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Teri and Alan York barge into the operating room
of St. Mark's Hospital to find Janet on the
operating table. Jack, following the squad car
carrying Penticoff, gets the news about Janet
from Teri. He too is on the hunt for Kimberly, and
will report back to Teri when he knows more.
Meanwhile, Dan and Rick shove the tied-up Kim
into Gaines' car. Gaines orders Rick and Dan to
pick up their money at his compound. Rick wants
to split, but Dan argues that they've got $20,000
coming and that's enough to convince Rick to
finish what he started.
Palmer intends to tell Nicole about the network's
allegations against Keith. Sherry wants Palmer
to say nothing -- the trauma of Nicole's rape was
hard enough on her the first time. When Palmer
gets a moment alone with Nicole he doesn't have
the heart say anything, knowing that she will
have to re-live the most painful time in her life.
Jack asks Nina to contact the CTU's police liason
for help in getting to Penticoff. With her online
access denied, she must ask Tony for the
number. Tony, still suspicious of Jack, questions
why Nina she's still on Jack's side.
At the Van Nuys police station, Jack persuades
the Desk Seargant to let him talk to Penticoff.
Just then Agent Mason shows up with every
intention of stopping Jack.
Dan and Rick argue about handing off Kim to
Gaines. Rick is worried for Kim's welfare, but Dan
believes she may already be dead.
Jack tells Mason that Walsh lead him to
Penticoff. He thinks the suspect may be vital to
the Palmer assassination attempt. If something
does happen to Palmer, Mason could be
implicated for impeding the investigation. Mason
decides to interrogate Penticoff himself.
As Gaines drives, Kim tries to signal a driver
stopped next to them. Gaines threatens her with
a gun then locks her in the trunk.
Palmer phones network anchor Maureen
Kingsley to arrange a meeting in a private hotel
conference room.
Teri and York are being questioned by a police
officer in the hospital waiting room when Jack
phones. He tells Teri that a man being held might
have seen Kim, and he urges Teri to talk to Janet
as soon as she's out of surgery. Then Mason
tells Jack that Penticoff will talk, but only to Jack.
As Mason and the other agents watch from the
observation room, Jack mumbles something to
Penticoff that can't be heard by Mason. Penticoff
flies off the handle, and tells Jack to go to hell.
Jack grabs Penticoff by the hair and shoves his
hand into his mouth. The agents pull Jack off,
and Penticoff demands his right to a phone call.
Jack leaves the interrogation room and darts into
an empty corridor. Penticoff is led to a phone
bay, where he removes a tiny slip of paper from
his mouth. He dials the number written on it-it's
Jack's cell phone. Jack answers. Penticoff says
that some "guys" who have Kimberly will be
calling at a phone on San Fernando Road. If he
is not there to answer, it will be too late to save
her. He tells Jack he'd better get him out.
Jack phones Nina to search for phone lines at
the 18166 San Fernando Road address. She
finds a nearby pay phone that is in service, and
Jack asks her to set up a trace.
In the station hallway, Jack approaches Phillips,
Jessie Hampton's (the African-American cop
killed in the last episode) partner. Phillips agrees
to let Jack talk to Penticoff, opening up the cell
with his access card. Penticoff and Jack
exchange more angry words. The argument
escalates and eventually Phillips jumps into the
fray. A fight ensues. As other officers subdue
Jack, Penticoff is left holding Phillips' cell access
card. Jack stole the card off Phillips during the
fight. When the coast is clear, Penticoff lets
himself out.
Maureen Kingsley meets with Palmer in the
hotel. Since they have a friendly history, he asks
why she is going to make allegations about Keith
killing the man who raped Nicole. Not only does
she have testimony from Keith's therapist,
George Ferragamo, but she produces a
document from an emergency room with a
signature of Edward Johnson. An African
American teenage boy checked into a hospital
near the site of Lyle Gibson's (the boy who raped
Nicole) murder with wounds indicative of a fight.
The signature for Edward Johnson matches
Keith's handwriting. Palmer is appalled, telling
Maureen to do whatever she has to do. "Just be
prepared to accept the consequences," he
threatens.
Palmer wakes his son, Keith, and asks him about
the night after Nicole's rape. Keith refuses to
answer, but says that someone had to deal with it
since Palmer was out of town. Palmer is
enraged, but senses he's pushed Keith as far as
he can. He leaves his son's room.
At the police station, Officer Phillips realizes his
access card is missing and so are Penticoff and
Jack. Mason uses satellite surveillance of the
building to see Jack and Penticoff leaving the
building. He has his team track Jack on the
satellite.
Teri bares her soul to York, telling him about a
fight she had with Kim. He promises to stay with
her until they find her daughter.
Jack brings Penticoff to the phone booth on San
Fernando Road. Nina has successfully put a
trace on the pay phone but, a cell phone planted
inside the booth rings instead. Penticoff takes the
call, and is instructed to dispose of a body in a
trunk of a car. There are car keys inside the
phone booth. Jack is worried that it may be
Kimberly in the trunk.
Jack and Penticoff find the car, but the body
inside is an unidentified man. Suddenly, Mason
and a group of agents surround them. Jack
points out that the body is somehow connected
to the hit on Palmer. Jack admits that there may
be someone inside CTU involved in that
assassination attempt, and he appeals to Mason
for help. Mason lets Jack go, taking Penticoff
back to prison. Jack drives the car to CTU to
identify the body in the trunk.
Teri updates Jack on Janet's status. He says that
he's on his way to the hospital.
Gaines pulls up to his compound, and Rick is
relieved to see Kim still alive. Dan admits to not
actually killing Janet, and Gaines shoots him.
With Dan dead, Gaines tells Rick that he's been
promoted.
At the hospital, Janet's heart monitor flatlines in
surgery. York and Teri watch helplessly from
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