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Jack and his family arrive at CTU by helicopter.
He is alarmed when Teri winces in pain, but she
attributes her stomach cramps to stress. She and
Kim are sent to a clinic for a checkup, and Jack
begs Nina to watch over them. Green reluctantly
agrees to let Nina go, and takes Jack inside to be
questioned and placed under arrest.
Sherry makes an appeal to Palmer about not
revealing information about either Keith or
George Ferragamo in his appearances.
Surprisingly, he doesn't put up a fight. He
explains that his campaign financiers are
blackmailing him into obeying their wishes or
they will implicate Keith in Ferragamo's murder.
He warns his wife not to tell Keith.
Teri and Kim are greeted at the clinic by Dr. Kent.
Teri asks the doctor to keep the information
about her rape hidden from her husband.
Palmer and Mike Novick talk about the
Ferragamo situation, and Keith overhears part of
the conversation. Palmer is forced to tell his son
that the psychiatrist died in an office fire.
Knowing that Ferragamo was the one who had
connected him to Lyle Gibson's murder, Keith
doesn't believe that the man's death was indeed
an accident. Keith becomes upset, because
Ferragamo was the only one in the past who was
there for him. He wants to go public with the
death, but Palmer assures him that keeping it
quiet is for the best.
Regional Director Ryan Chappelle comes to the
CTU office to interrogate Jack. He records their
conversation.
Nina arrives at the clinic, looking for Jack's
family, but comes upon an FBI agent in waiting
room 3. When she finds the women, there's
awkwardness between her and Teri. Nina goes
back to waiting room 3, and the FBI agent she
first met is gone. Nina asks another agent if he
was part of their team, but the agent is unaware
of another man there. Nina becomes suspect of
the man's identity, as well as Teri and Kim's
safety.
Jack recounts his actions for Chappelle,
explaining his deviation from protocol. Chappelle,
however, can not reinstate Jack in CTU. Jack
argues that, because if his proximity to the case,
he can be a valuable resource in protecting
Palmer. Alberta Green has only been on the job
for four hours. Their conversation is interrupted
by a phone call from Nina. She is hesitant to
reveal her uncertainties about a threat at the
clinic, but asks whether Jack had harbored any
thoughts to someone else on the inside working
against Palmer. Jack admits that he had
assumed that someone higher up or in another
division must have recruited Jamey. Nina
reassures him that his family is safe under her
watch.
Tony updates Green on the three shooters that
may have been hired as a backup plan to
assassinate Palmer. He has two of their names,
but still does not know who the third might be.
The shooter, Alexis, who just arrived from
Yugoslavia, spies on Kevin Carroll. Carroll is
leading Gaines' men to load their equipment into
an abandoned house at a transfer point. Alexis
confirms their identities against information on his
handheld device. Carroll, who doesn't see Alexis,
calls Andre Drazen to tell him that Gaines was
killed. He offers up his services to finish the
operation. Drazen informs Carroll that he won't
be needed since a backup plan is already in
effect. As the men complete their move, Alexis
sets off a detonator that explodes the house.
Carroll, who was blown back, is still alive. Alexis
approaches Carroll and shoots him.
Tony assesses the Palmer situation for Green
and advises that the candidate leave California.
Impressed by his abilities and looking to get him
on her side, Green proposes that Tony talk to
Chappelle about Jack. She suggests he say that
even though the Bauers were in danger, Jack
could have dealt with the situation without
compromising CTU. This admission would cause
her to look favorably at a promotion for Tony.
Green comes in to debrief Jack, and he asks to
phone his wife and daughter in return for his
cooperation. Green does not give him permission
to make the call. He explains that they need to
get the CIA to open up their Balkan terrorist
database, because the financier of the attack,
Ted Cofell, had family connections there. Green
is intrigued by Jack's information.
Nina, meanwhile, calls Tony and tells him about
the questionable FBI agent at the clinic. She asks
him to send someone over to dust for
fingerprints.
Keith informs his mother that he is going to tell
the police the truth about George Ferragamo's
murder. Sherry stops him, with the reasoning that
it was their decision to remain silent. She is only
doing what's best to keep her family safe. Palmer
comes in and tells Sherry that they must leave
California because of the imminent threat against
his life. The family packs up their things for the
trip to an Air Force base in Nevada.
Tony is summoned to speak to Chappelle.
Chappelle explains that, since Tony is the most
impartial observer to the events of the past night,
his testimony may decide the charges brought
against Jack. Tony admits to not being a fan of
Jack or his managerial style, but he
wholeheartedly approves of everything Jack has
done since midnight on the Palmer case.
In the limo, Mike Novick informs Palmer what he
has uncovered on Jack Bauer, who they still
believe to be the primary assassination suspect.
Jack had led a Special Forces team in Bosnia,
and Palmer recognizes Jack's name from a
Drazen mission. Palmer believes that Jack is
seeking revenge on him because he blames him
for the deaths of his men on the Bosnia team.
Palmer's aide, Elizabeth Nash, leaves the hotel
suite without the rest of the campaign team. She
claims that she is taking a later flight so that she
can visit an aunt in a nursing home. Instead,
Elizabeth goes to another suite in the hotel and
knocks on the door. Alexis, the hired assassin,
answers. The two rip off each other's clothes and
begin to make love.
Nina is surprised when the CTU technician finds
no fingerprints in waiting room 3. They weren't
cleaned by housekeeping, but wiped off by a pro.
She asks Green's permission to transfer Teri and
Kim to a safe house.
Dr. Kent informs Teri that her test results show
that the bursting of an ovarian cyst caused her
stomach pain, so she orders a pregnancy test
just to be safe. Nina rushes in to take Teri to the
safe house. On her way out, Teri is handed a
home pregnancy test by the doctor. Nina thinks
she sees the suspicious man posing as an FBI
agent, but finds nothing. As Nina leads the
Bauers into a car, the man she had seen in
waiting room 3 is on the phone, watching them
from a window above. He tells the unknown
person on the other end of the line, "They are
leaving now."
Much to the shock of everyone, Palmer comes
unannounced to CTU. He asks to speak to Jack
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