24

Previously on 24.

This is Bauer. Let me speak to Audrey.

Her well-being is entirely up to you, Mr. Bauer.

What we want is a component from the triggering mechanism...

The F.B. subcircuit board.

You give me the component, I give you Audrey.

Stand down, Jack! I can't do that!

- I won't say it again. Drop it! - Agent Doyle, I am...

following orders that exceed your clearance! - He's a rogue agent! Take him!

It's my understanding, Jack, that component holds the key to Russian defense codes.

I need the Chinese to believe that I am willing to go through with this exchange.

I will destroy that circuit board with a concealed charge of C-4.

- You're gonna sacrifice yourself? - Yes, sir, if I have to.

You're asking me to sign off on a probable suicide mission.

Mr. President, you owe me.

I want you to help me retrieve one of those circuit boards.

I'm sending it to your system. - The Russians have been trying to keep that technology...

- out of Chinese hands for years. - I did it for Jack.

What are the Russians gonna say when they find out we just gave it to them?

It's not gonna get that far. You have to tell Buchanan.

Chloe, I want you to stand down on this operation. You've shown me I can't trust you.

First, I wanna say that I'm grateful to report...

that all nuclear devices have been recovered.

Based on the intelligence that I've seen, I can say with full confidence,

that-that-that-that we will, uh...

Medical right away!

Notify the Senate and the House of the transfer of power,

and have the sec def and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs...

authorize me under the 25th Amendment.

Wayne Palmer just issued a finding allowing Jack Bauer...

to hand classified Russian technology over to the Chinese...

in exchange for the return of a covertly held hostage.

Bauer has guaranteed that the technology will not fall into the hands of the Chinese.

Even Jack Bauer can't guarantee that outcome.

Tell C.T.U. to stop Bauer.

C.T.U. has the signal. They're monitoring the device. - We're set. Let's go.

- - Doyle.

Noah Daniels is acting president. He wants the operation shut down...

and Jack brought back to C.T.U. immediately.

- Understood. - Don't you move.

- Jack. - Slowly, I want you to pull over.

Now.

This is gonna end badly, Jack.

You can't go against the White House!

The following takes place between 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m.

Wait! Wait! Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Wait. Wait! Stop your car! Stop!

- Stop! -

- Stop! - What the hell? Are you crazy?

I'm a federal agent in pursuit. I need the vehicle.

- Where's your badge? -

Pressman.

Milo, it's Doyle. I need to speak with Buchanan.

Hold on. Sir, Doyle's on line one.

Mike, it's Bill. Do you have Jack in custody?

No. He got the drop on me before I could get the component. I screwed up.

Where are you? I acquired another vehicle. I'm in pursuit.

Do you have Jack's position? - The tracker's still embedded in the sub-board.

He's heading north on the 180. Copy that.

Jack's gonna disengage that tracker the first chance he gets.

I'll get him before he does.

All right. Listen up. Jack Bauer has gone rogue.

He has in his possession the F.B. subcircuit board. Mike Doyle is in pursuit.

He needs all available resources to stop Jack...

and recover the component before he gives it to the Chinese.

Chloe, I need you on task.

- You said... - I know what I said.

I need my best people looking for Jack.

Can I trust you to help me do that? Yes, sir.

Good. Thank you.

Oh, that's bloody marvelous.

What? I just lost Jack's signal.

How'd you do that? I didn't do anything. It just disappeared.

- There must be something in the transit path.

You don't have to state the obvious. I know. I'm trying to figure out what it is.

This doesn't have to be personal. Can we just figure it out?

It's not personal, and I figured it out. This stretch of road runs...

along the main voltage feed for the Valley, and Jack is using the power lines as a shield...

while he separates the tracker from the sub-board.

Can you keep an eye on things? Can you?

I have to explain this to Buchanan.

Hey, I thought you got sidelined.

Buchanan wants me to help find Jack,

which is gonna be harder now that he's dumped the tracker.

- Did you pull up Caltrans? - Yeah.

I can't believe that Jack would give the circuit board to the Chinese.

Jack would die before he gives up that component to the Chinese.

I agree with you.

The question is, would Jack give up Audrey's life?

Exactly.

Look, I-I'll check the satellites,

see if they restored any coverage in that area.

If you find anything, send it to me, Doyle and L.A.P.D.

How much farther? - We lost Jack eight miles north of your current location.

We think he used the power lines as a shield while he removed the tracker.

You're headed in the right direction. See if you can pick up a trail.

I'll call you when I get closer. Thank you, Morris.

All right, sir.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have a brief statement,

and I will not be taking any questions at this time.

The president is en route to Bethesda Naval Hospital and will arrive shortly.

The doctors have no idea whether or not...

President Palmer will come out of this coma in hours, days or weeks.

Vice President Daniels will be addressing the country at 9:00 a.m. eastern time.

Thank you.

That's all, everyone.

Tom.

Yes, sir? Stick around. I wanna talk to you.

All right, sir.

We need to clear the air, you and I.

You still have evidence that could hurt me,

and I'd like to know what your intentions are.

Truthfully, sir, I haven't given it much thought.

Why don't you think about it now?

All right, sir.

It concerns me that you engaged in...

conspiracy and perjury to achieve political ends.

I don't think that's behavior befitting the acting president of the United States.

Tom, the world has changed in the last half hour.

Right now, this country, above all, needs stability.

If I'm brought up on charges in the first hours of this presidency,

then America's left without elected leadership.

If I might just complete my thought, sir, I made that tape...

both to back you off your challenge to President Palmer,

but also to protect me.

Now, that was and remains my only reason.

What about forcing my resignation?

That was Wayne Palmer's idea, not mine.

So...

you're okay then with me in this chair.

Sir, it's no secret that policy-wise you and I are in alignment.

I just simply hate how we got here.

Now that we are here?

Yes, sir, you have my support.

In the event that we ever get...

out of alignment,

I can't have you holding this evidence over my head.

It's understood, sir. You have my word.

All right, Tom.

Glad to have you with me.

Now what do you suggest we do with Karen Hayes? Will she slow us down?

Well, of course she might, but she is smart, and she brings balance.

- Fine, then she stays. - All right. May I let her know, sir?

Sure.

Tom?

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Yes? This is Bauer. I just passed mile marker 49.

I have the subcircuit board with me. Good. Go east on the 118...

No. From this point forward, we do this my way.

Don't test me, Mr. Bauer.

Yes, I want the component, but Audrey Raines's life means nothing to me.

Listen, C.T.U. is looking for me. They wanna stop the exchange from happening.

I know their satellite coverage. I need to pick the location.

All right. Where?

There's an abandoned motel called the Calderone off of Highway 305.

Come through the front door alone. We'll make the exchange there.

We both have a chance to get what we want here, Mr. Bauer.

Don't attempt anything foolish.

We're leaving now, Ms. Raines.

I spoke with Bill, and he assures me...

that C.T.U. has deployed all its resources to find Bauer.

I don't wanna hear about their assurances, Karen.

They let Bauer steal the component, so their assurances mean nothing.

Well, if I may, sir,

I could authorize ancillary agencies to join the search.

That would increase our chances of finding Bauer.

Do it.

Is there anything else you need from me?

Is there anything else I need from you? Let me think.

I have the fate of the Western world and the lives of millions of Americans...

hanging in the balance,

and I can't stop thinking about you.

I'm not sure this is appropriate behavior, Mr. Acting President.

Well, there's the phone. Call the media.

Tell them the acting president's a dirty old man.

They already know.

I would like for you to spend what's left of the night.

I'll go home and pick up a change of clothes.

Good.

I'm at the Tampa exit, by the power lines.

It matches the last coordinates Morris had before the tracker stopped working.

Mike, it's Bill. The White House is telling me...

if the Chinese get ahold of this subcircuit board,

we'll have an international incident on our hands. - I know the stakes, Bill.

Have you been able to figure out where Jack's headed? I'm working on it now.

It looks like he headed east. What's up ahead?

Two state routes, the 305 and the 98.

Do you have satellite on both?

The radiation from the fallout made that area hard to cover, but the 98 has Caltrans cameras.

I can check them. No, don't bother.

Jack would know about those. He's on the 305.

Check the cell towers. See if you can pick up a phone call between Jack and Cheng.

And I think I saw Jack pick up one of the terrorists' phones at the warehouse.

That might help narrow things down.

Chloe's got that grid on her system.

Who was that? Doyle. He thinks Jack's on the 305.

How would he know that? He figured it out.

Chloe, I need you to pull the logs on grid 19-12.

Get everything off that cell tower from the last 15 minutes. -What am I looking for?