Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Plot Quickens
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 03.05.2006
And then he has to face the Suvarovs, who at least don't know his part in all of this (yet). "It was awful," Mrs. Suvarov Russians at him. Logan spouts some platitudes at their unimpressed faces, and Suvarov dismisses his wife in Russian for a private conversation with his American counterpart. And he looks pissed. "We both know who is responsible for this," Suvarov snaps. Logan agrees that it's the terrorists behind the Ontario Airport attack of that morning (which seems like a month and a half ago by now), even though "we thought they were all killed in the siege." "Obviously you were wrong," Suvarov bitches. Logan decides he needs to let Suvarov in on a secret. Not the big one, but a relatively little one, which is that the terrorists have nerve gas that they're threatening to use in L.A. Suvarov wants to know how long Logan has known this. "We just found out about it," Logan exaggerates. But he wants to make sure that Suvarov holds up his end of the new anti-terrorism treaty. That's rich; not only did he blow off the treaty by letting Suvarov get attacked, he's blowing it off right now by withholding information. Logan's asking for any intelligence that Suvarov's people have on the separatists. "You will have our help," Suvarov says, like he really wants to punch Logan in the nose. But he's not done talking. Suvarov wants to know why FLOTUS was acting so sketchy in the limo, even before the attack. Logan looks over to where FLOTUS is boarding a Secret Service SVU, safely out of earshot, and the background music gives him a little "crazy lady" violin cue to tell him how to get out of this one. And then he sells out his wife again, telling Suvarov that she "suffers from depression and anxiety. It's been very difficult for both of us." Suvarov's kicked-in face softens as he says that he's sorry to hear it. But Logan hasn't even finished saying "Thank you" before the Russian abruptly walks away and leaves him standing there. Something tells me -- and probably Logan -- that Suvarov doesn't plan to let this lie. No pun intended.
It's 5:20:10 in McGill's holding room at CTU when Buchanan comes in for a visit. He's really making the rounds this hour, isn't he? McGill, looking pale, asks how long he has to stay, and Buchanan says, "You're not going out there any time today." McGill isn't pissed any more; in fact, he's rather contrite as he asks Buchanan to let him call his sister: "She's in a little bit of trouble and I'm the only one who can help her." Buchanan looks at McGill and magnanimously tells the Redshirted guard to give McGill a phone and some privacy.
The phone at McSibling's apartment rings, and she picks it up to hear McGill asking for his CTU keycard back once again, even offering to let her keep everything else from his wallet. She asks if he can't just get a new one like she did when she lost the key to her laundry room. Looking at McSibling, I'm having trouble believing she's ever seen a laundry room. McGill isn't as amused as I am. He threatens to call the police, so she agrees to return the keycard today. She hangs up, just as Loser Boyfriend comes in, swigging from a bottle of Bud. She asks him where the keycard is, saying she wants to give it back. Loser Boyfriend says the keycard is how he plans to get the money he's been talking about. "You said we were just going to take his cash and a credit card," McSibling whines. "Twenty-thousand-dollar line of credit, right here," Loser Boyfriend sneers, holding up McGill's keycard. "Who's going to pay you that kind of money?" McSibling demands, cueing a split-screen window of Fucked-up Accent Guy driving there right now. Don't forget to stop at the ATM, dudesky.