24

Previously on 24.

There are cabinet members who question whether you're fit...

to continue as chief executive of this country.

Mr. President, we are invoking the 25th Amendment. What I intend to show...

is a pattern of erratic and irrational behavior

on your part since the start of this crisis.

You see the results. The vote is against you.

I must ask you to remove yourself from the decision-making process.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute...

the office of the President of the United States, so help me God.

I got a message the president called off the military offensive over an hour ago.

Is it true? Yes.

And you knew about it? I did.

You didn't tell me. Why are you determined to keep my people processing intel...

on an operation that's been scrapped? There's a strong possibility...

the White House will reinstate the attack order.

Dad? Sweetheart.

Tony told me you were alive. I've been trying to reach you.

Are you still at the sheriff's station?

They're taking me to the Mathesons' house, to pack up my things.

Glad you're okay. Me too.

- Have you got the audio file? - No.

What do you mean, no?

Are you telling me there's no audio file on that chip?

If there were, they were destroyed when the chip was damaged.

Michelle was able to trace the sequence back to a hacker named Alex Hewitt.

You think this is the technician that created the Cyprus audio file?

Yes.

I'm checking up on an address of a man who engineered...

the Cyprus recording for Kingsley.

Are you absolutely convinced that the Cyprus recording is forged?

Yes, sir, without a doubt.

Alex?

The following takes place between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Hewitt's not here. I'm not surprised.

Uh, check the garage. See if his car is still here.

Even with the delay, we predict we have not lost the element of surprise.

As you can see here, sir, the primary targets...

are still relatively unguarded.

Resistance should be insignificant.

When were these pictures taken? Ten minutes ago, sir.

Then we can proceed with the attack as originally planned.

Yes, Mr. President.

I need your key code, sir.

How much longer is Prescott going to detain me?

Until after the press conference.

In a couple of hours, he's going to announce...

the U.S. response to the bomb...

and his ascension to the office.

Your key codes belong to President Prescott now.

It's protocol.

- - Confirmed.

Do you know why Chappelle called this meeting?

No. He just told everybody to save their work and get in here.

The information you are about to receive is confidential.

It'll stay inside until it's been made public,

which should be in the next few hours.

The cabinet has invoked the 25th Amendment and removed David Palmer from office.

Jim Prescott is now the president.

- Why? - That isn't relevant to our charge.

Yes, it is, Ryan.

What's your problem, Almeida? I think we all know that...

President Palmer was removed because he didn't want to go on with the bombings.

That makes what Jack Bauer's doing even more relevant.

Bauer has cried wolf twice already. He's come up with nothing.

I have a standing order from District that disallows...

any further resources from being expended on him.

Why is everybody so afraid to look at all sides

of this thing? What if Jack Bauer's right?

What if that Cyprus recording was forged, and

we're about to bomb three innocent countries?

Are you going to tell me that's not relevant?

Tony, let me first say that your office has done a remarkable job today.

There is no way that the people on the Hill are not going to reward...

every one of you for the role you played in averting disaster.

And what does that have to do with anything? Let me finish.

The success of this office today is due in large part to the technical team.

The same team that has concluded...

that the Cyprus audio is an untreated, unforged original.

There comes a time when you have to let go.

Not every hunch works out.

Bauer's chasing a ghost. I can't put it any simpler than that.

That's all.

What are you gonna do? I don't know. I have to talk to somebody in Prescott's staff.

If and when Jack comes in here with the evidence,

we have to have somebody in place to take it to. Be careful, Tony.

If Chappelle finds out you're doing an end run-- I know.

I know.

The car's gone. Okay.

What do you want to do? Well, there's nothing left here.

I'm sure that Kingsley had his people take anything important.

We've got to find Hewitt. Let's go. Stop right there!

- - Sit down!

Let go of me. Sit down!

Don't move. Don't move!

Who are you? Don't look at her. Look at me.

Who are you? I'm nobody.

- He's my private bodyguard. - Secret Service?

- Ex. -

Mrs. Palmer. Jack Bauer.

- Stand up. - Why?

Stand up! What are you going to do to me?

Turn around.

I'm not carrying any weapons.

Take a seat.

What are you doing here? I'm trying to help David.

Help David with what? You're no longer part of his life.

Don't believe everything you read in the papers.

David's asked me to pool my resources to see if I could find out...

anything about the people behind the bomb.

I don't believe you.

I don't care what you believe.

Do you know who did this? Who ransacked this place?

You must be here for the same reason I am. What reason would that be?

To find Alex Hewitt. Why?

Well, you must know. You're here. Why don't you tell me?

He created a recording that's about to start a war.

- How do you know about that? - I don't like the way this conversation is going.

You will answer my questions. How do you know about the Cyprus audio?

- How dare you talk down-- -

Ms. Palmer, I am not a politician, and I'm not going to debate this with you.

So answer my question. What do you know about the Cyprus recording?

I know about it because every expert in the government...

with priority clearance has been working on it for the past six hours.

I've got a lot of sources. What do you know about Alex Hewitt?

I know that he's a freelance audio technician.

- Who's he work for? - A man named Peter Kingsley.

Why? Kingsley represents Caspian Sea oil interests...

that want the United States to go to war with the Middle East.

Kingsley hired Alex Hewitt to fabricate the Cyprus recording.

You know, Mr. Bauer, I've walked the corridors of power my entire life.

You'd be surprised how much information you can get...

if you have something to trade.

- What are you doing? - Take a seat.

Take a seat!

- - Come out!

Open the door slowly! I want to see both your hands! Now!

Now! Please don't hurt me.

Get on the ground! Okay. Okay.

Don't move. Get on the ground!

Who are you?

Mrs. Palmer? Alex.

You said on the phone that you would help me. Why does he have a gun?

Shut up. Go sit with her. I didn't do anything wrong.

Move! Move! You said you'd get me in.

Shut up, Alex. Don't say anything in front of this man. He's a federal agent.

- Mrs. Palmer, shut up. - I am not talking to you!

Shut up! Come with me. Don't say anything Alex.

- Alex, don't say anything. -

You're gonna talk to me now.

You took voice samples from the

leaders of three Middle Eastern countries...

and intercut them with Syed Ali's voice to create the Cyprus audio.

I didn't say that. And Peter Kingsley paid you for it.

No! You're a traitor to your country, Alex.

Do you know what they're gonna do to you? I'm not.

I didn't know. I swear. I already told this to Mrs. Palmer.

She'll tell you. Forget about her.

She's not gonna help you, but if you tell me everything I need to know...

about the Cyprus audio, I will do everything that I can.

I'm not gonna say anything else until I talk to a lawyer.

I am your lawyer, son. Those people that you were working for,

they thought you were gonna die in the bomb blast.

They're gonna keep coming after you.

If you want to stay alive, you better start telling me everything I need to know.

No. I only want to talk to Mrs. Palmer.

Why her? How's she connected to this?

How do you know her? I just met her today.

She called, said she could help me. Look, I know who she is.

She's the president's ex-wife. She's got connections high up.

She can't help you now, Alex.

I'm the only one who can help you now.

I want to talk to her.

Okay.

Let me see what I can do. Give me your keys.

Why? Give me your keys.

Which one of these locks this door?

This one.

Stand back.

What did he say? What are you doing here, Ms. Palmer?

And please don't tell me it's to help the president.

All right.

I came here to protect myself.

I told you Alex was paid by Kingsley to record certain conversations.

Well, some of those conversations were with me.

They incriminate me. So you know Peter Kingsley?

You're collaborating with him. He assured me that the bomb would never go off.

What were you thinking? What the hell were you thinking?

- Who are you calling? - C.T.U.

I'm a sworn federal agent, Mrs. Palmer. You just confessed to a federal crime.

I suggest you hang up that phone, Mr. Bauer. C.T.U.

It's Jack Bauer. I need Tony Almeida.

I am the only one who can get Hewitt to cooperate.

And for that I'll want full immunity from prosecution.

Now hang up the phone, and I'll tell you everything.

Jack, it's Tony. What's going on?

Tony, I'm going to have to get back to you.

Start.

Start! I wanted to bring down David's presidency.

I was so angry with David for what he did to me.