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
Commercials. I'm going to go on record saying that David Cross's sitcom is funnier than Bob Odenkirk's Miller ad. And they're both funnier than Potato Face.
9:41:24. Here I am on my fourth recap and I just realized this show has five acts. Damn. No wonder these keep taking longer than I expect. Saunders studies the artful reflection from a pool of water onto the wall of his new hideaway (it's probably why he picked the place), Potato Face is working in a room full of computers that's only a few couches short of looking exactly like the broadcast deck of the Nebuchadnezzar in The Matrix, and Palmer holds a phone to his ear with one hand while gluing his left eyebrow back on with the other. He's getting some bad news about growing casualty estimates, but he's got the situation under control: "Keep me posted." Ooh, I just get chills when he says that. No wonder Lady Mac is so drawn to his power. Brother Palmer comes in, saying he just got of the phone with one of his sources at the Keeler campaign headquarters. One of his sources? My god, there are moles everywhere! Brother Palmer breaks the news that Lady Mac was just there meeting with Keeler. Neither of them has any idea what she's up to, but Palmer doesn't have time to worry about it now. Brother Palmer wants to "put someone on it," but Palmer refuses. "I brought Sherry in to fix a problem, and look what happened. Just let it be. We'll hear soon enough." He had me, and then he lost me.
9:42:49. Saunders's new IT guy, who sort of resembles Ving Rhames with hair, notifies him that CTU is working on triangulating their location from his last phone call. They're not on the phone now, so I don't know how Ving Rhames With Hair could know that without being hacked into CTU's systems. He tells Saunders that eventually they might get close. There are a dozen agents a seven-minute walk away, Saunders. I'd say they're close already. But Saunders isn't having it. He leads Ving Rhames With Hair and his conspicuous handgun to Bitchelle's room, where VRWH plunks her back in her chair and puts a knife to her throat. I'd like to see Fauxbayashi try that. Saunders wants to know what CTU is doing to try to trace him. I think VRWH already explained that, dude. Bitchelle's still refusing to talk, pointing out that if they kill her, he'll never get Spawnders back. Saunders smarms, "That's not the only option. You're an attractive woman." Oh, he's icky. "I'm guessing your husband would prefer you returned without disfigurement." Bitchelle's still not talking, so Saunders wants to talk to the pushover in the family. VRWH dials his cell phone and hands it to Saunders, telling him to keep the conversation short. Saunders says to Soul Patch, "Let me paint you a picture. I have a sharp knife, the tip of which is drawing blood from your wife's face right now. If whatever you're doing to trace these phone calls doesn't stop in thirty seconds, she'll be unrecognizable." He hangs up. Yeah, that was pretty short.