Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Not-So-Secret Service
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 25 | Aired on 09.13.2006
Out on the lawn, the two agents and the OTUSes board the Marine One helicopter for the flight to Camp David. Hey, where's the President's detail? Isn't it kind of unchivalrous to snake your wife's Secret Service agents out from under her? Anyway, during the ride, POTUS asks for a private convo with Pete. "We're really, both of us, in uncharted territory here, aren't we?" POTUS opens. Pete can barely force himself to nod, but POTUS is only talking about the assassin in his detail. Pete steals a look over at FLOTUS. What POTUS actually wants is to get some stuff from Pete's informant firsthand while they're at Camp David. Pete agrees. POTUS looks over his shoulder at his wife, probably wondering if she's looking at Pete as much as Pete is looking at her. I can't believe Pete thought that POTUS knew and was planning to confront him. If that were the case, there would be a lot more agents on board, and Pete would end up scattered over several acres of Maryland forest.
The chopper lands at Camp David, where POTUS is met by the NSA. She bundles him onto a golf cart to meet with the negotiating parties, and suggests the First Lady join the wives for tea. Tom follows the President's cart in a cart of his own, while Pete walks with the First Lady. She is totally freaking out, and Pete tells her to keep cool. Which she does, once she meets up with her assistant to talk about tea. So now that Kim Basinger has an Oscar, she's decided to try playing a character who deserves one too?
Later, if not the next day, the agents are hanging out in one of the retreat's cabin when Pete gets word that Xavier is calling. We cut right to the call, which is being overheard by just about every Secret Service officer we've seen so far, including Kiefer and Jill, remotely from inside the White House. Xavier tells Pete to meet him at a mall food court at 11 AM. Xavier makes the typical noises about Pete coming alone, and hangs up. "You heard him, let's go," Kiefer says to Jill. Pete tells the bosses that Xavier intentionally picked a place where he can mix with a crowd, which means they can't set up surveillance. The Director insists that another, previously unseen agent named "Chiminsky" go with Pete. Pete doesn't have time to argue.
Kiefer and Jill are also in the car and on their way, Jill flipping through photos of Xavier as they go. She manages not to say to Kiefer, "There's your boyfriend."
Pete pulls his Secret ServiceMobile into a parking spot at the mall and gets out, toting a duffel bag. About three seconds later, the other agent, Chiminsky, crawls out of the back seat and crouch-runs behind the car to follow. Not obvious at all.
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