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
Hastings goes over to ask Dana about the images Kiefer just sent, and she obligingly puts close-ups of Davros's dead, pale, bloody chest up on the big screen, like everyone on the floor wants to see that. Talk about creating a hostile work environment. Dana also shows him similar tattoos of the bad guys Kiefer killed in the first hour, and says she thinks they're Russian gang tattoos. Always Johnny-on-the-spot, Dana has already sent them to the FBI, and the FBI has helpfully responded with the name of an agent who went undercover with the Russian mob years ago. Not only has Dana got that agent's folder already in hand, she's already had her picked up by one of CTU's remaining helicopters and the agent is being delivered via airmail right now. But who might this agent be? "Chloe, I think you worked with her," Dana mentions offhandedly. Indeed she did; the folder contains a dossier and photo of none other than Renee Walker. I was wondering when she'd show up again. Although I must confess to some disappointment that it's not Janis Gold. Hastings notices that she's an ex-agent, which he assumes means she was fired and the record was sealed. He wonders why they're calling in someone who clearly has some issues, but Dana insists that Walker is the only person who ever got near the famously secretive Russian mob. Chloe just keeps her troubling thoughts to herself. No point in using up all her new capital with Hastings right away, after all.
Somewhere in town, a fancy restaurant is closed and empty, except for a man in a suit watching a news report on the failed assassination attempt. That man is played by Jürgen Prochnow, the German H!ITG who starred in Das Boot decades ago and has been playing baddie after Euro-baddie ever since. In fact, I couldn't believe he'd never been on this show before until I checked to make sure. He mutes the TV to answer a phone call, which turns out to be from Farhad. "Why is my brother still alive?" Farhad demands. In a Russian accent, Jürgen Prochnow smoothly assures Farhad that it won't matter, "once you have the materials in your possession." He wonders if he needs to find another buyer, but Farhad says he's on his way. "Good," the Russian says cheerfully. "We'll have a nice meal waiting. And we'll talk." Farhad jumps out in front a cab and gets in while the Russian hangs up his phone. It's 7:13:05, and clearly a commitment to client service is part of the corporate culture of this gang. Farhad should appreciate that more.