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Lynne Kresge updates the President in the O.C.
that the CIA is proceeding on its potential
response to a nuclear threat. Palmer, however,
wants assurances that they will not leak the
information because he fears mass hysteria.
Meanwhile, at the industrial complex, Marko and
his crew load the completed bomb into a van.
At the Matheson home, Gary finishes his call in
Kim's room. Kim motions to the still-crying
Megan, and the girls make a break for it while
Gary is on the phone. As they run down the
stairs, Carla hands Kim her car keys and tells her
to take Megan away. Kim loads Megan into the
Carla's car and pulls out. Although Gary
threatens Kim, she escapes. Gary then phones
his security company to track the location of his
vehicle.
Jack is transported by helicopter to a waiting car.
Michelle briefs him en route with photos of
Joseph Wald's crew, and Jack recognizes one of
the guys as Eddie Grant, a guy that he
befriended while undercover. Jack orders that no
other agents get near his operation.
The press begin to suspect something because
the President cut short his fishing trip. Although
Eric Rayburn doesn't agree, Palmer wants to
deal with the media immediately.
As the helicopter touches down, Jack checks in
with Mason about Kim. When Agent Grothy went
to pick her up, she was gone. Jack calls Kim's
cell phone, but he doesn't realize that her phone
is still sitting in the Matheson house. He leaves a
message warning her to leave Los Angeles.
At CTU, Tony assures the frightened Paula that
the nuclear bomb may only be a false alarm.
When Mason learns that forged Middle Eastern
passports found in a car crossing the border
match those of the suspects, he sends the
closest agent to investigate. Unfortunately, that
agent is Grothy, who is waiting for Kim at the
Matheson's.
Jack goes into a salvage garage and asks for
Joe Wald. He is met by Eddie Grant. Eddie
knows him as Jack Roush. Eddie accuses Jack
of putting Joe in jail, but Jack tries to square
himself and tells Eddie that he has news about
Marshall Goren turning state's evidence to
convict Joe. Jack gives Eddie his bag, and
Goren's decapitated head rolls out. "I don't think
you gotta worry about Goren testifying anymore,"
Jack says. Eddie smiles, and brings Jack into the
back room.
Palmer conducts an informal press briefing
outside his residential retreat. He brushes off
their questions about his shortened fishing trip
with a joke. Press Secretary Jenny Dodge lets
the President know that a reporter named Ron
Wieland still suspects something is wrong.
Kim drives Megan toward a police station, but
they are detoured by a construction crew. She
heads down an alley, but is cut off at the end by
Gary's car. A truck behind her has blocked her in.
She tries to lock the doors, but Gary unlocks
them with his own key. Kim and Megan get out of
the car and make a run for it. They hide behind a
dumpster as Gary calls out for Megan.
At the garage, Eddie brings Jack to see Dave,
who is suspicious of Jack's showing up on the
day of an important job. Jack tells them that he
just served five years for Joe, and he wants to
see him. As Dave checks out Jack's record
online, Paula sees them making the trace on her
computer screen at CTU. Yet Michelle and Tony
have yet to download Jack's information, and
Paula scrambles to fill something in. When no
record of a prison release shows up, Eddie pulls
out his gun ready to kill Jack. Suddenly, after
Paula makes the file transfers, Jack's record
pops up on Dave's screen.
Rayburn tries again to persuade the President to
come up with a military plan of action in case of a
nuclear detonation. Lynne comes in to tell Palmer
that Wieland heard a rumor that the Alert
Condition has been changed due to a threatening
situation. Wieland is going live with a report at
noon. Palmer has her secretly set up a private
interview with Wieland. He also orders her to
bring in Richard Armus. Lynne shudders at the
name.
As Dave works with some kind of explosive, Jack
asks again to see Joe. Eddie says that Joe is
busy and to come back tomorrow. They have
something going on today. Jack gets in his car
and calls Mason to warn him about what he has
found. Fearing he has no other choice, Jack
floods his car so that it won't start. He gets out to
open up the hood, and watches the crew pack
duffel bags into a van.
Back at CTU, Mason checks a confidential report
that says the probability of attack is about 89-
93%. He quietly packs his briefcase and heads
out. Tony stops him, and Mason says that he is
going to follow up a lead in Bakersfield. Tony
questions his motives as merely trying to get
outside the blast range.
As they hide in an alley, Megan complains that
her head hurts from when her dad pushed her.
She doesn't want to follow Kim to go make a
phone call. She promises that she will hide
behind some boxes to wait for Kim.
Kate Warner calls her private investigator Ralph
Burton to tell him that she could not ascertain
Reza's wallet. Burton asks her to look for Reza's
passport to find out what countries have been
stamped. While Reza tends to wedding detials,
Kate runs out to his car and finds the passport in
the glove compartment. As she quickly writes
down the entries, Reza approaches. Kate tells
him that the workers needed the space and she
was looking for the key. Reza offers to move the
car himself.
Dave gives Jack a hard time when his car won't
start. Jack makes a comment to Eddie about
Dave being an amateur because he tied the
fuses too tight. Dave lunges at Jack, and Jack
breaks Dave's ankle.
Kim finds a nearby payphone and dials 911, but
Gary surprises her. He tries to appeal to Kim that
he did not mean to hurt Carla and only wants to
apologize to Megan. When Gary gets forceful
with Kim, she knees him in the groin and runs off.
Gary catches her and they fight. Kim swats him
with a tire iron and he falls down.
Kate calls Burton and lists the stamped entries in
Reza'a passport. Burton is going to track Reza's
travel against those of the terrorist Syed Ali to
see if there is a connection. Marie interrupts
Kate's phone call to thank her for her help with
the wedding. The sisters embrace.
Palmer has a sit down meeting with the reporter.
Wieland knows that the Alert Condition has been
changed and is ready to report his story. Palmer
says his information is wrong. Knowing that no
journalist can get a private interview with the
President on a few minutes notice, Wieland
suspects that his assumptions are indeed
correct. Palmer asks for a favor to sit on the
story, and Wieland says he will think about it.
When the reporter leaves, the President makes a
call to Armus. "I think we're going to have to go
ahead and deal with this," Palmer says. Armus,
who is outside, stops Wieland as he leaves the
retreat and introduces himself as part of the
President's Secret Service team. Armus drags
Wieland away by the arm.
As Jack fiddles with his car, Eddie approaches
him about working on this job. He is one man
short since Dave is now incapacitated.
Kim returns to the boxes where she hid Megan,
but the little girl is gone. Kim calls out, and runs
down the street to look for her.
Jack rides in the van with Eddie and his crew,
and asks about the job they are pulling. Eddie
tells him that they are bringing down the CTU
offices in Los Angeles.
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