Episode Report Card Gustave: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Yelena! Yelena!
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 23 | Aired on 05.13.2002
Back at CTU, Nina is on the phone with Palmer's Secret Service detail, giving them advice about how to protect Palmer. Soul Patch swings by with an important red herring…I mean, "piece of information." He shows her a plan of the Lou Diamond Phillips Kave and explains that it was "tampered with." For some reason that escapes me, they determine that only a CTU insider could have done such a thing. "Do you think we're dealing with a second dirty agent?" asks Soul Patch. "Yeah," says Nina…and the rest of the viewing audience in unison. Soul Patch goes off to look for more information, and all of a sudden Mason appears in front of Nina in all of his Mole-Vision splendor. Nina lies about the nature of her recent conversation with Soul Patch, failing to mention their suspicions about a second dirty agent. That's because Mason is the mole. Oh, yeah. Without a doubt. A show like 24 would never just surprise you with the identity of a mole. No way. That would be too suspenseful. Mason's gotta be the mole, and you know he's the mole because he's been acting suspicious since the very first episode. They're setting it up carefully so that the viewers won't be surprised by Mason being the mole. Because he's the mole. It's gotta be him. There's not a plot twist coming up. No way. So just sit back and prepare yourself for the fact that Mason is the second dirty agent. He is. Oh, yeah. But there was another reason for Mason's visit to Nina's desk. He wants Nina to take care of Bride of Kiefer, who is being a "basket case." Nina agrees reluctantly to handle it, and saunters over to the Konfrontational Koffee room. "Have they done the trade?" asks Bride while pacing the room. Nina, choosing her words carefully, informs Bride that Kiefer is no longer a hostage. Bride asks where he is. Nina admits that she doesn't know, but divulges her suspicion that Kiefer is doing something for Drazen. "Why would he do anything for that man?" asks an inkredulous Bride. Nina is then forced to explain that Spawn is still a hostage and that's why she hasn't arrived at CTU yet. Bride loses her mind with grief.
A split screen reveals Spawn, no longer gagged, tied to a stool and watching as TerrorHopper takes a giant USSR-sized sip of bottled mineral water. He explains that Kiefer has been given a simple task to do. "Then will you let me go?" asks Spawn. "Vee vill see," says TerrorHopper after a really long pause. Oh, and finally someone comes to wheel away the gurney that contains LittleTerrorBrother's dead body.