Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 367 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT The Final Countdown
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 24 | Aired on 2009.05.18
At 7:51:03, one of the splitscreen windows shows Dr. Macer shooting a large dose of something into Kiefer's IV. Wouldn't it be awesome if it were Red Bull? No coma for you!
Hanging out in the White House residence with Henry, Olivia appears to be over the guilt and is now just pacing around wondering what's going to happen to her. When Taylor returns, she smiles at both of them, takes their hands, and kisses them both. Olivia looks so relieved. When Taylor speaks, it's to apologize to her husband and daughter for how hard her job has been on them. "But I have a sworn duty to enforce the Constitution. Failing to honor that oath would be the worst kind of hypocrisy. Olivia, I love you more than anything in this world, and I will do everything I can to help you through this. But as president, this is what I have to do, no matter how much it breaks my heart." Olivia's already shut down as Taylor says Aaron will remand her into federal custody. Aaron enters and tells Olivia that he's taking her to the Justice Department. Henry kisses Olivia's hand before she's led out. "I'm sorry, honey," Taylor calls lamely after her daughter, and is roundly ignored, like she was the one who put out a hit on someone. Then she turns to her husband, who hasn't said a word this whole time. Nor is he about to, apparently. He just looks away from her, refusing to speak. And this incredibly stubborn woman, who today has stood up to terrorists, traitors, extortionists, and Kiefer, just gives up and leaves the room. Poor showing, Madam President.
In the hallway, she leans against a side table for support, and that's how Ethan finds her. "Allison?" he says, and offers to talk later as he turns to go. She says she couldn't cover it up, as much as she wanted to. Well no, she never would have gotten away with it. Oh, maybe that's not what she means. Ethan says she doesn't have to explain, and that he understands. "Henry doesn't," Taylor says. Ethan tries to assure her, "He'll come around, in time," but Taylor thinks not. "I've lost my family," she says, all choked up. "I've lost everyone." Yep, that's what happens when a chick becomes president. Make a note of it, ladies. "Not everyone," Ethan corrects, and just like that, he's un-resigned. Taylor pulls herself together, telling him about the FBI's new star prisoner, Alan Wilson. It looks like they're going to get right back to work. Maybe I've said this before and maybe I haven't, but does this country really need a chief executive who's in the habit of denying herself sleep until she hallucinates?