Eagle Two

We open on a smartly dressed man and woman exiting a hotel room followed by Ed.

Greg's in the command center with Sam and Jules and asks 'Is this on the itinerary?' We then cut to a scene of Ed, the smartly dressed man from a few seconds ago and another younger man standing in what appears to be the lobby of the hotel when there's an explosion. Ed goes into protective mode, guess he's playing bodyguard, and pulls the man to safety. We then see Jules looking worried while running through the kitchen. Someone blew up the stove. We then have Ed's protectee going through a door followed by Ed who's ready to kill anyone who so much as breathes in this guy's direction without permission. We now know that the man's wife, Catherine, is missing and Jules was supposed to be watching her (explains her worried look from earlier).

Greg orders a lockdown and Jules and Lewis knocking on doors. Then there's a scene of Wordy and Lewis hustling down a balcony. Mmmm. Men with guns. *drool* Then a montage of Jules and Lewis looking for, I'm guessing, Catherine in the laundry, then Catherine's husband telling Ed to 'just say yes to however much they want' and Ed has to tell him 'They don't want money'. When money guy asks 'what do they want?' we go back in time three hours.

In the war room, Greg's trying to sell his team on the assignment by telling them it'll have plenty of OT. We now know that Ed's protectee is named David Graham and he's a billionaire industrial titan turned billionaire human rights activist. Normally they wouldn't get this gig but some rocker showed up sans protection so the people who usually handle VIPs like Graham are unavailable so our guys have been asked to fill in. Greg flashes a picture of his newest pet, a cute dog but the camera pans the pic too fast for me to make out the breed. Sam is made Greg's second, I think that means he sits in the van with Greg and doesn't do anything. Spike, Lewis and Wordy are told they're on 'access' and Spike just has to make his Alpha clarify it as 'Exits and revolving doors'. Spike thinks this is 'awesome'. Jules is given primary on the wife 'Eagle Two' and we get the title of the episode. One has to wonder just where Ed is because so far no one has even mentioned him and yet we know he goes on the job with his team... At this moment Jules asks about Ed and Greg replies 'I'd say Ed's looking pretty darn sharp' as he sits back in his chair and stares over Jules and Spike's heads. Jules turns to look and, low and behold, there's Ed looking all spiffy in a suit. Ed is made primary on Eagle One, aka Eagle One. Greg tells Jules she'll get to wear plains clothes for this one then asks if there are any questions.

We switch scenes to a middle-aged Hispanic woman coming home after her shift at a hotel, judging from the maid's uniform she's wearing. My Spidey Sense is telling me she works at the hotel where SRU will be guarding Eagle One Graham. As the woman hangs up her coat a younger woman approaches and they have a conversation in Spanish. Luckily there are subtitles. For the most part it's a dull conversation, one that just about every person who lives with family would have on a daily basis. Then they switch to English to talk about how the young woman has work instead of school today. As the two head in different directions from the front door, we can see through the, conveniently crystal clear, glass inlay two men approach the door, the one in front rings the bell. The one who rang the bell asks if she's Senora Alvarez and she says 'no, it's Andres'. She tries to tell him he must have the wrong house but he cuts her off and tells her 'Rafael Castillo. We spoke on the telephone.' The music is just ominous enough to tell the viewer that this is important; there just might be a test later. The daughter is seen hiding at the top of the stairs with surprise on her face.

Back at SRU HQ, everyone is leaving the room so that Ed and Greg can be alone. Ed asks how Dallas was and if he saw 'the kid'. I hate when people do that. Just say 'So, ya saw your kid' or 'So, ya saw (insert kid's name)'. I mean, it's been so long since the last episode I can't remember if Greg's kid is a boy or a girl and this certainly doesn't tell me. Can someone tell me why it took Greg eight years to go see his kid? And why the frell his ex didn't demand he come sooner? Or better yet, why didn't Ed demand it? Ed's all about family so he should have been all over Greg about abandoning his kid. But I digress. Greg begins to gather his things together and tells Ed to apologize to Sophie for ruining 'Date Night'. Apparently Ed and Sophie are still keeping up appearances. And apparently they only do it twice a year.

Back at the woman's house the two men are trying to get her to agree to do something but she's refusing. The whole conversation is in Spanish and I hate reading subtitles. They try to use guilt but she still refuses. As they leave the daughter comes running out and tells them she also works at the hotel and will do what they need done.

At the hotel Jules and Sam are talking about how he sold his car because it cost half a paycheck to fill up. My God! How much does he get paid? Or should I say, how little? And what kind of car did he used to own? I big frelling Hummer? Anyway, he got a secondhand bike instead. So now he can be one of those jerks who thinks that because they're on a bike they don't have to obey any traffic laws, like stopping at stop signs and stop lights. Or is it just the cyclists in Dallas that do that? Jules makes a snarky comment about Sam packing three-speeds. How does she know he didn't get a ten-speed? He says something about how now his commute can be relaxing versus his work day which is all 'go, go, go, go. Catch the bad guy'. Jules then wants to know what he's gonna do about dating. He doesn't answer her but I have a feeling he's gonna be looking for a woman who doesn't mind picking him up for a date.

In a hotel room, Ed's closing the drapes while a woman, I'm guessing Eagle Two aka Eagle Two, is bitching about how she was told to pack light. Eagle One says he just wanted to know what it's like to only have two bags per person to check at the airport. She says that's fine but the dress he wants her to wear, a Dior, is at home and so she can't wear it. He says he doesn't care what she wears; in fact he thinks the sexist thing a woman can wear is a bathrobe and asks for Ed's opinion. He agrees verbally but you just know that inside he thinks that the sexist thing he's ever seen is his Alpha naked, in human form. He tells Eagle One that he'll double check everything and Eagle One says 'knock yourself out. This is her traveling light' and by light he means her bags alone take up one whole bellhop cart.

Down in the employee only section of the hotel the daughter is on the phone taking an order for room service. She hands the ticket off to one of the chefs and tells him she'll take it up herself.

In the command center, Jules brings her Alpha a coffee, no sugar, and notices the daughter delivering the room service. Sam gives her a look like he wasn't just in the hall with her and can't believe she's wearing grown-up clothes. He even says 'Just never seen you in a suit before.' Excuse me? Did he not even notice that she wasn't wearing her tactical kit while they were in the elevator alone? And while they walked down the hall talking, where he glanced at her several times?

In the hotel room, Eagle One is objecting to what his wife ordered him for lunch but she just walks all over him by reminding him he had steak for dinner the night before. Ed thinks it's a nice choice, I couldn't tell what had been ordered, and says that Sophie says the same thing 'A little Omega-3 and the crossword if you want to live to be 70'. Eagle One says that Eagle Two is shooting for 100. He also says that he's been with Eagle Two for 14 years and ever since he met her 'everything's better; it's usually steamed, but it's better'. Ed gets this weird look on his face at that.

Back down in the basement the daughter, they still haven't told us her name (I think I'm gonna call her Margaret), is calling someone on her cell. Ah, she was reconning the room and is now calling with her intel. Eagle One and Eagle Two are checked in under her maiden name and she thinks there's only one guard because she only saw Ed. She ends the call with 'I'm coming down for the package'.

Ed and the Grahams are leaving the hotel room and when Greg asks if this is on the itinerary, Ed says it's on Eagle Two's. Jules says they're leaving too early; that Eagle Two has an interview with a journalist at 4 in the library bar. Ed says they're leaving early because Eagle One wants a glass of champagne. Jules says 'Aw, what a guy' and I can't tell if she's being serious or sarcastic. Then she remembers she's supposed to be stuck like glue to Eagle Two. As she's leaving, Sam leans over and says into a microphone that transcribes everything into the computer, that 'Eagle One breaks from the itinerary. Mark as unpredictable.'

In the elevator Eagle Two asks Ed what his wife thinks of his job. He says she's okay with it and she asks if Sophie's a police officer as well. Ed tells her that Sophie's a carter, I did not know that, then when Jules arrives he introduces her, sort of, and says 'she's with us'. Duh! If she's getting into the elevator then of course she's with you.

Down in the kitchen Margaret is walking around with a covered platter on one hand and a water pitcher in the other and still looks very nervous. Honey, if you hadn't agreed to help those two suspicious looking men earlier then you'd have no reason to be worried about getting caught. She carries the platter over to an area where a chef is working and the music swells telling us that this isn't going to be good.

Back in the command center, Greg is telling Spike about an unmarked exit opposite the front desk. Spike walks past it and asks 'Staff only?' and is told that's the one. Not sure what that's all about but the 'unmarked' exit is a staff door and is actually marked, just for staff only.

I have to stop right here and say that in that moment when Spike's back was turned to the camera and he was asking if Greg was talking about the door that says 'Staff Only' he sounded just like Michael DeLuise. In fact he kinda reminds me of Michael's character on seaQuest.

Sam is looking at schematics of the hotel bar and doesn't like what he sees. There are three exits: one to the street, one to the lobby and one to the kitchen. He's also concerned about all the corridors. Lewis informs him that they've blocked off access to the street and are about to have Jules on the lobby door. Greg isn't too overly concerned and asks what's the nearest lobby exit and is told the south entrance. Greg then calls Wordy who says that the outside is clear so he's heading in. Greg reminds everyone to stay sharp because Eagle One likes to wander off-course. Spike says 'I'll take the front exit when they get here and I think we're good. Ready for anything'.

Back in the kitchen Margaret has picked up the platter again and is walking away with it while lifting the cover to reveal a brown paper bag which she places inside an oven.

In the bar, Eagle One's trying to get Ed to take over his suite for the rest of the night but of course he can't accept because it would look like a bribe. Eagle one eventually convinces Ed to let Eagle One use his corporate discount to help Ed pay for a room for the night so Sophie and he can have a romantic night away from Clark.

At the lobby door, Jules is checking the credentials of the man that Margaret agreed to help and directing him to Eagle Two's table. She looks like she doesn't trust him. When Castillo approaches the table Ed and Eagle One leave to go talk to the concierge about Ed using Eagle One's corporate discount for a room for the night. As Ed passes Jules he reminds her she's supposed to be watching her protectee not looking around the hotel lobby like a tourist. When Sophie calls Ed back he asks 'what about Clark?' and Sophie says she'll get her mother to come over. Um, from what I remember of Clark he's a teenager so can't he stay home alone? And what were they going to do if this assignment hadn't come up and they'd've been able to actually go out? Or do they just not want Clark alone in the house all night? Enquiring minds want to know. As the concierge is telling Ed that they're always happy to have a friend of Eagle One's an explosion rocks the hotel and Ed snaps into protective mode and whisks Eagle One away.

Jules makes a rookie mistake and leaves her post to check out the source of the explosion. In the kitchen the oven is on fire and Jules calls for a medic in case anyone's injured. When she gets back to the bar she finds her protectee is missing. She asks two waitresses and a chef if they saw her protectee leave and gets negative head shakes. Ed demands to know what's going on. She tells him that she lost Eagle Two. She goes to check the bathroom.

Greg is having Spike trying to figure out what happened and tells Lewis and Wordy to get security to lock it all down.

Eagle Two isn't in the bathroom.

Greg tells Jules to switch to channel two and then asks her to talk to him. She fibs and says she turned her head of three seconds to try and figure out where to take her. She does, however, do the right thing - finally! - in saying that the journalist is a possible suspect.

We get a shot of Lewis and Wordy hustling along a balcony and Lewis says that the lobby and stairwells are secure and clear.

In Eagle One's room he's demanding Ed tell him what's going on and Ed's trying to keep him calm.

Spike's down in the kitchen barking orders like he does it every day and goes to have a look at the bomb.

In the command center, Greg, Sam and the concierge (whose name is Jay) are looking at security footage and Greg realizes that there is no footage of Eagle Two leaving the building. When he turns to tell Sam that she must still be in the hotel, he finds Jay standing a wee bit too close. We find out that the journalist, Castillo, is legit. Jay demands that Greg spell it out for him and is told 'We just might be looking at a kidnapping. Good news is, if so, she's being held within the building' and Jay says 'That's the good news?' Wordy pipes up with 'Sarge, we got guys at every exit' and Greg says 'That's good' and tells him to cover Spike and ask around and to wait for orders. I have to admit I had to watch this part several times because at first I thought he said 'That's good cover, Spike' and was going to rant about how either the writers suck or Greg couldn't tell the difference in his men's voices.

Jules is running around looking for Eagle Two and comes upon a locked door. She smashes it open with a fire extinguisher but finds the room empty.

Greg hands Sam some plans for the hotel and asks him to break it down and do the math. Sam says '800 rooms divided by five...' and Jay interrupts him to say that there are '809 exactly'. I'm gonna admit I cheated and used a calculator and came up with 161.8. To my knowledge that translates into roughly 162 rooms per person. And yet, Sam says '160 rooms per person'. Someone over in the writers' room needs to check their math. Greg calls for back-up and says they can knock it down to 80 rooms each. Jay, ever the hotel snotty, says 'No, absolutely not. We have 532 guests currently checked in. 27 of whom are VIPs. We cannot invade their privacy.' Greg bitch slaps him, not really, and reminds him that his one and only objective is to locate Eagle Two and ensure her safety. He then tells Jay he has two jobs: get the team some master keys and to get a grip. Oh, how I love Greg when he's being all Alpha.

Down in the kitchen, Margaret (CC just calls her 'woman') is telling Wordy that she has no idea what's going on. Wordy is of course very polite, he doesn't yet know she's behind this, and reassures her that they're asking everyone so they can figure out what happened. He mentions that she's scheduled to leave at 5 and tells her that when she's ready to go to just show her staff ID to security and they'll let her out the staff door. Oh, and we now know her name is Claudia. She walks away looking for all the world like the kid caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

Now we get a montage of everyone going around, knocking on doors and basically interrupting people's vacations. They find room after room, empty.

Ed has the unpleasant task of calling Sophie and telling her that something's come up, like she hasn't heard that one before, and they won't be able to have their romantic weekend. Luckily she knows this is a real work thing and so is only mildly disappointed. For some reason Eagle One starts saying that this couldn't be about what he did years ago during a hostile takeover down in Venezuela and Ed suggests it could be something that Eagle Two did.

Down in the kitchen, Spike is upset that the bomb is so amateurish.

Now we see Eagle Two tied to a chair, blindfolded. Castillo asks if she knows why she's there. Why she doesn't recognize his voice I'll never know. When she says she has no idea Castillo has Claudia tell her how her father died. Eagle Two says that has nothing to do with her and Castillo slaps her. He sends Claudia away then pulls the blindfold off, guess he was only concerned about her being able to tell the police about Claudia. She begs him to reconsider and he opens a case to show her a necklace bomb. He then tells her how it works.

In the command center Sam has noticed that a freight elevator hasn't moved in twenty minutes. Greg sends Lewis and Jules to check it out. Jules and Lewis find Eagle Two tied to a chair in the elevator with a gag. When Jules removes the gag Eagle Two tells her to stand back and tells her 'they called it a necklace bomb'. Uh, we already knew that.

Wordy is escorting employees through the laundry while Greg is telling his boss that they can't remove the bomb because if anyone tampers with it, isolate her, or get her out of the building the bomb will be triggered and will sever her spine. There's also a camera, supposedly, that is monitoring all activity around Eagle Two. I love how Wordy calls Greg 'Boss'. I think I've just fallen in love with him. Gonna have to find someone to pair him with... Greg tells his boss that there are three triggers: a mercury switch, pressure fit and remote. Greg thinks if they can take out the remote they can handle the other two. Ed has brought Eagle One down to see his wife. I love it when Greg calls Ed 'Eddie'... *shivers* Rachel, you really need to hurry up and finish that tag to Never Kissed a Girl, like yesterday. Greg and Ed walk over to where Eagle Two is while Greg tells Ed what's what about the bomb. Spike is doing something to the bomb and asks for 'ten seconds of complete silence'. Eagle One is pissed that Greg won't let him see his wife. Greg returns just as Eagle One is demanding Wordy tell him how his wife is a threat. Now Greg has to explain about the bomb. And now Ed tells him just what the demands are. Castillo, his companion and Claudia want Eagle One to admit his part in killing three men in Venezuela.

Jules is asking if Eagle Two knows the woman who spoke to her and wants to know if there was anyone else in the room. Then she asks for the instructions again. We get scenes of her telling Jules interspaced with Greg telling Eagle One. Eagle One demands to see his wife and Ed escorts him to her. They say 'I love you' to each other.

In a stairwell, Castillo is telling his companion and Claudia that he can't be in the room because they know who he is. Claudia doesn't want to do any more but Castillo insists. We find out in this scene that the other man's name is Felipe. The remote trigger looks like a pager. Felipe tells her that if security doesn't let him in and if Eagle One lies then she's to push a certain button. Stupid woman believes Castillo when he promises that if Eagle One tells the truth they'll let his wife go.

Spike and Greg are having a 'walk-n-talk' about the bomb. They decide to put Eagle Two in the balcony to keep her away from the 'innocent' people. Greg is talking to his boss about the fact that there is no guest or hotel employee with the last name 'Alvarez' and beyond having Eagle One give a confession during his keynote speech they have no idea who these people are or what they want. The Inspector says he doesn't care what Eagle One did. Eagle Two doesn't even know what this is about but she was told that her husband would know. The Inspector doesn't think it's such a good idea to give in to the demand of having the wife present for her husband's confession because he doesn't want 60 people to witness her execution. Sam says that they'll kill her if they don't comply. He says that since they're not asking for money, or hostages, or concessions that makes this like war. Greg reminds his boss that they don't have time to do anything other than comply with the demand to have Eagle Two in the room.

Now we get a montage of the team getting ready to protect Eagle One and Two. Spike is working on jamming all cell phones within a 100 meter radius. The Inspector says 'Don't tell me this thing can be set off by a cell phone' and Greg replies 'Not anymore' then turns to look at Jay who shuts his phone with a terrified look on his face. Greg then says that the only other possible trigger is a shortwave remote like a pager. When asked what that means he says that that means that the suspect has to be within 30 feet of Eagle Two. Greg then says (while we watch Sam getting into position) 'We contain the room. Sam prepares a less lethal solution because if the weapon is a garage door opener we can't take that chance, we cannot shoot to kill. We contain the room. Subject's already arrested.' He gets the go ahead.

Eagle Two asks to talk to her husband before they get everything in place. She tells him to get up there and tell the truth so they can go home. She thinks he didn't do what they're accusing him of. Ed looks like he thinks Eagle One did it.

Everyone is let in and gets 'wanded' by security. Wordy asks Greg what Eagle One did and is told that Greg doesn't know. I have a feeling he couldn't care less one way or the other. His job is to protect Eagle One and Two as well as all the innocents in that room and that's what he's gonna do.

Eagle One wants to pay someone to make this all go away and Ed tells him to just buy them enough time to do their jobs.

Eagle One gets up on stage and says 'I…don't know what to say'. And Eagle Two looks stunned.

Eagle One says he doesn't deserve to be honored by this foundation. He says that all the good he's done is because of his wife. Wordy realizes that Claudia is working despite the fact that she was supposed to leave at 5. Eagle One admits to agreeing to have Gabriel Alvarez 'taken care of'. He didn't ask any questions but he might as well have ordered his death. Felipe is crying and Claudia is shocked that he's admitting it. Felipe approaches Claudia and gives them both away. He grabs the pager from her and calls Eagle One a murder. Sam shoots his arm and the pager goes flying. Greg catches it, Lewis tackles Felipe and Spike holds a metal box for Greg to put the pager in. Greg tells Spike to keep the cell jamming on until they get the bomb off Eagle Two. As everyone is leaving the room, Wordy approaches Claudia and detains her. She knows she's been caught.

As Spike and Jules are assisting Eagle Two down onto a stool, she asks Spike where his gear is and he says 'It's all right here' and she says 'No, I mean don't you have a protective suit or something?' and Spike tells her he doesn't need one. She insists and he tells her it's okay.

They manage to catch Castillo trying to exit the staff door.

Eagle One tells Ed that he should have told his wife about Alvarez. Ed tells him he's not there to judge. Eagle One says 'I was trying to protect her' and Ed replies 'So were we'. I get the feeling that he's not very pleased with Eagle One at this moment.

Spike's removing the bomb and Greg's standing there watching with his hands tucked into the collar of his vest. When Wordy and Claudia approach he tells them to hang back with a hand signal. When Spike finally removes the bomb Eagle Two thanks him with relief heavy in her voice. Greg signals for Wordy to bring Claudia over and he asks Eagle Two if she recognizes her voice. Eagle Two says that she does because Claudia served her lunch. Wordy and Greg don't believe her so they take Claudia to be processed as a possible accessory. Eagle Two is upset by this, she was trying to protect the girl, but knows that nothing she says will get them to change their minds. When Eagle One sees his wife he begins to apologize and she tells him to not do that. She's obviously not angry although she has every right to be. Ed tells Eagle One that they need a few minutes to debrief him. After he walks away with security, Greg says '8:27 pm. Incident contained. Two arrests. VIP secured' for the record then turns to Ed and tells him that since it was a long day the team can go home and they'll debrief in the morning.

Claudia goes home to her mother who just holds her while she cries.

As Jules is leaving Sam tries to talk her into letting him take her home. She says she'd rather walk. He doesn't listen and tells her that if she thinks he's just being nice then she's stupid. Great way to get a woman in bed, jackass. When she continues to refuse, he goes all caveman and just pulls her to him for a kiss. I think she should have kneed him in the balls because he's forcing himself on her despite being told 'no' numerous times but she doesn't. She just melts and kisses him back. Even if I liked Sam, I wouldn't like this pairing because Jules is too smart to risk her career with a relationship with a team member.

Ed goes home to Sophie who's waiting for him in a hammock with a bottle of wine. From this angle it appears that Ed's backyard is paved with stepping stones save this tiny circle where the hammock is.