When we return, Jonas Hodges is chilling at Starkwood talking to his man "Stokes" on the cell. Stokes informs him that they are at the Port, but are still waiting on Quinn. Hodges wants to know if they tried contacting him, and they inform him that he's not answering his cell phone (probably because he's dead dead dead) Hodges states the obvious, that if Bauer took Quinn out, it's possible he knows about the Port business. Stokes asks if they should stand down, and Hodges tells him no...give Quinn five more minutes and then proceed with "caution."
When he hangs up, Greg Seaton informs Jonas that the Starkwood Board is ready for him. Hodges notes that Greg looks worried, and Seaton tells him it's really "tense" in that boardroom. They probably didn't appreciate being called for the pajama party. Hodges tells Greg "They're six year olds...they need to eat their carrots" before entering the board room. Now, I've been a fan of Hodges and his one-liners since he came onto the scene a few episodes ago, but that one was kind of a random "they're children" joke. Here's my equally un-funny re-write of the line...
No sooner has Hodges entered the room, then he starts going into a spiel about how the day's events are tragic. He immediately turns it around to Starkwood and starts cheerleading about how it's even more tragic that they could've helped, but weren't asked (uh...you were responsible, prick!) He's all: The military is stretched thin, there's no draft, we have the largest/most-capable private army...but they won't ask for our help! Instead, we have this messy congressional hearing business and all of their contracts are frozen. He's angry! He calls out board member Doug (Hank Jennings from Twin Peaks!) for brokering a deal with the government that was short-sighted. He thinks they should renege on the deal and stop cooperating with the investigation until the government realizes their supreme awesomeness and starts tossing billions of dollars at them again. Doug can't believe Hodges called them in to ask the Board to risk a Federal Indictment, and thinks the whole cooperation route is the way to go. Hodges is all: No more cooperation! The administration wants to put us out of business! Hodges decides that he and Doug should hash this out themselves, so they take their leave of the boardroom and tell the rest of the Pajama Party crew to direct their questions to Greg Seaton.
In the hall, Hodges tells Doug that his method was a mistake. Doug reminds him that Starkwood can't survive and all-out war with the Senate Subcommittee and that they need to worry about Senator Mayer, as he's got his "teeth in this" and won't let go! Jonas doesn't look all that unpleased to inform Doug that Mayer is dead, killed by a "rogue Federal Agent" not one hour ago and starts to walk away. Doug calls after him and says "tell me we didn't have anything to do with this!" Hodges evilly asks if he's accusing him of anything, and Doug says he wants a "personal assurance." Hodges response: "Starkwood isn't in the business of political assassinations, though maybe we should look into it." He delivers the line with a smug/raised eyebrow, and turns to leave.
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Comments (6)
Great recap - thanks for the laughs! The 'roid pillow was perfect!
Olivia needs a swift kick in the crotch. Smug, snide bitch. I only watch the episodes once, so question for you or anyone... Am I imagining things, or sometime within the last couple of weeks, did the show allude to Olivia's campaign trail leak having to do with Kanin? I wonder what she has against him? He doesn't appear to be nailing the Prez.
I think they jumped the gun with Starkwood too - feels a bit rushed.
1 of 6 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on March 28, 2009 8:46 PM
Well, maybe we haven't gotten to the bottom of the Starkwood thing yet. Olivia might be more than just an overly ambitious bitch. And maybe Starkwood is working for (or with) somebody.
I hope this is more than just Starkwood's attempt to get the U. S. to use its soldiers in war. It would be great if Hodges wants to be President or if he has somebody he wants to ascend to the throne. I don't know why I suspect Powers Boothe is involved. Or maybe its the Australian guy who is the Veep.
2 of 6 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on March 28, 2009 10:15 PM
Oh, good call re: Olivia and Starkwood, Pixielated! There could be have been some forshadowing when Aaron interrupted her meeting with the man who wanted to know if she had the President's ear!
Could you imagine Hodges as President? That would be some funny shit.
3 of 6 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on March 29, 2009 10:28 AM
Damn. I wish we could edit comments. I do know how to spell "forEshadowing".
4 of 6 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on March 29, 2009 10:30 AM
Hmm...interesting theories.
My money would be on the VP or his staff being involved somehow.
I don't recall Kanin being involved in the campaign leak business other than having the President's back/being her chief adviser. I seem to recall the leak had to do with the opponent, who would have been Powers Booth. Olivia leaked something about him to the press. Kanin worked for him, didn't he? Maybe Olivia found out the "damaging" information from him and then leaked it to the press?
5 of 6 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on March 29, 2009 11:37 AM
"I seem to recall the leak had to do with the opponent, who would have been Powers Booth."
Yep, that's what was nagging at the back of my mind - thanks! And yeah, Kanin was Daniels' Secretary of Defense.
6 of 6 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on March 29, 2009 8:15 PM