Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Busted…Sort Of
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.20.2009
At 2:32:54, Spawn's in the back of a cab crossing D.C. as she calls home. Her adorable boyfriend claims not to have been woken up. "Who can sleep after what happened today?" he asks. I don't know, I seem to manage it most Monday nights. He asks about Kiefer in a not-entirely-approving tone, and after a pause, she sobs, "He's dying, Steve." He says he's sorry, and she tells him she's coming home to L.A. He wonders why she doesn't want to stay, and she says, "My presence right now will only make things worse." Yes, Kim, we've all noticed that about you. "Did you at least tell him about his granddaughter?" Steve asks, getting up and patting the head of a baby in a pack & play. Whoa, say what? I am shocked! What is that kid doing up at 11:30 PM? Kim looks for a minute like she just totally forgot, which I could easily believe. But then she explains that "I couldn't bring myself to tell him I wasn't the only person he was leaving behind. Telling him about Teri would have only made it worse." Or it might have changed Kiefer's mind. How reassuring to know that even amid all of this season's deaths and Chloe's long absences and Tony's reversals, Spawn is still a moron. Also, did you notice how she named her daughter after her late mom? I know we're supposed to think that's sweet, but all I can think of is that the young child of Spawn, saddled with Teri's name, is surely destined to be the most cursed 24 character in history. Spawn might as well have given birth to a handsome black agent.
At 2:34:43, Kiefer's pacing around near the mobile command center, trying to keep his shit together. But despite his pain, he's not too wrecked to go and backseat-drive the search, asking why one area isn't cleared yet. Walker relays the question over her radio, and the answer comes back that the residents "aren't too happy about their homes being searched without a warrant at 2:30 in the morning." What is this, some kind of fancy gated community? Walker barks at him to arrest anyone who interferes, because it's been hours and hours since she last pissed off the Attorney General. Kiefer has to step away for an injection break. Tony follows him and watches him shoot up, just in time to prevent a full-on spazz attack. Upon noticing Tony's watchful presence, Kiefer explains that it's anti-seizure medicine. And it's self-refilling, apparently. "I should have used it earlier." Tony wonders why Kiefer isn't at FBI Medical for treatment, until Kiefer tells him there isn't one. A treatment, that is. Tony says he's sorry, and asks why Kiefer's out there. Kiefer says that Walker just lost her partner. "I thought I could help," Kiefer says. "I owe her that much." Then maybe he could try to remember that Moss was her boss.