Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | 221 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Class Reunion, Without the Class
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 2 | Aired on 2009.01.11
Nope -- it's only Henry's Secret Service agent, calling from the shotgun seat of the limo that's carrying them to Samantha's workplace. "I'm with the First Gentleman," he reports. With Henry clearly visible in the back seat behind him, Agent Getsch reports, "Mr. Taylor is on his way to confront Roger's former girlfriend." He tells Ethan all about Henry's theory that his son was murdered, and the PI he hired secretly. Ethan is a bit irritated that he's just now finding out about this. "Mr. Taylor enlisted me in keeping his activities off the official manifest, but it's gotten out of hand," Getsch explains. "And at this point I'm worried about Mr. Taylor's... state of mind." I think we can safely translate that ellipsis as meaning "fucked up." Ethan thanks him for the heads-up and rings off. With the call over, Henry finally lowers the divider separating him from the front seat and asks if everything's all right. "Just checking in," the agent lies.
Back at the White House, Ethan rejoins the meeting, where the President is making a decisive move: ordering the National Guard to be put on a pre-deployment basis and suggesting they discuss raising the alert level. Whoa, look out! Allison Taylor is a woman of action!
At the Bureau, Moss gets off the phone with some superior and frets nervously to Janis about how they need to find the shooter, fast. Janis is even more nervous, because she just got off the phone with more bad news from Agent Dornan: "It's his gut feeling that the sniper is not in there." Moss doesn't care about that, and tells her he has to be in there, because Walker told him so. He's about to storm off, but she nervously calls him back and adds, "Dornan also wants to know if we know where Agent Walker is... She left ten minutes ago without logging her destination." Moss really doesn't want to ask the next question, but has to: "What about Bauer?" Janis says he left with her. And Moss leaves Janis sitting there looking worried about having both pissed off the boss she has a crush on and gotten her friend in trouble with him.
At 9:39:02, Kiefer is staying a few cars behind Tanner as they drive through one of the more scenic areas of D.C. I've never been there myself, so I didn't realize before now that the Washington Monument is visible from every outdoor location in the city. Like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or the Space Needle in Chicago. Walker's cell phone rings; it's Moss. Kiefer tells her not to answer it, but she does. Moss is entering his office as he asks her what's going on. Walker makes up a story about a lead she's following up with Kiefer, but Moss is totally not convinced. "Renee, what the hell's going on?" he demands, rubbing his face. "Has Bauer gotten you involved with something?" Walker quietly asks Moss to trust her, and he unhappily agrees. When Walker hangs up, she complains to Kiefer, "I just flat-out lied to my boss." Of course, none of this is Kiefer's problem; he only cares if he bought it or not, which Walker thinks he did. Kiefer manages to suppress a sinister cackle of "You are learning, grasshopppah."