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While Stark shocks Jack's chest with a
defibrillator, one of his henchmen searches the
clinic for epinephrine. Kingsley phones again and
another henchman named O'Hara takes the call.
O'Hara is forced to tell Kingsley that Jack is
flatlining, and Kingsley gives him the order to fix
it. The doctor is ushered in at gunpoint to
administer epinephrine to Jack. He applies the
defibrillator paddles and revives Jack. Stark is
relieved, and inquires to O'Hara about what
Kingsley wanted. "He said I just got promoted,"
O'Hara says before shooting Stark point blank.
The doctor is horrified. O'Hara leans over and
asks Jack for the chip.
Novick tells Vice President Prescott that Palmer
is still in the dark and that he managed to get
Lynne out of the way before she could warn him.
Novick expresses doubt that he is doing the right
thing, but Prescott assures him that history will
recognize their accomplishments. When Novick
hangs up, Palmer comes into his office. He asks
the President if there is anything he can say to
make him change his mind about delaying the
war, but Palmer is sure of his stance. He thanks
Novick for standing by his unpopular decision.
When Palmer inquires about Lynne, Novick tells
him that she wasn't feeling well. Lynne,
meanwhile, bangs on the closet door begging
Isberg to let her out. She opens a storage cabinet
and finds a blowtorch among the tools.
The men who attacked Yusuf go through his
pockets and steal his money and watch. They
find the chip, and although they don't know what
it is, they grab it as well. Kate begs the men to
give her the chip. She offers them money from
her house. They pile her into their car and drive
off. Yusuf uses whatever strength he has to drag
his bloodied and broken body to a nearby
payphone. He dials 911, but the automated voice
tells him that all circuits are busy.
O'Hara orders the doctor to give Jack an injection
of Beroglide to paralyze his diaphragm. When
O'Hara is distracted by a phone call from
Kingsley, Jack pleads with the doctor to untie
him. The doctor hesitates, fearing for his life, but
starts to loosen the ropes on Jack's wrist. O'Hara
returns and makes the doctor inject the
Beroglide. Jack gasps, unable to breathe.
Michelle meets Ryan Chappelle when he arrives
at CTU. Since all phone services are down, he
warns her to save satellite phone usage for their
highest priorities. Chappelle commends Tony for
not letting Jack's ideas about the Cyprus
recordings alter their mission. Yet Tony tries to
tell Chappelle that Jack may not be wrong.
Chappelle threatens Tony. Either he goes
against Jack, or Chappelle won't support his
permanent placement as CTU Director.
Lynne starts a fire in a trash bin. When the
smoke alarm goes off, Isberg enters the closet.
Lynne smacks him with a fire extinguisher and
bolts out of the room. Isberg follows her to the
stairwell and grabs her, but Lynne falls over the
railing. She lands a few floors down, struck
unconscious.
Palmer tries to phone the Vice President, but is
told that he is unreachable. He turns to Secret
Service Agent Pierce who stands guard. Since
Pierce is a seasoned veteran of the White
House, Palmer asks for his opinion on the
situation. He wants to know if Prescott is
planning something behind his back. Pierce is at
first hesitant to answer the President. Yet he
warns Palmer to trust his own instincts.
Kingsley is in his office when Alexander Trepkos
enters. "Max is very unhappy," Trepkos says.
Since their project depends on military action,
Palmer's withdrawing the attack is a setback.
Kingsley tells him not to worry about Palmer's
response or about Jack's delivering proof that the
Cyprus recording is false.
As Jack hyperventilates from the Beroglide,
O'Hara presses him about the chip. Jack doesn't
answer, so O'Hara punches him the face. O'Hara
orders the doctor to double the dosage with
another injection. As he prepares the syringe, the
doctor gives Jack a slight nod. "I'll tell you where
the chip is," Jack finally says. O'Hara leans over
Jack and the doctor slams the syringe into
O'Hara's back. O'Hara stumbles, giving Jack
enough time to free his hands from the rope.
Jack grabs O'Hara's gun and shoots the other
henchmen. Jack pulls on his pants and demands
to know from the dying O'Hara who was on the
other end of the phone line. O'Hara says Peter
Kingsley's name and Jack shoots him dead.
Suddenly, Jack staggers. He has trouble
breathing.
Novick comes into Palmer's office. The President
asks him if Prescott is avoiding him, but Novick
blames his unavailability on the events of the
past eighteen hours. Palmer wants Lynne to go
over his statement, and Novick says that he will
deliver it to her. He exits and goes into another
office.
Novick dials Prescott from a satcom phone and
asks if he is still moving forward. Novick warns
him that Palmer is becoming suspicious because
the Vice President hasn't returned his calls.
Prescott says that he will call Palmer. He tells the
anxious Novick to keep things together on his
side.
Jack takes O'Hara's phone and walks through
the clinic. He dials CTU and gets Michelle.
Although Jack tries to tell her about the chip,
Michelle only hears static. Michelle notifies Tony
that Jack called but that the signal was lost. He
instructs her to trace the source of the call. Tony
gives Chappelle the news, but Chappelle does
not want Jack distracting their resources. Tony,
however, is siding with Jack.
Novick listens as Palmer speaks to Vice
President Prescott over speakerphone. The
President offers Prescott the chance to
personally address the military attack with him.
Prescott acknowledges that, if he had something
to say, he would come to the President first. After
he hangs up, Palmer admits to Novick that he
doesn't trust Prescott. Agent Pierce comes in to
notify Palmer that Lynne is in critical condition
after falling down stairs. He takes the President
to her. A look of panic washes over Novick's
face.
Michelle tells Tony that Jack called from a cell
phone somewhere between Studio City and
Encino. They check a map to see where he might
be headed. Tony does not want Michelle to use
the satellite for fear of raising flags with
Chappelle. He has her monitor police channels
instead. Carrie secretly watches them speak.
Jack takes O'Hara's car and drives to where he
was supposed to meet Yusuf and Kate. He spots
Yusuf near the payphone. Although he is
bloodied and battered, Yusuf manages to tell
Jack that someone took the chip with Kate to her
house. Yusuf dies before Jack can rescue him.
Kate leads the men with the chip to her house.
They open the door and the security alarm rings.
They order her to shut it off, and she gives them
the code. The men demand the money she
promised.
Palmer and Novick run outside the federal
building where Lynne is being taken away on a
gurney. She has suffered a concussion. Lynne
tries to form a word but nothing coherent comes
out. She raises a weak hand and points toward
Novick. Novick steps forward and takes her
hand, pretending to comfort her. The EMTs whisk
her into the ambulance.
Carrie warns Tony that Chappelle will find out
that he and Michelle are wasting time looking for
Jack. She says that she won't tell Chappelle if
Tony gives her Michelle's job. Tony calls
Chappelle over and announces that Carrie is
trying to use extortion to get a promotion. She
argues that Tony and Michelle are still searching
for Jack Bauer against orders. Chappelle
dismisses Carrie, then admonishes Tony. Tony
makes it clear that, as acting CTU Director, he is
trying to garner all the facts. He gives Chappelle
the opportunity to relieve him of his duties if he
does not agree with his decisions. Chappelle
says that there is no one else to fill in at the
moment. "I don't like insubordination," he tells
Tony.
Kate opens the safe in her closet, and the men
pull out some cash and a diamond bracelet. Kate
asks for the chip as promised, but they are
reluctant to let her go. Kate runs off as they fire at
her. The men catch up to her and throw her to
the ground. Jack appears and shoots one of the
fleeing guys. She tells him that they have the
chip, and Jack pursues the other two through the
house. He calls out to them through a bathroom
door asking for the chip. The men are afraid, but
refuse to hand it over. One of them says that if
Jack comes in he will smash the chip.
Novick watches via videophone as Prescott
gathers the Cabinet members in the White
House. Prescott tells the group that the meeting
will be closed from the President. The purpose of
the meeting is to decide whether Palmer is unfit
to continue as President of the United States
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