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Right now,

terrorists are plotting to assassinate

a presidential candidate.

My wife and daughter have been kidnapped.

And people that I work with may be involved in both.

I’m Federal Agent Jack Bauer.

This is the longest day of my life.

Secret Service thinks the photographer

may have been in on the assassination attempt.

He hasn’t been seen since the breakfast.

He was using the name Martin Belkin.

Follow up and report back to me in 30 minutes.

I promised Division a threat assessment

on Senator Palmer by noon.

Check with Secret Service; I don’t want any overlap.

Still no sign of Jack?

Nothing.

Cofell here. KEVIN : Yeah, it’s Kevin,

something’s come up. Meet me at the Nordhoff garage.

That’s very inconvenient.

I’m already on my way to the airport. This can’t wait.

Meet me there as soon as possible. All right.

Mark, I have a change of plans.

I’m going to be meeting someone in the parking garage

at the corner of Nordhoff and Willingham.

Did you hear me?

Who are you?

Where’s Mark?

What’s going on here? Hmm?

You stop the car.

Stop the car!

Give me the phone through the divider.

Easy. Now!

Get up against the door and sit on your hands.

Who are you?

What do you want, money?

I don’t have much with me

but I-I... I’m sure I could find some.

Shut up.

My name is Jack Bauer.

Since midnight, my wife and daughter have been missing.

I have reason to believe

they’re being held by a colleague of yours.

A man named Gaines.

Where are they?

I... I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Where’s my wife and daughter?!

For God’s sakes, I’m just a businessman.

That’s right,

an ordinary businessman

riding around in a bulletproof limousine.

Yes, for protection.

From what?

People like you.

This is your last chance.

Where is my family?

I swear to you I don’t know what you’re talking about.

You’re a very good liar.

But I’ve seen better.

You stay put.

CTU, Myers.

Hey, it’s me. Can you talk?

Let me open a secure line.

Okay, we’re clear.

Has Teri called back yet?

No.

What’s Green doing?

She’s making herself at home in your office.

She talk to you yet?

Yes.

I told her I severed all ties with you.

From now on, I play on the side of the angels.

She buy any of it?

Not a word.

I’ve got Cofell.

What do you mean "got"?

I’ve got him in the back of his limousine.

Has he told you anything?

I’m working on it.

In other words, you’ve kidnapped him.

Nina, he’s the only link to Teri and Kim that I’ve got.

Jack, you don’t even know if you’ve got the right Ted Cofell.

Every time I talk to you

you seem to get further out on a limb.

Nina, from the second they were taken

you tell me one thing I could’ve done differently.

I don’t know.

I guess you’re right, but, Jack, I just don’t know

how much longer I can cover for you.

Nina, please.

Just focus and stay calm. I need you right now.

Look, I don’t think Cofell’s gonna be easy to break.

I need your help.

You want me to put together an interrogation profile

in what, 15 minutes?

I’ll give you about five.

Nina, if I can’t break Cofell,

I won’t be able to find my family.

Do you understand?

I’ll do what I can.

Thank you.

I’m going to look for a place to lay low for a while.

I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Your father will find us.

If he doesn’t, the people that work for him will.

How? They don’t know where we are.

We don’t even know where we are.

They were tracing the call, Kim.

Did they find our location before the battery went dead?

Well, we have to hope that they did.

Sorry about the phone.

Thank you for helping us.

We were hoping...

I don’t know want to know anything.

Trust me, it’s better for you

if I don’t know anything.

What do you mean?

Uh, Eli sent me in here to get information from you guys,

but can’t tell him what I don’t know, right?

So... uh...

whatever’s going on, don’t tell me about it.

What’s he going to do to you?

Rick?

What’d they say? Nothing, man.

Dude, don’t hold out on me, man.

I told you, they don’t trust--

I saw the way that chick looks at you.

She must’ve said something.

Who was that guy I talked to?

It was her father, wasn’t it?

They wouldn’t say. You’re lying!

Stop it.

Leave him alone.

I was reviewing the report

on the passenger list.

There was an anomaly in first class?

Yeah, the manifest had been altered to make it look like

there was an empty seat.

But we don’t think there was one.

Who was actually in the seat?

The photographer, Martin Belkin.

So the real photographer

was killed in the explosion.

And the assassin took his place at the breakfast.

He was enough of a look-alike to fool security

and according to Secret Service, he had a legitimate I.D.

not a forgery. How’d he get it?

That we’re still working on.

Myers.

Hey, it’s me.

Hi, Bill.

Can you hang on a minute?

It’s Bill Warner at the Bureau.

Shall I call him back?

No, I need to speak him.

Let me have the phone.

Alberta,

I got something you should probably take a look at.

Tell Bill I’ll call him later.

: Yeah.

The hitter’s connection to Germany

may actually lead to the Balkans.

All right.

Our sources indicate our guy’s probably in Macedonia.

Hi, I’m here.

Bad timing?

No problem.

I just could’ve used a few more minutes.

I wish I had them. Give me what you got.

The guy’s flight originated in Croatia...

All right, he’s the oldest of three children.

His father died when he was a boy.

Means he learned responsibility early.

Um, college at 16, intelligent,

first in his class.

Vice president of a company three years later.

Okay, so he’s ambitious, driven,

maybe too much so.

He has a heart condition.

I know; I’ve got his pills.

He’s very organized, no charities,

no... he’s not generous with time or money. Anal.

I’m guessing he’s passive-aggressive.

Control freak.

So basically make him sweat it out for a little while

assume control and then behave erratically.

Yeah.

One more thing-- a hunch, really

I mean, with people this tightly wound,

the threat of pain can be more effective

than pain itself.

Okay, I’ve got it.

Jack, this is all just guesswork.

I could’ve done a lot more if I’d had a little time.

Nina, you did great.

I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Okay.

Oh, right there.

Uh-huh.

Get up there.