Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | 170 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Day 8: 4:00 PM -- 5:00 PM
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 1 | Aired on 2010.01.17
Kiefer sends Victor on up the stairwell, telling him to not stop until he reaches the roof. Then he's on the line with Cole, telling him where they are. Cole says they're on their way now, looking for another pickup point. Kiefer follows Victor up the stairs. The bad guys with their big guns aren't far behind.
On the CTU floor, Dana operates a handheld device that pulls up a big-screen image of the building Kiefer and Victor are in. She asks Chloe to zoom in, but as Chloe's waiting for her satellite to refresh, Arlo pulls up an image from one of his drones, and he has not only an exit point for Kiefer but a nearby landing site for Cole's helicopter while Chloe's still sitting there with her thumb up her ass. Cole passes the rendezvous directions on to Kiefer, who asks how far they are. "Ninety seconds," Cole says. "Copy that. Don't be late," Kiefer says, hanging up. The bad guys are closing in from below, and Kiefer pauses to try to get Victor to tell him what he knows, "So I can call it in, in case we don't make it." Victor's still holding out for his deal. "You always were a son of a bitch. Come on," Kiefer spits, dragging him along and leaving a bloody smudge on the wall. At 4:56:23, the bad guys are still coming, with the lookout in the lead. He sees the smudge Victor left on the wall, and happens to look further on to see something missing from its spot on the wall. What might it be? Might it be the fire axe, which is in Kiefer's hands as he jumps around the corner and buries it in the lookout's chest? I think it is! As far as the lookout goes, however, maybe I need to rethink that name. As for the other guy, he's so close behind that Kiefer is able to use the lookout's body to send him toppling over the railing down the narrow stairwell, clanking noisily against every railing on his way down. It's a pretty nifty stunt. Kiefer finishes dispatching the lookout, takes up his machine gun, and leads a rapidly weakening Victor to a window. He breaks it and pushes Victor through and onto the adjoining roof just as the CTU chopper is landing, because what Victor really needs is some new lacerations so that he can lose blood more efficiently. Cole and his men jump out of the helicopter and fan out across the roof, Cole and his sidekick running to meet Kiefer and Victor. The sidekick starts helping Victor to the chopper as Kiefer tells Cole the hostiles are dead. Cole introduces himself, thanking Kiefer and saying it's an honor to meet him before adding that Hastings wants to debrief Kiefer at CTU. Kiefer refuses. "I delivered him, I'm done. I've got a flight to catch." And there's no paperwork after killing two guys? As he's walking away, an annoyed Cole asks, "That's it?"