Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Take These Secondary Characters, Please!
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 10 | Aired on 02.20.2005
4:19:13. AIIIEEEE!sha sits in interrogation; DaD's running another meeting at CTU where they're no doubt covering a number of other facts we (and they) already know; and…um…TerrorTeen is in the hospital laundry room. Does Kiefer know he went back? Anyway, at DaD's meeting, Curtis has been explaining to DaD what AIIIEEEE!sha told him about her needing to be present to access the files on TerrorGringo's computer. DaD asks if Curtis believes her. Curtis: "I'm not sure. The polygraph indicates that she's telling the truth. But in my opinion, she may be a sociopath." DaD asks from beneath raised eyebrows, "Are you a psychologist?" Curtis demurs, but he says he's had "dealings" with her. By which he of course means "humpin' and pumpin'." DaD asks him, "[Humpin' and pumpin'] that might affect your judgment?" Curtis denies it. DaD asks for suggestions as to their next move. Driscoll offers, "I can spare an operative from the cyber unit." Since when? "And a security team," she adds. DaD asks what DoDder thinks, because somebody has to once in a while. DoDder thinks Curtis should go with AIIIEEEE!sha. Huh. Why do you suppose she wants him dead? Driscoll says she needs Curtis at CTU, but DoDder and her stupid mouth say, "Someone with experience needs to examine [the data] firsthand." What, there's nobody else with "experience" at CTU? Weak. No way is DaD going to agree with this. "I agree," DaD says. Oh, never mind. Driscoll stink-eyes DoDder, then she and Curtis leave the room. On the way out, Curtis says to her quietly, "I don't like this." Most of us don't like our death sentences, Curtis. But Driscoll says those are the orders. "Get it done and get back here as quickly as you can." Poor Curtis, soon to become a Handsome Black Agent in the field. We know how Driscoll feels about people who try to walk off the job, so his only options are to undergo some kind of horrible disfigurement, or attempt to change his race a la Michael Jackson. But I repeat myself.
Driscoll heads into the CTU clinic, where Special Agent Breck is perched on the end of a cot, looking like her cat died. "You all right?" Driscoll asks. Special Agent Breck nods. "Anything you need?" "I'm fine," Special Agent Breck lies. Driscoll says, "You understand I had no choice. You were identified as a threat to security and I acted accordingly." That is the worst apology ever. "I would have hoped you had more faith in me," Special Agent Breck says, looking her awful, awful boss in the eye for the first time and giving us a good look at her smeared makeup. Driscoll says she does have faith in Special Agent Breck on a personal level, but she couldn't ignore evidence brought to her by the Secretary of Defense. Special Agent Breck wonders what happens now. Driscoll says Special Agent Breck can go home and rest, or, if she's up to it, Driscoll can use her on the floor. After being mistakenly tortured by my boss, I think I'd hold out for a third and much, much better option. One that involved ice cream, at the very least. Special Agent Breck says she'll go back to work. Driscoll thanks her and leaves, followed by an exceedingly ambiguous stare from Special Agent Breck.