Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Jailbreak!
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 3 | Aired on 01.12.2009
And a level above, while lying on the floor of the car he just entered, Kiefer pistol-whips the ignition lock out of the steering column and hotwires the car. "This is gonna hurt," he warns himself. He puts the car in gear and floors the accelerator with his hand, giving a yell as the car plows through the concrete barrier and lands at a thirty-degree angle that bridges the gap between the white van and the cab Tony just jumped down on. Obviously Tony does a little more jumping when he sees this happen. Kiefer struggles out of the car, with its undeployed air bag, just as agents start coming into view above and Tony begins laying down a bit of covering fire for him. "Tony, let's go!" Buchanan yells from the driver's seat of the van, but Tony keeps shooting while Kiefer limps to the van and they both hop inside. Bill floors it and screeches out of there, just moments before the agents with assault rifles show up and start shooting. The camera zooms in on the one unlucky officer who has to radio, "Agent Moss, they're gone. They got outside the perimeter." Neither Moss nor Walker looks too happy right now.
Driving toward the capitol, Buchanan reports to Chloe that he's on his way back, and Chloe says it doesn't look like anyone's in pursuit. She's also cycling traffic cams to make sure the van doesn't show up. Buchanan asks Kiefer if he's all right. "I'm fine," Kiefer lies, even though he's sprawled on the floor of the van, in pain from untold injuries that are certain to have him debilitated for minutes. He asks where they're going. "It's not far," Buchanan non-answers. Kiefer says he did what Buchanan asked: "Tell me what's going on." Buchanan says he'll tell Kiefer everything when they get there. Kiefer and Tony look at each other, with Kiefer thinking, "If this van ride ends with one of us watching the other plunge into the surf, I am going to be pissed. It's 11:00:00.Discuss this episode in our forums, then see what vlogger Sean Crespo thinks about the cell phones on 24 when he has No Prior Knowledge!
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