefer. "You vill hear from us when this is over," answers FATB cryptically. The time is 9:47:23 PM.
The time is 9:51:32 PM. Klockwise from the top left, the Palmer Powwow is still in full swing -- with an emphasis on swing -- Kiefer waits for further instructions, and Little Terror Brother convalesces in his hospital room. The jazz combo is now playing "I'm So Excited." 'Cause Patty's about to lose control and I think she likes it. She and Palmer re-enter the party and get back to their mingling. Palmer runs into Lady Mac, who introduces him to some AIDS research scientists and leaves him with them. She approaches a not-so-PerkyPatty at the bar and asks her if she was "upstairs with David." Patty replies sheepishly in the affirmative. "Good," says Lady Mac. "What happened?" "I did what you told me," says Patty. Jigga what? Lady Mac explains that Patty must seduce Palmer for the "good of the campaign." Patty isn't so thrilled with the idea. "I thought you liked David," says Lady Mac. "I do like him," says Patty. "It's just hard to deceive him like this." Lady Mac assures Patty that her husband "needs someone" like Patty. She takes the cherry out of Patty's drink, pops it into her bad-ass mouth, and exits. Ooooh! Oh, and for some reason, the lyrics to "I'm So Excited" are coming up in the closed captioning even though it's an instrumental version.
It's 9:54:06. An ambulance pulls up to the meeting place, which turns out to be -- uh oh! -- a parking garage. Inside the ambulance, LittleTerrorBrother struggles to stay alive. Xander is at his side. They park the ambulance inside the garage where a couple of TerrorMinions are waiting. LittleTerrorBrother is wheeled out. PotBelliedTerrorMinion is concerned about LittleTerrorBrother's health. Xander assures him that LTB's okay. PBTM calls the TerrorVan and reports that he's got LTB; he assures Xander that once he is sure he's not being followed, someone will call with Kiefer's whereabouts. "That's unacceptable," says Xander, pulling a gun on him. PBTM informs Xander that they've got Spawn too. Xander backs down and lets PBTM go. When they leave, he calls Nina, who is using some Whatever Technology to track down the second TerrorVan's whereabouts. Meanwhile, the second TerrorVan stops at a parking lot. PBTM searches LittleTerrorBrother's body with a scanner and finds CTU's tracking device. For some reason, Nina can tell that they've done this.