Episode Report Card Gustave: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Flight 69 goes down
By Gustave | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 12.16.2002
The time is 03:13:56 PM. Remember last week, how Cate couldn't get in touch with Ralph Burton but she got his boss on the phone instead? Well, Burton's "boss" just showed up at Crez Crew, and he's played by none other than Mikey Palmice from The Sopranos. And yeah, I have to wonder what happened to Ralph Burton. Why bother having him on camera and mentioning his name a bunch of times if it's his boss who is going to end up coming over and hacking into Papa Crew's computer files? Cate lets him in and whines about how CTU ruined her sister's wedding. Mikey Palmice apologizes for the ruined wedding, but insists that private investigators are required by law to report any terrorist threat to the FBI, or wherever you report that sort of thing. Cate is barely listening, because she's staring lustfully at the gun he has strapped to his pelvis. They start hacking into her dad's computer.
NSA. Yulin is just walking through the halls of NSA with his staff when he encounters Lady Mac walking through the same halls with Armus. At least I think it's Armus. I haven't seen him in a while, and all I remember is that he kind of looks like Sam Elliott. Just as Lady Mac is being admitted into the room where Ron Weiland is detained, Yulin asks one of Lady Mac's entourage if she has clearance. Big mistake. "Excuse me," says Lady Mac. "But you don't need to speak about me as if I wasn't here, Mr. Stanton." Yulin apologizes and tries to explain that he was just concerned, because it's a highly restricted area that she's entering. Lady Mac is all, "I know. I have been granted access." Yulin asks her why she was given access. Lady Mac tells him to ask the President. Chilly! Armus lets her in. She comes face-to-face with Weiland. "Sherry Palmer," exclaims Weiland. Damn, it would have been so great if Weiland had been hot, or had any charisma for that matter, because then this scene would have been interesting. Instead, it's like, oh, let's see Penny Johnson Jerald try to pretend to have chemistry with the Bob Balaban look-alike. Weiland claims to have the story of the year, seeing that the leader of the free world has had him kidnapped. Lady Mac assures him that there's been precedent for this kind of executive action. Weiland doesn't believe her. "I'm coming out of here with a story," says Weiland. "Deal with it." Lady Mac tries to offer Weiland a chance to be there in the O.C. to report firsthand in return for his silence. "No journalist has ever been inside there," says Lady Mac. Weiland wants to know why Palmer's ex-wife is making said offer. "Take the deal, Ron," says Lady Mac.
Meanwhile, the "American Delivery" truck passes through some city streets. Three Arabic speaking guys are in the truck. "Akalaka lakalakalak," says one of the Arab guys, who looks like Joey Fatone's older brother, to the other two. According to the subtitles, this indicates that the "bomb is ready" and that "they" are "waiting for the bomb to be delivered." "Akalakalakalakalak," says one of the other guys, who has Justin Guarini's hairdo. Just then, one of the tires on the truck blows. They skid over to the side of the road. "Akalakalak alakalak," says Joey Fatone's older brother. "Akalak alakalak alak," says the third terrorist driving the truck, who looks like Ben Kingsley's nephew. "Akalakalak alakalak," says TerrorGuarini. Panic sweat is visible on the faces of the three TerrorStooges. BenKingsley'sNephew gets out to investigate. The other two follow him out, and soon they are akalaking heatedly about what to do about their flat tire. An obese guy who looks like Steve Schirripa drives by in a pickup truck. "Hey, do you guys need some help?" he says. After a pregnant pause, Joey Fatone's Older Brother is all, "Yeah, sure," in perfect English.