24

Right now, terrorists are plotting...

to assassinate a presidential candidate.

My wife and daughter have been targeted...

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

I'm Federal Agent Jack Bauer,

and today is the longest day of my life.

The following takes place between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m....

on the day of the California presidential primary.

Well, it's official. The polls have just closed minutes ago in California,

and the big story--

Senator David Palmer seems to have swept California...

and every other state that held a primary this Super Tuesday.

And it looks like he may have gotten a boost in the late vote...

based on the roller-coaster events of his day.

Earlier this evening, the senator held an emergency press conference...

to disclose the details of a scandal involving both his son...

and his primary financial backers.

Palmer claims to have been unaware of any wrongdoing until very recently.

Whoo! Hey! Quiet down.

Come over here.

Huh? Get with that loca.

You're in my seat.

Fine.

I said, that's my seat.

How 'bout you? Well, your wife--

Would you excuse us for a moment? Sure.

Thanks a lot. I'll see you soon.

Eleven for 11, my friend. Congratulations. You did it.

We did it.

That's not the best part. Fox News just did an instant poll.

Eighty-three percent approved of the way you handled the Ferragamo situation.

Oh. Mike, that is great!

Have we heard from Ames or his people?

They're all too busy runnin' for cover.

We don't want to get cocky, but so far it couldn't have turned out better.

Everyone, listen up.

We have a number of primaries in the coming months,

so technically, it's not a victory speech.

But I'm gonna make it sound like one anyway.

Now, as you know, in many ways this has been a difficult day for my family.

And I am confident that being open and honest was the right thing to do...

and that things will be resolved fairly for everyone concerned.

And in the meantime,

I want to thank everyone in this room for their support.

[ Murmuring Agreement ] This is our victory.

Right! Whoo!

This is our night. Yeah!

And I just wanna give one last order,

which will be obeyed with no exceptions whatsoever.

Enjoy the rest of the evening.

Division wants an update on the Palmer threat assessment in half an hour.

With our boy Alexis under control, that threat may be minimal.

- - Nina, it's your line.

Go ahead. Do what you can to get everyone together on that.

- Nina Myers's line. - I understand.

- It's Bauer. - I got it.

Jack, what the hell is going on? George, listen up.

The field that we were standing in is hiding an underground Class 3 detention facility.

It's being used as a prison to house Victor Drazen.

What are you talking about? You said you took him out two years ago.

Well, apparently not. I'm staring straight at him.

There's a team in place. They're ready to attack us. They've already cut off power.

I need you to send in a field unit now.

George, what are you gonna do?

All right. I'll call Division. Forget about Division!

By the time you get approval, this whole thing will be over.

If Victor Drazen escapes, it will be our fault.

George, you know what this man can do.

You decide.

What's going on?

Dispatch a field unit to the location Jack and I were checking out in Saugus.

I'll clear it from my end. Get ahold of Chapelle immediately.

George, what is going on? Is Jack all right?

You know, it's such a shame. You're wasting the best years of your life on a married man.

George. Picking up Almeida on the rebound-- What's that about?

Hey, that is out of line. No, you're out of line. Think about it.

I'm just trying to be a friend here.

George. Just tell me if he's--

Nina, where's Jack?

Teri, thank God you're okay.

Any word on Kim?

No, not yet, but we're working on it.

I need to talk to Jack. Oh, you can't.

He's not here. He's on assignment. On assignment?

- Has he been told what happened to us at the safe house? - Not yet.

Why not? Because we can't get ahold of him.

Well, get ahold of him now.

Teri, I'm sorry. It's just not possible. Nina, I want to talk to Jack.

I understand, but Jack's in a situation where he needs our support.

We're doing everything we can to give it to him.

What kind of "situation"? That's all I can tell you right now.

What I need you to do is come into the conference room...

and tell me everything that happened at your house before Tony arrived.

I already told Tony everything I know on the way over.

It won't hurt to go over it again. Any details you can give us will help us.

And they will help Jack.

All right. But I need to know what's going on with my family.

I know, and I promise I'll give you an update as soon as I have one.

All right?

Stand against the door.

Lawrence, what's going on up there? Lawrence, do you copy?

Ray, this is Desalvo. Come in.

Ray! We gotta get out of here. Which way?

The flood egress is to the right.

Open the door slowly.

Step out into the middle of the hall.

Turn to your right. Keep moving.

Lawrence, where are you? Lawrence, do you copy?

We have to get out of this hallway. We're too exposed.

All right. What's the plan? How are they gonna break you out of here?

You son of a bitch, if any of my men die--

What area of this building is most defendable?

- Let's get out of here. Move. - Fall back. Defend the retreat!

Let's hurry.

Yo, Officer. You said I could make a phone call, man.

Sources inside the Hodges's camp expressed great surprise--

I've been trying to get ahold of Chapelle for the last 10 minutes.

Look, whatever he's doing, this is more important. Trust me.

Important how?

Well, for starters, I've sent a C.T.U. field unit over to a D.O.D. facility.

So I need to have some unity of command.

Well, all I can do is give him a message. All right.

Just get him to call me as soon as you can. I'll work on it.

Mrs. Bauer. Teri.

George Mason. I thought you were being debriefed.

Nina won't tell me anything, and I need to know what's going on with Kim.

Look, I'm afraid I don't know any more than Nina does, but I'm sure Kim's safe.

I wish I could believe that. But based on what?

Well, I haven't been fully briefed, but according to Tony,

the man that attacked you at your house asked where she was, right?

Yes. Well, so that means they're lookin' for her too.

As time passes, it gets harder for them and easier for us.

There's only a few of them, whereas we can cover the whole city,

and believe me, we are.

I want you to know, Jack is extremely important to all of us here,

and nobody's gonna rest easy until your daughter is back with you, safe and sound.

Thank you.

Hey, just doing my job.

Uh--

Mason. George, it's Nina.

Uh-huh.

Our unit will be on site in about 15 minutes.

They want to know who's in command-- us or D.O.D.?

We are. Let me know as soon as they're on site. All right.

- Is that about Jack? -

Teri, we got a lot of things going on right now.

As soon as we get word from Jack, we'll let you know.

You've been very kind. I'm gonna have my assistant Rebecca look after you.

You let her know if you need anything, okay?

Do me a favor-- Keep your chin up, all right?

Rebecca. Yeah, George?

I'm sending Jack's wife down. Babysit her for me, will you?

Okay, sure. But what do you want me to do with her?

Whatever. I don't care what you do with her. Just keep her out of my face, okay?

Got it.

Actually out there beating the pavement today,

trying to round up votes.

Where's Patty? Just finishing up your speech.

Hold that for me? I'll be right back.

Senator. Congratulations.

Hey. It looks like you're moving to the White House.

Hey, you know what? We'll know by the end of the day.

Congratulations. Hey, we missed you out there.

Hi. I'm, uh, just going through it one last time.

I, um--

I made the changes you asked for.

Oh, yeah. That's much better.

I'm glad you like it.

I can't believe you won all 11 primaries.

You and your family must be so happy.

Yeah, we are.

- Are you okay? - Yeah. Yes. It's just all catching up with me.

It's been a long day.

You know what, Patty?

Why don't we move the second paragraph to the end?

I'll close with the

Hmm. That's a good idea.

- Uh, Senator? - Yes, Patty.

There's, um, something I've been wanting to tell you,

but every time I start, it just seems inappropriate.

What is it?

Well, it's just that, um,

I wanted to tell you how much I admire you.

I don't see very many people who stand by their principles the way that you do.

And I truly believe our country would be a better place with you leading it.

Well--

Um, what is it?

Oh, nothing. I'm just a little flustered.

What a wonderful and unexpected compliment.

Oh.

Well, I'll just, um, switch those paragraphs.

All right.

[ Chattering, Laughter ]

Barnes, this is Mason. What's your 20?

We're approaching the site.

What's going on down there? Barnes?

Looks like the door has been blown in.

Are the hostiles inside? They must be.

No activity here. We're preparing to go in.

- - Take cover! Take cover!