Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Who Rescues the Rescuer?
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 3 | Aired on 01.15.2006
Logan and the Russian president are still shaking hands for the cameras. And probably for painters and sculptors, in light of how much time they're taking. The Russian president, Suvarov, expresses his condolences over the death of Palmer. Logan thanks him, and smilingly says their treaty will be a tribute to Palmer's legacy. Logan's nothing if not single-minded. His unctuous expression melts away when he spots Mike Novick and Walt walking towards them, looking serious. Logan excuses himself for a quiet conference with his guys. They quietly inform him of the situation at the airport, and we're treated to the spectacle of Logan trying to smile as if nothing's amiss while pumping his underlings for details. They don't have many of those, but they think they should retire to the Situation Room immediately. That's the last thing Logan wants to do right now, but he makes his excuses to Suvarov, who offers to do anything he can to help with the hostage situation. Logan thanks him, and he's outie. Like an idiot, Logan is smiling and waving to the cameras, which is going to be awkward for him later when everyone realizes he knew about the hostage crisis at this moment. All he needs to complete the picture is a copy of My Pet Goat.
At CTU, Spencer is getting ready to send plans of the terminal to Kiefer's cell phone, while Edgar is searching databases for a match to Kiefer's photos of the bad guys. He's not having much luck, and when Buchanan suggests widening the parameters, Edgar bitches, "If it was any wider, we could use the phone book." Right then, Chloe appears, shaking off the two redshirts that have been escorting her to a holding cell since the end of the last episode. Now that's a long perp walk. She technobabbles something at Edgar that's meant to be helpful. "Are you okay?" Edgar immediately responds. Chloe says, "Thanks for asking, Edgar," and cuts a dirty look at Spencer, who's just sitting there looking guilty. Buchanan steps right up to Chloe and rumbles, "You managed to rack up four protocol violations." Chloe doesn't exactly cringe in fear, answering, "Well, it's a lot worse than that if you count agency doc codes. It's more like twenty-six violations." Buchanan is totally disarmed by this. Chloe continues, "You want me to figure out whose face that is? Or I can just go wait in holding." Buchanan says, "See what you can do." So I guess anything over twenty-five violations is okay? Like shooting the moon in Hearts? Good to know. By now, Edgar has already identified Bald Guy 2.0 as Anton Beresch, a former Army officer in a former Soviet republic. That's all Buchanan needs to conclude that the attack is definitely connected to the summit. Chloe gets to work on data mining, because she has to stay useful in order keep herself out of the clink. If things slow down on the terrorism front, I hope she knows how to make coffee.