Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Undercover Brothers
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 4 | Aired on 01.12.2009
They pull up across the street from a Georgetown row house, and as they walk up to the door, Tony says, "We're here" into some kind of electronic Tic-Tac before slipping it into the pocket of his jeans. Apparently that little announcement was for Buchanan and Chloe's benefit. Tony rings the doorbell, and one of Emerson's henchmen answers it. They're invited in, and there's clearly some kind of weird vibe already, even though the upstairs of this house is much nicer than the downstairs. Emerson orders his men, "Take Mr. Bauer downstairs. I need to talk to Tony." Red flags are going up everywhere as the two henchmen usher Kiefer into the dungeon-like basement. Once they're out of the room, Emerson quietly tells Tony, "Bringing in Bauer is not worth the risk." Listening in from home base, Buchanan and Chloe look worried as Kiefer's led downstairs at 11:23:07. "Have a seat. Mr. Emerson will be right with you," Morgan tells Kiefer in what he probably thinks is a polite voice. Kiefer sits, but doesn't relax. Upstairs, Tony tries to convince Emerson that they not only need but owe Kiefer, but Emerson isn't listening. He pulls out a gun. "So what, you're going to kill him?" Tony asks. Emerson, calmly: "No, you are." I'm sorry, that's one prediction I just can't get behind.
Back at Homemade CTU, Chloe narrates to Buchanan, "They're gonna kill him!" "They'll get out of it," Buchanan says. He's been around since Season Four, after all. And if not, "Jack's death solidifies Tony's position in the crew." Wow, that's kind of a high price to maintain a cover. After all those times Buchanan thought Kiefer was either dead or doomed, is he having trouble accepting the fact that Kiefer is still alive? "You knew this might happen the whole time," Chloe accuses. Buchanan admits it, and adds, "So did Jack."
But Kiefer's not waiting around to be killed. While Morgan is across the basement with his back to him for some reason, Kiefer makes his move. He stands and puts the guy guarding him through the stair railing, then head-butts him to the ground. Morgan pulls his gun, but Kiefer with a broken rail fragment is way scarier than Morgan with a gun, and Morgan is incapacitated and having his own weapon held to his head by the time Emerson and Tony come rushing down to see what's going on. While shielding himself behind Morgan on the floor, Kiefer yells at Emerson, "I came here to do a job, not be double-crossed by you!" Then he does something I've never seen someone do: go through a job interview with someone who's holding a gun on him. "You need good men. Not like these two traffic cops. Look what I've done to them!" Nobody moves. Kiefer continues, because Emerson still doesn't get his motivation. "I am here because I've got nowhere else to go. Tony said if I helped you, you could get me out of the country." Finally Emerson lowers his gun, and Kiefer releases his hostage, although he now points Morgan's gun at Emerson instead. Morgan wants Emerson to kill Kiefer, and threatens to leave otherwise. "Fine," says Emerson, and starts walking toward Kiefer. But then he shoots Morgan instead, then puts two more bullets into him while he's on the ground. Kiefer hides his guilty expression from Emerson, then offers to hand him Morgan's gun. "Keep it," Emerson invites. Looks like Kiefer's in the band. It's 11:26:23.