Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | 1 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT O Brother, Where Art Thou?
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 5 | Aired on January 21, 2007
10:49:32. Nadia's finished with Assad, and leaves him sitting in the CTU Situation Room. She finds Buchanan and says that Assad gave her some more names, but nothing as juicy as Gredenko. Buchanan asks what else Assad said. "He wants peace," Nadia answers. Buchanan asks if she believes him, and after a pause, she admits that she does. Buchanan enters the Situation Room to tell Assad that he's being flown to Washington, D.C. now. But when will he see Kiefer again? Buchanan adds that Assad gave them some helpful information. Assad wishes Buchanan good luck and hopes the worst is over. Buchanan thanks him, and extends his hand in friendship. Aww. Assad shakes it, then gets escorted out at 10:50:37.
Milo flags down Buchanan to report that the FBI is feeding them live audio from the Anacostia Detention Facility. Buchanan tells him to assign Chloe to it as a priority, but it's really just another excuse for an unnecessarily slick scene transition. We now see Walid sitting alone in the schoolyard, looking sad and worried with his new bruises. Across the yard, Salim has taken up Walid's case with one of his buddies, and the two debate in Arabic as to whether Walid can be trusted. "He's one of us," Salim insists. Only nerdier.
Actually, I've been trying to figure out why I get such a nerd-vibe from Walid, and I think it's because the first time I ever saw Harry Lennix in anything, he was on ER as a doctor who got dumped by Gloria Reuben in favor of her ex-husband who had cheated on her and given her AIDS. That kind of loser-stink don't scrub off.
Anyway, Sandra's been watching a video feed of Walid sitting there, and she gets worked up enough to go over to Agent Blond to complain once again about what a bad idea this is. They argue some more, and Agent Blond says Walid "might be able to find something out within hours." Well, I hope so, or this plotline is kind of going to sputter out. Still, Sandra is being an obnoxious, shrill pain about it, to the point that Agent Blond says that she probably shouldn't even be there. "Let's be honest," he says. "The only reason you're here is that you're the President's sister." Sandra warns him to remember that. "You don't have any trouble bending the rules when it's to your advantage, do you?" Agent Blond snarks. Oh, just fuck already. But before they can get to it, they're interrupted by new developments on the Walid-feed.