Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Do You Have the Stomach For It?
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.10.2010
Viewer discretion warning at the end of the last commercial break? That's not a good sign.
At 12:51:54, Reed is watching Dana's video while Jim stands guard over her. She has a clear reaction to watching the Russian who's now in the next room talking about planning her then-boyfriend's death. But I don't see her getting up to join Kiefer.
Kiefer's got a pair of pliers in his hand as he says, right in Tokarev's sweaty face, "To be honest with you, Renee Walker was more than just my friend. But you already know that, don't you? Because you saw us in the bedroom of my apartment." Rather than asking Tokarev for a review of his performance, Kiefer offers a review of Tokarev's: "Now, you're either not very good at what you do, or you wanted her to suffer. Because with that rifle at that range, it was an easy kill shot. But instead you shot her right there, two inches below her heart." And the coincidences continue, because Kiefer's got the point of his pliers pressed up against that very point on Tokarev's torso. "So she would bleed out slowly," Kiefer continues. And potentially tell Kiefer what she knew? "I watched her gasping for air as the blood slowly filled her lungs. She died in agony, which is exactly what I'm going to make you do, unless you tell me what I want to know. With that, he grabs a pliers-full of flesh and rips a big bite free of Tokarev's torso. That's gotta smart.
Reed can hear Tokarev's howl of pain from the next room. Through his agony, Tokarev yells at Kiefer, "I kill her, I kill your bitch, I did it!" Kiefer loses it and soon finds himself in another one of those Kiefer vs. Restrained Person bouts that he just can't seem to avoid. Reed begs Jim to stop him, insisting that there's enough on the file. "You're not going anywhere," Jim tells her, because he's not accessory to enough horrible shit yet. Yes, by all means, let Kiefer beat Tokarev to death. Let's see how forthcoming he is after that. Kiefer somehow stops himself (or just runs out of steam) before killing Tokarev (which of course is exactly what Tokarev wanted), but his captive is still pretty bloody. Kiefer stumbles into a chair, spent. Yeah, but you should see the other guy.
At 12:54:57, Jason arrives at the department store and takes the escalator steps two at a time to the crime scene. He waves a badge around (where'd he get that?) and demands all the weapons and documents found on the bodies. Of course, all they were carrying was the guns -- no IDs. That makes sense if spies are going into an operation where they could be killed, but what if they ever have to assassinate someone in a bar, or while buying cigarettes, or at an R-rated movie? Jason pulls up a photo of Kiefer on his phone and waves that around, telling the cops that's who they're looking for. Before they all spread out in search of a tiny little blurry blue-tinged man who seems to be shaking a little, Jason warns them, "If you don't want to end up like these people, shoot on sight." Unfortunately nobody misinterprets his instructions and shoots Jason.