Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Crushed Velvet
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 1 | Aired on 01.13.2007
And now we're at CTU, where a couple of familiar faces are at work. One of them is Milo! Season 1 Milo! Milo who disappeared halfway through Season 1 because Eric Balfour got another show and never came back Milo! Except now he's back. As if watching this show isn't like falling through a time warp already. And the other guy is Chloe's ex-husband, Morris O'Brian, who showed up to help Chloe at the end of last season. Looks like he managed to parlay that into a steady gig here at CTU. But it's not going all that well for him, because Milo is giving Morris a hard time about how Morris never puts a cover on his TPS reports or some such. Morris is unintimidated, possibly because he's lost a lot of weight since last season and is feeling cockier than ever. "Do you -- and I'm just curious -- ever open your mouth without sarcasm just spilling out of it?" Milo asks, which is kind of sarcastic of him. He warns Morris to straighten up before he ends up selling women's shoes again. Morris finishes setting up their dynamic for the season: "I liked you fine as an analyst. Actually, you were very good. As a boss? Bit of a boor." As Milo boors off, he runs into Chloe -- looking relatively good this year in a flippy brown hairdo -- and tells her, "Talk to your boyfriend. He's on self-destruct." Chloe heads over to do just that, and presents herself as an example of one who managed to learn some social skills in order to succeed. Uh-huh. Can't wait to see those in action. Morris points out that Chloe also has the advantage of being a "hottie" as he gropes her ass. The charming thing about him is that he actually seems to believe it. As much as she digs the unprofessional flirting, Chloe changes the subject, asking if Morris got a priority request from Homeland Security. She's surprised to find out that she's the only one who did. Before heading off to look into it, she manages to get a promise from Morris to "try to get along." I'm enjoying Morris so far, but how much of an ass do you have to be when Chloe O'Brian is telling you to be nicer?
Chloe flags down a new character -- an attractive, pantsuited brunette named Nadia -- and asks her for clearance to open the channel Homeland Security wants opened. Nadia gives it, but this doesn't satisfy Chloe, even when Nadia says they have a lead on Assad's location and are preparing a helicopter assault. Chloe's confused, so Nadia non-explains, "Jack Bauer." Nadia clarifies that Wayne negotiated Kiefer's release from China two days ago. Chloe starts peppering Nadia with questions, but Nadia can't talk about it. "Can Bill Buchanan talk about it?" Chloe asks. Nadia informs her that Buchanan's meeting Kiefer at Point Mugu Naval Air Station as we speak.