Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 113 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Walker Hard
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.01.18
Which I find confusing, because the photo on the screen is of Jürgen Prochnow, and when I looked up on IMDB how to spell his character's name it's spelled "Bazhaev." Vladimir is going to be played by someone entirely different, whom I'll be getting to in the next act. Whoever Vladimir is, Walker says he's their only possible link to Red Square. Chloe wonders how they find Vladimir, and Walker puts up a mug shot of a guy named Ziya Dachylov. IMDB was no help at all on that surname, by the way. Dana points out that Ziya never turned in Vladimir, even in exchange for immunity, but Walker reminds Dana that she's not an agent but a former felon. Is she referring to her cover or herself? She assures them Ziya will take the deal she plans to offer, which will allow her access to Vladimir to talk about a potential buyer for nuclear material. Cole will be playing that part, by the way. Because Freddie Prinze, Jr. totally looks like the kind of guy who's in the market for some uranium. Maybe if he pretends he wants it for a car stereo. Walker says they'll need to be able to show off some offshore accounts of a couple hundred million, and Hastings says he'll get on that. It's up to Walker and Cole to work with Chloe and put together their shared backstory. Right then, Kiefer walks in, asking to talk to Hastings alone. Chloe, Dana, and Cole get up and leave like Kiefer's their boss instead of Hastings (although honestly, it's only a matter of time), but when Kiefer says, "You too, Renee," she decides to stay. The one other person who doesn't work for Hastings, in other words. Walker tells Hastings he's making a mistake, and he's worried about both Walker and the operation. "She's not ready for this," Kiefer bosses. "You must have other options." Walker insists that she's the only one who knows these people, and Hastings agrees with her. "Fine, then I want to go with her," Kiefer announces. He offers to play the competing buyer, saying Cole doesn't have the experience. "This is how he gets it," Walker says. "Not with nucular weapons on the line," Kiefer snaps. He repeats his request to Hastings, making it official by using the word "officially." "I'd be foolish to object," Hastings says, but doesn't object anyway. Good thinking, Hastings: you're about to send out an undercover team composed entirely of people who aren't even on the government payroll. What could possibly go wrong? They agree to start working up a cover ID for Kiefer. "I'm sorry," Kiefer says to a disgusted-looking Walker on his way out. You'd think they'd be happier about getting the band back together. Even if this particular band is prone to more fatalities than Spinal Tap.