Episode Report Card Gustave: A- | 276 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Survivor: The Family Edition
By Gustave | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2003.02.11
The time is 07:14:39 PM. Klockwise from the top left, Soul Patch is working the phones behind an opaque "topo map," Raggedy Marie is still cruising in the Blondemobile, and Syed Ali is bound to a chair. Behind the topo map, it becomes apparent that Soul Patch is checking up on a rescue team who is looking for Spawn in the forest. Mason gets word of this and asks Soul Patch what he's doing. Soul Patch reminds Mason that he promised Kiefer to do anything in his power to protect his daughter. Mason reminds Soul Patch that, although Spawn is lost, she is outside of the blast radius and doesn't need Soul Patch's attention as much as, say, the city of Los Angeles. "Stay focused on the bomb," yells Mason. "That goes for everybody." He then sneaks up to the Kiefer Kube to have a cough or two. Now that Mason is out of earshot, Soul Patch goes back to his search for Spawn.
Meanwhile, the forest is getting darker and darker. The rising moon looks like an origami cut-out against the navy blue sky. Spawn blows on her hands for warmth. Apparently the cougar still hasn't bothered to eat her. She hears some rustling in the distance and hides behind a rock, prepared for the worst. Fortunately, it's not the return of the cougar, but a hunky stranger with a rifle. He asks her what she's doing in the forest. Spawn explains that she was in a car accident and started panicking. The next thing she knew, she was lost and snared in the trap. "Why were you running from the highway in the first place?" asks hunky stranger. Spawn doesn't answer. He releases her from the trap. And by the way, it looked really easy to get her out of that trap.
Back at Temple El-Kaboom, CTU agents lay down what looks like fiber optic cable while crowds of onlookers gather. Cate and the imam watch the cable installation and wonder what Kiefer has in store for Syed Ali. Meanwhile, down in the basement, Kiefer puts his lips really close to Syed's and demands to know where the B-O-M-B is. Then he just starts hitting him a lot. Oh, yeah. Pain, pleasure, and restraints. This isn't gay at all. Syed Ali refuses to answer and informs Kiefer that he's ready to die. "I can make you die with more pain than you ever imagined," whispers Kiefer velvetily into Ali's ear as he grabs his crotch. "Then I will have that much more pleasure in paradise," says Ali. Oh, please -- like Syed isn't getting a little taste of paradise now.