Episode Report Card Gustave: A- | 276 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Survivor: The Family Edition
By Gustave | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2003.02.11
Back at Temple El-Kaboom, Ali continues to watch his family suffer via satellite. As they moan pitifully, Kiefer explains that Syed's wife writes him letters every day but doesn't know where to send them. "Your son Asad wants to grow up to be just like you," says Kiefer. "He turns twelve next week. I don't think he's going to make it." What is this? Some fucked-up version of those Sally Struthers Save The Children ads? Syed remains silent, safe in the belief that he is doing "Allah's work." HAFA enters with a call from the president. Palmer tells Kiefer that he won't allow him to kill Syed Ali's family. Kiefer agrees to follow Palmer's orders, but after Palmer hangs up, he continues to "talk" on the phone for Syed's benefit and make it sound like Palmer has given him the okay to kill the Ali family. Syed is horrified.
Back at NSA, Rolaide catches up with PMHC to tell him that she doesn't trust Lady Mac. PMHC tells Rolaide that this is no time for a catfight, but Rolaide insists that this isn't just a turf war. "Someone has approached me with evidence of a flurry of communications between Yulin and Lady Mac," says Rolaide, explaining that she was waiting for the right time to talk to someone about this. "Yulin said he met her today for the first time!" gasps PMHC. "Lady Mac is a lot of things but a traitor to this country? I don't believe that." Rolaide says that she has a meeting with her unnamed source in ten minutes and will know more then. PMHC decides not to tell Palmer just then. He warns Rolaide to be careful and asks her to give him details of the meeting as soon as she can.
Back at the mosque, Kiefer tells someone on his cell phone to "start with the older son Asad." He enters Syed's interrogation room and tells Syed he's not waiting any longer. "Tell me where the B-O-M-B is or I'll kill your son." Syed doesn't answer so Kiefer is all, "Kill him," into his cell phone. CTU agents in Fauxraqistan knock down Asad's chair and gun him down. Syed is horrified. Syed's wife is horrified. Cate is horrified. Hey, who let Cate in the room? Haven't they learned after last year's debacle to keep Kiefer's chicks out of the way? Syed still refuses to disclose the location of the B-O-M-B. The time is 07:46:58 PM.