Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kill Bi-- Never Mind, He'll Do It Himself
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 13 | Aired on 03.09.2009
At 8:18:52, Walker wanders past and sees Kiefer sitting over Buchanan. Considering that she and Kiefer didn't exactly part amicably the last time they saw each other, this could be awkward. But she just quietly tells Kiefer that Taylor's safe, and that she's sorry about Buchanan. "I know that he was your friend." Then she should have known that he was doomed anyway. Kiefer says, "It was supposed to be me. I was supposed to set off the explosion so that he could secure the president." "He died protecting his country," Walker says comfortingly. Kiefer gets up and tells Walker, "This isn't over yet." He approaches Moss and tells him what Buchanan said before, and that he still doesn't think Taylor is safe. "You sure Buchanan heard this right?" Moss asks. Kiefer keeps a lid on his temper as he says, "He wouldn't have told me unless he was sure. But right now the only lead we've got is Ryan Burnett." Moss offers to talk to Burnett, but Kiefer says that won't work; only the Kiefer magic will get him to talk now. "Why, Jack? Because you tortured him?" Moss asks. Um, der. Kiefer assures Moss, "I don't need to touch him. I just need him to think I'm going to finish what I started and I promise you, he will tell us everything we need to know." Walker silently agrees with Kiefer as he tells Moss about Buchanan's dying wish. Moss says he understands, but has orders from Taylor to bring him into custody. Those orders might get countermanded if Taylor ever gets around to it, given the events of the past hour. But for now, all Moss can do is promise Kiefer that he'll look into it. With that, Moss calls over an agent to handcuff Kiefer and bring him outside. As Moss walks away, Walker follows alongside to argue with him. "When are you going to stop defending this guy?" he asks her. Walker hotly says she's just defending a good idea. Whatever, she's totally defending Kiefer. Moss cuts her off and tells her to do her job. As Kiefer is frog-marched past her, Walker clearly decides to do something else. So she approaches that bearded agent who was talking to the Prez earlier (Agent Reynolds, we now learn), and asks to talk to Taylor. He tells him that she'll need to go through Ethan, who just arrived back at the White House. Walker heads off to do just that.
The agents are still swarming the hallways when Ethan walks in at 8:21:47, being updated on the situation. As the lights finally come back on, he calls for a conference with the Defense Secretary and the Joint Chiefs. Wasn't he just at the