24 TV Series - Day 5: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Episode Recap | Television Without Pity: Curtis looms into the picture, and Audrey tells him what's going on. McGill orders Curtis to throw Edgar and Chloe into holding, "and then escort Audrey Raines out of CTU." Curtis refuses. "You're not behaving rationally, Lynn," he says. McGill orders the Redshirts to arrest everyone, including Curtis. You know, just to show them how rational he is. Curtis threatens to draw his weapon if the Redshirts try any such thing, and McGill orders them to shoot if he does. "This situation's already getting out of control," Curtis tells the lead Redshirt. "Don't make it worse."
McGill screams at the Redshirt to follow his order, and there's a long standoff while everyone who has a sidearm stands there with a hand on it. And just like on Battlestar Galactica a couple of weeks ago, a clash between the top brass comes down to a grunt with a gun. In this case, the guard takes into account three things: when he looks to his left, he sees a shrieking Hobbit; when he looks to his right, he sees an armed, hulking, trained killer; when he looks down, he sees a bright red shirt. So it's really a no-brainer when he says to Curtis, 'What would you like me to do, Mr. Manning?'