Episode Report Card M. Giant: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Mole Patch II: Electric Whatever
By M. Giant | Season 3 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.03.2004
9:28:32. Saunders broods, Spawnders stews, Spawn naps, and Senator Keeler's campaign logo looks suspiciously that of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (thanks to dbeck55 for spotting that). At Keeler campaign headquarters, the candidate is lambasting his campaign manager -- a Poor Man's Tim Russert -- for advising him to attack Palmer for walking out of the debate. Poor Man's Tim Russert whines that everyone assumed the national security story was just a cover. Yeah, that sounds like the Palmer we all know. Keeler tells PMTR to call his source at the Pentagon and find out what the national security threat is, in case he needs to issue an apology. But first, Keeler's desk phone rings and PMTR picks it up. Guess who? It's Lady Mac, and she wants to come see Keeler in five minutes. They have no idea what she wants, but I'm sure that it'll make no sense whatsoever. Keeler muses, "This should be interesting." Oh, he's so wrong.
9:29:55. Kiefer and Special Agent Charlie Brown walk into CTU loaded for bear. Special Agent Charlie Brown goes off to Field Ops do something or other, and Kiefer flags down Adam, who gives him one confusing tidbit after another: Soul Patch is with Spawnders, Spawn is waiting to be debriefed, Adam is working with NHS, Potato Face is tracking Saunders in Tech One, and somebody intentionally erased satellite surveillance frames. Adam gets called away, and Kiefer looks around as if the place just turned into the set of an Austin Powers movie.
In Spawnders's holding room, Soul Patch tells Spawnders that she's going to be moved to Division shortly. She asks what Division is, and I must confess I'm interested in the answer to that question myself, but they're interrupted by a phone call from Kiefer. He wants to talk to Soul Patch outside the observation room, and Soul Patch agrees. It's 9:30:59. Soul Patch comes out of the room to face Kiefer. Kiefer wants to know what the hell is going on, and asks Soul Patch if it's true that they have a mole. Soul Patch plays it cool, or as cool as a guy can play something when he's as sweaty as Soul Patch is right now. Why does nobody notice this or comment on it, especially in light of the big red spot on his neck bandage? Kiefer wants to call Division down on the mole, but Soul Patch, believe it or not, disagrees, claiming that he doesn't want to tip their hand yet. Kiefer turns and watches Adam the Woman Hater acting not at all suspicious, then reluctantly agrees. He wants Division to come and pick up Spawnders, and then he wants to go to Tech One with Soul Patch and work with Potato Face. Soul Patch can't have that, so he says he's got a thirty-minute status call with Brad Hammond at Division, and he'll take care of telling him so Kiefer can go up and help Charlie Brown with whatever he's working on. Poor Soul Patch. It's so much easier to lie to people who aren't Kiefer. All sorts of warning bells are going off inside Kiefer's head, but he agrees and walks away. Then he turns back to see Soul Patch looking sneaky as hell. It's safe to say that Kiefer's suspicions are well and truly aroused. Kiefer heads over to Adam's desk for confirmation of Soul Patch's "status call," but Adam doesn't have any record of it on the schedule. Kiefer stalks off.