Due to some graphic violence, viewer discretion is advised. 24. Blip blip blip. Previouslys. Milliken is dead. Lady Mac lies about her own involvement. Brother Palmer finds out from Lady Milliken that Lady Mac stopped her from giving Milliken medicine that would have saved his life. Amador is in L.A. with the V-I-R-U-S. He hooks up with a man named Michael Alvers. All Richards does is inflict pain. Kiefer kills Nina when she tries to escape from CTU custody. The following takes place between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM.
CTU. Okay, remember how at the end of last week's episode, there were alarms going off, dead bodies everywhere and general mayhem because Nina escaped? Well, all of a sudden everything is just super calm and quiet. CTU employees are milling about, but like an audience filing slowly out of a movie theater. Bitchelle, who has apparently been sitting at her desk during all of this pandemonium, gets up and walks over to Soul Patch. "What happened?" she asks. "Nina Meyers is dead," says Soul Patch nonchalantly. "How?" asks Bitchelle. "Kiefer shot her," says Soul Patch, adding that Chappelle is on his way to talk to Kiefer about it right now. "Was it justified?" asks Bitchelle. Was it justified? If I worked in that office, I'd be all, "Where's her body? Who has to take it to the dump? Quick! Before she starts to smell!" "Kiefer wouldn't risk this operation just to get vengeance," answers Soul Patch. Bitchelle is skeptical "Are you sure about that?" she asks. Soul Patch doesn't answer. Wow! This is going to hang over Kiefer's head for a long long time.
Back in that room where Nina shot Bride (and which is hereby known as the room where Kiefer shot Nina), Chappelle enters just as Kiefer is handing over his gun to someone from Ballistics (as in, "don't go ballistic and shoot Nina, Kiefer! She's an important witness!"). Spawn is at his side. Chappelle tells the assembled agents to secure the area until forensics gets there, orders the surveillance footage pulled from the security camera, and asks Kiefer to "have a word" with him. Kiefer is all, "Give me a minute," and Chappelle is all, "No, Kiefer. Now!" Aw! It's so adorable the way Chappelle thinks that he runs CTU. And it's so cute the way the other agents go along with it and pretend to follow his orders and stuff. I bet he's got a tin badge and everything! Anyway, Kiefer and Chappelle walk down some corridor so they can talk alone. Chappelle asks him what happened, and Kiefer says that Nina tried to escape, so he shot her in self-defense. "Nina was our best chance at locating this V-I-R-U-S," says Chappelle. "She was a material witness in an ongoing investigation." Kiefer puts his face homoerotically close to Chappelle's. "I know exactly what she was," says Kiefer. "Division's going to want me to certify this shooting," says Chappelle, starting to lose his composure in the face of Kiefer's velvety whisper. "Then do it," says Kiefer. Chappelle glances down at Kiefer's package and tells him to come and watch the security playback. Kiefer says he'll be right there.
“ 'The order from Division specified that we use non-lethal force!' says Potato Face. Yeah, and on my new pillow, there is this tag that tells me that I can go to jail if I pull it off. ”
As Kiefer meditates on the latest events, Special Agent Charlie Brown enters. "Are you all right?" he says to Spawn, with the most wooden delivery I've heard since Li'l Lisa was still a member of the cast. "I got here as soon as I heard." I mean, it's like, instead of having a near fatal encounter with Nina, Spawn just took an eye exam for her driver's license. Kiefer walks by them and tells Spawn that he's got to go talk to Chappelle. "I can take care of her," says Special Agent Charlie Brown, and then he and Kiefer have a little mini-turf-war staring contest before Kiefer finally exits to get his slap on the wrist from Chappelle. Um, I mean, "before Kiefer exits to get his severe punishment from Chappelle." Spawn and Charlie walk over to Nina's body -- or rather, the body of some extra whose face isn't visible because they didn't want to pay Sarah Clarke for appearing in this episode. "She tried to kill me," says Spawn, totally dazed. "It's over now," says a very wooden Charlie. "I don't know what happened," says Spawn, going over the event in her mind. "He told me to leave the room and I heard shots." "You'resafethat'sallthatmatters," says Charlie. "Ever since Nina killed my mother, I've wanted her dead," says Spawn. "And now that she is, it's not going to bring my mother back and I didn't think I was going to feel this way." "Howdoyoufeel?" asks Charlie. "I'm not sure," says Spawn. As Spawn and Charlie walk away from the crime scene, the cameras focus briefly on a sign on the wall that says, "Danger High Voltage."
FluBar. Alvers is fiddling around with test tubes while Faggy Amador is typing something into his laptop. A monitor hooked up to a surveillance camera shows them that someone has entered the club -- another dark and handsome man. "He's here," says Amador. Oh, great. Another villain I have to keep track of. Amador lets him in. "We were getting worried," says Amador. "We have a job to do." "We've got plenty of time," says the new villain. Amador asks him why he chose such a "limited target." "Why not the airport or a sports arena?" asks Amador. NuVillain assures Amador that mass casualties are not their main objective -- not yet, anyway. "Then why are you doing this?" asks Amador. "To send a message," says NuVillain, studying the test tubes.
Back at CTU, Soul Patch calls another meeting, at which he informs everyone about Kiefer's shooting of Nina. "The order from Division specified that we use non-lethal force!" says Potato Face. Yeah, and on my new pillow, there is this tag that tells me that I can go to jail if I pull it off. Soul Patch tells Potato Face that it's a done deal, since Nina is dead. "So how are we going to find the V-I-R-U-S?" asks Potato Face. "Alvers has it and Nina was our only connection to Alvers." Soul Patch believes they can trace Alvers through Amador. "But we've pretty much exhausted all of our leads," whines Adam the Whiny Woman Hater. "Then run 'em again!" orders Soul Patch. Bitchelle shares with the group some Russian intel; apparently there are some bio-warfare detonating devices missing from an armory in the Ukraine. These devices are used to disburse pathogens into the atmosphere. While talking about these devices, she shows a diagram of how these devices work. They seem like a pretty complicated substitute for a fan! Soul Patch believes that Amador and Alvers are arming these devices with vials full of the V-I-R-U-S. "This means we all have to work fast," says Soul Patch.
“ Kiefer gives Chappelle his word that he can do his job. Oh, look out! It's the Word of Kiefer. It trumps everything: Rock, paper, scissors. Everything. Chappelle lets him go becausehe's Chappelle. What else is he going to do? ”
Back at FluBar, NuVillain is demonstrating to Alvers how to use the very devices that they were discussing at CTU. Apparently, you press a bunch of buttons and the V-I-R-U-S gets blown around. Guys? They're called fans. You can buy them at Walgreen's for $14.99. Better yet? Just infect someone and have them walk around and lick people. While Alvers practices setting off the device, NuVillain turns his attention toward Amador who is clicking away on his laptop. "Tell me how it went down in Mexico," says NuVillain. Amador stops typing. "You didn't think I'd find out," says NuVillain. "I didn't think you needed to know," says Amador. "You were stupid enough to believe that Kiefer had turned against CTU and now you've got every intelligence agency in the country after you," says NuVillain. Amador protests that Kiefer's story checked out, but NuVillain maintains that what Amador did in Mexico was stupid and greedy. "And it may have cost me my advantage," says NuVillain. "I still expect to be paid," says Amador. NuVillain gives him a Whatever Technology authorization number. Amador types it into his laptop. A figure of ten million dollars flashes on the screen. "This is only half," says Amador. NuVillain says he'll get the other half once NuVillain receives confirmation about "the hotel." "The deal was, we get paid in full," says Amador. "The deal changed when you went down to Mexico," says NuVillain. "After you hit the hotel, you get the rest of the money." Amador is really pissed, but he knows he can't say anything.
Meanwhile, at CTU, the financial transaction between Amador and NuVillain is picked up by Potato Face. She shows Adam the Woman Hater what she found, and he in turn tells Spawn to run a "back check" on the account.
Elsewhere at CTU, Chappelle is reviewing the security footage of Kiefer shooting Nina. It doesn't look good. Clearly Nina is already down when Kiefer shoots her a few more times. Chappelle demands an explanation. Kiefer insists that Nina was going for her gun. "You knew where the security camera was," says Chappelle. "You stood in front of it to obscure any visual record of the shooting." Kiefer insists again that Nina was going for her gun. "I wish I could believe that, but I don't," says Chappelle, who goes on to lecture Kiefer about due process and justice in the U.S.A. Kiefer whips out the emergency velvet. "Don't you tell me about the law!" says Kiefer. "Nina Meyers killed my wife and they let her go. And she would have killed my daughter if I hadn't gotten there when I did!" As Chappelle is whining some more about having to answer to his bosses about Kiefer's heroin use and the shooting of a key witness, Special Agent Charlie Brown enters with news of Potato Face's find. "We'll have a point of origin any minute now," says Charlie. "Get the field teams ready," says Kiefer, reaching for his jacket and heading out the door. "This isn't resolved yet," says Chappelle about the shooting of Nina. Oh, Chappelle, you're such a card! "I've been working with Kiefer all day and with all that's happened, he's operating at a higher level than anyone else in the field including me," says Special Agent Charlie Brown. Of course he's operating at a higher level. He's high! "I didn't ask your opinion," says Chappelle. "Well, I'm giving it to you anyway," says Charlie Brown. Whoa! What a punk-ass bitch! I mean, I know it's Chappelle and all, Charlie, but still. You should be thanking your lucky stars that not another word was mentioned about your disobeying Chappelle's direct orders and not returning to CTU a few hours ago. Chappelle maintains that he'll be "crucified" if he lets Kiefer back out into the field. Kiefer gives Chappelle his word that he can do his job. Oh, look out! It's the Word of Kiefer. It trumps everything: Rock, paper, scissors. Everything. Chappelle lets him go becausehe's Chappelle. What else is he going to do? The time is 03:11:35 AM.
“ For some reason Kiefer doesn't also mention the dozen or so men Nina killed during her escape -- the bodies of whom have magically disappeared within the last twenty minutes. ”
Elisha Cuthbert looks hot in this preview for The Girl Door. I'd forgotten how fine she looks when she loses that suit and wears her hair longer. Almost makes you want to see her run from a cougar in the woods again.
The time is 03:15:53 AM. In Palmerville, Brother Palmer is on his cell phone with Mrs. Ocean. "I thought I told you not to contact me," he says. "I'm scared," she says. "They've already started to question Beatrice and I'm ." Your maid's name is Beatrice? "Where's your lawyer," says Brother Palmer. "He's not here yet," says Mrs. Ocean. Um what? That's bullshit. People like William Ocean III have live-in lawyers. Brother Palmer tells her to remember that she's innocent. "I'm not innocent," says Mrs. Ocean. "I let Lady Mac convince me not to give William Ocean his medication. I could have saved his life." "You don't know that," says Brother Palmer. Mrs. Ocean breathes heavily some more and asks Brother Palmer if Lady Mac has said anything. Brother Palmer maintains that Lady Mac told Palmer that it was an accident, and that Palmer believes her. Just as he's saying that, Palmer enters the room. Brother Palmer pretends to be speaking to a congressman, and gets off the phone. "Have you spoken to Mrs. Ocean yet?" asks Palmer. Brother Palmer says no. "Maybe you should call her and get her side of the story," says Palmer. Brother Palmer says that maybe they should stay as far away from the Ocean imbroglio as humanly possible. "Which means you don't believe Lady Mac," says Palmer. Wait. Why is Palmer getting all oversensitive about Lady Mac's reputation? I mean, the only reason he called her in the first place was precisely because she's a reckless, lying bitch. Brother Palmer says he doesn't know what to believe. "You call in Lady Mac and a few hours later, Milliken winds up dead," says Brother Palmer. Palmer has nothing to say.
Out in the CTU parking lot, Kiefer and Charlie Brown are loading up the Kiefmobile in preparation for their journey over to the FluBar. Spawn comes out of the building to brief her father on some men from Division who will be providing backup. "Are you okay?" asks Kiefer. Spawn says she's fine, but she wants to know more about Chappelle's questioning. "I said I wasn't sorry that Nina was dead. I wasn't sorry that I shot her," says Kiefer. "I told him that she posed an immediate threat to you, to me and to thousands of innocent people." For some reason Kiefer doesn't also mention the dozen or so men she killed during her escape -- the bodies of whom have magically disappeared within the last twenty minutes. "You had to do it, didn't you?" says Spawn pointedly. After much hesitation, Kiefer is all, "Yeah." They hug, and then Kiefer has to go. He gets into the Kiefmobile with Charlie Brown and they're off. Spawn doesn't say goodbye to Charlie Brown, nor he to her.