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As they arrive at the airbase, Nina alerts the
agents securing the area that Jack had drugged
Agent Miller to get her alone. Once aboard the
CTU jet, Agent Phillips tells Jack that he will
make sure Nina is kept safe.
Marie reproaches Kate for wrongfully
incriminating Reza and for opening up the witch
hunt on their family. Kate then turns on Reza for
implicating Bob to save himself, but Reza says
that Bob must be the one who is guilty. Reza only
told the truth. With her sister and future husband
fighting, Marie bursts into tears and runs out of
the room.
Palmer's Chief of Staff Mike Novick arrives in
Oregon from Washington, and is surprised to see
Sherry at the retreat. She tells him that she has
learned from her past mistakes. Lynne and
Palmer discuss how to handle the Ron Wieland
situation. The reporter's crew has not seen him
since the Secret Service took him into custody.
Novick, who has found precedent for the
executive branch's measures against the press in
times of national crisis, suggests they buy time
by having Richard Armus leak a story about
Wieland being away on personal business.
Michelle informs Mason that Jack drugged Miller
to get Nina alone. Mason is hardly taken aback,
and goes into his office. He opens his shirt to
reveal a radiation rash on his chest.
Despite Sherry's knowledge of the military
evacuation, Novick is not sure that she is correct
about a vast conspiracy within the government,
but he promises the President that he will
investigate the situation. Palmer advocates that
Novick begin with NSA Director Roger Stanton,
Stanton had always been close with the just-fired
Eric Rayburn.
Jack tries to physically threaten Nina to reveal
where Faheen is, but Phillips intervenes. Jack
orders her to get changed into civilian clothes so
that she will blend in. Not trusting her, he has her
strip in his presence.
Mason calls his estranged son, John, whom he
hasn't spoken with in two years. He asks John to
come to see him at CTU. John refuses.
The CTU jet lands at the Davenport Airfield in
Visalia and is met by a squadron of FBI agents.
After deplaning, Nina gives up the name of
Faheen's location: a store called Crescent
Collectibles. Jack wants Nina to go along with
him there.
Novick approaches Stanton, and requests an
update on all the intel that Stanton has compiled.
Lynne briefs the President about CTU locating
weapons grade nuclear material in a warehouse.
When she tells him that Jack is working directly
with Nina Myers to find the terrorist, Palmer
becomes alarmed.
Jack and the FBI agents prepare for the raid on
Faheen and Nina tells them what to expect. She
had already given Faheen protocols from CTU,
and Faheen is prepared to kill himself to protect
their plan. Jack wants Nina to go in first and
convince Faheen that she has gotten out of
prison. Nina is worried that Faheen will be
suspicious, and shoot her before turning the gun
on himself. Jack says they will prevent Faheen
from committing suicide. He will not be
responsible for saving Nina.
Tony calls Mason to tell him that Bob Warner is
the new suspect. Bob claims not to know
anything about Syed Ali. Mason wants both Bob
and Reza brought to CTU for further questioning,
and gives Tony authority to arrest them if
necessary. Although Reza is resistant, Bob asks
him to comply with Tony's demand. Marie insists
on accompanying Reza. Bob instructs Kate to
notify their guests about the wedding's
postponement and to contact his lawyer.
Lynne meets with Palmer and Novick but is
hesitant to speak because Sherry is in the room.
Palmer introduces the women, and explains that
he has granted Sherry a provisional security
clearance. He gives Lynne permission to disclose
secrets in front of his ex-wife. Lynne is shocked
to learn that Stanton is a suspect in a plot against
the President. Sherry boldly tells Lynne that she
found out Stanton and Rayburn were having
secret meetings with a Senator. Lynne, however,
already knows about those meetings and
explains that they have nothing to do with this
situation. She offers up detailed records on their
context. Regardless, Palmer wants to be certain
that Stanton is not working against them. Lynne
and Sherry trade distrustful looks.
Kate phones her private investigator, but gets the
man's boss instead. Paul Koplin assures her that
he is familiar with her case. Kate asks Koplin for
help accessing her father's private data records.
Sherry lets Lynne know that she was one of the
people who put Palmer in office, and that she is
important enough to provide help. Overhearing
this, Palmer warns Sherry about trying to
compete with Lynne. He tells her that he is
keeping her around despite advice on the
contrary from others in his Administration.
As Nina enters Crescent Collectibles, Jack waits
outside the store. A wire attached to her necklace
transmits both voice and picture to him. Michelle
is watching and listening from CTU as well. A
woman working in the store tells Faheen over an
intercom that Nina is out of prison and is there to
see him. When she brings Nina into a back room,
the reception on Jack's monitor goes out.
Michelle describes for him what she is viewing
and the translator relays what they are saying.
Nina lies to Faheen, saying that she had to pay
someone to escape from prison and that she
needs his help to flee the country. Since Michelle
can not confirm that it is indeed Faheen, Jack
holds the FBI SWAT team from raiding the
building. Yet when Faheen hugs Nina the audio
goes dead. Jack orders the raid, and agents
shoot their way into every entrance. Jack finds
Faheen unconscious and Nina gone. He enters
the basement of the building to look for her.
Nina runs to a gated door from the basement, but
it is locked. As she pulls a gun to blow off the
padlock, Jack traps her. She drops her gun, turns
her back to him and places her hands on her
head. Jack trains his weapon on the back of her
head and pauses. After debating what to do, he
then slaps handcuffs on her.
In Gary's car, Kim calls her Aunt Carol to say that
she is on her way there. Megan is asleep in the
back seat. Suddenly, they are pulled over by the
police for speeding. Miguel hands over the
registration and the cop goes to call it in. Kim and
Miguel brace themselves for the worst.
An LAPD officer leads a handcuffed John Mason
into CTU. Mason uncuffs his son and apologizes
for the manner in which he was brought in.
Mason gives John the number of a secret bank
account where he has stashed a few hundred
thousand dollars, but John does not want the
money. Without giving specifics, Mason tells his
son that he is dying. He then asks him to leave
Los Angeles because it is unsafe. John is
confused, and Mason hugs him. Mason makes
his son leave so he won't see how emotionally
wrought he is.
The policeman lets Miguel off with a warning. As
he walks back to his squad car, the cop notices
blood dripping from the trunk and stops them. He
orders Miguel to open the trunk. Miguel is
stunned to see a woman's dead body inside. The
policeman pulls his gun on Miguel and forces him
to the ground. He orders Kim to exit the car and
calls for backup. Kim gets out and recognizes
that it is Carla inside the trunk. Megan wakes up
from the commotion, but Kim tells her to stay in
the car. She doesn't want Megan to see her
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