24

Previously on 24.

- Reza's parents are here. - [ Mrs. Naiyeer ] Where is Reza?

Men from the government are here talking to him.

Who wired that money into Syed Ali's accounts?

Bob Warner, Marie's father.

Come with me, please.

- What did you tell them? - The truth.

How did you get in here without my authorization?

- I need to talk to you. - You're not my wife anymore.

It's not about us. Then what?

There are members of your own administration allying against you.

That's why I came here today.

Megan, I need to get you out of here, because I want you to be safe.

Okay. Come on.

I called all the departments. Your daughter's not with them.

- Then where the hell is she? -

Give her to me, Kim.

We need to get out of here.

- Get his car keys. - Nina killed your wife. I don't want you anywhere near her.

My goal is the same as yours: to stop this bomb.

- Who is the man at Visalia? - The man at Visalia is Mamud Faheen.

He's the only one who knows where the bomb is.

The team's assembled in Visalia. We'll have tactical and field units.

Jack-- It's all right, Ed. It's all right. Just take it easy.

The following takes place between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

[ Speaking, Indistinct ]

Move.

Jack drugged Miller to get me alone. Tell Mason.

Is he in the van? Yeah.

He's going to come to in about 20 minutes. He'll have a bit of a headache.

- Here's the command authority. - I owe you, Doug. Thank you.

No problem.

Get in the plane.

Agent Bauer. Rick Phillips, F.B.I.

Agent Harris and myself will be your transits into Visalia.

We'll act as reinforcements once we're on the ground.

So we're clear here, Jack-- I know what you did to Ed Miller.

Rick, right?

Do yourself a favor. Stay out of this.

Do your job. Get us to Visalia.

My job is to make sure this runs smoothly.

That means keeping her safe.

Consider me your new chaperone.

I need two lines of communication set up through C.T.U.--

one for mobile, one for the translator.

- It's gonna be tricky. Their phone lines are still sketchy. - It's already done.

Good.

Way to go, Kate.

You broke his parents' hearts too.

I'm so sorry, Marie, but I don't know what these government people found.

And believe me, I wish they hadn't have found anything.

But aren't you curious? Why are they asking Dad questions now?

Because you started a witch hunt in our family.

No, Marie. It's because Reza is connected to some bad people.

Maybe even terrorists. You're out of your mind.

We're not going to put our heads in the sand,

Marie, or this could end up hurting Dad.

We're not gonna let that happen.

Come with me.

What did you tell them, Reza? What did you accuse my father of?

I didn't accuse him of anything. It's his company, not mine.

What's that supposed to mean? You're pointing

your finger at him to cover yourself!

- Kate! - Stay out of this, Marie! - Don't talk to her like that.

Now, you listen to me. I have done more for your father than you will ever know,

and all I've ever gotten from you is suspicion and resentment.

And you know what? I'm sick of it.

Well, I'm not the one that connected you to a terrorist.

No? Then who did? Because I don't know any terrorists, Kate!

-All I know is that you paid for someone to

dig up dirt on me. -Well, apparently, he did.

No, he didn't, because all he found out was stuff about Bob, not me.

So, if anybody's guilty of anything, it is your father.

Don't make this about my father. Just stop it.

- Don't you dare! - Stop, Kate! Both of you, stop it.

Nice work, Kate.

Well, why don't you just call me when you get that? I'll have it for you.

- Is 4:00 too late? - No, that's good for me.

I'll talk to you then. Yeah, good. All righty. Bye-bye.

Heh!

Well, if it isn't the chief of staff himself.

- Mike! - Sherry.

You look beautiful, as always. Oh.

What are you doing here? Did David ask you to come here?

Uh, no. I just showed up on my own.

So... how have you been?

Fine, Mike. Just fine. Yeah?

Yeah. Well, you know, it's been a challenging year.

But what is it they say?

We, uh, learn from our mistakes...

and grow from our misfortunes.

Have you, uh, told that to David?

No.

I don't think he's ready to hear that yet.

Not now.

Mm-hmm. But he is waiting for you, so why don't you just go on in?

I'll see you later, I'm sure.

Here you go, sir.

You don't speculate, don't say anything.

- We simply don't know where he is.

That is our position. - Yes, I understand.

All right, all right, good. Thank you. You're welcome.

Sir, we have to talk about Ron Wieland.

What about him? Does anybody know we have him sequestered?

Well, no, but Jenny just got a call from Wieland's production crew.

They haven't seen him in the last four hours,

and pretty soon they're gonna figure out the

last person they did see him with was you.

Then leak a story.

Mike. Good to see you.

I got here as soon as I could, Mr. President. Hi, Lynne.

Mike.

I spoke to Armus. He brought me up to speed on the Wieland situation.

I did some research. Found out there is precedent for the executive branch...

taking action against the press at times of national crisis.

Hmm.

So, when you say leak a story, what kind of a story? What--

Make it appear as though Wieland went to Portland...

for the rest of the day on a personal matter.

Armus can arrange that.

It's a Band-Aid, but it'll get us through the day.

- Talk to Armus. Put it in motion. - Yes, sir.

I saw Sherry on my way in.

Hmm. Should I attach any significance to that?

- It was her decision to come here. - That's what she said.

But I have to tell you, I'm surprised you're allowing her to stay.

For the time being, Mike. Just for the time being.

Let's go to the O.C. I'll bring you up to speed. There's a lot to cover.

You want to send that on to Division? Yes, sir.

Mr. Mason. Yeah?

I just got off the phone with Ed Miller.

How's it going between Jack and Nina?

He doesn't know. Jack drugged him and got on the plane without him.

Please tell me you're kidding. -

Sloan's bringing Ed back now. What do you want me to do?

They're on a plane to Visalia. There's nothing anybody can do--

Except hope that his impulse for revenge doesn't cloud his judgment.

"Cloud his judgment"? You mean like drugging one of our agents?

What can I say? The guy's a little crazy.

That's why I didn't want him here in the first place.

But he gets results, and we need some pretty big results here.

So--

Just because Sherry tells you that there's a conspiracy

in the government arraying against you,

that doesn't make it true.

But if it is true, it will affect every aspect of our response to this bomb.

Sherry was right about the military evacuation of Los Angeles.

That's specific information.

She still has well-routed sources. But a conspiracy?

Don't forget where she's coming from.

She may have her own agenda, Mr. President. I'm well aware of that, Mike.

She's on a tight leash. I want to find her source.

Let me look into this so-called cabal against you.

If there's any substance to it, I'll uncover it.

Right now, the country needs your attention on the situation in L.A.

- Start with Stanton. - Stanton?

The head of N.S.A. conspiring against the president of the United States?

Aside from the enormous implications if that were true,

hasn't he always been an ally to you? Yes.

But he's also Eric Rayburn's boss.

It's not inconceivable that Rayburn could be doing Stanton's bidding.

Those two have always been on the same page, Mike.

That's not enough to indict Roger. I know.

That's why I want you to check him out. I'm hoping you can prove me wrong.

I'll talk to Roger as soon as I settle in, see if I can get a read on him.

Thanks, Mike.

How long till we land?

About 10 minutes.

[ Radio Transmission, Indistinct ]

How far is Faheen from the airport?

I'll tell you when we land. Can I have some water?

We're fighting the clock here, Nina, so you better start talking to me.

How far is Faheen from the airport?

We need her to cooperate, Jack. Threatening her isn't gonna help.

Fine. Get her changed.

I need her to look like a civilian.

Come on. Let's go.

No.

Here. She doesn't leave my sight.

But it's workin' out, right?

Well, why don't you come by and see? We're--

It's not the Ritz Carlton, but it's working for us. Okay. I'll come on down.

I gotta go.

All right. Yeah?

Jack's about to land in Visalia.

- Have they got a location for Faheen out of her yet? - No, not until they land.

- Stay on it. I'll be down in a minute. - Right.

Double espresso for the lady...

and it's hot.

Out of three, and five cents is your change.

Hello? John, it's your father.

Hello? You there? Uh, yeah, yeah. I'm here.

Look, I, uh... I know it's been a while.

Two years. That long?

Yep. Well, that's my fault.

Look, John, I'd really like to see you today.

- I can't. - It's important.

Dad, listen, uh-- You can't just call me out of the blue...

and expect me to jump, because first off, I don't really want to see you.

- Even if I did, I can't. I'm busy. - Look, I know I screwed up.