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As a general briefs the war room on the military
plan, Vice President Prescott questions whether
Palmer is indeed behind the air strikes. Palmer
informs the Joint Chiefs and Cabinet members
that he is waiting for CTU Agent Jack Bauer to
provide hard evidence to prove that the Cyprus
recording was fabricated. The general advises
the President that, in order to be effective, the
first strike must be a surprise. Waiting any longer
will only increase U.S. casualties. Palmer agrees
that they must proceed with the plan.
Yusuf examines the microchip under a
magnifying glass. Jack calls the President, but
his staff will not put him through until the meeting
with the Joint Chiefs of Staff is completed. Jack
then phones Tony to tell him that he is bringing
into CTU a chip with the evidence. He asks Tony
to notify the President. Yusuf alerts Jack that
there is a transponder on the chip, which is how
they must have found Wallace at the warehouse.
Yusuf is familiar with this kind of tracker and
attempts to dismantle it without destroying the
audio files.
Michelle gets another frustrating call from Danny,
but she has no news for him. Tony comes up to
tell her that Jack called and has found the
evidence. She urges Tony to warn the President.
He says that he is thinking about it.
Yusuf separates the tracker from the chip just as
the men looking for Wallace arrive at the urgent
care center. Jack takes the tracker, and tells
Yusuf and Kate to meet him a few blocks away
with the chip. If he is not there in fifteen minutes,
they are to deliver the chip to CTU. As Jack runs
out of the clinic, the men see on the handheld
GPS monitor that Wallace has moved. They
head towards where Jack went. One of the men
sees Wallace's dead body in the patient room,
finding the hole in Wallace's chest. Yusuf and
Kate, hiding in the room, sneak out unnoticed.
After the meeting with the Joint Chiefs, Novick
informs the President that the California governor
wants National Guardsmen dispatched in the
state because of erupting violence. Lynne
patches Tony through to the President as she
and Novick listen in on speaker. Tony tells them
that Jack claims to have found the source
recordings edited together to make the Cyprus
tape. Although Jack says that they are authentic,
Tony can not be sure. Palmer tells Novick and
Lynne that he wants to call off the attack. Novick
tries to convince the President that his lack of
response to a nuclear weapon going off on U.S.
soil may cause him to be perceived as weak.
Lynne also makes note that the Pentagon's
assessment shows that stopping and then
restarting the military operation will cost
thousands of lives. Yet Palmer is steadfast in his
decision not to attack.
Tony tells Michelle that he informed the President
about Jack's evidence. She thanks him for doing
the right thing, but Tony wants to confirm that the
chip is real when Jack brings it to CTU.
As Yusuf drives towards Jack's meeting point,
Kate tries to phone CTU. All the circuits are
clogged and she can't get through. Yusuf
comments that they are too busy preparing war
against his country. They pull up to the location
to look for Jack. Meanwhile, the henchmen follow
their GPS monitor into the basement of the clinic.
There is no sign of Jack, but they find the tracker
that was removed from the chip. The men see
Jack running outside and one of their cars
catches him. One of the men named Ronnie
Stark shoots Jack with a taser. He falls to the
ground. On Stark's orders, the men carry Jack's
limp body into the clinic.
After Novick informs a general with the
President's decision not to launch the attack,
Lynne asks him if he knows about a meeting that
the Vice President called. She only heard about it
second hand, and has not informed Palmer.
Novick has no idea either, and says he will try to
find out its purpose.
The men strip Jack and search his clothes with a
metal detector. They induce him to vomit, and
run the metal detector over the excrement. Stark
takes out a medical case full of scissors and
scalpels. He receives a call from Peter Kingsley,
who is flying in a helicopter over Los Angeles.
Kingsley seems to already know that the man
they are holding is Jack Bauer. He asks to speak
to Jack, and offers Jack money for the chip. Jack
will not relent. Kingsley instructs Stark to get Jack
to break because they do not have much time.
Stark dips a scalpel in ammonia and slices into
Jack's abdomen. Jack's scream is muffled by the
gag in his mouth.
Michelle asks Carrie to unlock the software on
her system to allow her to run point analysis on
the chip Jack is bringing in. Carrie says she will
do it herself, but Michelle insists that she just do
as she is commanded. Michelle accuses her of
trying to sabotage her work, and Carrie says that
Michelle is doing the same. Tony witnesses this,
and summons Michelle to his office. He asks
what is going on between them to interfere with
their work. Michelle admits that she and Carrie
were friends when she worked for her at Division.
Her brother Danny left his wife and children for
Carrie, who then dumped him. Danny lost his job
and his family, and tried to commit suicide. Tony
asks Michelle to help keep the office running
despite what is between them. Michelle gets a
call. Danny is at CTU to see her.
Michelle asks Danny what he is doing there. He
says that he tried to call, but the phones weren't
working. He only wanted to apologize for yelling
at her. Michelle wants him to leave, but Danny
sees Carrie across the room. He yells at Carrie
for not returning his calls. Both Michelle and Tony
try to step between them, but Danny lunges for
Carrie and wraps his hands around her throat.
Security guards have to pull Danny off, and
Michelle watches, horrified.
Novick tells Lynne that he found out the Vice
President is personally calling cabinet members.
They both assume it is about the President's
decision to call off the attack. Novick says that he
is secretly meeting with a Defense Department
official named Jesper Isberg who has
information. Although Novick tries to keep her out
of it, Lynne insists on being present for the
meeting. Novick tells her to go to a storage room
on the fifth floor and wait.
While a medic checks out Carrie, Tony goes to
Michelle, who is crying in a corner. She is upset
about her brother, and the emotions from the
day's events come flooding over her. Tony
comforts her and they kiss. Carrie interrupts to
tell Tony that Chappelle is looking for him.
Stark opens another wound in Jack's side but
Jack is defiant. Stark then takes a hot cauterizer
and burns Jack in the spot where he has been
cut. Jack screams in pain through the gag until
he loses breath. One of the other henchmen pulls
Stark off to prevent him from killing Jack. Stark's
cell phone rings. It is Kingsley, checking on the
status of the chip. Stark says he is still working.
Novick enters the fifth floor corridor and meets
Lynne. He asks her if she knows about Section 4
of the 25th Amendment, where the cabinet can
vote to remove a President from office if they
determine that he is unfit to fulfill his duties. The
Vice President would then become acting
President. Lynne is alarmed that Prescott would
do such a thing. Jesper Isberg arrives, and
Novick makes him wait outside. Novick then asks
Lynne where she stands with regard to Palmer's
decision. Lynne says that, although she does not
agree with the President, she is loyal to him and
believes that Prescott should be charged with
treason. Novick calls in Isberg and steps out of
the room. Isberg blocks Lynne from the door.
Lynne is shocked that Novick is aligned with
Prescott. He tells her that Palmer would not listen
to reason and that he can't stand by while the
President's indecisiveness could cost American
lives. Novick tries to justify to Lynne that he is
doing this for the good of the country. Although
she puts up a fight, Isberg locks Lynne in the
room. Novick orders him to not let her out unless
Isberg hears it from him directly.
Yusuf tells Kate that they should bring the chip to
CTU since Jack never showed up. As he is about
to drive away, Yusuf is pulled out of the car by a
group of men. They accuse him of being an Arab
who bombed the United States. Yusuf grabs one
of the men and trains his gun on him, warning the
other men to get down on the ground. As Kate is
getting back into the car, she sees another man
come up to Yusuf with a brick. She tries to warn
him, but the man knocks Yusuf to the ground.
The men beat him mercilessly. When Kate tries
to stop them, they smack her. She falls, dazed.
Tony phones Chappelle in his car. He tells Tony
that he is coming to CTU with a few key people
from Division to help out. Tony then calls
Michelle to see how she is doing. She apologizes
for her actions, but he says he is not sorry for
what they did. Michelle is concerned about what
Carrie will do with the news. Tony says that it is
none of her business.
Stark orders the unconscious Jack to be woken
up. He brings up Kim, suggesting that Jack
wouldn't want his daughter to be an orphan.
Stark has one of his men hit Jack with the taser.
Jack writhes in pain. Stark instructs the man to
do it again, but the man says that Jack is no
good to them if he is dead. Stark takes the taser
and does it himself. Jack's eyes roll to the back of
his head and his body goes slack. Stark orders
the men to wake him up, but when they snap
poppers under Jack's nose, he does not stir. One
of the men says that Jack is dead. With concern
rising, Stark tells the men to cut Jack's binds and
let him down. Stark frantically administers CPR
on Jack, and yells for the men to find
epinephrine.
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