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As the CTU SWAT team surrounds the building
to hunt for Syed Ali, Jack asks the imam of the
mosque if he is hiding the terrorist. The imam
assures Jack that he will be cooperative in
finding Ali. One of the agents leads Jack to a trap
door on the floor that was not in the schematics
of the mosque. Knowing that Ali is prepared to kill
himself in lieu of being captured, Jack goes down
into the basement first.
From the basement beneath the mosque, Syed
Ali places a cell phone call and reaches Marie,
who is driving in a car. He instructs her to go to
their set rendezvous point, saying that if he does
not arrive, she will know what to do. Jack comes
upon Ali and apprehends him with the help of the
SWAT team. After Kate identifies him, Jack
removes the cyanide capsule from Ali's teeth.
At CTU, Mason gives Bob Warner confirmation
that his daughter is indeed involved with Syed
Ali. Bob explains that when Marie was studying in
London, she ran away after her mother died. The
police could not find her, but Marie regained
contact with her family after a few weeks. Mason
suggests that it was at that time when she was
converted to the terrorists' cause. Michelle
interrupts to tell Mason about Ali's capture. A
burned paper fragment with writing on it was also
found in Ali's clothes on the dead man. Michelle
had brought in a computer-imaging expert named
Murdoch to analyze what was on the paper.
Mike Novick brings news to the President that
Jack Bauer captured Syed Ali and is interrogating
him. Novick sees Palmer watching the feed of
Agent Simmons enacting his interrogation on
Roger Stanton. Simmons had informed the
President that Stanton's military background
taught him to resist this kind of torture. "But
everyone breaks eventually," Palmer says
calmly.
Tony directs a rescue team searching for
Kimberly Bauer in the forest, and Mason
becomes angry with him for diverting resources
away from finding the bomb. He orders Tony to
stay focused on their immediate mission, but
Tony says that he is only keeping his promise to
Jack. Tony then returns to his efforts when
Mason is out of earshot.
As Kim tries to free her foot from the trap, she
hears leaves rustling in the distance. The forest,
however, is blanketed in darkness and she can't
see anything. A man with a rifle comes upon her
and asks how she got there. The man, whose
name is McRae, helps release her foot from the
snare.
Jack interrogates Ali in the basement of the
mosque, striking the man when he won't divulge
any information about the bomb. Ali, however, is
more than ready to die for his cause.
In the forest, McRae wraps up Kim's ankle and
tells her that he will try to get her to the ranger's
station. Yet Kim doesn't want to go back there,
and McRae begins to suspect that she is running
from something. Since the forest is dangerous at
night, he offers to let her stay at his nearby
house.
Jack allows the mosque's imam to try to question
the captive. The imam tells Ali that the Koran
strictly forbids the killing of innocents and non-
combatants, and that the death of one of those
people will not permit him into paradise. Yet Ali is
steadfast in his commitment. The imam reports
back to Jack, who warns that the imam may not
like what they may do to Ali. They pull the last
number dialed on Ali's cell phone, and Kate
immediately recognizes the number as her
sister's. Jack is forced to tell her about Reza's
murder and the fact that Marie is the suspected
killer. Kate does not believe this, and questions
whether Marie's cell phone had been stolen. Jack
tells her to call the number to see if Marie
answers, and they will trace the call.
While the techs set up the phone, Jack instructs
Kate on how to keep Marie on the line. They rig it
so that Kate's number will appear on the caller
ID. Marie picks up as she is driving, and Kate
casually asks about where she is. Marie realizes
that Reza's body has been found, telling her
sister that "People have to die for things to
change." The techs are able to trace the call to
an area in Sylmar, but they lose connection when
Marie hangs up and throws the phone out the
window. Kate becomes upset, and wonders
whether Marie had been forced to say that under
threat.
At CTU, Murdoch recovers the phrase "N34"
written by hand on the charred paper, and he
sends it to Jack at the mosque. Tony has
Michelle look up any possible links connected to
this code.
Jack gets a printout of Murdoch's results, and he
questions Ali about what "N34" means. When Ali
is still unhelpful, Jack then turns on a bank of
video monitors. Ali is horrified to see his wife and
children via satellite from his home country.
Masked soldiers are tying them up. Jack once
again asks where the bomb is.
Palmer becomes concerned when Novick
informs him that Jack is holding the lives of Syed
Ali's family. The President is disturbed that they
have resorted to killing innocent people, but
Novick argues that the bomb is an act of war that
may cause civilian casualties.
Ali continues to watch the monitors. Jack
threatens to kill his family unless he gets the
information he needs to stop the bomb. Ali still
holds to his position of silence, saying he is doing
Allah's work. Jack is interrupted by a call from the
President, who forbids him from killing these
people. Palmer hangs up, but Jack continues
talking on the phone so that Ali can hear him. He
pretends to get the full support of the President
for his actions against Ali's family. Listening, Ali
winces.
Lynne approaches Novick to say that she does
not believe Sherry Palmer should be there
because she is untrustworthy. Although Novick at
first brushes this off as turf war, Lynne explains
that Sherry has been communicating with
Stanton for the last six months even though
Stanton claimed to have only met the former First
Lady that morning. Lynne says that she finally
has a face-to-face meeting with her unknown
source in ten minutes. Novick decides not to
immediately tell the President about this, and he
instructs Lynne to apprise him after her meeting.
Over a satellite phone, Jack instructs someone to
begin with Ali's first born son. Jack then goes into
the room where Ali is being held, and he tells him
that he has run out of time. When Ali still does
not answer, Jack gives an order to kill over the
satellite phone. One of the masked soldiers
pushes the boy's chair over and shoots him. Ali
reacts in horror at watching his own son's
murder. Jack again demands to know where the
bomb is, but Ali will not talk.
Lynne pulls up to a highway rest stop outside of
the perimeter of the O.C. She is surprised to see
Sherry waiting for her. Sherry says that the
people Stanton is conspiring with wanted Lynne
to connect the situation to her. The conspiracy's
true goal is to take control of the Presidency, and
they have been feeding misinformation about
Sherry because they are afraid of her. She did
not reveal any of this to Palmer until she was
sure she had concrete evidence. Yet Lynne does
not listen, and is convinced that Sherry still only
has her own interest at heart. She vows to fight
her to save Palmer and his Administration.
Jack is about to give the order to shoot Ali's next
son when Ali finally gives in. He says that the
plan is to detonate the bomb from a plane over
downtown. Jack phones CTU with news that the
bomb is at Norton Airfield. Michelle quickly finds
out that the planes there have tail numbers that
begin with the letter "N." Mason dispatches
teams to Norton and has the FAA ground the
site's aircraft.
As Ali is carried out of the mosque, he curses at
Jack for killing his son. Kate hears this and
questions why Jack would do such a thing. Jack
radios over the satellite phone for the real feed to
be rerouted back to him for confirmation. Kate
sees on the monitors that the boy is really alive.
The whole shooting had been staged. Jack then
asks Kate to accompany him to Norton Airfield
because he believes that Marie will be there.
They get into a car and drive off.
Marie arrives at an airplane hangar where Omar
the van driver is waiting with the bomb. She
takes out the trigger that she retrieved from
Marko's locker. He connects the trigger to the
bomb. |
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