Episode 6 Recap
Good morning, everyone! How about that episode Monday? For those who missed it, here is a little rundown on what you missed. I’m gonna go group by group this time.
Rouge CTU
The episode opens with the calvary (Bill and Chloe) to the rescue, just barely saving Renee from suffocating. She, of course, what’s to know who on earth they are while I’m still wondering how on earth Jack or Tony was able to let them know exactly where she was and that she was buried under plastic and dirt. Bill explains that they are working for Jack and he sent them to rescue her. Later on, after they get her perfectly cleaned up (wow, they’re good for an indie operation), she tells them she wants to call Agent Moss to let him know she’s alright. Bill doesn’t like that idea and tells her so, but Renee doesn’t care because she works for the FBI, not them. She wants a phone now. He once again explains that they can’t trust anyone at this point and risk the wrong people finding out she’s alive. That seems to settle her down and she stops demanding phone time. Bill then gets a call from Jack letting him know they have Matobu and wife. Later, Chloe helps the Matobus prepare for their meeting with Dubaku by playing tracking devices in the teeth (by the way… love the look he gave when Chloe says she’s not FBI-she’s a stay at home mom).
Let’s just get this over with, shall we? I’m sure by now you can repeat the gist of this with me: Her advisors want to pull out, but Taylor refuses. She won’t negotiate with terrorists… you get the drill. This time, though, she actually gets a little phone time with Dubaku. He’s not happy she hasn’t met his demands yet and tells her to look out her window. She, Ethan and the SOS all look out the window in time to see two planes have crashed into each other (read the countdown for my thoughts on that one…) This leads to yet another meeting with the cabinet in which they aruge over the wisdom of invading right now. The SOS is furious she won’t reconsider and walks out in protest at her suggestion. After he leaves she gives a nice long speech about being a force of a good and setting an example of strength, etc. Which is all well and good IF YOU HAVE MATOBU! Since he’s not likely to be found in the next hour, pretending to back down temporarily seems like a decent idea. He and Ethan later talk about the situation. I wonder if we’re about to see a certain amendment invoked again… Meanwhile, the President’s husband is incapacitate and can do nothing as he watches Samantha get killed (in a pretty nasty way, I might add. Boo to Brian. I liked her…) Brian then takes the knife and puts it in Henry’s hand to get his fingerprints on it. I can only assume Ethan’s phone call demanding that Henry be brought back and yelling at him for even letting the man near Samantha again threw Brian off his evil game. He doesn’t seem to notice or take any extra care as the effects of the drug Henry was given wear off. Just before Brian does the deed, Henry manages to knock them both off a staircase, his fall being broken by the former dirty agent, who has just hopped into the death pool. Let’s just hope Henry manages to get out of there before agent #2 comes a-knocking.
The Bad Guys
After leaving Renee in the ditch, Emerson and Crew head to the spot where they are going to deliver the Matobus with Jack asking questions. Namely, how it’s going to go down and what the deal with Tony’s rescue was. I guess they have a lower exposition quota this time, because Emerson only agrees to answer one question and the answer leaves me going ‘huh’? Apparently, Henderson managed to purposefully miss Tony’s artery to keep him alive so he can be turned against Jack and work with them. The same guy who was involved in Palmer and Michelle’s deaths. Who tried to kill other co-workers and friends of Tony. Sure…. they’re much better than that evil government. Hey… at least they don’t kill and plot against their own. This whole explanation doesn’t even make Tony blink, which is even more confusing since it implies he already knew that all. Why’d he work with them at all again? Ok, I’ll stop. I promise. Once they get to the meeting spot, things get bad. Emerson holds Jack at gunpoint, leading to a confrontation with Tony that sends Emerson wading into the death pool as well. Not before he tells Tony to go to hell, though. Tony, for his part, seems almost sad about the whole situation, but he pulls it together to make the trade off, explaining away the lack of Emerson and others. The absences don’t sit well with the guy, who also gets into a fight with Tony. This time, Jack helps Tony from the shadows without the other bad guys knowing and Tony gets the upper hand, telling them to take the Matobus and get out. He wants them to leave the diamonds for him, though.
Dubaku, meanwhile is planning his next move, having decided that the President must insane on top of stubborn to ignore his demands at this point. He decides an even larger demonstration than the crash near the White House is in order. He’s launching some sort of attack on a town in Ohio next. And that’s about it for that episode. Stay tuned for more on this episode and any other news out there. For now, I leave you with a preview for next week. Enjoy and see ya tomorrow.
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