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 7:56:02 (!), a handcuffed Wilson is led through an observation room at FBI-DC, and on into the adjoining interrogation room. He's seated at the table by the armored agents who escorted him in, which leaves Walker and Janis alone in the observation room. Observing. Janis tells Walker that Tim's on his way, and Walker needs to sign the transfer papers before he gets there. Walker makes no move for the folder. Instead, she starts turning off the cameras and telling Janis to get out. Janis refuses, because the last time she went along with this brand of Walker's bullshit she ended up as the target of a Justice Department investigation, and for years she's going to have nightmares about that impotent bureaucrat who wandered helplessly around the office waiting for her to have three minutes to spare for him. "Fine," Walker says, and crushes the door keypad with her gun butt. Janis demands to know what she's doing, and Walker actually draws on her, making her handcuff herself to the AV rack. While she does so, Janis tells Walker not to do this. "You've done your job, you arrested him. Let the courts take it from here. Stop this now before it's too late." Walker has already taken off her FBI windbreaker, and looks at the badge folder in her hand. Finally Janis says, "Larry would not have wanted this. Don't dishonor his death like this." That almost seems to reach Walker, but she puts her badge on the table and opens the door to the interrogation room. She stands in the doorway for a moment while Wilson smirks up at her, but the smirk melts when he gets a load of her expression. And she closes the door. With her inside. Genius move, Walker. Maybe he would have gotten put away and maybe not, but torturing a confession out of him is certainly going to tip things one way. And I don't think it's the way she's thinking.
Gohar stands peering through the window of Kiefer's darkened hospital room, until loud, dizzy footsteps come clacking up next to him. "Daddy," Spawn whispers upon seeing Kiefer comatose in the bed. "I'm too late." Yes, Spawn, that's why he's still in the bed alone with all the machines hooked up to him. Idiot. Dr. Macer, who happens to be standing nearby, explains it's just a coma. She fails to mention that it's Kiefer's last coma. Spawn suddenly wonders who the swarthy dude next to her is, and he introduces himself. "My name is Gohar. I'm a friend." Spawn's confused, as always, probably because who ever expected Kiefer to have a Muslim friend? Gohar assures Spawn that Kiefer has accepted the situation. But of course, Spawn hasn't, and with Kiefer out of action, it's suddenly all about her. She asks Macer if the stem cell treatment is still an option. Macer reluctantly says it's not too late, and starts to warn her about the risks, but Spawn shuts her down. "It's my choice now, and I've made up my mind." Try wagging your finger at her, Spawn, that always helps people take you seriously. Macer pulls out a cell phone to get into a surgical suite. "Have Dr. Rosen call me right away." And don't forget to page Dr. Rosenrosen and Dr. Rosenpenis. Instead of calling her husband/boyfriend and telling him not to pick her up at the airport because she won't be there, Spawn goes into Kiefer's room and sits on the edge of his bed, taking his hands and saying, "I'm sorry, Daddy. But I'm not ready to let you go." Kiefer doesn't react, because -- get this -- he's in a coma. What a dynamic and exciting close for the season. It's 8:00:00.
So that "cliffhanger" is a wrap for Season Seven. As slow as that last half hour was, I have to admit, I thought it hung together better than most seasons in general. Most of my nitpicks for the overall arc are pretty minor compared to the kind of thing I usually have to bitch about. But presumably next season they'll be going back to the old system of making it up as they go along, unless the WGA goes on strike again. So at least my job of pointing out all the places where the whole thing falls apart should be easier. See you then.