Back in the Sleazy Motel, NOT-Patty is leading a lively group chat over the internet with a bunch of shadowy co-conspirators. When I say "shadowy", I mean SHADOWY! These random men and women are shown in obscured lighting and weird camera angles. Sometimes we catch a glimpse of eyes, sometimes a mouth. The only two participants we see full shots/reactions from are NOT-Patty and her CPA-looking bald boss dude from last episode. The long and short of it: NOT-Patty wants to use the germies! The Shadowy co-conspirators, not so much! They don't trust the lack of planning and this Almeida dude. For all they know, he's bringing them a test tube filled with Swine Flu and a bunch of pipe dreams!
NOT-Patty has a Patsy lined up. He's a stock Arab dude straight from central casting, and they'll totally pin the whole thing on him with fabricated emails and documents. The brain trust is still skeptical, so Patty IM's her balding buddy and begs him to "weigh in" for her. He IM's back that he sorta/kinda/maybe agrees with what all the smart semi-hidden shadow people are saying. An impromptu attack on the nation just kinda smells like a bad idea!
NOT-Patty IM's back a "Pwetty Pweeze" since Tony totally delivered for them. NOT-Patty's boss is swayed by that. He weighs in and tells the group Crazy-Pants Jonas Hodges handed them a "gift" in bringing the nation to the brink, and they need to take advantage of it! That's enough for the shadow group...one-by-one, all 12 weigh in with a "go for it" vote. Self-satisfied NOT-Patty, calls out to Tony and his nipples, emerging from the shower (with corpse next to it) and tells him all their dreams are about to come true! He rewards her for a dirty terrorist job well done by making out with her, as we cut to break!
Five minutes later, at FBI HQ, Janis leads Jack and Renee into Crazy-Pants Jonas Hodges "interrogation/hospital" suite. While Jack storms into the room, Plum Puddin' Janis keeps Renee in the hall for a moment to inquire after Jack's well-being. After all, he's infected by some pathogen, full of "anti-shakey" drugs, and his BFF just betrayed him. Renee kinda shuts Janis the skeptic down, telling her Jack's the M-A-N, and they both head in.
We cut to Crazy-Pants on a hospital style bed, ranting to the cameras/monitors around him that they didn't "save" him, they "killed" his family! Behind a two-way mirror, Jack/Renee/Janis note he's hooked up to "bio-metric" monitors that will let them know if he's lying and that the President is watching! Jonas implores one of the soldiers guarding him to let him have his gun and finish the job! The soldier looks at him like the crazy-pants he is and ignores him! It's all super-dramatic!
Jack comes into the interrogation room and tells Jonas to relax, he's "already dead". Haha. Jack sorta explains the deal (while in split-screen Ho-Livia storms out of the Oval Office in disgust). Jonas notes the President wouldn't have the stomach for the "deal" they are proposing, but Jack notes that HE sure as hell does. Somehow, this gets Jonas talking. However, he doesn't know much. It was all very anonymous. Basically a group of "like minded" government-contractor types were going to stage an attack "early next year", framing "Muhammed this, Achmed that" (racist!) and when the citizens of the US saw how useless the government was...the cabal of evil contractors would swoop in and take over. Easy Peasy!
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Comments (3)
Hey DS! How's the job going?
I was a little "eh" about this episode, but your recap made up for that. Endless opportunities for hilarity! Loved the "blow up bloggers" and "I don't kiss on the lips"!
I'm so sick of Ho-Livia, I don't think she adds anything of value. President Taylor has enough going on, the writers didn't really need to throw in a crazy-assed, idiot daughter bitching things up for her as well.
Glad to see Chloe back. And cure Jack already, cripes.
Don't really have any predictions, beyond the obvious. Jack will manage to foil the rush-hour pathogen plot. I'll be interested to see who all the people in the cabal are, and their roles/ties.
1 of 3 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on May 4, 2009 11:09 AM
@ JJ
It's going great, thanks for asking! I'm still learning lessons in time-management and readjusting, but no complaints whatsoever.
I agree with you on this week's episode. It didn't inspire me much. I am glad that we finally got Chloe and Janis together again to finish the bitch-fest that barely got started earlier this season. There wasn't much payoff though, as they only had the one scene together this week.
Here's hoping tonight's is better!
2 of 3 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on May 4, 2009 12:57 PM
great recap. I am so sick of ho-livia. It was one of the weaker episodes but I still love the show. I guess we just wait and see.
3 of 3 | Posted by v_cap | Posted on May 4, 2009 4:37 PM