Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT How To Disarm A Terrorist
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 16 | Aired on 04.01.2007
We now see Gredenko struggling along, sweating and in pain, as he warns Fayed that CTU will be coming from the west parking lot. Meanwhile, Kiefer tells his men to circle around, and says he wants Fayed alive. What, no love for Gredenko? It's 9:48:13.
9:52:35. Kiefer's still searching for Gredenko and Fayed. Ten minutes after Buchanan says that Doyle and his team were twenty minutes away, he gives Kiefer an updated ETA: they're still twenty minutes away. Presumably they got caught in 24's first-ever traffic jam. Kiefer tells Buchanan to have Doyle's men set up a perimeter when they arrive. I would laugh yet again at CTU's reliance on perimeters, but since they're basically blocking off one end of a small area that juts directly out into the sea, I'm going to laugh even harder. Still following Gredenko's blood trail (and talk about a waste of an arm, if it was still going to be this easy to track him), Kiefer closes the distance between himself and his quarry. Seeing him approach, one of Fayed's minions opens fire with his machine gun. Kiefer and his wimpy little pistol dive for cover behind a parked SUV. He calls for Ryan, who says he's on his way. Kiefer gets tired of being shot at and takes out one of Fayed's minions. Fayed and Gredenko in turn take advantage of the distraction to flee their position. There's still one minion left behind, shooting at Kiefer. Kiefer whispers, "Show me your head." Amazingly enough, the minion obeys, and when he shows his head, Kiefer puts a bullet in it. He's now free to pursue Fayed and Gredenko as he reloads. Thanks for the backup, Ryan.
It turns out that the entire pier isn't abandoned after all -- Fayed and Gredenko find themselves in a sports bar which, under the circumstances of the day, has transformed itself into a news bar. Fayed is nervous about crossing the crowded room, but Gredenko sends him on ahead. And then, when Fayed is fully exposed, Gredenko shouts, "That's him! I recognize him from the news! The terrorist they're looking for!" Sure enough, everyone else in the bar recognizes Fayed as well. Gredenko either hasn't been on TV or he's so pale and sweaty that nobody recognizes him. Fayed, furious at Gredenko's betrayal, pulls out his gun and takes a shot at him, but instead hits a potted plant that Gredenko took cover behind. Must be a bulletproof ficus. Then Fayed starts shooting the bar patrons, but he only takes one of them down . And then he's out of bullets. As Gredenko slips out the back, the barflies converge on Fayed like he's bar shit, and then get him on the floor and start beating and kicking him. Before it can go on too long, however, Kiefer comes in with his own gun drawn, fires two shots into the ceiling, and takes over. One guy tells Kiefer that Fayed shot his friend. "I'm sorry about your friend," Kiefer yells. "We'll get him medical attention. Just stay back!" From the floor, Fayed hisses, "I hope your friend is dead!" So not helping. Kiefer tells Fayed to shut up, and amplifies his point with a boot to the face that knocks Fayed unconscious. Nobody asks why Kiefer is the only one who gets to continue the beating. He tells everyone to clear out, and over his earpiece tells Ryan to lock down the pier, and find Gredenko, and send medical attention for the two downed men he's dealing with. Presumably, with the bar effectively to himself, Kiefer's going to draw himself a few brewskis. At CTU, Buchanan congratulates Kiefer, hangs up the phone, and tells Nadia to call Wayne at 9:54:34.