“Avon/Fuller-brush/Toys-for-Tots/Watchtower?”
Jack and Mayer salute each other with popsicles and continue working.
“Metro P.D.!!!”
Oops, that does it. Jack is ready to bolt, but Mayer convinces him that perhaps he should not run, that Mayer has the clout to protect him and they can further investigate Starkwood together. They agree on this, and Mayer goes to answer the door. At this point we’re hoping that the whole thing was not a ploy of Mayer’s to betray Jack. The heart-to-heart of two minutes ago seemed deep and real, but hey…this is 24.
And because it is 24, we do not expect Mayer to open the door to the Mighty Quinn, be gunned down and leave a sickening smear of blood on the wall as he sinks to the floor -- dead. Again, Jack is on the run, with Quinn giving chase.
Within running distance there is a convenient empty construction site. Quinn follows a trail of blood (Jack had cut his arm during the melee at Mayer’s house) to an office trailer at the site, and nearly empties his automatic weapon into whatever closets or hiding spaces he imagines Jack to be cornered in. Then suddenly he loses his balance as the whole trailer begins to move and as the camera pans out we see what we’ve already guessed, Jack is in the cab of a bulldozer and is tipping the trailer over! Soon Jack is out and scuffling with Quinn. It’s quite a fight. Then, when there’s some distance between them, Jack grabs a convenient screwdriver and throws it on target at Quinn’s chest.
Not so Mighty now, Quinn is coughing up blood from the fatal wound. Jack advises him that he’s dying, and might as well give up the ETA of the weapons. With a last gasp, Quinn tells him that weapons are “already here.” After Quinn dies, Jack finds Quinn's cell phone and a convenient message on it: “Port of Alexandria.” After a quick call to Tony to set up a rendezvous, Jack is on the run again, all thoughts of popsicles melted away as he races to keep the world safe for democracy once more.
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1 - Mary K. Williams
I wanted to add a disclaimer, or addendum here. Kurtwood Smith has been fabulous as Senator Mayer. Especially in these latter episodes where we got more dialogue from him. But still, the goofy kid in me just HAS to poke fun and call him Red Foreman!