Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Take These Secondary Characters, Please!
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 10 | Aired on 02.20.2005
DoDder's quietly wringing her hands while Grayadder's yammering on about the logistics of the two of them getting back together. "Or, I could move to Washington," he's saying. "I could turn West Coast operations over to Ben Simon." So he lives on the West Coast, which explains how he was able to get to CTU so quickly this morning. It's 4:57:55 as he fills her champagne glass yet again. This is turning into one of those SNL sketches with Christopher Walken as "The Continental." Grayadder asks her what she thinks of the idea of his moving back east. She flounders. I have no sympathy for her. She got herself into this situation; the least she can do is keep up the pretense for another two minutes. Grayadder finally starts to get a little annoyed. "I feel like I'm doing all the work here. You said you wanted to talk. You're not talking." "These things take time," she excuses. So he leers, "Maybe talking isn't what we should be doing." That earns him a look of undisguised horror. Good move, there, DoDder. Have some more champagne. Obviously, if there's poison in it, it's just as slow as you are. "I can't believe you thought I came over here to sleep with you," she says, crossing the room to get away from him. "Okay, you didn't come over here to sleep with me. You didn't come over here to talk with me. Why did you come?" Grayadder bitches. DoDder says she just thought it would be nice to spend a little time together. Grayadder sputters, "On a day like this? All hell's breaking loose and you thought it would be nice to spend some time together?" I never thought I'd say this, but, go, Grayadder! "What are you doing here?" he demands. "What's really going on? Are you spying on me?" "Are you doing something worth spying on?" the idiot woman shoots back at him. He's on his feet, yelling at her. Somebody forgot who's supposed to be the cat and who's supposed to be the mouse here. She says she needs to go, but he blocks her path to the door. This is totally "The Continental." Things are getting distinctly tense when Kiefer busts through the door, gun out, and orders Grayadder to get away from her. "You set me up," Grayadder yells at his wife. Kiefer forces Grayadder to put his hands on his head. "What do you want?" Grayadder says. "I want answers," says Kiefer. "Well, I'm not talking to you," Grayadder says. So Kiefer knocks him unconscious. Um, okay, Kiefer -- first question? It's 5:00:00.
Quittin' time! You suppose anybody will still be around next week?