"All these people coming back from the dead...It makes my head hurt! I need a cheap hooker, Pronto!"
Greetings Gasmii! It's 1pm in '24' world, and this week the bloodshed and mayhem begin in earnest! We've got a lot of ground to cover, including: shootings, a stabbing, a choking, acts of terrorism, acts of betrayal, lots of brooding, and even a resurrection from the dead!
Follow me...after the jump!
It's 1PM in the FBI cubicle farm, and Big Daddy Larry Moss is addressing his staff. In a sign that FOX isn't skimping on the budget for extras this season, we see Janis(eane) and Sean D-Bag at their work stations while a large group of nameless mopes stand around in a circle. Larry is still trying to find Matobo and tells Janis to coordinate with NSA. She mentions that dealing with them is painful and laborious because of all their "cloak and dagger nonsense," but By-The-Books Moss is undeterred.
He reminds his staff that they need to find the Almeida/Bauer crew, because he believes it's their only way to get the CIP device (which has been in the hands of Dubaku for the last few hours). Somebody needs to do a better job of keeping Larry updated on all the developments, he's starting to look not-so-bright. Moss also informs all of those nameless extras that Renee was abducted at the same time the Matobos were. I could've sworn he told Janis to let everyone in the office know finding Renee was their top priority last week, so this little reminder is probably less for the staff and more for all of those viewers who missed 12PM-1PM.
Extras choreography: The Arm Fold. Go!
Larry saunters over to Ol' D-Bag's desk for a progress check on the phone call intercepted last week (in which Nichols orders the assassination of Agent Walker). D-Bag informs Larry that, despite his best efforts, he is unable to gain any useful information as to the whereabouts of Nichols/Dubaku's swanky underground Baddie Bunker. Larry wonders aloud if there's someone else who might be able to assist.
D-Bag tells him he doesn't think they'll find anything else on the recording that will help out, so can he please move on and proceed to banging Agent DeadSlut in the supply closet? Once again, either the show is trying to foreshadow D-Bag as the mole, or he's one lazy dude. Larry reluctantly agrees and is in the process of walking away, when D-Bag has to go and be his usual D-Bag self, bringing up the whole missing girlfriend work-wife Agent Walker business and offer his condolences. Larry loses his shit for the one gazillionth time this season and jumps down D-Bag's throat, insisting that they still don't know whether Renee has been killed. Larry's holding out hope she'll be found alive. Janis shoots D-Bag a quick "You are such a dumbass" look, and that's about all we get out of Janeane Garofalo this week. Unfortunately, we can't have two weeks in a row of her supreme awesomeness.
We love you Smurfette! Hope everything is OK with your cats. See you next week, hopefully.
Hey, speaking of that presumed-dead Agent Walker, we immediately cut to the construction site where the A-Team BillBear and Chloe van is speeding in to save the day! Chloe is all jittery and not sure they have the right location, and BillBear informs her that "Tony said near the backhoe" while pointing to a mound of dirt approximately the size of one adult human female with two shovels next to it.
They find Renee and frantically start to dig her out, but she's not breathing! I guess that silent clock last week was for her, afterall. Bill attempts CPR while Chloe digs into her Pulp Fiction prop bag and pulls out a shot of adrenaline. When the CPR fails, they give Renee a shot to the heart. After a few tense moments, Zombie Renee gasps and comes back to life! Even though Zombie Renee must be absolutely STARVING for brains right now, she has the presence of mind to ask BillBear and Chloe who the heck they are. Bill informs her they are working with Jack and Tony, and that she will be OK. I've been reading a lot about the Broadway slump here in Manhattan lately, and this scene just gave me an awesome idea for a new resurrection musical. I'll call it "FBI Spice, Superstar!" Any interested production agents should contact me in the comments section.
"Iiiiiiii Don't know how to Eeeeeat Braaaaaains!"
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Comments (4)
good stuff, dogsnaxx ... despite the uneven quality of the show, the reviews keep getting better ... like previous weeks' commenters, i may skip the show and just read the review ...
1 of 4 | Posted by tballgame | Posted on January 29, 2009 4:57 AM
Christopher Henderson.
2 of 4 | Posted by Firthguy | Posted on January 29, 2009 5:21 AM
@ Firthguy
You are right! That's really weird. My closed captions said "Anderson" while I was recapping the show, but I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and it's definitely Henderson.
Stupid Captions!
3 of 4 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on January 29, 2009 6:40 AM
@ Firthguy
Holy crap! you are right. My captions said "Anderson", but I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and it's definitely Henderson. Stupid captions...
4 of 4 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on January 29, 2009 6:41 AM