Ralph

Stanley and the spilled coffee. You guys seemed uncertain about whether Chris Isaak deliberately caused Kiefer Sutherland to spill the coffee on himself. You whippersnappers are clearly too young to remember the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. This is one of their signature gags. My take on the scene is that Agent Desmond knows his partner's name is Stanley, sees the way he is holding his coffee cup and wonders if he can reproduce the Stan Laurel/Oliver Hardy gag. His smug look is justified by his success. I couldn't find a YouTube of Laurel and Hardy doing this bit but I found an homage with Dick Van Dyke taking the role of his hero Stan Laurel. https://youtu.be/wuAq_ql-TeY