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After the helicopter departs from the empty
wildlife sanctuary, Jack and Mason wander the
premises and turn up nothing. Mason is alerted
that Alexis Drazen has survived his gunshot
surgery, and he goes to the hospital to wait for
the suspect to awaken. Jack remains at the
abandoned field because he knows there must
be a reason why the power is going to be turned
off. Mason agrees to send back a car for him.
At the Bauer house, Tony quickly loads Teri and
the ailing Dr. Parlsow into his truck. Teri is
distraught after her breakthrough in remembering
what happened to her daughter, but Tony
assures Teri that he spoke to Kim and that she is
alive. However, Kim wouldn't let on to her
location and they don't know where she is. As
Tony drives toward CTU, the now calmed Teri
tends to Parslow's shoulder wound. Tony calls
Nina and fills her in on the situation. She orders
him to bring Parslow to a clinic where he will be
questioned. Nina sends backup to the Bauer
home.
Kim is brought to the police station for booking,
along with Rick, Melanie and Frank. Although
Kim begs to speak to someone, Melanie tells the
cops not to believe Kim's claims. Rick
encourages Kim to admit the truth about what
has happened to her today. Although he may get
in trouble for his part in her kidnapping, Rick is
prepared to face the consequences in order to
help Kimberly.
Palmer checks in on his daughter, who is
relieved at no longer keeping a secret. Sherry
comes in, and she is troubled that her husband is
giving up on the campaign. Palmer disagrees
with her defeatist assumption, believing that the
voters could side with him. He then questions her
feelings about the doom of their marriage. Sherry
leaves without answering him.
As Jack continues to search the vacant
sanctuary grounds, security guards watch him
from a distance. Jack stumbles upon a stairwell
that leads to a locked door, and one of the
guards radios this news to Andre Drazen, who is
camped in a nearby camouflaged tent. Suddenly,
an alarm sounds in the stairwell. A group of
guards emerge from the door and shoot Jack
with a taser dart. They grab the immobilized Jack
and drag him inside.
Jack awakes in a holding cell inside the
underground facility. It is a top secret,
government detention center. Mark DeSalvo of
the Department of Defense questions how Jack
found it and why he is there. Jack details the
Palmer assassination attempt and clarifies for
DeSalvo that someone from the power company
was bribed to cut off the facility's electricity at
7:20 p.m. DeSalvo acknowledges that a prisoner
is being dropped there at that time, but the
prisoner's name is classified. Jack begs DeSalvo
to call for backup in the five minutes before the
delivery. Until then, Jack asks that the civilians
on the premises be issued gear so that it appears
to be fully secure. Meanwhile, in the camouflage
tent, Andre Drazen readies his armed
mercenaries. Although he hasn't heard from his
brother Alexis, Andre is sure that the plan will
proceed as scheduled.
As the helicopter approaches, Jack, DeSalvo and
the men from the facility come out from
underground with their weapons raised. The
lights from the facility guide the helicopter. Andre
Drazen's men see the armed security and wait
for the power to be cut off for their ambush. The
lights, however, remain lit. A hooded prisoner is
led out from the chopper, and Andre tells his men
that their plan is still in action. The mercenary in
charge tells Andre that it is too dangerous, and
Andre reluctantly agrees to abandon the mission.
Jack helps lead the prisoner down the stairs and
into the facility without opposition.
The cop who made the drug arrest at Rick's
place interrogates Kimberly. She doesn't know
anything about Frank's drug deal, but provides
the name of her father and the fact that she's
been kidnapped. The policeman doesn't believe
her and takes her to a holding cell. Kim gives him
Jack's number at CTU as a last ditch effort.
After nothing goes wrong with the prisoner
handoff at the detention facility, DeSalvo
questions whether Jack's claims are really on the
level. Jack asks to speak to the prisoner, and
DeSalvo tells him that approval goes over his
head. Jack makes a phone call to Palmer.
Meanwhile, Palmer breathes a sigh of relief when
exit polls indicate that the public is behind his
honesty. He gets a call from Jack asking him to
pull strings at Defense to help him gain access to
the prisoner.
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Jack notices a mounted camera in the facility
with its wires threading into a narrow conduit that
runs along the ceiling. An idea forms in his mind
as he follows the conduit to an observation room
with monitors watching every area under the
ground. Jack spots the holding cell with the
unmasked prisoner. DeSalvo catches Jack in the
act and admonishes him for breaching security.
Jack realizes that the prisoner is Victor Drazen --
the man he thought he killed two years ago in
Kosovo.
Jack elucidates for DeSalvo that he was sent to
take out Victor Drazen two years ago, but Victor's
wife and daughter were accidentally killed. Now
Victor's sons are enacting revenge by going after
Jack's family. If Victor escapes, then not only
Palmer but also Jack's wife and daughter will
remain in jeopardy.
Andre Drazen makes a backup plan, and
prepares to blow up the electrical substation for
the sector that includes the detention facility.
Although it may draw attention to their operation,
it will help Andre release his father from prison.
Mason returns to CTU after checking in on Alexis
Drazen's health. Nina questions why he didn't
inform Jack about his family.
Palmer tells Sherry that he doubts her
commitment to him and their marriage. Since he
can't trust her anymore, he doesn't know if he
can still love her. She is confident that he will
never leave her, and vows that she will be his
First Lady when he is sworn into office regardless
of his feelings toward her.
Kimberly is placed into a group holding cell with a
number of female prisoners.
DeSalvo wonders why Victor Drazen is being
secretly held if the government had wanted him
dead. Jack realizes that perhaps they had
wanted the rest of the world to believe he was
dead, and Jack was meant to fail on his Kosovo
mission. DeSalvo gets a call from his superiors
giving Jack permission to interrogate the
prisoner. Jack goes into the holding room and
explains to Victor Drazen that his wife and
daughter were not supposed to be in the Kosovo
building that blew up. Jack implores that his own
family be reprieved, and threatens that Victor's
sons could be killed if they attempt to rescue him.
Jack demands that Victor call off the mission. He
can do so in the same manner that he has been
communicating with his sons all along. DeSalvo,
who was watching Jack's interrogation on the
monitors, agrees to move Victor. Jack secretly
asks DeSalvo to prepare the men and use a way
out that is not on the camera schematic.
As Dr. Parslow is taken away by a paramedic,
Teri and Tony leave the clinic.
Palmer and Sherry steal a glance amid the
campaign celebration.
As Jack, DeSalvo and the guards hustle Victor
Drazen down the corridor, the lights in the facility
flicker and then fade. "They're here," Victor warns
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