What's in store for Chloe? Maybe a shower scene

March 4, 2007
An unlikely development has occurred on "24" this season. Chloe -- the nerdy computer genius lacking personal skills -- has become involved in a love triangle between her ex-husband and a co-worker she once dated, Milo.
So far, Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) has stuck by her ex (Carlo Rota). But Milo (Eric Balfour) is still stirring around the Counter Terrorist Unit office with her.
"I'm becoming a woman," Rajskub jokes. "On screen and off."
Rajskub -- who's also an improv actor and comedy actress -- is enjoying the new twist, but she isn't interested in changing her career to become a lovey-dovey romantic lead.
"You know, I took an acting class, and I was supposed to be making out with this guy in the scene," she says. "Afterwards, the teacher was critiquing me, and he said that was something I had to work on -- being more sexual. ... And I just said, 'Nah. No. I'm good.' "
The funny thing is Rajskub has been paired in this situation with Balfour. Not only have I seen Balfour walk into Hollywood parties with models on his arm, he seems to be the king of shower scenes. He had shower scenes in the other big shows he was on: "Six Feet Under," "Sex, Lies and Secrets" and "Conviction."
I tell Rajskub this, and she lets out a great laugh.
"It would be nice if we could see where the showers are in the CTU. Do you think that there are showers?" she says. "He's a cute guy, right?"
Balfour also laughs when I mention his wet resume. I ask if he might have a shower scene in "24."
"Of course," he says. "There's a whole episode dedicated to me getting really dirty out in the field, and I go back to CTU and I take a shower and, oh my God, Chloe decides to come in the shower. That's not the surprise, though. The surprise is when [CTU boss] Bill Buchanan joins us. It's awesome."
Balfour jokes that Rajskub "wants it."
"She may not admit it out loud, or to herself, or even in her soul. But she does somewhere, deep, deep down."