Episode Report Card Gustave: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Cordilla Virus: Catch it!
By Gustave | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 11.17.2003
The time is 04:30:33 PM. Gomez and his Piquante Partner are leading the Quaran-teens into this really industrial-looking high-ceilinged loft space. In the middle of the room is this steel, cement, and glass structure that looks like a really large front-loading washing machine. Some posters from the forums nicknamed it the "Terror-arium," because it really looks like a colossal-sized tank where you'd keep your a pet lizard…if your pet lizard weighed, like, 900 pounds, that is. Gomez and his Piquante Partner shove the Quaran-teens inside the Terror-arium. Once they are locked in, Gomez and PP take their shirts off as a man in a Haz-Mat suit picks up an industrial-sized hose and hoses them down. The Quaran-teens watch from inside the Terror-arium in horror. Frankly, I don't know what they're so scared of, since apparently all you need to do to survive this disease is to take a really long shower. And how many other infectious diseases can you say that about?
Back at USC, Dr. Anne drops by Palmer's office to say hi and to see what he's decided about her ex-husband. She tells him about running into Brother Palmer in the hall and their eerie confrontation. "I had a feeling that I wasn't able to shake," she says. "What kind of feeling?" asks Palmer. "That you're paying Ted to keep quiet," says Dr. Anne. Palmer doesn't answer her, basically confirming her suspicions. "Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing for the right reason," he says in his own defense. "How can you reward someone for threatening you with a lie?" asks Dr. Anne. "It's wrong." Palmer tries to explain to her that there are just political realities that come with his job, and that there are "no absolutes." Dr. Anne urges him to "draw the line" morally. "I have drawn the line," replies Palmer. "We're just standing on different sides." Dr. Anne reminds Palmer that he's never been the sort of leader who takes the easy way out like this. "That's who the people elected to lead them," says Dr. Anne. "And for what it's worth, that's who I fell in love with." Palmer explains that he was trying to protect her. "I'm used to public scrutiny," says Dr. Anne. "Not like this," warns Palmer. "This will be different and much uglier than you can imagine." Dr. Anne assures Palmer that she can defend herself, and exits the room.
Meanwhile, in a parking garage, Brother Palmer sits in his Bromobile, waiting for Dr. Anne's ex-husband. A Mercedes pulls up to the Bromobile just as Brother Palmer's cell phone rings. It's Palmer. "Walk away," says Palmer. "I've changed my mind." "Dr. Anne talked to you, didn't she?" asks Brother Palmer. Palmer repeats his order. Brother Palmer backs up and drives out of the parking garage without saying a word Dr. Anne's ex-husband -- a twitchy Aryan type in a business suit -- who is totally confused. The scene ends before anything bad happens to either of them, despite the fact that they are both in a parking garage and therefore flirting with disaster. The time is 04:35:03 PM.