Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 248 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Framed in Vain
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 21 | Aired on 2009.05.04
At 4:53:04, Tim joins Taylor and Olivia in the Oval Office to give them a somewhat belated update on the bioweapon suspect. His cell phone rings, and after a brief, tense conversation, he hangs up and informs the Taylors, "Jonas Hodges was just killed." He says it was a car bomb as he was leaving the FBI. "Are there any suspects?" Taylor asks Tim. He says he doesn't know, even when the prime suspect points to her own phone and ducks out of there. Tim tells Taylor this must have been an inside job. "Whoever ordered the hit knew exactly when and where Hodges was being transported." And knew Hodges was still alive in the first place, which in itself wasn't exactly a large circle. Taylor's pissed at yet another leak in her shop, as though she didn't invite her in herself. Was it really worth trading Ethan Kanin for Loose Cannon, Madam President?
In the hallway, Aaron flags down Olivia to ask if everything's all right. She fakes a pleasant smile and steps into an alcove to call Martin. "Hodges is dead!" she hisses into her phone. From his car, he tells her to calm down and that they can't talk about this on the phone. She keeps babbling about how she couldn't go through with it, but there's been some mistake. "Hodges is dead and I'm responsible!" He tells her to chill or he's hanging up, which is funny because it's usually Leland Orser playing the panicked one. He tells her to get to Pershing Park as soon as she can and they'll talk about it there. She hangs up, pulls herself together, and presents a brave face to Aaron, waiting in the hallway to open the door to the Oval Office for her again. Actually, my theory about all this is that someone else actually killed Hodges and Olivia had nothing to do with it, but if someone ever checks her web history or visitor's log or ANYTHING SHE'S BEEN DOING AT ALL for the last hour it's not going to look good for her anyway.