He shows Karen the tape of Reed, who says that Bill had had Fayed in custody at one time and let him go, and that Karen covered it up. All that nonsense that Tom had threatened her with and forced her to resign. Karen explains to Hawk that the facts are all true, but there was no cover-up. Fayed was acquired as part of a border sweep, and since there wasn't enough evidence to hold him, they had to let him go. It's standard procedure, she explains. Hawk asks why, if this is no big deal, she resigned over it twelve hours ago. She recites the same old for-the-good-of-the-president thing, but Hawk says that someone is going to have to take the fall for this, and the farther they are from the president, the better. Which means that Karen is going to have to fire her dear hubby. Looks like it's cold pot roast for them, too!
Jack arrives at the abandoned hotel, which looks to me like some sort of garage. He gets out of the car, and...is that that Messenger Bag of Death? It IS! Aww. Tear. He walks in and scopes the place out. Meanwhile, Mike is still attempting to track Jack, and Nadia is helping on the other line. Milo is throwing darts at a picture of Mike, and Morris is throwing up a bottle of Jager in the bathroom. So all is right with the world.
Karen calls Bill and asks him if he has a minute. He says no. The trouble begins! She asks him to finish what he's doing and call her back when he has a minute. Yeah, okay. He's the director of CTU. A free minute? He'll get back to you WHEN HE'S DEAD.
Karen barges in to Tom's office and complains about the whole thing to him. She says that if Bill goes, then she's going to resign. Tom points out that she already resigned once today (have I mentioned lately how much I love Tom? I love Tom.) and that Bill is just going to have to suck it up and take the fall. Her loyalties have to lean one way or the other, and if she's not on the President's side, there's going to be hell to pay for her. Damn. No wonder so many marriages end in divorce these days. With problems like this, how can love survive?
Jack, meanwhile, is setting up the joint with some C4 explosives and, to brighten the place up a little, some of those nifty chili pepper string lights. They're so cute. Jack calls Bill and leaves a goodbye message on his machine, apologizing for what he's done and saying that it was the only way to get Audrey back. Oh, Jack. How many suicide notes/phone calls have you left by now? You could make a scrapbook out of them. He tells Bill to take care of Audrey, and thanks him for being a good friend. You know that weird feeling when you say goodbye to someone and it's all emotional and whatnot, and then through a glitch in your plans you end up seeing them minutes later and it's all awkward? Jack must have to deal with that a lot. Jack's life is really hard.
Morris gleefully skips up the stairs to Bill's office again, this time to request a transfer. He's sick of the old ball and chain, and it's time for a change of scenery. Bill resists, but it's hard to say no to Morris and his puppy-dog-I'm-sorry-I-armed-several-nuclear-bombs eyes, so eventually he caves. Sweet, now Chloe's going to have to gear up for some long-distance glowering.
Aw. Someone give Morris a pony.
Bill shoos Morris out and gets on the horn with his wife. Karen tells him all about the DOJ investigation, then dances around the subject for a while until Bill finally asks what the hell she's trying to say. She says she needs to distance herself from him, to protect the White House. He asks if she's asking him to resign. She takes a deep breath, and for a moment I think she's going to tell him that no, she's actually asking for a divorce. But apparently love conquers all, as Karen simply says that she has to fire him. Bill is understandably furious and realizes that this would mean the end of his career, but Karen sticks to her guns and says it's the only way she can keep her own job, which is more important because she's closer to the President. Or something. In my opinion, five Bills equal one Karen. And I love the Karen, but come on, Bill is awesome. Karen says she loves him and that's all that matters. Bill correctly hangs up on her. Haha. See? Bill rocks.
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Comments (2)
The "We have a spy" thing is getting old...
I'm still cleaning up the vomit at my home...
Alot has to happen in the next few hours...like it always does!
Great recap!
1 of 2 | Posted by dw17
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Posted on April 25, 2007 11:28 AM
This was one of the best recaps I've ever read, absolutely hilarious. Thank you!
2 of 2 | Posted by kylie
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Posted on April 25, 2007 3:30 PM