24

Previously on 24.

Jack, look out!

Paul! Get me a medic! Medic!

He's losing pressure. I need 10 c.c.'s--

It happened so fast. He was hit before I could do anything.

How bad is it? We don't know. We just don't know.

Please tell me he's not gonna die.

Why should I help you?

I'm offering you your freedom, Dina.

You and Behrooz will be put in a witness protection program.

- You'll be given new names, identities, everything. - What do you need me to do?

I need you to go to Fayed and tell him that you need to speak to Marwan.

He won't let me through his front door, let alone get near Marwan.

He will when you tell him that you've got a hostage that can help him.

- Who? - Me.

What if Fayed doesn't believe us? Then we're both dead.

Close the door! Put your gun over there. Do it!

- - What is it?

A woman named Dina Araz came to me.

What does she want? She wants to bring you a hostage.

A C.T.U. agent named Jack Bauer.

You've caused me a lot of trouble, Mr. Bauer.

Kill him.

- Just what I thought. - Let's go! Come on!

Meet them at the hotel.

I'll need his entire flight package,

including clearance and identification codes.

You'll have whatever you need.

Get your things. You got a plane to catch.

Let me talk to my family. Your family is dead, and so are you.

The following takes place between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Edgar. Have you found any way to locate Jack? We're trying.

But Marwan wasn't stupid. He covered his tracks.

Michelle. What do we have, Chloe?

The local P.D. found the van that Jack and Dina were in. Where?

It was abandoned at an industrial warehouse at the far end of San Fernando Road.

Dina's body was in it. Okay.

Tell local police to look for witnesses.

We need a license plate, something to follow. Edgar.

Pull up satellite from 8:45 to 9:00. I'm on it.

All right, everyone, listen up.

Jack Bauer is missing.

There's a good chance he's being held by our primary target, Habib Marwan.

Because we believe Marwan is preparing for another domestic attack today,

we need to pool all our resources to find him.

All comm teams coordinate with Edgar.

Thank you.

Yes?

There's a problem. What?

I got onto the base and through both layers of security using the pilot's I.D.

Just as I was about to do a pre-flight check, they grounded the plane.

Why? They're checking a trouble sensor.

They might have to swap out a defective part.

- How long will it take? - I don't know yet.

Resolve this now. It's time to earn your money, Mr. Anderson.

The window of opportunity on the target closes in an hour.

I understand.

Excuse me.

Yes, sir? You working on the Phoenix?

Yes, Captain. Sent me down from Hawkins.

You taking her up? That's the plan.

What's the E.T.A. on getting me into the air? The trouble sensor was correct.

There was a hairline fracture on one of your strut pins.

But, uh, a replacement won't be in until morning.

Is that the only problem-- a strut pin?

Yes, sir. But it would be one hell of a problem when you're trying to land.

Rear assembly would disintegrate on impact. Only way out...

would be to parachute out and hope the jet doesn't come down on anyone.

Did you make you report to the chief mechanical officer?

I was just about to head over there right now, Captain.

Then I'm gonna head up to Ventura for a little R & R. Sounds great.

Don't let me hold you up. Thank you, sir.

Thanks.

M.E. says Dina's been dead for less than 30 minutes.

We can only assume that's when Marwan grabbed Jack.

What's the search range on Jack and Marwan?

1,500 square miles, but it's increasing by the minute. What about chatter?

I filtered through everything that came from Langley, N.S.A. and Interpol.

None of it's correlating right now. And volume?

It's actually slowing down,

which may mean that we've incurred all the damage we will today.

Or it could be the calm before the storm. Yeah.

The one thing we know for sure is if Jack's alive, he'll find a way to contact us.

We just have to wait until we pick up the thread on Marwan.

Yeah.

Tony. Yep?

So I heard Jack called you earlier today.

Yeah.

And that you saved his life.

Well, we both know I owed him one, right?

Look, Audrey's been waiting for her husband to get out of surgery.

I think we should tell her about Jack.

Why?

They're involved.

She's married. Separated.

Well, then I'd prefer not to tell her anything. Why?

We may have to make a very tough call on how Jack's capture plays out.

Well, Michelle, she's a professional. She knows that's a possibility.

I think it'd be wrong to keep it from her. I don't want her interfering.

I think she has a right to know.

But, hey, you're the boss. It's your call. Excuse me.

How's Paul doing? He's still in surgery.

I won't know until he gets out.

Have you heard anything from Jack?

Jack is missing. Missing?

We think he was taken by Habib Marwan. Oh, my God.

- What are we doing to get him back? - Everything we can.

How did this happen? I thought we were tracking him.

He's supposed to be protected.

No one is fully protected in the field.

Who was in charge of this operation?

I was.

Get him back, Michelle.

Come on.

I have a few simple questions.

If you answer them, there's a chance you might survive today.

Don't waste your time.

You located me through a man named Joseph Fayed,

who, you might be interested to know, has since martyred himself.

It would help me if I knew he was the only link you had to me.

Whatever you've planned next is going to fail...

just like everything else you've tried today.

Fail? Almost 40 dead in a train crash,

many more near the San Gabriel Island nuclear plant.

That wasn't really your plan, was it?

We managed to stop the other 103 power plants from melting down.

That's what America will remember-- that we stopped you.

No. They'll remember the image of Secretary of

Defense Heller held hostage on your own soil,

and it will burn in their psyches.

This country will forever be afraid to let their leaders appear in public.

For all the hatred that you have for this country, you don't understand it very well.

Whatever you throw at us, I promise you,

that'll never happen.

Marwan, we have a problem. What is it?

The family of the pilot that we killed.

What about them? We disposed of the bodies, right?

Yes, yes. But a relative showed up at the house

and became suspicious when no one was home.

He called the police, who are now looking into it. Has it gotten to C.T.U. yet?

No. But this man was a military pilot.

It will be flagged by other agencies and will get to C.T.U. within the hour.

What do you think we should do?

We have to make sure C.T.U. is too busy to realize its significance.

Distract them. How?

Tell me about the boy.

What boy? Behrooz Araz.

-What do you care about him for? -Does C.T.U. have him in custody?

Yes, he's safe.

You answered the question, but are you telling me the truth?

Call C.T.U., ask 'em yourself.

Edgar Stiles. Edgar, what's the new password for the central server?

- I'll get you on. - No, don't get me on.

Just give me the password so I can access it whenever I want to.

- It's not your area anymore. - What are you talking about? You work for me.

No, I worked for you. Worked, with an E-D at the end.

Past tense. Edgar, I've been reinstated.

So quit being territorial and just give me the password. No!

Curtis, could you please explain to Edgar...

I've been rehired to resume my position as head of comm.

Things have changed, Chloe. Edgar took over for you. You'll be working for him now.

You're kidding.

Michelle called me in because things were falling apart here under Edgar.

Now, give me my command, or I walk.

You have equal authority. Just on paper, it has to look like you work for him.

Well, I'm not gonna do that as a matter of principle.

You'll be bumped up to a term-four analyst.

That's a 35% increase in salary, plus bonus.

Well, I should be getting that anyway, and that's not my point.

Edgar works for me. Not today, Chloe.

Fine. What's the password to the central sever?

C-I-S-1-5-A. Thanks.

Curtis, a man who says he's Habib Marwan is on line one.

He wants to speak to the director of C.T.U.

Put it through a high-risk filter. Activate all tracers and recorders.

Michelle. Someone claiming to be Habib Marwan is on line. He wants to talk to you.

- Are you prepped for the call? - Yeah. Take it there.

Put him through.

This is Michelle Dessler, director of C.T.U.

To whom am I speaking? This is Habib Marwan.

Jack Bauer is alive and in my custody. I'll need to speak to him.

I will return him to you unharmed in exchange for Behrooz Araz.

I will give you 10 minutes to secure clearances with your people.

I need more time before I can agree to that. Ten minutes.

I will call you then with exact details on how the exchange is to proceed.

- Did you get a trace? - No.

All right, confirm Marwan's identity off voice.

- And process Behrooz Araz. We may need to move him. - Got it.

Why is Behrooz Araz worth trading for Jack?

I don't know. Have all tactical teams meet me in the situation room.

Yeah.

Have the local police sent the report about the

pilot and his missing family to C.T.U. yet?

I don't think so. But our contact at L.A.P.D. says the report has been flagged.

It will go out to all the agencies within the next 15 minutes.

If C.T.U. gets ahold of it even a minute too soon, they'll be able to stop us.

You need to tell me the second that report gets released. Yes, Marwan.

Marwan wants to exchange Jack Bauer for Behrooz Araz.

The obvious question is: Why?

The way I see it, there are two possibilities.