Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Good News, Bad News
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.13.2009
The explosion shows up on the FBI monitors showing the satellite feed of Starkwood, and Kiefer anticlimactically says, "It's done," as he removes his earpiece. Janis is trying to raise Tony, but Kiefer calmly says the explosion would have shorted his comm out anyway, so they'll have to wait for Moss's team to arrive. He doesn't seem too worried. I guess he only learned Tony was alive in the first place this same morning, and if he's dead again, Kiefer will see him again soon anyway.
Inside the Oval Office, Taylor is getting to the part in the folder where Starkwood is asking for better security clearances than the Vice President, to which she voices her objections. I don't know why she has such a problem with it; the Vice President is a moron. I wouldn't give him my car keys. "These points are non-negotiable," Hodges says. "I'm not here to debate them." Way to demonstrate how awesome you're going to be to work with, Hodges. Seaton starts to move on, but then Tim comes in to call Taylor out for a brief word. Taylor excuses herself and leaves the room with Tim. In the outer office, Tim tells Taylor, "SatCom has just detected a massive explosion on the Starkwood compound. The bioweapons facility has been destroyed." Except he doesn't know how it happened. "This wasn't us," he says. He adds that the FBI is already moving in, and Taylor says she wants to talk to Kiefer when this is over. She's doing a shitty job of acting surprised.
Inside, Hodges and Seaton discuss how the meeting is going. "I'm not sure I'm reaching her," Hodges unwittingly understates. Dude, how many terrorists do you think get left alone in the Oval Office, anyway? But when the doors open and Secret Service agents swarm in, he demands, "What the hell is this?" Walking in with Tim, Taylor theatrically hands him Seaton's binder and tells him, "Put this document into evidence and take these men into custody." Hodges protests, and Taylor says, "Jonas, we've taken out your missiles. It's over." Hodges is in denial, but Taylor says he's under arrest. "You are a terrorist and a murderer and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that you pay dearly for your crimes." Hodges actually tries to make a run at her, but the agents grab him as he snarls, "My only crime is trying to protect my country." The parts he wasn't trying to kill, that is. And then, as they start to drag him out, he says something we knew had to be coming, given that there are still six and a half hours left in the season: "You think this ends with me? I'm just a small cog in a very big machine." Taylor asks what he means. "You'll find out," he hisses. The Secret Service haul him out, and Tim leaves her alone to chew on that. It's 1:27:14.