Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Nuclear Winner
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.08.2007
At 10:31:33, Buchanan tells Nadia that if Habib does call, he won't be speaking English. Nadia offers to set up a separate channel for simultaneous translation. Then she heads over to Milo to ask him to set up the channel for her. At least she knows how to delegate. "I can't, I'm busy," Milo pouts, and tells Nadia to do it herself. She says that she can't do it without the right security clearance. "Hasn't stopped you before now, has it?" Milo grumps, which is probably a reference to how she was using his login ID for half the day, which never really got resolved, did it? Nadia asks him what's wrong. Basically, he's pissed that she was acting all friendly to Doyle earlier over the comm. Nadia plays it off as concern for a field agent. But then she makes it a lot worse by suggesting, "He might not be as bad as you think he is." Because he reads religious texts? I recall Otto in A Fish Called Wanda doing some heavy reading as well. Milo insists that Doyle is every bit the creep he's been acting like, except for that one moment when Doyle covered for Milo without Milo knowing. Nadia is about to give up on Milo and go have Chloe set up the channel instead, but Milo stops her by angrily grabbing her arm. That's the thing about being the grabby guy, Milo -- it stops being charming in a hurry. Or maybe he's just figuring that it worked for Doyle, so he might as well give it a shot. In the background, Morris stands up and leans over the railing next to his desk. He softly and politely says, "Psst -- I know it's none of my business, but do we have bit of a problem?" That's the handy thing about his being a British ex-shoe salesman: he can more easily get away with asking someone, "Do I need to put a loafer in your arse? Because I know where to get lots more." Milo releases Nadia, tells Morris no, and mutters that he'll set up Nadia's channel. On her way back to her desk, she passes Morris, who stops her (not by grabbing her arm, though) to ask if she's all right. She says she is. Milo watches the little scene, probably deciding that now he's jealous of Morris as well. They should both stay clear of his reach.
At 10:33:16, Fayed directs the driver of the armored car to pull into a handy parking garage to await Habib's call. Kiefer and Doyle's pickup pulls to a stop one corner behind. Jamal tries again to get Fayed to lead them to his men, but Fayed still refuses. He asks why he's never heard of Jamal or his cell. "This is going south, Jack," Doyle whines to Kiefer, who tells him to be patient. Patient like Kiefer. Jamal gives Fayed the whole spiel about how cells are kept in ignorance of one another to protect themselves and the operation, which Fayed well knows. Jamal's phone rings. He speaks Arabic into it for a moment, then holds it out to Fayed. "The general," he says. I'm impressed that he doesn't seem more surprised. Fayed takes the phone, and he has a conversation in Arabic with his boss back in Mideastia. We see Habib looking beaten and bloody in some Mideastian prison as Nadia simultaneously translates the conversation over the radio for Doyle and Kiefer and CTU. And how awesome would it be if Fayed asked, "Who is that woman speaking?" Instead, he asks if Habib sent the men who rescued him. Habib looks over across the room to where Mideastian soldiers are holding guns to the heads of two boys, presumably Habib's sons. At least they weren't just pulled randomly off the street, because Habib answers Fayed's query in the affirmative. He asks after the status of the nukes. Fayed says he's got two left at a safe house, and when Habib asks why Fayed hasn't used them, Fayed tries to blame Gredenko. Habib isn't buying it. He blames Fayed, and says he should have sent somebody named Samir instead. Then he tells Fayed to meet up with his men and call Habib back for a new target. Fayed acknowledges and hangs up. "Are we good?" Jamal smirks at Fayed. Fayed tells the driver to head east at 10:36:05, and Kiefer and Doyle follow while Buchanan says he'll update Wayne.