24

Previously on 24.

You've already been briefed on the Cordilla virus that is now threatening our cities.

A vial of that virus has already been released.

We discovered the identity of the perpetrator.

His name is Stephen Saunders, and he's a former MI-6 agent.

In 32 countries across the Middle East and Asia,

your government employs intelligence consultants.

They're spies. In 45 minutes, I want a list of their identities.

If you fail to comply, I will release two vials of the virus in major cities.

Looks like Saunders has a daughter. A daughter?

We know she's 19 years old. She goes to school in Santa Barbara.

I was just about to call the Santa Barbara office to have her picked up.

Tony, that's not the right play. If you wanna grab her for questioning,

you're gonna have to do it without him knowing, which means we have to conduct...

a plain-sight swap-- switch her out with one of our own agents.

Okay. Let's see her. Okay, now remember, Kim.

-You're not gonna fool anyone who knows Jane up close. -I know.

Clear.

Do you think I'm playing a game here with you?

Hundreds of thousands of peoples' lives are on the line.

You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation.

Where is your father, Jane? I don't know!

Could you, uh, help me find something down this aisle? Yeah. No problem.

You call for help, I'll kill you right now.

Kim. Damn it!

Saunders is going to know we have his daughter.

The following takes place between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m.

These are the quarantine zones that were set up an hour ago. Since then,

two new, symptomatic patients were discovered

at an E.R. in Silver Lake and Hancock Park.

Those two cases engendered five new quarantine areas.

That's three percent of the city.

If containment isn't total, it'll grow exponentially.

Right. Uh, thanks, Adam.

We're all tired. I know that. Some of you have been working for 24 hours straight.

So I don't have to tell you how serious the situation is.

But we can't drift.

If there ever was a worst-case scenario, this is it. We're in it.

Everyone has to stay on point.

We've switched from prevention to containment.

The virus is out.

I'll start a workup. Okay.

Let's keep this area clear.

All the way back, other side of the road.

You all right? Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm sorry it had to go down like this.

The man I shot, is he dead?

Yeah.

What's gonna happen now? Saunders is gonna know we have Jane.

- This is Jack. - Jack, it's Forrester.

The Saunders girl's calmed down. You can try talking to her again.

Okay. Thanks, Rachel.

We'll see what we can get from the daughter.

I understand that, Tony. So you'll tell him?

Yeah. I'll tell him. We should deploy C.D.C. underlying areas as well?

I want every precaution taken. I'll get back to you.

Yeah.

What's going on with Jack Bauer? The operation wasn't completely successful.

Now, David, they do have Saunders's daughter,

but they were unable to remain covert.

So Saunders knows we have her? No. Not yet.

But C.T.U. is estimating he'll find out within the hour.

- What's Jack's plan? - Use Saunders's daughter to try to locate him.

David, listen. The deadline for his next demand is gonna be up in about 15 minutes.

Giving this guy a list of every foreign

operative on our payroll is an act of treason.

I know that, but he'll release more of the virus if we don't.

So what do you wanna do?

I wanna see what Bauer gets out of Saunders's daughter first.

You know what just happened?

A man who your father hired to protect you, just tried to kill one of my agents.

So you killed him, right?

The man that worked for my father.

You're a smart girl, Jane. Look out in that room.

Everyone here is a federal agent whose job is

to protect the lives of American citizens.

I know how hard it must be for you to believe everything...

that everybody's been telling you about your father.

But I'm going to show you some things that'll change your mind.

The sooner you stop resisting me, the sooner you can help us start saving lives.

Why are you putting all this on me?

Because you're Stephen Saunders's daughter.

And, unfortunately, you're the only leverage we have against him.

You can't just say these outrageous things and expect me to believe you.

I know.

Truth is, I-- I knew your father.

I worked with him.

He was a good man. He was a brave man.

But something's happened to him.

All I care about right now is stopping him from doing what he's doing.

I can't do that without you. I need your help.

Palmer still hasn't sent the list yet.

He has 15 more minutes.

C.T.U. is trying to use I.P. locators to get at you through the domain name.

- We're protected though, right? - Yes. It's a dead end.

Good.

Thank you.

I'm gonna show you who your father really is.

These photographs were taken over eight years ago.

Your father told your mother that he was going to Europe on a fact-finding mission.

The truth is we were both part of a Special Forces unit...

that was dispatched to Kosovo to kill a man name Victor Drazen.

This is where the mission ended. Drazen's hideout.

When I left Kosovo, I believed your father had died in the blast.

The British government told your mother that's where he died too.

But recently, we discovered through phone records that your father...

had contacted you four years ago to tell you he was still alive.

Is that right? Yes.

A couple of months after my mother died, I got a call from him.

He said he was living in Europe under an assumed name, and nobody knew he was alive.

And for his protection, I couldn't tell anyone that I had spoken to him.

Did he ever tell you why he contacted you after so many years?

Yes.

He missed me.

I understand that.

Over the last three to four hours, we've been pulling data from Interpol.

Here are some more recent images.

This is your father with Siad Calabi,

a known weapons dealer in the Middle East.

Here he's seen meeting with Ari Consul, a biologist from Jakarta...

who's spending the rest of his life in prison for the manufacturing of...

illegal biological weapons. This doesn't prove anything.

He could've been meeting with these people for any number of reasons.

I'll play you an audio file. One of three that we got from your father earlier today.

This is your father talking to the president of the United States.

Working against those countries at the behest of the American military machine.

In 45 minutes, I want a list of their identities sent to me by way of a Web site,

If you fail to comply, I will release two vials of the virus in major cities.

Two more vials of the virus. He's already released one.

This is a live video feed from the Chandler Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles...

where your father ordered the release of one of the vials of the virus...

into the ventilation system of the hotel.

The people you're looking at will be dead within the next two to three hours.

Almost 800 of them are infected, Jane.

This is how they'll die.

- I don't wanna see any more. - I don't wanna see any more either.

You can help us stop this, Jane. Please.

Please.

I have a phone number.

He told me to call it day or night if I ever got in trouble.

- Have you ever used it before? - No.

We need it.

No! No! It's a mistake!

No, it's not. I'm okay! I don't have any infection!

No! Don't take me in there with those people! I don't wanna die!

I don't wanna die!

Michelle, I just got a call. Your lab results are on their way here.

I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr. President.

- What is this, Aaron? - Our bureau chief just informed me...

that N.H.S. believes Los Angeles is no longer safe.

We would like to move you out of the state.

I appreciate your concern.

Tell Chief Kurtzman I'd rather manage matters from here.

Sir, I'm afraid this isn't a request.

Excuse me?

Secret Service is invoking Section 32.

For your own protection, we are requiring you to accompany us to Air Force One.

- You're ordering me? - Yes, sir. It's for your safety.

Wayne? I don't know the specifics of the code,

but it seems Secret Service is invoking it.

And, David, here in L.A., the threat is serious.

It's serious everywhere. At least here we know what we're facing.

Who has to sign off on this, Aaron?

Chief Kurtzman and myself.

I'd like a word in private with you, Aaron.

Sir, I'm sorry for appearing to overstep my bounds.

It's my job to protect you.

Listen, Aaron, you've been with me from the beginning.

You don't have to apologize for doing your job.

But this crisis will end.

And the people in this city, in this country,

will be stronger knowing that their president

stood by them shoulder to shoulder.

I'm asking you as a friend and a fellow citizen, protect me...

but here in Los Angeles.

Can you do that for me?

Yes, sir. For you I can.

Thank you. Yes, sir.

Mr. President, the conference call is about to begin.

Jack, you there? Yeah, I'm on.

- Mr. President? - Mr. Almeida,

I understand we may have a way to locate this man, Stephen Saunders.

Yes, sir, we do. However, my technical staff just informed me...

that to do so properly, may take 15 minutes, possibly longer.

So there's no way we can get to him in the next few minutes?

No, sir, there's not.

Okay, gentlemen, time is upon us.

Having considered all the possible scenarios,

I see no other choice than to draw our line in the sand.

I will not give in to Saunders's latest demand.

Mr. President, I hope you understand that that leaves us with only one option.

That's to use Stephen Saunders's daughter as

a hostage and hope that that'll stop him.

I understand. All right, gentlemen, get to it.

Yes, Mr. President. Yes, sir.

David, are you sure we're doing the right thing?

The only thing I'm sure of is we cannot let this country be taken over by this madman.

How do you wanna do this?

How long do we have to keep him on the line so we can run a trace?

About a minute. Okay. We need to cover our bases.