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You want me to blow up a couple of dozen F.B.I. agents?

You got a problem with that?

Agent Walker, this is Jack. Get your men out of the building.

- It's a trap. -

You have the canister?

Clearly, Hodges is behind this.

I want him taken to the F.B.I. for interrogation.

He's a sociopath, Mom. He's not going to talk. He's going to want to make...

some kind of deal in exchange for his cooperation.

Mom, you're not considering that. Olivia...

You know what this man is, what he did to Roger.

I've upset the cart, have I?

That bioweapon that you developed for us was not intended for personal use.

I think we can both agree there's no reason for your family to pay for your mistakes.

It'll induce a cardiac arrest and leave no trace in your system.

We are rerouting to West Arlington Hospital!

- Have you heard from Almeida? - He called in before I met with Hodges.

- Has he secured the canister? - Soon.

- He better not screw this up. - I have faith he'll come through.

Why don't you go back to F.B.I. medical and let them treat you?

There is no treatment. There's no cure.

It's almost like they knew. They would've needed

time to wire this building with explosives.

This is the last sector we were due to search. What?

- What is your involvement? - You're not thinkin' straight.

The toxin's starting to affect your judgment. Why don't you put the gun down?

Don't you move!

- I never wanted to hurt you, Jack.

I told you to stay out of it.

Can we get some help here? This man's havin' a seizure.

Mr. Bauer, you should be feeling better already.

I'm giving you five c.c.'s of intravenous pan-dopamine.

It'll deconstrict your muscles. Just hang in there.

Don't talk. Your vocal chords are in spasm.

- What the hell happened? - Tony Almeida found him in full seizure.

- What about the medication packet? - He wasn't carrying it.

S... S-S-S... Stop... Mr. Bauer, please, don't speak.

Stop... Tony.

Tony? I don't... I don't understand.

S-Second man.

Jack, what... Put out an A.P.B.

How do you know this? Do it!

Attention, all patrols and perimeter teams. This is Alpha One.

I'm issuing a priority A.P.B. on Tony Almeida. Approach with extreme caution.

He's colluding with Galvez and should be considered hostile.

All units who engage the suspect should do so with extreme caution.

Okay, you really need to give yourself more time to recover.

Here's another med pack. Make sure he doesn't lose it.

I need to go tend to the other wounded.

All right, tell me. What the hell is going on?

Tony was working with Galvez all along.

He used us, all of us, so that he could get to the canister.

So, wait. What are you saying? That...

Tony killed Larry?

Yes.

They must have ambushed him as the chopper was setting down.

Tony stayed behind so he could monitor our search,

set the trap and make sure Galvez could get behind the perimeter.

Oh, God. I'm so sorry.

This is my fault.

I vouched for him to you, to... to the president.

I made a terrible, terrible mistake.

I felt that something was wrong, things weren't adding up, but I just...

I just wanted to believe...

Alpha One, this is Agent Kilner. Alpha One. Go ahead.

Agent Walker, I'm at Checkpoint Delta.

I've got two agents dead, shot point-blank. Their vehicle's missing.

He's made it past the perimeter.

Tracking on the vehicle's been disabled. Position is unknown.

Widen the perimeter and keep looking for Almeida.

If we lose him, we lose the canister.

You're not gonna find him. He's gone.

We need to phone the president. Let's go.

You made it. You sound surprised.

After Bauer called you out, I wasn't sure you would.

You don't have to worry about Jack Bauer.

He's not gonna be a problem.

So where's the canister?

Where's the money?

Hey, that was our agreement. Money first.

There you go.

It's all there, wired into your account.

You can check it if you want.

I want.

- Everything okay? - Yeah.

So where's the canister?

Right here.

So what do you plan on doin' with it?

- Not really your business, is it? - You gonna sell it?

You don't wanna do this. Hey. Now who's the damn buyer?

Where's the canister? Where's the damn canister?

One of the marines that was guarding Hodges...

noticed he was trying to swallow something.

He intervened, got him to the hospital...

before the poison could be completely ingested. So he'll survive?

Yes, ma'am. But the doctors are surprised he pulled through.

That's because they never met the son of a bitch. How did Hodges get this poison?

We suspect from a woman who claimed to be his attorney.

Claimed to be? She was an impostor.

D.C. police found the body of Hodges's real attorney about five minutes ago.

We're still trying to determine how she managed to breach security.

[Woman On Speaker] Madam President.

- Agent Walker and Jack Bauer are... - Put them through.

Yes, ma'am.

This is President Taylor. I'm here with Tim Woods.

Madam President. Have you secured the canister?

I'm afraid not, ma'am. Our suspect escaped beyond the perimeter.

I was told that the area was locked down. What happened?

He had help, Madam President, from Tony Almeida.

- Almeida? - Yes, ma'am.

He was working for us. It only appeared that way.

Apparently, he was pursuing his own agenda, trying to get his hands on the canister.

Madam President, I know I vouched for him.

All I can tell you right now is that I was wrong and I'm sorry.

Now that we know he has the canister, do we

have any idea what he intends to do with it?

No, not yet. Or where he is?

We're all hands on deck here, sir, regrouping to develop leads.

I may have one.

As Hodges was taken into custody, he yelled at me...

about some larger group that would continue on after his arrest.

Something that I wouldn't be able to stop. What do you think he meant?

All I know for sure is that someone doesn't want Hodges to talk.

Shortly after he was arrested, Hodges was

visited by a woman impersonating his lawyer.

She apparently gave him some kind of lethal drug,

because 10 minutes later, he tried to commit suicide.

Tried to commit suicide? He's still alive.

Jonas Hodges was completely unrepentant.

This suicide attempt must have been coerced.

Well, obviously, they're holding something over him, most likely his family.

If that's the case, Madam President, we need to talk to him.

Jack, even after everything that's happened today,

I will not allow any kind of coercive interrogation.

Madam President, that won't be necessary. He'll talk.

How can you be sure? Because we can offer Hodges something that he needs.

- What's that? - Proof of death.

We can convince the people that wanted him dead that they succeeded.

It's the only way Hodges can protect his family. Madam President, right now,

he's the only lead we've got.

Hey.

I'll assume that was necessary.

Don't start with me. I'm not in the mood.

All right.

Mr. Galvez decided to hide the canister from me.

So, uh, I had to find out where it was.

We got a delivery to make.

Should we go? No, I don't think we should.

They're expecting us.

Yeah, well, the way I see it,

they're gonna take this canister that I sweated blood for...

and sit on it for six months.

Not sit on it. They're gonna use it to make more pathogen.

We had 27 canisters. Now we have one.

Yeah, and I say one's enough.

Look.

The government's reeling.

The F.B.I.'s stretched thin, scrambling, making mistakes.

Another attack today is all we need to push this thing right over the edge.

This is no time to pull back.

I say we take that canister and finish the job off today.

I don't disagree with you.

But it's not our decision to make.

Fine. Then run it by your group,

or your gang, or whatever the hell they are.

But they'll know one thing.

You finish your enemy off when he's down. You don't let him get back up and reload.

I guarantee you, this thing's gonna be...

a hell of a lot harder to pull off six months from now.

And you could say what you want about Jonas Hodges.

The fact is, he gave us an opportunity today.

Let's take it.

I'll contact the group.

Good.

What did she say, exactly? Only that she needs to see you, and that it's urgent.

I heard rumors about the F.B.I. operation.

I'm sure your mother will fill you in, ma'am.

Olivia. Is it true the F.B.I. perimeter was breached?

I'm afraid so. The canister's now outside the cordon.

What are we doing to get it back?

- Tim, would you excuse us for a moment? - Of course.

What is it?

I need you to call the Attorney General...

and draft a witness protection agreement for Jonas Hodges.

Witness protection? You can't be serious.

Less than an hour ago, Hodges tried to kill himself.

And we all believe that he must have been coerced. By whom?

You remember his rant?

That he is a cog in a larger conspiracy?

That there are others who will carry on?

You think they're the ones who took the canister? We need to find out,

which is why we need to get Hodges to talk.

Olivia, we feel confident that he will...

if we can assure him that these people will believe...

that his suicide attempt actually succeeded.

We need to make him disappear,

which is why I need the protection agreement.

There's no other way he'll talk.

Designate him an enemy combatant, then treat him like one.

We don't do that, not in this administration!