Episode Report Card Gustave: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Are you my B-O-M-B?
By Gustave | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.17.2003
Back at CTU, Soul Patch approaches Bitchelle's desk with the news that Syed Ali has named three more Second Wave members. He tells her to send transport teams to "pick them up." Pick them up? What are they? Muffin baskets? Grade school kids finishing soccer practice? Mason enters and, just in case you forgot that he's going to die soon, clears his throat an extra long phlegm-y time. He also announces that it's been confirmed by NSA that the B-O-M-B is located at Norton Airfield, and orders all agents be sent there. So much for Soul Patch's plan to "pick up" those other terrorists.
Back in the Kiefmobile, Kiefer gets a call from Mason, who seems to be tying off his arm before he shoots up. And who can blame him? He's going to die soon. Why not let the guy enjoy a little black tar, already! Oh, wait -- he's wrapping his forearm in what appears to be an Ace bandage. Is "Ace Bandage" paying for product placement or what? Last week it was Spawn's ankle, and now it's Mason's forearm. And although Ace bandages can be wonderful things, I can't recall them being used effectively to combat radiation sickness. Oh, wait -- on closer inspection, it seems that Mason has some gaping wounds on his arm. Never mind. Anyway, Mason explains that Colonel Sanders and the Coral Snakes are already at the airfield. Who else thinks that "Colonel Samuels and the Coral Snakes" sounds like a book series for preteens? "Psst! Important Coral Snakes meeting in the treehouse at sixteen hundred hours! Pass it on!" "But Kenny, I've got an oboe lesson!" "Well, get there when you can, Chet. Darla's bringing butterscotch squares!" Kiefer asks Mason why the same U.S. military unit that downed Flight 69 is also helping out these terrorists. Mason just assumes that they want to be the one to secure the B-O-M-B. Kiefer asks if Mason can get Colonel Sanders to have his men stand down. Mason explains that they're a "rogue unit acting on their own authority." Like that's supposed to make Kiefer feel any better. Um, since when do branches of the U.S. military just take off and conduct missions on their own? Shouldn't a bigger deal be made of this? Instead it's like, "Oh, those rogue military units! C'est la vie!" Kiefer is all, "This is bad!" Mason promises to try to send back-up from Camp Pendleton. They hang up. Cate asks Kiefer what's going on. Kiefer pulls over and drops her off by the side of the road, as he should have done right after she correctly identified Syed Ali for them. Oh, wait, that's not what happened. Actually, he lies and says everything okay…except for the fact that they haven't been able to locate Raggedy Marie.
Meanwhile, at Norton Airfield, inside a hangar, Raggedy Marie and Justin Al-Guarini have put the B-O-M-B on the plane and are about to say goodbye. Raggedy Marie is about to drive north away from the blast radius, and Justin Al-Guarini is, um, about to get blown to bits while flying a plane with the B-O-M-B in it over Los Angeles. How did they decide on that arrangement? Was there a coin toss? "Tails! Damn, I'm going up in the plane. Oh well, take care!" Raggedy Marie opens the door to the hangar and sees several police cars and army jeeps approaching the airfield. "Akalakalak alakalak," says Marie, retreating back indoors. "They found us."