Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Do-Over
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 10 | Aired on 02.23.2009
At 5:22:52, Sean finds Erica in the women's room, and starts off in typical charming fashion. "Just listen to me and try not to overreact, okay? We have a situation, but I think I know how to handle it." She says she thought he had it under control. "I do," he says, "but they have Dubaku's database." His definition of "under control" just keeps expanding. Erica starts freaking out, ready to make a run for it, but he promises her that it'll be okay. She's not in the mood for promises from him; apparently he's already promised to leave his wife, and look how that's been going. But he gets her to calm down and tells her his plan: "As soon as O'Brian downloads those files, we're gonna crash the entire system. Every single server on this floor." That sounds ambitious, not to mention sloppy. Plus what about the actual medium the files arrive on? What's to keep Moss from just walking it down to the Kinko's on New Jersey Avenue? She thinks that's crazy, but he says they'll just do a system-wide reformat. "We're going to have to bypass a lot of safety protocols, okay? But nobody's better at dealing with those servers than you," he flatters. Getting in close and face-touchy, he finally gets her on board with his plan. All she needs from him is a reconfigured motherboard. Sean says they don't have much time, and plans to meet her in the server room in a few minutes. Before she goes, he tells her he loves her and kisses her. Which totally makes her day. Because she is stupid. It's 5:25:16.
At 5:29:42, things are pretty busy in the hospital. Dubaku's being worked on, Kiefer's on his cell phone with someone, and Walker stands around looking bereft. A uniformed cop shows up to hand her Marika's "personal effects," a tiny Ziploc pouch with a watch and maybe a little dreamcatcher or something inside it. As she stands there holding it, Kiefer comes over to tell her that Moss confirmed receipt of the memory card and they should have something in a few minutes. "That's all that matters, right, Jack?" she asks accusatorily. He gets pissy and lectures, "I don't like what happened to Marika any more than you do." Oh, I think he likes it a little bit more. "We did what was necessary. You better figure out a way to live with it." She continues being a buzzkill, so he tells her he'll keep her posted and walks away briskly. For a while I thought these two might end up together, but not if she doesn't get over her habit of wanting to talk about stuff he doesn't want to talk about. You know when Kiefer wants to talk: it's when somebody is experiencing blinding fear and/or pain.