Episode Report Card Gustave: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Pulling a Sherry
By Gustave | Season 3 | Episode 2 | Aired on 11.03.2003
Back at CTU, Potato Face calls Soul Patch to tell him she just heard from Kiefer, who told her to tell him that they won't be using the transmitters because it will take too long to wire them up. Soul Patch tells Potato Face that she'd better keep him up to date on anything that Kiefer finds and reports to her. "Got it?" asks Soul Patch. "Oh, okay, you don't have to yell," says Potato Face, in spite of the fact that Soul Patch wasn't yelling. Soul Patch tells her that he wasn't yelling, but they've only got three hours to connect Hartmano to the virus so he needs to her keep him up to date. Potato Face is all, "I said 'okay'."
Meanwhile, Kiefer and Charlie reach the building -- a dilapidated old downtown L.A. pre-war high rise with art deco details. Their LAPD contact -- a handsome black man -- is waiting for them, and they all introduce themselves. HandsomeBlackManDuJour informs them that no one has gone in or out of the building since they got there, and points out for them the outside window of the apartment where Patient Zero lived. "How much back-up do you want?" he asks. Kiefer tells HandsomeBlackManDuJour that he only needs enough people to cover the exits, because he'd rather just he and Charlie went in without setting off any alarms. "You sure about that?" asks HandsomeBlackManDuJour. Kiefer tells him that he'll radio him if he needs him. Kiefer and Charlie go in with guns cocked. The time is 02:38:49 PM.
The time is 02:43:16 AM. Klockwise from the top left, Angelina and Juan Voight exchange uncomfortable looks, Hector stands inside the Hacienda deep in thought, and Kiefer and Charlie Brown enter what looks like a Crack Den. In the Crack Den, it really is a crack den with garbage everywhere and alternative music playing. People's doors are opened because they're too stoned to think to close and lock them. Kiefer spies a girl, in her apartment, shooting heroin in between her toes. Kiefer keeps staring at her. Either he's longing to be in her position (i.e., in possession of a hit of smack) or he's trying to get pointers on how to shoot up between your toes, since it's such a smart way to do heroin because you can hide your track-marks under a pair of shoes. They reach a doorway where they hear a lot of activity, and try to enter. A big shady-looking guy tries to block their entry, claiming that this area isn't "open to the public." Kiefer and Charlie slam him up against the wall as Kiefer explains that they're not looking to take anyone down. "We just want a little information," says Kiefer. With the guard restrained, Kiefer walks into the forbidden corridor. As Kiefer reaches a door, the guard shouts out a warning to his buddy. Charlie knocks the guard unconscious and Kiefer runs, shooting, into the forbidden room. A drug dealer -- you can tell he deals drugs because there's a giant bong on his kitchen counter -- shoots him right back with a huge piece. Kiefer gets out of the way just in time. More men emerge from the shadows of the forbidden apartment. Charlie comes over for back-up, and there's a big shoot-out where lots of people get shot and die who aren't Kiefer and Charlie Brown.