Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 265 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Death Wish
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 23 | Aired on 2010.05.24
2:41:52. Suvarov is still en route in the act-in splitscreens, which makes his the longest drive across New York City all season. In the main part of the action, an armed squad is checking the 22nd floor lobby of the Hart building. Kiefer stays out of sight until they've passed, then heads down half a flight of stairs to a landing. He sticks a couple of little buttons to the wall -- tiny cameras, we'll soon see, so he can keep an eye on the approach -- and starts breaking into a utility room. Between this show and Burn Notice (coming back Thursday, June 3, and don't forget to read the weecaps!), I think these rooms are of greatest "utility" to spies and terrorists. Especially since this one has a louvered window overlooking the U.N. Plaza Gardens, and the U.N. building itself across the way. Kiefer pulls out a laptop and opens it up (it comes on immediately, which tells me that Jim is a much better computer supplier than my company's entire IT department), so now he can see the hallway on live video feeds from those tiny cameras he planted. Then he sweeps all the crap off a small table (why bother to be quiet when you're about to assassinate a foreign head of state?) and moves the table to a spot in front of the window. Out of the bottomless duffel comes a folding sniper rifle and a tool kit. He uses the latter to start taking the metal grate off the window. He hasn't used the former yet, but I think we can guess what he'll be using it for. Yes, sometimes those old screws can get stripped, and you need a backup plan.