Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Dead Boss Walking
By M. Giant | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2004.04.18
Inn Fection. Hazmaticians are herding bloody-faced hotel guests behind a plastic curtain and into an isolation area while Bitchelle's on the phone with Soul Patch. He promises that the suicide capsules will be there soon. I guess that means they're not having Health Services drive them over. Bitchelle tries to bring up her poor chances of appearing in Season Four, but Soul Patch doesn't want to hear it. They have a little moment -- Bitchelle even says "sweetheart" -- and then they disconnect and spend a few seconds struggling not to lose their respective shit. At CTU, Kiefer comes up to Soul Patch and asks whether Bitchelle's test results are back, but we won't know whether she's caught the V-I-R-U-S for another hour -- excuse me, "until next week" -- excuse me again, "until Tuesday." I guess it's too much to ask that the test for a deadly virus burn up less than ten percent of a victim's life expectancy.
Kiefer gets to the real reason he wants to talk to Soul Patch: Saunders's order for Chappelle's execution. Soul Patch is also baffled at this development. Kiefer says he doesn't know what he's going to do if he doesn't find Saunders by 7:00. My suggestion is to think back to about twelve hours ago when Chappelle was trying to get Kiefer shot out of the sky, but apparently I lack the forgiving and compassionate nature of Jack Bauer. Soul Patch seems to be more worried about what this means for Kiefer than for Chappelle. He asks whether Kiefer has told Chappelle yet; when Kiefer answers in the negative, Soul Patch says he'll change Chappelle's security clearance first. Kiefer seems surprised that Soul Patch thinks Chappelle might bail, but I think that's because he wasn't around when Soul Patch tried unsuccessfully to stop Mason from leaving the office at the beginning of Season Two. Fool Soul Patch twice, shame on him. Kiefer has Soul Patch put all his people on the search for Saunders, telling him they don't need to know what's going on. I don't know why he wants to keep the threat against Chappelle quiet, unless it's to prevent a run on the coffee machine when everybody decides to take a break at the same time.