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I can't reach her!

Please help me.

I can't move.

There's two more trapped inside that one.

Help me. I can't move. Oh, my God.

Sarah, save what you're doing. I need you.

- What is it? - I just heard from one of our sources.

There's a probability that someone from our FBI watch list was spotted in LA yesterday.

- Tomas Sherek. Who is he? - He's worked with terror cells near Istanbul.

He's suspected of coordinating suicide bombings last summer.

Istanbul?

There was some chatter this morning about a possible attack by a group out of Turkey.

Here it is. From Ankara.

- What was the target? - East Coast. New York or DC.

- But the time window passed. - Passed?

The targeted time is for 8am. It's already past ten on the East Coast.

What if they got the target wrong and it's West Coast time?

Then it's gonna go down within the hour.

- Tell Curtis. I'll take this to Driscoll. - I can take it.

- Why? - I thought you wanted to keep working it up.

You're really transparent. Stop trying to be Driscoll's pet. She doesn't like it.

Any voice confirmation from anyone on the train?

No. The signals just confirmed a bomb.

We're trying to get in contact. It's in a remote area, but local police are heading there.

All right.

We have discretionary authority out of Point Mugu.

Have them direct a patrol aircraft over the area. Put the pilot in contact with our people.

- Should we monitor emergency services? - No. County will cover that.

A truck full of C-4 derailed a train in Santa Clarita.

Free up some people. Division's gonna send data.

- That could be related to what we found. - What did you find?

Two things. First, intelligence indicated the possibility of an attack at eight this morning.

Bombing was at seven. That's within an hour. What's the second thing?

A Turkish national on the FBI watch list, Tomas Sherek, was last seen in the city.

- He could be related to the bombing. - OK. Open up channels with Division.

Start investigating this bombing. Work up what you have on Sherek.

We'll brief in a few minutes.

What about the Defense Department meeting? It's in a half hour.

Who's Secretary Heller sending?

Jack Bauer.

Jack? Are you sure?

Yeah. He hasn't been back... well, since you fired him.

- Is it gonna be uncomfortable? - What?

Going back to CTU. Seeing Driscoll again.

I don't blame her for her decision.

How can that be? She forced you out of CTU.

She didn't want an ex-junkie. That's not unreasonable.

You weren't a junkie. You were doing your job.

I was addicted to heroin.

It didn't matter why.

Do you miss your old job?

I could have joined other agencies if I still wanted to do field work.

But I didn't.

I wanted something different from my life.

It might not seem like a lot to you.

But for me...

To be able to have this kind of a connection with someone...

I couldn't do that before.

I'm glad you can now.

- We'd better go. - Yeah.

Secretary Heller's gonna be in the lobby in five minutes.

- Secretary Heller? - Yeah.

I called him Dad once in a press conference so I decided then to use his title all the time.

Audrey...

Your father's a very perceptive man.

I would like to tell him about us before he finds out on his own.

Look...

My dad is kind of old-fashioned.

Even though Paul and I are separated, he still considers us married.

I understand that. And I don't want your father to draw the wrong conclusion

and think that I had anything to do with the breakup.

Yeah, but you didn't.

Please, Jack.

Let's just give it a little more time.

I'm gonna tell you something and I don't want you to panic.

I'm falling in love with you.

Look, I don't want you to say anything.

And I don't need you to feel the same way.

I just wanted you to know.

- I will see you downstairs. - Yeah.

All right. This is what we have.

A known terrorist named Tomas Sherek managed to enter the country undetected.

There's a likelihood Sherek helped organize the train attack.

If he did, he's gonna get out of the country as fast as he can.

Which means we have a small window of opportunity here.

Who's covering airports and customs?

I am. I've issued a mandate to LAX, Long Beach and Ontario.

As usual, Edgar, we can't hear you. Where's your laptop if you need to pull data?

Sorry, I'll speak up. And I don't need my laptop. I have everything memorized.

What I was saying is that I've asked all the airports to add a layer of security.

- Any local contacts for Sherek? - I'm looking into those now.

All right. Promote everything we receive up to Division.

Let's find Sherek before he leaves the city. Let's go.

Excuse me. Do you think it's a mistake to assume Sherek is on his way out of LA?

- No. - But the timing on the intel doesn't match.

It said 8am and the train bombing happened around seven.

Just focus on finding Sherek.

- Yes. - It's Tomas.

- Did Dar get the briefcase? - Yes. He's on his way to you now.

Good. You did well, Tomas.

- What about Maurice? - He's waiting for you.

He has everything you need.

- Behrooz, are you eating with us? - I'll be right down, Mom.

- I'm concerned about him. - Concerned? Why?

- I think he's still seeing this American girl. - You said you'd talk to him.

I did. I told him he was no longer allowed to have contact with her.

And he agreed, right?

Yes.

But I think he's still seeing her behind our backs.

- I'll speak to him. - No.

I'll take care of it.

Behrooz, we're sitting down to eat.

- Behrooz. - I'm on the phone.

Get off and come down now.

- Who is he talking to? - I don't know.

Sorry.

- Who were you on the phone with? - My friend Scott.

- You were talking to that American girl. - No, I told you, I don't see her anymore.

Don't lie to me, Behrooz!

I hear your phone calls at night. I read your emails.

- You read my emails? That's my business! - Don't you raise your voice to your father.

While you live under my roof, there is no such thing as your business.

No more communications with that girl. Do you understand me?

Don't look at her. You're talking to me.

Yes, sir.

Where a horrible tragedy struck a short time ago.

An early commuter train collided with a truck that was apparently crossing the track.

Reports are coming in that most of the passengers were severely injured.

Casualty estimates as high as 30.

NTSB agents have arrived on the scene and are investigating the cause.

At this time, the authorities are not saying if this was an accident

or a targeted attack, but, as you can see, there has been...

So far, everything is on schedule.

- Have you spoken to Tomas? - Yes.

The briefcase is on its way to us now. When it gets here, you'll take it to the warehouse.

Why doesn't Dar take it there directly?

He doesn't need to know where our people are working. That's the safest way.

Behrooz...

If your father seems severe, it's because our job here is a difficult one.

If we are to succeed, it's important that we are of a single mind.

I understand.

What we will accomplish today will change the world.

We're fortunate that our family has been chosen to do this.

We cannot fail.

Yes, Father.

Morning, Jennifer.

- What are you doing here so early? - I'm not here early.

- You've been here all night? - Yeah.

- What are you working on? - Nothing right now.

I'm just stealing some software from Adobe and Microsoft.

You're gonna get caught one of these days.

Hey, Melanie.

Don't tell anybody or I'll have to kill you.

What the hell is this?

Whoa.

Melanie, come look at this.

Looks like someone's trying to corrupt the Internet.

Yeah, but it hasn't started propagating yet.

They're just placing the nodes.

Look at this.

- This could tank every system in the world. - You've gotta tell somebody.

If I call the feds from here, they'll trace the call. They'll know I was stealing code.

Then do it from a pay phone.

Yeah.

I'm up to speed on the train bombing. How many confirmed dead?

- 32. - I didn't know that.

- Call Carl. - I will. Thanks, Al.

- 32 dead. - What's the initial assessment?

An act of terrorism.

When you get to CTU, I want you to find out all the details and call me.

And listen, I don't want anyone, except you two, to know about this meeting with Richard.

Of course.

I tried to get ahold of you last night. Where were you?

- I had dinner with a friend. - Anyone I know?

No.

- Jack. - Sir.

I'll call you when I get to CTU.

Yeah, I'll get her. Hold on.

- O'Brian. - Chloe, it's Edgar Stiles.

You don't need to use your last name. You've been here over a month. What is it?

I got a friend of yours. He says he needs to talk to you.

- Who, Edgar? - His name is Andrew Paige.

Fine. Put him through.

- Hello? - I can't take personal calls here.

It's not personal. I found something on the Net I think you should know about.

There's a fake NAT table and several large corporate routers.

- It was loaded this morning. - How would you know?

I was trying to download some software and I noticed it.

By download, I assume you mean steal, or you wouldn't have seen a NAT table.

OK, fine.

But I hacked deeper and I found all kinds of stuff.

What kind of stuff?

I think someone's positioning code

for a major Internet attack.

The thing is, not all the code remarks are in English.

- What language were they in? - I don't know.

It looked Middle Eastern. Like Arabic or Turkish, maybe.

- You find something? - Sarah was working on Sherek's contacts.

The system flagged Maurice Landstrass. He owns a dry-cleaners in Studio City.

We found his business is owned by a holding company based out of Ankara, Turkey.