Episode Report Card Gustave: C+ | 293 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Conspiracy? What conspiracy?
By Gustave | Season 2 | Episode 24 | Aired on 2003.05.20
Lady Mac enters the Coliseum and, well, I'm all out of criticism for their choice of locale because it is friggin' beautiful. The sun is hitting the cream-colored limestone perfectly, casting monumental shadows and making it look like a de Chirico painting. Although I have to wonder how they got in. Aren't these places locked up if they're not in use? Lady Mac stands there alone, waiting for ECE. The time is 07:30:06 AM.
The time is 07:34:30 AM. Klockwise from the top left, Bitchelle does something computer-y, a sniper aims at Lady Mac, PMHC stares intently at something, and Palmer stares intently at something. Coliseum. More "rattlesnake" music plays as Lady Mac is still waiting for ECE. Finally he shows up with some minions and tells the sniper via radio not to shoot Lady Mac until they find out where Hightops is. Kiefer is hiding in the recesses of the stadium. Finally, ECE enters and meets Lady Mac. Jesus, is EvilChrisElliott ugly. I mean, can you imagine being a "character actor" like him and knowing that every time you are hired, it's because you are astonishingly unappealing to look at? He looks her over, and even gives her the quasi-sexual wire search that we've enjoyed in movies like Go. Satisfied that Lady Mac is not wearing a wire, ECE asks her where Hightops is. Lady Mac replies that Hightops is "safe." She changes the subject and accuses him of lying to her about the nature of the B-O-M-B. "You used Yulin and you used me," says Lady Mac, asserting that ECE won't get Hightops until she's safe from prosecution. Meanwhile, on a split screen, Bitchelle gets a match on ECE's voice while Kiefer, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Palmer, and PoorMan'sAlexanderHaig listen in. Lady Mac promises that she'll give ECE Hightops's location as soon as she's safe. ECE hands over the phone recordings…or what he insists are the phone recordings. "No, I want all of them," says Lady Mac, somehow able to tell what's on the cartridges from just looking at them. "I want Cyprus." ECE asks Lady Mac why she wants the Cyprus recordings, since she "had nothing to do with that." Lady Mac replies that she wants them for "insurance." "Once the country goes to war," says ECE, "the government's never going to let that be exposed." Meanwhile, a split screen establishes that PoorMan'sAlexanderHaig is listening and realizing that the Cyprus recordings were indeed falsified. He confirms that Kiefer has proven his case. Meanwhile, Lady Mac, pretending to be satisfied by ECE's explanation, explains that when she reaches her "safe" destination, she'll call ECE and tell him where Hightops is. "Scott," says ECE into his walkie-talkie. "Take her out." Sniper fire is not forthcoming, so ECE asks one of his minions to shoot her. Kiefer shoots the minions first and yells for Lady Mac to run like the wind.