Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Check But Not Mate
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 7 | Aired on 02.02.2009
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Janice Gold makes some frantic calls to an insecticide facility. John, the guy who runs the chemical plant, is the dad from My So-Called Life, but he's also trying to steal Aaron away from Kate on Lost. Dude gets around. He risks himself to save his plant workers and gets poisoned to death, but Janice resolves to call his family and tell them how brave he was. A little help from Jack crashing Dubaku's terrorism party doesn't hurt.
Walker helps get Bill, Jack and Tony into the building to rescue the Motobos, who are confident Jack Bauer will come and save them. Dubaku threatens to ship the Motobos back home as a traitor. Mr. Motobo says he'll never give up the info, and Dubaku seems to think that if he tortures the wife Motobo will change his tune. When Dubaku finds out that Daniels didn't kill Bauer and Almeida, he's all kinds of pissed off. Then a big shootout ensues, and Dubaku runs off to his apartment to get away. And the CIP device is supposedly destroyed, but that seems unlikely with this show.
Also, Ethan gives the now-dead secret service agent a hard time for not returning his phone calls. Another bad agent finds the First Husband, and tosses him in the trunk of a car. And the president stresses about writing press releases and is generally overwhelmed by the suckitude of her very bad day.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!This episode's previouslies include "President Allison Taylor," "Henry Taylor," "Larry Moss," "Jack Bauer," "Tony Almeida," and "Colonel Ike Dubaku," in a scene that wasn't even in last week's episode, when Dubaku asks Nichols over the phone if everything went smoothly. "We have the Matobos, that's what matters," Nichols non-answers, and says he heard about the planes on the radio. But of course Dubaku's just getting started. His last line in the previous hour was even, "Begin."
At the FBI's Washington Field Office, Sean calls over to Boss Moss and shows him a satellite image of what he thinks is the truck that kidnapped the Matobos, near Northwoods Airfields. He doesn't say why he thinks that's the vehicle, so I guess we just have to assume he picked out the biggest, yellowest thing he could find on the road. Good choice of getaway cars, Emerson. Moss assigns Sean to have the image sent out to the search teams, and every other agency he can think of while he's at it. Janis calls over to Moss and tells him, "I found a code fragment that I think could be residue from the CIP intrusion." Whatever that means. Fortunately, Janis explains it: it might be able to help them figure out where Dubaku will target next. "And I need Sean," she adds. Moss is a little nervous about dedicating his entire speaking-role staff to this, but Janis promises, "I will drop it the minute it feels cold." Moss is off to update the White House. Once he's gone, Sean worries that Moss isn't up to this, given his crush on the assumed-dead Agent Walker, but Janis tells him not to worry about it. "In the meantime, I want you to open up a fresh socket." Better not let Erica hear her say that.
At the White House, Ethan is still trying to get Agent Gedge on the phone, and having no success. That's because Agent Gedge is, of course, lying dead in the ruins of Samantha Roth's dining room table, next to a semi-conscious Henry Taylor. Which might explain why he's having trouble answering his cell. Since Ethan doesn't know this, he just bitches at Gedge's voice mail until he gets a call from Moss. "Where are we, Larry?" Ethan asks without preamble. Moss tells him about the big yellow vehicle lead that they're tracking down, but can't offer a time frame. Ethan yells at Moss for sucking and reminds him that more people will die if they can't find Dubaku. Moss comes right back at him, saying his people are giving everything they can. "One of our agents has given her life," he adds. Low blow, Larry. At that, Ethan backs down, and Moss promises to call back ASAP. And then he spends a few seconds standing in his office looking miserable. Maybe if he keeps looking sad enough, Dubaku will turn himself in.