Chloe finds something with the help of Ye Olde Ancient Servers, a link between Muhtadi Gohar, an imam at a local mosque, and our fall guy Jibraan. Jack and Renee get right on it and head to the motor pool once more. These guys sweat when they see Jack Bauer approaching.
Last hour, Olivia had called a poll pal, Martin, asking for help. He shows up at the White house, and good old Aaron ushers him into Olivia’s office. Olivia recounts Hodges’ list of nasties, and asks that Martin “intervene.” He reminds her of the consequences of her actions, and Olivia is too fired up to listen, and sends him on his way.
Meanwhile, Hodges gets a visit from the US Marshall responsible for ushering him into his new life as Robert Tippett, or maybe it was Robert Stripper, I’m not sure. Jonas complains, “These hips can’t work the pole like they used to!” Marshall Sullivan is dying to smirk at him, but resists.
Jack and Renee arrive at the mosque to see if they can understand the connection between the kindly imam in front of them, and the supposed terrorist that they need to find. Jack yells a lot and decides that they need to bring poor Muhtadi with them after Renee gets a call from Janis with an address for Jibraan.
And poor Jibraan now has to pretend to his little brother that he’s this awful terrorist goon, so that Hamid will only have that information to tell the authorities once the attacks begin. Hamid is thoroughly disoriented with the news, and spits at Jibraan in anger.
Olivia calls the dude that Martin suggested in order to proceed with the “intervention.” The nameless dude gives her a bank account number so she can wire the 30 pieces of silver to him -- so he can “intervene.” As Olivia begins the transaction, she’s momentarily interrupted by Aaron, who informs her that her dad is back at the White House and would like to see her. Perhaps that bit of family reminder is all she needs to press the “cancel” button on her computer. She then calls Martin to tell him that she decided not to go through with the dirty deed.
While Jack, Renee, and Muhtadi are en route to Jibraan’s pad, they get a call from Magical Chloe. She’s found evidence that all the who-haa on Jibraan’s computer was faked, along with a wire transfer of huge amounts of dough into his account. The dear lad is not a terrorist after all. High fives all around and Muhtadi remarks that it’s unusual for police to admit then they’ve made a mistake. (I think I’ve read the same sentiment on a bathroom wall, expressed slightly less eloquently.)
Article comments
1 - Dr Dreadful
Despite what the producers say, they must have been in an almighty rush to finish shooting this season because the al-Jibraan brothers are just about the least Pakistani-looking people they could possibly have cast in the roles.
Next week they'll no doubt have guest appearances from Samuel L Jackson and Aretha Franklin as Larry's parents, demanding the handover of their son's remains so that they can conduct a traditional Tibetan Buddhist funeral.
2 - Mary K. Williams
I feel like I'm in an episode of Sliders where there's an alternate universe mash-up of House and 24!