Major Ivan Kuchenko (Martin Landau, Mister Denton on Doomsday from Season 1) just wants to escape his native country. Unfortunately he’s been caught by the men seeking him and now he’s trapped in a motel room with no chance of escape, because he’s been drugged.
When he awakes he finds that he’s got two choices. Either he can try to find – and defuse – the booby trap that has been set for him or he can try to escape and almost certainly be shot. If he finds the trap and can’t defuse it, he will die. If he tries to escape, he will die. But if he can find the trap and defuse it, he has been promised his freedom.
As the clock ticks nearer, he knows that time is short. And as the phone rings, he realizes that perhaps the bomb has to do with the ringing of the phone, so he does not answer it. Instead he uses the opportunity to run, and he makes his getaway. As his captors search the room, they feel confident they will get him at the next stop. Then the phone rings. Before they can catch themselves, they answer it and the bomb goes off. The Major, similing, hangs up the phone on the other end, realizing he has found his freedom. Nice.
