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As Kim hides among the docks at the port, Andre
orders his men to keep searching for her. He
wonders whether she has drowned. Kim then
runs to the highway, and flags down a trucker for
help.
As the media surround the hotel trying to verify
reports of Palmer's death, Sherry doggedly
persists in wanting to disclose the truth. Palmer
remains adamant about protecting Jack's
daughter.
At CTU, Mason receives a call from the highway
patrol about a girl who claims to be Jack's
daughter. Mason speaks to Kim, and she
confirms her escape. Her father is in danger if he
goes to the port. Mason orders a tactical team as
Jack's backup, and he has the police bring Kim to
CTU. Nina listens carefully to the unfolding
events.
Jack pulls up to the port, and gingerly
approaches the warehouse with his gun at the
ready. The cell phone he is carrying rings. It is
Andre, who says he has Kim. Jack demands to
speak to her, but Andre first wants to meet. Jack
refuses. Andre tells Jack that they know that
Palmer is still alive. He threatens to kill Kimberly,
and Jack hangs up abruptly. Andre is forced to
tell Victor that Jack is not coming.
After learning that the Drazens know about
Palmer, Jack calls Nina to say he is certain that
someone in CTU is feeding the Drazens
information. Only she, Tony, Mason and Ryan
Chapelle know that Palmer is alive. Jack asks
her to find out which one is the mole. Jack tells
her that the Drazens want to trade him for
Kimberly, and he plans to confront them directly.
Nina doesn't let on that Kim is actually safe.
When she hangs up the phone, she notices that
Mason has been watching her.
Chief of Staff Mike Novick states that the turmoil
of the last day has actually helped Palmer
uncover his real character. They watch as a
television newscast reports that the candidate is
still alive. Palmer is sure that Sherry leaked this
information to the press, and he rushes to her.
Palmer is about to strike his wife before Novick
steps in to urge him to talk to the press. Palmer
turns his rage instead to a vase, sending it
shattering.
Nina phones Andre with news that Kimberly is
being brought in to CTU. Jack has no idea of the
circumstances, and CTU backup is on its way to
the port. Andre fears for his father's safety and
wants to make a quick exit. Yet Victor orders
Nina to tell Jack that Kimberly is dead. This will
cause Jack to come after them. That will allow
them an opening to kill him. Nina alerts Jack that
Kim's body was found in the water. Jack hangs
up, saddened. His thoughts turn to revenge as he
slides a fresh clip into his gun and breaks into a
nearby van.
Although Andre is doubtful that the plan will work,
Victor is confident that Jack will come after them.
Suddenly, Jack plows the van through the
warehouse wall. Andre and his men are taken by
surprise, and they fire at the moving vehicle. Jack
bursts out the back door of the van and kills the
guards. Andre and Victor run off to meet an
approaching boat. Jack fires, and kills Andre.
Victor shoots back and wounds Jack in the side.
When he goes to take a second shot, Victor finds
that his chamber is empty. Jack gets up and
advances toward Victor. Victor raises his hands
in surrender, and Jack pauses. Then Jack fires
round after round, and Victor's dead body falls
into the water. Jack runs out of bullets, but still
keeps pulling the trigger in anger. The Drazens'
boat speeds away. Jack drops to his knees, as
CTU helicopters are heard approaching in the
distance.
Palmer makes a public statement apologizing for
any misunderstanding about his death. He
assures the press that he and his family were
safe amid the chaotic situation. Novick goes to
Sherry to tell her that Palmer wants to meet with
her downstairs. Novick suggests that she take
this as an opportunity to patch things up with her
husband.
Nina listens as Mason informs his staff that Jack
took down the Drazens. When he gives Teri the
good news, she goes looking for Nina. Nina,
however, has slipped out to the CTU's
transformer room. She shoots a suspicious
worker, and then removes a laptop from a hidden
safe. Nina makes a call on her cell phone, and
speaking in German, informs someone that she
has been compromised. Teri walks in and hears
her speaking German. Teri's suspicion passes
quickly as she tries to glean information about
Jack and Kimberly's wellbeing. Nina assures her
that they are all safe. Nina's cell phone rings, and
Teri waits as she takes the call. Yet Teri notices
a pool of blood on the floor, and her intuition
kicks in. She backs out of the room, but Nina
stops her at the door. She locks Teri in the room
at gunpoint and tapes up her mouth.
At the port, Jack asks a Coast Guard officer if he
can see the body they found in the water
because it was his daughter. The officer calls the
harbor master and learns that no body had been
found. Jack climbs in his SUV and speeds away
from the crime scene. He calls Mason, who
confirms that Kimberly is safe. Jack demands
that Mason arrest Nina because she is working
with the Drazens. Mason wants evidence for
such a strong charge, and Jack vows to get him
proof. He asks that, in the meantime, Mason
keep an eye on Nina.
Jack requests a CTU analyst named Paul Wilson
to pull up the security camera footage from when
Jamey Farrell committed suicide. Wilson finds
that the footage had been erased earlier that day.
Jack gives Wilson a clearance code to access
the video's digital backup.
Sherry goes down to meet with Palmer privately.
He says that he never wants to see her again,
and he doesn't care what it will do to his
candidacy. He believes she is unfit to be First
Lady. Despite Sherry's claims that he needs her
to win, Palmer walks away from his marriage.
Wilson uploads the security camera footage to
the monitor in Jack's car. Jack sees Nina on the
tape. She has killed Jamey and planted evidence
to suggest it was a suicide. Jack has Wilson send
the footage to Mason for proof to arrest Nina.
In the transformer room, Nina sees that a CTU
emergency lockdown has shut her computer
access. An alarm sounds throughout the building.
She urgently phones her contact, and he orders
her to go to Munich and remain untraceable.
Nina tells Teri that she is locking her in from the
outside, but that everything will be fine. Nina pulls
out her gun and decides what to do. A guard
spots Nina leaving the transformer room, and she
shoots him.
Nina darts into an elevator, and kills another CTU
security guard when she arrives at the garage.
Nina gets into her car and drives toward the exit.
Suddenly, another car approaches her. It is Jack.
She fires at his windshield, and he shoots back
as they drive headfirst toward each other. At the
last moment, Nina swerves and slams into a
parked car. Jack pulls her out of the car and
places his gun at her temple. She claims to not
be working for Drazen. Yet if he kills her, he won't
find out whom she works for. Mason, Tony and
others approach, warning Jack that they need
Nina alive. They goad Jack to go back inside to
be with his family. Although he wants more than
anything to pull the trigger, he relents and lowers
his gun. Mason takes Jack into the office, as
Tony watches Nina being led away in handcuffs.
Jack happily greets Kimberly, and assures her
that their nightmare is over. When she asks for
Teri, Jack leaves her to go find his wife. In the
background, a television reports that Jack is
credited with saving Senator Palmer's life.
Jack follows the wake of dead CTU guards that
Nina left in her path. He enters the transformer
room and finds Teri with bullet wounds in her
abdomen. He picks up her lifeless body and
collapses to his knees. As Jack cradles his dead
wife, he breaks down in grief and sorrow. |
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