Episode Report Card Gustave: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Bitchelle of Mercy
By Gustave | Season 3 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.05.2004
Kiefer, who is on speakerphone from the Kiefmobile, asks Soul Patch to search for any dead kontacts of Kiefer who, otherwise, match the new supervillain's description. Chloe types it in and soon they have another file full of black-haired thirty-ish male Caucasians. Bitchelle goes through them all with Alvers. "It's him!" he shrieks at a picture of the new supervillain. Kiefer, who can see the picture through his very own car server or some such Whatever Technology, gasps. "I know him!" he shrieks. "His name is Stephen Sahhhhn-ders." He explains that he was a British Intelligence agent on loan to CTU for that Kosovo mission -- the same one that went so badly that Dennis Hopper tried to avenge himself on Palmer, Kiefer, and Kiefer's family during Day One. "I was the only one who got out," says Kiefer. "Five others died including Sahhhhn-ders...or so I thought." Kiefer asks for a few minutes to think this through and hangs up with Soul Patch, Potato Face, and Bitchelle. "Bitch!" he shrieks at the picture of Sahhhhn-ders that remains up on his car computer screen. The time is 05:11:14 AM.
The time is 05:15:41 AM. In Palmerville, Brother Palmer briefs Palmer on the latest news from Inn Fection. The panic has been subdued, testing procedures should begin soon, and the press hasn't caught on yet. "But they're bound to before long," warns Brother Palmer. Palmer maintains that it's important to have a "cover" for the press so that people in L.A. don't panic. "Don't use the term 'Cordilla Virus,'" says Palmer. "People have never heard of it and the unknown creates more fear." Instead, Palmer wants Brother Palmer to tell the press that it's Legionnaire's Disease, because it's a curable disease that people have heard of. The Homeland Security Chief enters -- a forgettable guest star who kind of resembles Harris Yulin from last season. He advises Palmer to raise the terror level to red. Palmer agrees. Next, Homeland Guy advises the grounding of all domestic flights and the closing of all airports. Brother Palmer doesn't like that plan, as it will create more panic. "It's better than allowing a widespread release of the V-I-R-U-S," says Homeland Guy. "If you close those airports," says Brother Palmer, "you won't be able to explain it away as Legionnaire's Disease!" The two advisers bicker for a few minutes until Palmer breaks it up. Palmer calls for a possible shutdown of air transportation. "But wait for my authorization," he says.