Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Current Events
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 02.27.2005
Lovely shot of 1100 Wilshire in downtown Los Angeles, which I identified using SkyscraperPage.com. Here's what it says about the building: "Incredibly unsuccessful as an office building, this building has sat near vacant or vacant for almost two decades." Heh. As we'll see, that very vacancy makes it fairly successful as a shooting location. Tonight, it'll be playing the part of the Rocklyn Building, which is just as fictional as any of the human characters.
Inside the building, on what we'll later learn is the 29th floor, ImhoTerror steps briskly out of an elevator at 5:06:14. Using a key card, he lets himself into a vacant office suite, where he's met by a short, bearded guy named Ali who apologizes for calling him in and tells him that the Americans have already stopped the meltdown of over ninety reactors. ImhoTerror isn't too worried, since (a) he already knows this and (b) one reactor has already melted down and he can take care of the other five "from here." I just wonder why he took his time getting there. Ali walks ImhoTerror to a stairwell, explaining that he's "reported a system failure" and if anyone asks, ImhoTerror is from IT. Good of him to dress the part. If I saw an "IT guy" in an expensive black suit and black mock turtleneck, I'm pretty sure I'd think, "Terrorist." Or possibly "Bond villain," which amounts to the same thing. Ali gives ImhoTerror directions to his cubicle, explaining that the MacGuffin is "well disguised inside the desk." ImhoTerror says he'll need forty-five minutes to finish melting down the rest of the reactors, and asks about Curtis. Ali says Curtis is being "questioned" now. Without another word, ImhoTerror trots up one flight of stairs, where he uses Ali's key card to get into another office suite, this one decidedly not vacant. It's your standard office supplies megastore commercial come to life, swarming with busy office drones. The company's logo on the wall identifies it as IDS Systems, which I wouldn't comment on, except that IDS happens to be the name of the tallest building in Minnesota (as you'll recall from Fargo). Guys, I appreciate the shout-out, but you might have to be a little less subtle next time. Most viewers probably missed this one. Since ImhoTerror's sleek, all-black ensemble isn't attention-grabbing enough, he walks through the cube farm in full-on Mummy glower mode. At Ali's desk, he shucks his jacket, sits down, and opens a secret panel under the desk to reveal what we can safely assume is the MacGuffin, a cluster of computer-y looking parts and lights. Some more glowering around at everyone before he gets to work. That was very foolish, Mr. Bond, he thinks.