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Melanie is brought into Kim's holding cell. She
tries to pick a fight with her, but Kim avoids a
confrontation.
Palmer wins the Super Tuesday Primary election,
sweeping California and all eleven other states.
Mike Novick is pleased that eighty-three percent
of the voters approved of the way Palmer
handled the Ferragamo situation.
When Jack phones Nina, Mason takes the call.
Jack explains that the wildlife preserve they were
in actually hides an underground detention facility
where Victor Drazen is being held. Jack begs for
him to send backup because Victor's son Andre
is in the midst of a rescue mission. Mason
sidesteps approval from Division and orders a
field unit there. When Nina asks Mason about
Jack, he doesn't give her an answer. Tony brings
Teri into CTU. Teri demands to speak to Jack,
but Nina fends her off. She won't reveal anything
about Jack's current situation.
Jack and DeSalvo lead Victor Drazen down one
of the underground hallways. Suddenly, an
explosion blasts an entrance. Jack and DeSalvo
retreat back into the facility with their prisoner.
Mason is engaged in a bureaucratic phone battle
on Jack's behalf when Teri comes into his office.
Although he has no news about Kim, he believes
that she is safe. The assassin at the safe house
asked for her whereabouts. This means that they
are looking for her as well. This somewhat eases
Teri's concerns.
Campaign manager Patty Brooks puts the
finishing touches on Palmer's victory speech.
She tells the Senator that she admires him for
standing by his principles. Patty is sure that the
country will be a better place with him leading it.
He is touched by her compliment.
Andre Drazen's team enters the detention
hallway to find Jack with his gun trained on
Victor. Jack orders them to drop their weapons.
They in turn hold DeSalvo at gunpoint, and Jack
relents in the standoff. As he releases Victor,
Andre shoots DeSalvo anyway. Andre greets his
father and tells him that there has been no word
from his brother, Alexis. Victor holds Jack
accountable for Alexis, and he takes him
hostage. He plans to use Jack as a bargaining
tool against the CTU units to ensure his escape.
Melanie tries to rattle Kim as the other girls in the
holding cell watch. She says that Kim gets
everything handed to her. Kim turns on Melanie
with such sudden ferocity that Melanie is taken
aback. Kim threatens that she can handle
herself.
Victor confronts Jack about his seeking revenge,
but Jack questions where it will end after Victor
has killed all his enemies. Andre brings a cell
phone with George Mason on the line. Mason
tells Victor that he refuses to negotiate with him
because he is a terrorist. To prove that Jack is
alive, Victor puts him on the phone. Jack quickly
tells Mason that there are six men with assault
weapons there, and Victor jerks the phone away.
Mason says that he will have to talk to his
superiors. Mason orders Tony to alert the field
unit about what Jack revealed. He then has Nina
pull up the layout of the detention facility.
Mason asks Nina if she is too emotionally
involved to handle the case. She assures him
that she can do her job.
After witnessing the near-fight, another girl in the
holding cell named Lucy flicks a joint into
Melanie's lap. When the officer asks who is
smoking pot, Lucy points the finger at Melanie.
Kim, however, defends Melanie to the officer.
Lucy pushes Kim, and the officer breaks up the
tussle. As the officer is removing Lucy from the
cell, Melanie tells the woman that she wants to
speak to the policeman who arrested her
because she is ready to talk about what
happened. Melanie is lead out of the cell.
Jack realizes that Victor sent a decoy into the
blown up building in Kosovo. Since Victor knew
he was a target, he put his own family at risk.
Victor is full of anguish, and admits that he did
not know his family would be there. With Victor's
guard down, Jack knocks him to the floor. Yet
Andre quickly cold-cocks Jack. Victor tells Jack
that on this day he will have to accept his share
of the responsibility for the Drazen family's
deaths. He orders his son to keep Jack alive.
Andre beats Jack senseless.
Patty watches as Palmer memorizes his speech.
He feels her looking at him and she becomes
embarrassed. She says that he worries about
everybody else but no one takes care of him.
Patty begins to gently massage his shoulders,
but Palmer stops her.
Mason finally gets a hold of CTU Director Ryan
Chapelle. Chapelle is angry that Mason didn't
rein in Jack. Mason insists that Jack was actually
effective, because Victor Drazen's escape would
have embarrassed the government. Chapelle,
however, asserts that since Victor wasn't officially
acknowledged as either being alive or a prisoner,
his release would have gone unnoticed. Chapelle
demands that Mason immediately end the
situation at the facility. Mason reluctantly passes
on his marching orders to Nina.
Tony lets Teri know that Kim was found at a local
police station. She is being brought to CTU. Teri
delivers the good news to Nina, but Nina
responds with unhappy information. Jack is being
held prisoner by the same group that captured
her and Kimberly. Nina consoles the distraught
Teri.
Nina listens in as Mason gives orders to the CTU
troops descending upon the detention facility.
She is alarmed when Mason tells them to
apprehend Victor Drazen even if it is at the risk of
losing Jack.
The policeman releases Kimberly and offers to
drive her to CTU to meet her mother.
Mike Novick urges Palmer to enjoy the spoils of
his victory, but Palmer can not let go of his
problems with Keith and Sherry. Novick explains
that once he is in the White House, anything he
wants will be fulfilled so that he can do his job.
The CTU commandos find the bodies of DeSalvo
and the facility workers. There is no sign of Jack
or Drazen. They may have escaped into an old
sewer system, but the tunnel is trapped with laser
mines. They will need a half-hour to disarm them.
Meanwhile, far from the detention facility,
Drazen's troops emerge from underground with
Jack in tow. Victor is about to kill Jack, when
Jack offers up Alexis in return for his release.
Once believing Alexis to be dead, Andre confirms
that Jack may be telling the truth. Victor
hesitates, but can not take a chance at his son's
expense. They allow Jack to live, and load him
into the waiting car at the escape point.
The policeman drives Kimberly to CTU. She calls
her mother, and they are happy to speak to each
other. Kim tells her that she is on her way and
they hang up. Suddenly, the squad car is
smashed by a van. Three masked men speaking
Serbian and brandishing assault weapons
ambush the car. They grab Kimberly. |
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