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Jack watches from a hidden alcove in Alex
Hewitt's loft as Sherry Palmer instructs her
bodyguard to look for Hewitt.
A military advisor briefs Prescott on the bombers'
location. Prescott orders the advisor to proceed
with the attack as planned. "Yes, Mr. President,"
the man responds. Meanwhile, Novick enters the
room where Palmer is detained and asks his ex-
boss for the war key codes. Palmer hands over a
small wallet with a key card. The military officer
known as the "Football" takes the card and slides
it into a portable scanner. The codes are
confirmed.
Chappelle calls the CTU staff into a meeting to
bring them up to date on the presidential
transition. Tony questions whether Palmer was
taken out because of his stance on the attack,
suggesting that what Jack is doing has now
become even more relevant. Chappelle orders
him not to expend any more resources on Jack.
Tony secretly tells Michelle that he's going to
reach out to someone on Prescott's staff in the
instance Jack does get the proof he's looking for.
Jack hears Sherry tell her bodyguard that Peter
Kingsley's people must have removed anything
important from Hewitt's loft. Jack knocks out the
bodyguard and handcuffs him. He pushes Sherry
to the couch and asks what she is doing there.
She says that she is working on Palmer's behalf,
but Jack doesn't believe her. Although she knows
that Jack is looking for Hewitt because he
created the tapes, Sherry refuses to answer any
of his questions. Jack fires his gun at her and hits
the wall. Sherry admits that she knows that
Hewitt is an audio technician who was hired by
Kingsley to fabricate the Cyprus recording.
Kingsley wants the United States to start a war
with the Middle East because of his oil interests
there. Jack realizes that his bullet hole in the wall
let a stream of light into the darkened room. He
goes over to the hole and fires more rounds,
calling out to whomever is inside to come out. A
frightened Hewitt emerges with his hands in the
air. Hewitt pleads with Sherry to help him, and
she advises him to not say anything in front of
Jack. Jack sticks the barrel of his gun to Hewitt's
neck. "You're going to talk to me now," he says.
Jack tries to get Hewitt to admit that he forged
the Cyprus recording, but he won't reveal
anything. Hewitt will only speak to Sherry
because she promised to help him. Jack turns to
Sherry seeking the truth. She acknowledges that
she wants to protect herself because she will be
incriminated on Hewitt's tapes. Sherry had
wanted to enact revenge on her ex-husband by
bringing down his presidency. Kingsley only
coveted money, and told Sherry that the bomb
would never go off. She sought out Hewitt in
order to remove herself from the connection to
Kingsley. Sherry demands immunity from Jack,
and says that the only criminal that needs to be
prosecuted is Hewitt. Jack gets Hewitt from the
other room so that Sherry can deal with him.
In his confinement room, Palmer explains his
situation to Secret Service Agent Pierce. Alluding
to Pierce's son being in the Navy, Palmer asks
for help in contacting Jack.
Michelle assigns Carrie to work on one of her
duties and won't explain to her why she is doing
so. Carrie believes she is really trying to help
Jack behind Chappelle's back. Tony comes up to
inquire about the situation between the two
women, and he persuades Michelle to explain
herself. Michelle admits to doing a task for
District. After Carrie walks away, Tony tells
Michelle that Carrie probably doesn't believe her
lie. Carrie then approaches Chappelle and tells
him her suspicions. She feels that Tony is unfit to
run CTU because he and Michelle are working
with Jack.
Jack phones CTU and Tony brings him up to
speed on Prescott pushing Palmer out of office.
Jack asks him for a helicopter to pick up Hewitt.
Although Chappelle is breathing down his neck,
Tony agrees to send a chopper. Sherry,
meanwhile, promises Hewitt that she will get him
full immunity for his crimes and assures him that
she will protect him from Jack. Sherry notifies
Jack that Hewitt will testify by demonstrating the
audio technology.
Tony tells Chappelle that Jack has captured the
guy who created the Cyprus recording and that
he needs a helicopter to bring him in. Chappelle
refuses, and Tony attempts to argue Jack's case.
Chappelle informs Tony that he is being
reassigned because he has become a liability to
their mission with the start of the war. Chappelle
orders Tony to be out of the office in fifteen
minutes.
Hewitt gets his computer full of audio software
ready to go. He plans to do a another sample of
the Cyprus recording to prove that the previous
one was a fraud. Jack guarantees Hewitt that he
will be fine, and Hewitt becomes suspicious. He
questions whether Jack and Sherry made a deal
together to set him up. Hewitt asks to speak to
Jack privately and Sherry becomes defensive.
Hewitt is curious about Sherry's intentions, but
Jack reassures him that she only wants to help
him.
Accompanied by a police officer, Kim enters the
Matheson house to get her things.
As Tony begins to pack up his office, he gets a
call from a satellite phone secure line. Palmer
requests that he be connected to Jack, and Tony
patches him through. Jack tells Palmer that he
found the man who engineered the Cyprus
recording and that Sherry is there with him. Jack
does not explain further, and Palmer cautions
him not to trust her. He asks to speak to his ex-
wife. Sherry tells Palmer that she is merely trying
to help him, and that she and Jack are his only
hope in preventing this war. Palmer warns her to
stay out of Jack's way.
After Palmer hangs up, Jack demands that Tony
quickly get him the helicopter. Tony turns to
Michelle and asks for her help.
Gary Matheson is in his house when he sees a
police officer outside. Gary does not realize that
Kim is also in the house.
Novick comes into the holding room and takes
the satellite phone away from Palmer. He has
Agent Pierce placed under arrest.
Kim packs clothes in her room. She does not
know that anyone else is there. Gary creeps up
the stairs to his bedroom with a holster he
apprehended from the police officer. He packs
money, a passport and a stash of drugs. Kim
hears noise from the house and calls out for the
officer. She walks up to the master bedroom but
finds it empty. She goes back to her packing.
Gary hides in a corner, realizing that Kim is in the
house.
Michelle and Tony make a plan. She calls
Chappelle to tell him that someone is waiting for
him in a holding room. Chappelle goes into the
room, but only Michelle is there. Suddenly, Tony
comes from behind Chappelle and puts a
chloroform rag over his face. Chappelle falls
unconscious, and Tony sends Michelle off to
dispatch the helicopter. Tony takes out a syringe
to drug Chappelle.
As they wait for the chopper, Sherry tells Jack
that she is trying to clear her name in order to
protect Palmer's public image. Jack informs her
that Palmer has been stripped from the
Presidency and that Prescott is now in power.
Sherry is shocked. Tony phones Jack's cell with
news that the chopper is on its way. Jack asks
for the Attorney General to be brought in
because Sherry wants to cut a deal when
Hewitt's testimony incriminates her. Sherry hears
this and confronts Jack because they had
discussed another scenario. When she tries to go
to Hewitt, Jack forcibly grabs her and orders her
to stay away from him.
Kim exits her room and sees through the window
that the police officer is lying face down in the
outside bushes. She grabs her bags and spots
Gary downstairs. Kim panics and darts into
another room. Gary comes up the stairs and
points the gun at the closed door. He opens it,
but Kim is not inside. Gary sees the door for the
attic and climbs up the stairs. When he gets to
the attic, Kim smacks him in the head with a can
and Gary drops down unconscious. Suddenly,
the attic floor gives way and Kim falls through to
the bedroom. She grabs Gary's gun and cell
phone.
Kim calls CTU and begs Michelle to put her
through to Jack. A frightened Kim tells her father
that Gary Matheson killed the police officer that
brought her there. Jack instructs her to get out of
the house, but when Gary starts to stir to
consciousness Kim becomes terrified. Jack tells
her to shoot Gary. She fires one shot into him,
and Jack tells her to shoot him again. She does,
and Gary is killed. Then Jack has Kim go
downstairs because he is going to send someone
to get her. Kim obeys and hangs up the phone.
Jack calls Kate, asking her to phone the police
and pick up his daughter. Meanwhile, in the loft,
Hewitt tries to leave. Sherry stops him. Jack
orders them to separate, but phoning CTU
preoccupies him. Hewitt goes to escape again
and Sherry steps in his path. Hewitt stabs her
with a screwdriver and makes a run for a hidden
door. Sherry lies on the ground, bleeding, but
Jack goes after Hewitt instead. He follows him
into a darkened tunnel. |
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