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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 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m...

...on the day of the California Presidential Primary.

You know what, Jack? I take back what I said. It's getting dull.

That helicopter made a flyby for a reason.

Maybe, maybe not.

Come here and help me with this.

1, 2, 3....

There's nothing here. We're wasting our time.

Alexis tried to pay off a power company official to cut off the electricity...

...at this location at 7:20 for a reason.

They want something here, have gone to extremes to shut it down.

Mason.

Excellent news.

Half an hour.

Don't let anyone in or out until we get there.

Alexis Drazen's out of surgery. We should be there when he wakes up.

You go ahead.

Jack, we were fed misinformation.

The address in the file. The time Morgan gave you. The whole thing.

Look around. There's nothing here. Nothing.

Maybe.

But you're going to stick around anyway?

It's 7:03, George. I want to be here at 7:20.

You can send a car back for me, okay?

I promise, I won't disappear on you.

I don't have time to argue with you.

Oh, my God.

Stay right there. Stay right there, Teri.

Who the hell was that guy? I don't know.

Teri, it's okay.

I'm right here. It's okay.

Teri, listen to me. Take a breath.

I can't. I can't.

I saw the car explode.

Teri.... There was nothing left!

Kim is alive. She got out before the explosion. I talked to her. All right?

She was fine. She was worried about you.

Now I need your help. I need to get you back to CTU. Come on.

Oh, my God.

I need your help, Teri. Come on.

What did she say when you talked to her? Where is she?

We don't know. She wouldn't say.

What?

After the safe house, she didn't trust us. I don't blame her.

Get in here.

We have to find her--

Believe me, we're looking. Get in the car!

Where's Jack? Does he know what's happening?

He's out on assignment. I should hear from him soon, though.

Myers.

It's me. I found Teri at the Bauer house.

Somebody was trying to kill her, I took him down.

Send a team over there in case he's got backup.

Of course. Is she all right?

She will be. She's suffering from temporary memory loss.

She's got a friend with her, too.

A pretty good one, by the way he's acting.

Wait a minute. Are you sure? Who is this guy?

His name is Phil Parslow. She vouches for him.

She's known him for a long time.

He was hit, but not too badly.

Okay. Where are you? Twenty, thirty minutes away.

Take him to the clinic. I'll send someone to question him.

I think you should bring Teri here.

Okay.

Don't I get a phone call?

Let's go, lock them down. Come on.

I need to talk to someone. Don't we all?

Don't listen to the bitch. She lies.

You'll get a chance for that after we put you through.

Come on with me. You're mine.

Got it? Yeah.

They're going to ask you about Frank and the deal.

I don't know anything about it.

Tell them that.

You were just at the wrong place, at the wrong time.

I should tell them about everything else, too.

I mean, what happened today.

After the safe house, I'm not sure if I can trust anybody.

You trust me, right?

Yeah, and look where it got me.

I trust you, I know you're trying to do the right thing.

Okay, then listen to me.

Tell them everything.

What happened at the safe house has nothing to do with this.

Whatever you tell them, I'll back it up.

Including my part in it.

You're going to get in trouble.

Then I'll get in trouble.

It's about time I faced up to what I did.

All right.

You're up.

How are you feeling?

I'm fine, Daddy.

Relieved, actually.

I think that maybe...

...living with a secret is harder work than I thought.

I'd be lying to you if I told you the hard work was over.

You're going to be asked some questions...

...we all are, that we'd rather not deal with.

But if we stick together...

...we'll get through it.

Could you give your mother and me a few minutes?

I'm sorry.

I...

...didn't mean to interrupt your...

...celebration.

You could have joined it.

I'm not in the mood to celebrate the end of your campaign, David.

You just gave your concession speech.

That remains to be seen.

Do you really think people want a president...

...who acts like some guest on a bad afternoon talk show...

...confessing his sins publicly?

It's always possible that they want someone honest.

Mike seems to think I still have a shot.

It's Mike's job to tell you what you want to hear.

Mine...

...is to tell you the truth.

You're not qualified to tell me the truth.

It took 13 minutes for you to tear apart...

...everything that it took us 25 years to build.

Why don't you just let me mourn that loss, okay?

Fair enough.

I only hope your conscience comforts you when you finally realize this is all over.

You mean the campaign or us?

Confirm, Alpha 1.

This is Alpha 1.

Bauer's gone below.

Positive it was Bauer?

Yes.

What's he doing here?

He wasn't invited, that's for sure.

My name is Jack Bauer. I work for...

CTU. I know who you are, Agent Bauer. I checked you out.

My name is DeSalvo. D.O.D.

Whatever this place is, it's obvious that no one's supposed to know it's here.

You seem to have found it okay.

This is a prison facility. Class 3 detention center.

What the hell are you doing here?

At 8:00 a.m. this morning...

...there was an assassination attempt on Senator Palmer.

I'm the lead investigator. I was following the thread. It led me here.

I need more than that.

The people that want Palmer dead bribed someone from the power company...

...to shut down the electricity to the grid that you're hooked into.

They were ordered to do this at 7:20.

Something's going to happen here then, isn't it?

Mr. DeSalvo, you better listen to me.

The people behind this assassination attempt are ex-military Serbs.

Working for a family called the Drazens. It's a vendetta.

They've killed a lot of people and will kill more...

...unless we do something. Please, sir, I'll ask one more time.

What is happening here at 7:20?

A prisoner's being delivered by chopper.

Who?

His identity is classified, even from me.

They move him every few weeks randomly. What do these...

...Drazens want with him, anyway?

It's hard to tell unless I know who the prisoner is.

They might want to kill him. They might want to set him free.

Either way, you've got about five minutes.

Call for backup.

Backup can't get here in five minutes.

Call anyway.

If I'm wrong, you've gone through a little trouble.

I'll take the heat for that. If I'm right, you've saved every life in this building.

Please.

Have Wycoff call me ASAP.

Thank you. What's your personnel here?