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Gael notifies Phillips that the toxic substance has
been released into the ventilation system of the
hotel. Meanwhile, Michelle grills Alvers. She
learns that there are eleven more vials of the
virus, but Alvers does not know the locations
where they are to be released. Michelle gives
Tony the news. He is shocked to find out that she
is inside the hotel. He orders her to leave the
building, but she refuses.
Jack tries to get Amador to reveal who he is
working for. Amador is willing to die rather than
tell him. Chappelle calls Jack with information
about the eleven other vials of virus. Jack
handcuffs Amador to a rusty pipe. He and Chase
discuss that there may be a possibility of
containing the virus inside the Chandler Hotel.
Tony briefs Dr. Nicole Duncan as she heads to
the hotel with her team. Chappelle tells Tony that
no one is to leave the hotel because that may
spread the virus. He orders that anyone
attempting to escape will be shot and killed.
Michelle arranges for her team to shut down
hotel operations and jam cell phone signals so
that no one can make contact to the outside. This
is to prevent a mass panic. Michelle apologizes
to Gael for putting his life in danger.
Phillips asks a bellhop named Margolis to stay on
after his shift. Phillips doesn't let on the
seriousness of the situation.
Amador manages to loosen the rusty pipe and
release his handcuffs. He sneaks out of the
nightclub. Kim calls Jack. She is monitoring
Amador from her computer's tracking locator
because Jack had placed a transponder in the
bandage on Amador's hand. Jack and Chase
head out to follow him.
Palmer orders Wayne to notify the California
governor of the virus at the Chandler Hotel in
case he needs to mobilize the National Guard.
Sherry tells Palmer that Julia confessed to the
police that Sherry was involved in Milliken's
death. She had told the police that she was with
her ex-husband at the time. Sherry threatens
Palmer to corroborate her story or else she will
disclose that she was acting on the President's
behalf with regards to Milliken.
Amador gets in his car and drives away from the
nightclub. Jack and Chase call Tony as they
follow Amador. They are hoping Amador will
need his boss to help him escape. Jack says that
the virus may have been altered, so there is a
possibility that Michelle will have a chance of
survival.
Amador calls his employer, Stephen Saunders.
Saunders asks whether Jack was one of the
agents interrogating him. In order to avoid being
followed to Saunders, Amador cuts a sharp U-
turn and takes another route.
Saunders hands one of his henchman a cell
phone. He instructs the man to release the vial of
virus when the phone rings twice.
Concerned about Michelle, Tony questions Dr.
Duncan about the potential fatality rate. Dr.
Duncan has no answers about Michelle's fate.
Michelle and Gael find that the entire hotel is
contaminated. Gael begins to show symptoms
when his nose bleeds.
Since the virus is supposed to have a fourteen
hour incubation period, Michelle wants Alvers to
tell her what he did to alter the virus. He
promises to tell her if she kills him once the
symptoms start.
Wayne warns Palmer that Sherry will be arrested
unless he backs up her alibi. Wayne argues that
he must protect Sherry or lose his Presidency.
Palmer refuses to lie.
Michelle calls Tony to let him know that Alvers
admitted to adding an accelerant to the virus to
shorten the incubation period. Gael is already
showing symptoms. Tony begins to get
emotional, but Michelle stops him.
Margolis the bellhop questions Phillips about
what is going on. Phillips evades the truth.
Margolis goes searching for an exit.
Michelle calls the quarantined Gael to check on
his health. She tells him that NHS will soon send
in a doctor. Margolis sees Gael and overhears
his conversation. Panicked, he pulls a fire alarm.
Margolis opens a drawer to grab a set of keys
and he finds a gun. He takes it.
Phillips tells Michelle that he thought the fire
alarm was disconnected. Michelle orders the
agents and hotel workers to prevent the guests
from exiting by blaming it on a false alarm.
Amador lets Saunders know that he's not being
followed. Saunders gives him the location where
he can come in. Meanwhile, Kim tracks Amador's
movement and gives Jack the coordinates. Jack
instructs her to send for the follow teams.
The hotel guests start to fill the lobby, and
Michelle directs them back upstairs. One man
demands to be told what is going on because he
is prohibited from leaving the building. Another
woman says that she saw people with gas masks
outside. Michelle lies and says that a toxic
substance was released outside the hotel. She
tells them that it is safe inside the building.
Phillips alerts Michelle that someone opened a
fire door on the west side of the hotel, and
Michelle goes to search for that person.
Michelle comes upon Margolis trying to unlock a
door. He pulls his gun on her. Michelle tells him
the same story she fed to the other guests, but
he doesn't believe her. She finally admits that
there is a toxin inside the hotel and that everyone
will be sick. Michelle warns Margolis that he will
be responsible for spreading the disease if he
leaves the building. He calms down and gives
her his gun.
Phillips calls Michelle. One of the guests has
started to show symptoms. The woman is
bleeding from her nose and mouth.
Wayne brings the Los Angeles Chief of Police in
to see Palmer. The President tells the officer that
Sherry was with him when Milliken died. Palmer
goes to Sherry to give her the news that he
corroborated her story. Yet he is still furious
about what she did. He says that he despises
both Sherry and what he was forced to do in her
favor.
Jack and Chase watch Amador walk from his car
to another waiting car. A man in the car hands
Amador a briefcase. Inside the briefcase is a
bomb. Jack watches as the car explodes, and he
rushes to the wreckage. Jack's cell phone rings.
It is Saunders, but Jack doesn't know him.
Saunders threatens to release eleven other vials
of the virus in return for Jack's help. "I need you
to put me in touch with a friend of yours,"
Saunders says.
Chaos ensues when a number of the hotel
guests begin getting nosebleeds. One of the irate
people throws a trashcan at the front door and
smashes the glass. Michelle fires her gun into the
air to make the man move away from the
window. She threatens to shoot him if he tries to
leave, but he doesn't believe her. As the man
makes his way out, Michelle fires two shots into
his back. The other guests are in shock.
Jack calls the President and explains that the
man holding the virus wants to speak to him.
They will probably have to give in to the man's
requests. Saunders tells Palmer that he will
release the virus and kill a good portion of the
American population unless his demands are
met. Saunders says that he will call Palmer
again.
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