Tony is stealthing his way towards the bio-weapons. A brief scuffle with a security detail yields a plus, Tony nicks a Kevlar vest and the masquerade is complete. He’s one of them. Well seriously, he has that ‘not gonna take no guff off of nobody’ look already. He even gets to ride in the elevator with a chief brainiac (not to mention Mer and Der having one of their typical elevator discussions. “You snore, seriously.” “Oh, seriously, you need a shave!” “Kiss me, I love you!”) Tony and Brainiac roll their eyes and head toward the canisters, Tony warming up his phone. He approaches the group of scientists. "Excuse me, need to check the light". Holds up light meter. “No, I need another spot over here. That’s better. OK, c’mon now babies, lets go…oh yes…yes…you’re lovely, the lot of you! Heaven! Perfection!”
Tony captures the image and back at FBI, Jack confirms that those are indeed the lovely, lovely canisters, looking better than ever since the last hour. President Taylor receives this confirmation and orders the F18s to begin the strike.
Hodges makes a visit to see Knowles who’s been pacing around wondering what the world was coming to. He uses more bluster to cover his actions with Tony, asking Hodges for explanations of the last few hours. They argue and Jonas trots out the “I treated you like a son!” line. That never bodes well. Evidently he must have beat his children because he’s suddenly striking at Knowles, grabs a heavy glass object (Frog paperweight anyone?) and hits Knowles on the head and then neatly tosses him over the balcony to his death. When will people learn to stop arguing near balconies?
Jonas’s tantrum ends when Greg Seaton calls to tell him that there is a cadre of F18s on the way towards Starkwood. He hastily tries to clean Knowles’ blood from his shirt and heads to the building that houses the nasty canisters.
And in the White House situation room, the Joint Chiefs, the president and other aids watch the progress of the jets head towards the target. But then Jonas Hodges has the nerve to call Allison in the middle of all the fun. He has set up a special line and does not want eavesdroppers. Allison goes to an adjacent private office and speaks to Jonas. To the point, he tells her to call of her bombers or he’ll let three of his own planes loose, each with a bio-weapon attached, and each directed at a major city along the East Coast. He then demands that he head to meet her directly at the White House. She realizes that he is not bluffing as he gives her 30 seconds to decide.
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1 - Clare
Mary, thanks so much, I just want to tell you how much I enjoyed this recap!! I was giggling the whole way through. When WILL people learn to stop arguing by balconies?!