Episode Report Card Erin: D+ | 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Whirligig of Death and Destruction
By Erin | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 03.15.2005
Shut up, Ty. I never thought I'd say that, but…shut up.
Back from the break, Sasha and Jack are strolling along, having a nice chat about how to treat your men like children and give them enough rope to become men but if they make mistakes, hang them with it. This is exactly how I've treated my past boyfriends and might explain why I am currently single. Jack and Sasha continue to discuss their past association and Sasha mentions that he was shocked at how quickly he was dumped by the CIA. "One day we are working together," says Sasha, "arming a rebellion. The next, you're gone." Jack says his mandate changed. Sasha wants to know why Jack's paying him a visit. Jack lies that he's entering the private sector and he wants to discuss going into business with Sasha. Sasha's honored.
Sasha's phone rings and he picks up. It's Swarthy Dude from the club and he tells Sasha that the package is being delivered on schedule. Sasha orders Swarthy Dude to keep him posted and then tells Jack he wants to show him his zoo. And…then Jack smiles. He LAUGHS and he SMILES. It's sort of…I don't know what to think, really. Victor Garber has a lovely smile, but on Jack? It's…hold me. So, whatever, Sasha wants to talk to the animals. Jack's all, dude? Tired. Long ride. In the back of a TRUCK with a HOOD ON MY HEAD. Sasha understands. He offers him some scotch and Jack again smiles and they enter the house.
A lovely woman approaches and Sasha introduces her as his wife. She's American, as far as I can tell by her accent, and I'm not sure who the actress is, but she looks awfully familiar. According to IMDb, however, unless I watched Miracles or Boston Public, I would never have seen the girl. Whatever. She's lovely and gracious and you can tell Jack is thinking, "Okay, wait. Murderous fiend Sasha with a sweet wife? What the?" She invites him to stay to dinner and gushes on and on about how she's heard so much about him and Sasha speaks so highly of him and she's so glad to meet him and Jack is about to kill your husband, honey, so I'd zip it if I were you.
Sasha and his wife skitter off to have a chat and Sasha tells Jack to hang out in his office and make himself at home. Too bad that Jack's idea of making himself at home is to pull out some piano wire and get ready to garrote Sasha. Jack's just standing there, right in front of a huge mirror, preparing the piano wire. The…hell? Shouldn't he be, um, facing away from the mirror? I mean, Sasha's hidden away in Angola somewhere and getting to him requires hidden passwords and be-hooding by soldiers and don't you think there's probably a damn camera behind that mirror? Yeah, this whole thing just reeks of a set-up.