Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 113 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Walker Hard
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.01.18
At 7:32:56, Kiefer emerges from his debriefing to say goodbye to Chloe. Seeing the back of Walker's head in the conference room, he asks how that went, and Chloe says things got weird when Hastings showed up. Like they ever don't, with all his slouching and peering around and Bluetooth-wielding. She also brings Kiefer up to speed on the mildly dosed corpse of Davros in the morgue. "What's that got to do with Renee?" Kiefer asks. Chloe says Hastings asked Walker to go back undercover. Kiefer loses all interest in Chloe--as he so frequently does--goes over to the conference room, and walks in. Walker turns and sees him, and actually smiles for the first time, walking over to give him a hug. She's alive! Kiefer explains how he didn't think she'd want to see him, and she apologizes for ducking his calls. Although she was happy to hear he was okay. I'm guessing this is the first time they've spoken since he almost died and she went rogue. Kiefer says that despite appearances, he's not actually back at CTU, and is in fact supposed to be flying back to L.A. with Spawn as they speak. Explaining how he ended up here, he says, "Old informant knocked on my door, everything went downhill from there." Just use that clip for the previouslies for the rest of the season, okay? Kiefer brings up Hastings' request, and Walker says she signed on. "You really think that's a good idea?" he wonders. He says he's worried about her. I'm worried about the sex-voice he's using. It makes me feel uneasy and slightly gay. "I know what you did," he whispers. She asks him to specify. "You almost killed Wilson during your interrogation," Kiefer says. "Things were so bad the FBI had to let you go, even after everything you did that day." Awesome. So glad to hear how that worked out. Although I do appreciate the fact that there's no mention of what Walker actually found out from Wilson, because honestly, does it matter? Kiefer tells her, "Renee, I know where you are, and it's a dark place." Yes, he's spent a lot of time there. One almost expects him to continue, "It seems like it would be nice given how close to the park it is, but there's a lot of druggie foot traffic. Also, the shelves in the kitchen cabinets are too high and the toilet keeps running until you jiggle the handle and you can't find a three-prong outlet to save your life." She claims to have come back from there, but he says it takes longer than she thinks. She says she's ready, but he disagrees. After having spent one day and two minutes with her, counting this scene. He takes her hand gently, like this is about to get romantic, but then pushes up the cuff of her jacket to reveal scars on her wrist. Nosy much? Hey, maybe she was just trying to get back together with Larry Moss. He says this is too important, but she shuts back down and goes to her briefing. It's 7:35:45.