24

Previously on 24.

Here are all the access codes for C.T.U. and Division.

- Thanks. - I'm probably gonna be gone for awhile.

If you need anything, you can always call me at home.

Excuse me, sir. Ms. Driscoll's replacement arrived.

Tony, I want to thank you for filling in.

I'd like you to stick around and assist Ms. Dessler.

- Who? - Michelle Dessler. Do you know her?

I used to be married to her.

- I have to go to McLennan-Forster. - Why there?

It turns out the man we're looking for works there.

You need to get into their computer system?

- Yeah. - Okay. I'll go with you.

So how can I help C.T.U.?

One of your employees, a Harris Barnes, is actually Habib Marwan,

one of the terrorists responsible for todays's attack...

and the theft of the override device.

We need you to take your I.T. systems off-line,

so Paul can look into his directory.

C.T.U. will subpoena those files.

They will find out the truth.

Damn it! What's he doing?

He's trying to rebuild the files I deleted.

Look at this.

Son of a bitch. It's encrypted.

That's it. Print it out. Now. Now!

They're gonna find evidence we sold arms to terrorists.

The pulse bomb-- We have to use it now.

We're dealing with an E.M.P.

Once it goes off,

everything within its radius that has an electrical component gets fried.

I'm gonna try and stop it. If I don't,

take the hard copy, meet me in front of the building.

The C.T.U. agent is heading down near you. Don't let him anywhere near it.

Oh, my God.

The following takes place between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Are any electronic devices working in the area?

Only the most basic battery-powered devices.

How many square miles are affected by the blackout?

Eight-- including the southeast quadrant of downtown.

Okay. Hold your position until the readings stabilize.

Copy that. Any word from Jack or Paul?

No. Once the pulse bomb went off, we lost all communication with them.

What was the last word we heard from them?

Jack and Paul found something.

It seems it must have been incriminating to McLennan-Forster.

So that's why they set off the E.M.P.-- to destroy the evidence.

That'd be my guess. It just doesn't make sense.

The fact that McLennan-Forster is taking aggressive action...

is evidence against them.

Yeah, but it's not proof.

Curtis, could Jack or Paul have been injured from the detonation?

No. An E.M.P. only damages electronics.

But it doesn't mean they're safe.

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We know you printed a document before the E.M.P. detonated.

Where is it?

It's up to you.

You decide when the pain stops.

Call me when he talks. Yes, sir.

No!

Drop the gun or I kill him.

I said, "Drop it."

Paul, where is the data printout?

I hid it in an office down the hallway.

I know you're hurt, but we've gotta get it and get out of here. Let's go.

Let's go.

It's here. Come on.

Take a seat. Where is it?

Bottom drawer, under some folders.

I hid it because I thought I might be captured.

Is this it? Yeah. It's in code.

I couldn't make any sense out of it.

We need to get it back to C.T.U.

I don't think I could've held out much longer.

You did great.

- Let's go. -

For those of you who don't know, this is Michelle Dessler.

She'll be taking over as acting director of C.T.U., effective immediately.

Tony, I appreciate you carrying the ball until Michelle got here.

Why don't you bring her and everyone else up to speed?

Yes, sir.

Less than an hour ago, we discovered...

that the man responsible for planning today's attacks...

Habib Marwan, has been a long-term employee of McLennan-Forster...

the third-largest defense contractor in the country.

Now, we know that Marwan's been using the alias Harris Barnes.

What we don't know yet is how he managed to evade their security checks.

Marwan knows we're lookin' for him, so he's probably gone dark,

but his association with McLennan-Forster has become our primary focus.

Jack Bauer and Paul Raines went to the company to inspect his computer files.

As they were doing so, an electromagnetic pulse bomb was detonated...

wiping out the company's entire database.

It also fried every electrical device within an eight-mile radius:

streetlights, computers, cars, cell phones-- everything.

Were Jack and Paul able to find anything before detonation?

Yeah, but we haven't been able to contact them since the blast.

We have to assume whoever detonated the E.M.P....

thinks Jack and Paul found something and wants them eliminated.

Have rescue teams been sent into the area?

Not yet. Once we've confirmed that the effects have subsided,

we'll send two teams in with fully functional electronics.

The only problem is, until we find Jack and Paul,

they're not gonna be able to do much.

We wanna do everything we can to find Jack Bauer and Paul Raines,

but the priority is to retrieve...

any information they found at McLennan-Forster.

That's all.

Tony.

I need the access codes for C.T.U. and Division.

- Thank you. - What do you want me to do?

Division's sending over a supplemental list of terrorists...

who supposedly had contacts with Habib Marwan.

Check any names that have been flagged by other agencies,

including overseas.

Given what's happening right now, it doesn't seem like the best use of my time.

It has to be done and I'd like you to do it.

Michelle, Jack and Paul have information that could be vital to ending this crisis.

I should be helping us find them.

Michelle! The last time I saw you,

you couldn't stay sober long enough to keep a job.

That was six months ago.

This is what I need you to do. If you don't like it, you can resign.

I'm gonna need a security clearance.

I'll make sure you get a level three.

Level three? I used to have a six.

Right now, all you need is three.

Is there a problem with Agent Almeida? Not at all.

It's just that Secretary Heller is very sensitive to personal conflicts on the job.

I know your history. I know that you guys were married...

and that he sacrificed his career to save your life,

but if this is gonna be a problem--

His being here will not affect my work. I won't let it.

Now, if Secretary Heller wants to speak to me about it, I'll be more than glad to.

We are receiving preliminary reports from L.A.P.D....

indicating that there is widespread looting...

going on in the blacked-out zone.

A number of cars have been set on fire and stores ransacked.

Witnesses report shots were heard. There may even be casualties.

We just don't know at this time. Shots were heard?

That could be the same people that are after Jack.

What information can Jack have found worth setting off a pulse bomb?

Something that implicates McLennan-Forster.

Anything they're doing now is insignificant if there's proof...

that they helped Marwan with today's attacks.

This is Anderson. It's time for you to go.

Marwan, your face is all over the news.

Don't worry about it. Things will proceed as planned.

- Are you ready? - Yes, of course.

How long will it take you to get there? Less than 30 minutes.

I'll inform the others.

The helicopter's heading to McLennan-Forster,

and it's not responding to any of our I.D. requests.

You sure? Yeah. I'm positive.

Michelle. Excuse me.

There's a chopper flying through the dead zone-- not one of ours.

Police? No, not one of theirs either. I checked.

We wouldn't have picked it up if it wasn't for its electronic signature.

- Where's it going? - Straight for McLennan-Forster.

Is it possible that it could be some sort of corporate rescue chopper?

No, they would've given the police a call sign.

That's a search-and-destroy mission.

A chopper that size carries 20 men, fully armed.

Who would've sent it?

Whoever set off the E.M.P. They're goin' after Jack and Paul.

McLennan-Forster has been training mercenaries for years.

Contact our field teams in the air.

Let them know about the intruding chopper. You got it.

I'll be right back.

Jack, I can't do this. You don't have a choice. Come on.

Get me some gear.

These are the two men we're looking for. They have a document--

a computer printout that's encoded.

We need to erase these two men and recover the document.

Just be aware, one of them is a C.T.U. field agent.

You want us to kill a federal agent?

I'll take care of him personally. He went bad,

started helping the terrorists, dragged the company into it.

L.A.P.D. is beginning to respond in this area,

so we're gonna have to do this quickly if we want to stay off of their radar.

Use that to keep in touch.

Sir, we just spotted two men headed east on Addison.

Deploy your men in a flanking position...

a mile down the road and then start movin' in.

- We'll fan out and come in from behind. - You got it.

Give me that chopper back in the northwest corner. Let's move!

Come on.

Come on. This way.

This way.

Why are we going here? Weapons and ammunition.

- - [ Man ] Get away from there!

- Paul, get down! -

Get out of here. The next one won't miss.

- I'm a federal agent. - Yeah, sure you are. Get away from here!

Look, we need your help.

- Go! Now! - Just relax.

I'm leaving. Okay? I'm leaving.

- - Drop the weapon... now!

Kick the gun over to me.

Paul! Yeah?