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. Glad that she was wearing her Easy Spirit pumps; Allison races back to the situation room and yells for the mission to be aborted. The generals are shocked and hesitate, but she yells another abort command and they continue down the chain until the jets change course with only seconds to spare. The room is stunned and Allison just leaves them, mouths hanging open as she exits.
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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?!