Episode Report Card Megyn: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Return of the Jab-eye
By Megyn | Season 4 | Episode 9 | Aired on 01.06.2001
And we're with Said and Jack. Eldridge starts with the empty kiss-ass comments about admiring Said. He slips when he says, "I've read both your books." Said smiles and corrects him, "Actually, there were three." Ally, who wants to smack her forehead for not reminding Eldridge to read the bio on Said, tells them to begin the interview. Jack does the thing he's done so far before every interview, which is to clear his throat. Noisily. It really grosses me out. These interviews are a pain in the ass to transcribe verbatim, so I'm going to give you the gist on this one. Jack basically says that Said murdered Adebisi, which Said denies, stating that he befriended Adebisi and was attacked. Then Said tries to talk about the conditions in Oz, but Jack won't let it go, asking if the attack Adebisi made on Said was unprovoked. Said admits that he did motivate it, but he is Muslim and didn't agree with his conduct. The whole interview becomes heated on Said's part and dogged on Jack's. Jack finally asks the big question of why Said moved in with Adebisi if he hated him. Said says he did not hate Adebisi; he wanted to help him. What about the video? Said attempts to change the subject, to no avail. Said gets up to leave. Ally perks that they're only trying to get the facts. Said says, "That part is over. Adebisi is irrelevant!" Jack tells him, "Nothing about death is irrelevant. You want to talk to us, fine, but you have to tell us what we need to hear first." Said: "And which part will you air?"
McManus's office. McManus, Glynn, and Murphy discuss how the focus seems to be on the Adebisi tape, and how they should handle it. Nobody wants Eldridge to uncover the goings-on before the tape, which is the very direction the show is beginning to take. McManus says maybe they should pull the plug. Glynn says they can't, because Governor Gremlin thinks it will only make them look worse, and since he never told the governor about the videotapes, he sure as hell can't tell him about them now. McManus is all, "Well, you may have to, Leo, the truth might have to come out." Gah! We know, McManus. The truth shall set us free. Oh, and shut. Up.
McManus, waiting in a stairwell. Lisa Sheedy joins him: "So, you got info for me?" "I can't go on camera and say what needs to be said." Why? Because Leo will lose his job and the Governor will have enough ammo to close Em City, which would leave Tim out on the street with no one to fix. McManus tells her that the guy she needs to seek out is Martin Querns. Yay! Ally confirms that he's the one who ran Em City after Leo fired his ass. McManus acknowledges this piece of unfortunate news by nodding mournfully. She tries to get him to talk about the tape, but Tim ain't talking. He just tells her to go after Querns.