Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Manning Down
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2007.01.15
Sandra has already succeeded in getting in to see Walid. A soldier lets them into an empty classroom, and then leaves them alone in there just because Sandra asks him to. Sandra promises to get Walid out, but Walid's decided to stay. He thinks that some of his fellow prisoners are connected to the day's terror attacks: "They were speaking Arabic, which I don't understand, but there was one phrase they used several times." He repeats the phrase, which I'm not even going to attempt to transliterate, and tells Sandra to pass it along to the FBI. ["He doesn't speak Arabic? Some head of an Islamic advocacy group he is." -- Wing Chun] Sandra points out that the people Walid overheard are being held illegally, but before she can get on her high horse about their rights, Walid snaps at her to stop being a lawyer. Then he chills out, telling her that they may be planning something big. Sandra agrees to pass it on, and Walid repeats the phrase for her again. "I have to get back," he says, like this is a coffee break, and they kiss each other goodbye. So my theory in the last recap that this storyline would be a cautionary tale against arresting innocent people willy-nilly? Clearly I was wrong. It's an argument in favor of arresting innocent people willy-nilly, because then they'll spontaneously become undercover operatives and have unique opportunities to gather vital intelligence while being incarcerated, which they will then be able to easily pass along to the authorities. I feel better about the Patriot Act already.
At 9:50:37, Kiefer is on the phone with Buchanan and carrying a fancy folder through Chez Wallace. Watching Ahmed being rolled out on a gurney, he asks Buchanan to call him when the CTU team arrives in Valencia, and then hangs up. Then he joins Assad at the dining-room table and slides the folder across to him. It's the pardon, which Assad begins flipping through. Either they had the hard copy couriered over from CTU, or CTUmobiles are fully outfitted with not only fax machines, but also fancy binders, report covers, tabs, and dividers. Assad asks for a minute to review the document. Kiefer's fine with that, but says, "Unfortunately, I need to get back to work." Aw, he misses Assad already. Kiefer says that Assad will be taken back to CTU now. Assad wishes Kiefer luck, Kiefer thanks him, and the two share a lingering handshake. And when Kiefer gets up, he sees that Curtis has been standing in the doorway the whole time. Um, awkward. Curtis thought Kiefer was going to ask him to the dance!