24

Previously on 24.

- We have a successful launch. - Good.

Mr. President, my government has alerted me of the nuclear weapon heading toward my country.

That's correct, Mr. Ambassador. We've made good on our threat.

We've identified a general in our central command,

General Mohmar Habib, who has also been in contact with Fayed.

He's been helping orchestrate the attacks on your country.

I really hope protecting this man was worth pushing us to the brink of World War III.

I've never found pharmaceutical torture all that effective. -I have.

If this is supposed to frighten me, you're wasting your time.

I won't tell you a thing.

- - Watch out!

We staged a fake rescue of Fayed by C.T.U. agents...

posing as members of a terrorist cell with loyalties to Habib.

He wants us to help you rendezvous with your men. Where do you want us to take you?

If you take your orders from General Habib as I do, how is it I've never heard of you?

- Fayed's gone. - Jamal's still alive. Stay with him.

Call in a medic. On it.

C.T.U., the bombs are secure.

Hello? Jack. Are you there?

- Can you hear me? - Audrey?

Help me, Jack.

Hello, Mr. Bauer. Yes, Ms. Raines is alive.

If you wish her to remain that way, you will call me back in 10 minutes.

If you make any attempt to find our location, she dies. - Cheng!

The following takes place between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m.

Agent Bauer, you really do need to get to a hospital, but I understand the circumstances.

At least this will help you with the pain. Thank you.

Hey, Jack, so the marines, they're gonna secure the nukes and prepare them for transport.

They're calling the shots now. The military's taking over?

According to a presidential order. D.O.D. doesn't want C.T.U. in charge anymore.

Buchanan wants you to call as soon as the nukes are ready for transport to a NEST facility.

Can you handle that for me? Sure.

Jack.

What?

I just... I know you've been through hell, not just today, but the last couple of years,

and I just wanted to thank you for what you did today,

'cause it could have ended a hell of a lot worse,

and it would have if you weren't here.

I appreciate that. Excuse me.

Agent Doyle, Highway Patrol's finished locking down all roads.

Watch out behind you.

Yes? This is Bauer. Let me speak to Audrey.

You've already spoken to her.

I wanna make sure she's all right.

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

Everyone has given up on you... Everyone... except for Ms. Raines.

Over the objections of your government, her family, her friends,

she came to Beijing just to find you.

Since you proved to be an uncooperative prisoner,

we felt she would be an asset we might be able to exploit one day,

and that day is here.

I'll hand myself over to you. Tell me where.

A man who won't break is of no use to us.

But the Russian suitcase nukes you captured...

Why? Your country has the technology to build those weapons.

It's not the weapons themselves we're interested in.

What we want is the component from the triggering mechanism.

It contains prototype algorithm old enough...

to be free of any modern decryption safeguards.

With it, we will have access...

to virtually all Russian defense technology.

It's a simple exchange.

You give me the component, I give you Audrey.

If you refuse, I kill her.

The Russians will know that we supplied you with the algorithm.

You would be starting World War III.

I suggest we leave that to the diplomats to sort out.

Even if I wanted to, the bombs are under military control.

I couldn't get anywhere near them. You'll find a way.

If I'm gonna agree to this, I wanna speak to Audrey now.

Very well.

Speak to him.

Jack. - Audrey, are you all right? Did they hurt you?

No. Jack, I... I'm sorry.

You have nothing to be sorry for.

The only thing that's important is that you're alive.

I know what they're asking for.

I can handle it. I promise you I'm gonna get you outta there.

Just don't be frightened.

You have one hour to call this number when you're ready to make the exchange.

An hour's not gonna give me enough time. Cheng? Cheng?

Yeah, go ahead and move it all the way back.

- You know, you really should work from Medical, sir.

Come on. At least they can monitor you there. I'm fine, Tom.

I... I don't think that you are, sir. And neither does Dr. Welton.

Putting myself under medical supervision...

might give the vice president yet another pretext to try and take a run at my job.

You don't need to worry about that, sir.

What exactly do you have on Vice President Daniels?

I have the truth, sir.

Well, now is the time that I need to know what that is.

It is a tape recording of Vice President Daniels...

conspiring with Lisa Miller to commit perjury...

at your competency hearing.

I'd love to hear that as soon as possible.

Mr. President, Tom, I have good news.

C.T.U. has recovered the two remaining suitcase nukes. - When?

Just a few minutes ago. I just got off the phone with Bill.

He's waiting to brief you as soon as you're ready.

What about Fayed? He and his men were killed during the assault.

Then it's over. - Well, it certainly seems so, sir. Congratulations.

The American people should know,

and I wanna tell them that we're no longer at risk of a nuclear attack.

I'll have the press corps down here in 30 minutes. No. No, Karen.

We're gonna do this from upstairs, in the press room.

Shouldn't we wait for clearance from Secret Service?

No, Tom. There's no need for any of us to be hiding underground for a minute longer.

Inform Secret Service that we'll be leaving the bunker...

and returning to the Oval Office.

Yes, sir.

Morris is coordinating with the marines' Technical Escort Unit...

to transfer the bombs to a NEST facility.

Now that they've taken custody,

I'd like you all to submit your briefings to the respective department heads.

I'd like to share my pride in the work that you've all done.

We were hit hard, but not one of you gave up.

You've done excellent work today.

- O'Brian. - Hey, it's me.

Jack, you did it. Chloe, listen to me. I need your help.

Well, can it wait? We're just transferring the bombs and doing cleanup.

No, it can't. What is it?

Chloe, Audrey's still alive.

No, she's not.

Yes, she is. I just talked to her. The Chinese faked her car accident.

They've been holding her a prisoner since she was in Beijing trying to find me.

Oh, my God.

We have to tell Mr. Buchanan. He'll never go along with it.

Go along with what?

The Chinese wanna exchange Audrey for an F.B. subcircuit board from one of the nukes.

It'll give them complete access to Russian defense technology.

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

Jack, we both know that if we do this,

it will create an international situation big-time.

Chloe, I know. I promise I will do whatever I have to...

to stop the Chinese from getting that circuit board.

But right now, I need you to get me the schematics for those bombs.

Those files aren't on my system.

They were reclassified when D.O.D. took possession of the suitcase nuke you disarmed.

Then you're gonna have to figure out a way to get them,

'cause without those schematics, I won't know what I'm looking for.

Yes, I understand, but I don't know how I can do this.

Chloe, Audrey's life is at stake. Think.

I realize you've all been at this today for at least 18 hours.

Wait. Morris.

He had to file a report with D.O.D. about the work he did on the nukes.

It contained a revised schematic.

It might still be on his hard drive. Can you access it?

Only directly from his terminal. Chloe, please. Do it.

Where do you want me to send it?

To the cell phone that I'm calling you from.

Use the secure line Alpha 539.

Hold on.

It's here. The file's coming up.

I'm sending it to your screen. Stand by.

Copy that.

Come on. Chloe, I don't see anything.

It needs to load before it sends.

There's still 30% to go. Damn it. What?

Morris is coming back to his station. Hurry.

Well, there's nothing I can do. I need to log out now. He's here.

No, Chloe, wait.

Jack. Come on.

- - I got it.

Yes?

Mr. President, Vice President Daniels is here.

- Send him in. - Yes, sir.

Noah,

please sit.

Listen, I, uh...

I wanna begin by expressing my gratitude to you...

for a lesson well learned.

I'm not sure what you mean by that, Mr. President.

I still believe attacking Abu Fayed's country with a nuclear weapon...

would've been a serious mistake, Noah... I'm not gonna lie to you about that.

But if you hadn't have put that option on the table in the first place,

I never would have gone as far as I did.

And the bombs might still be out there.

That being said, I think we would both agree...

that our relationship has always been a marriage of convenience,

a way to strengthen the ticket rather than a case of us...

actually seeing eye to eye on pretty much anything.

And now that it's over, this crisis,

it's become clear to me, Noah,

that I just don't think it's possible for us to work together anymore.

Excuse me?

I'm asking for your resignation.

How dare you.

You don't have the right to ask for my resignation.

This isn't about what the Constitution says, Noah.

It's about what's best for this country in a time of crisis.

And how in the world do you figure that?

I can't lead effectively with you undermining me...

at every single opportunity that you may get.

And let's be honest with each other.

That's exactly what you would do if you stayed in place.

Mr. President,

I refuse.

Good night.

You don't wanna walk out that door. Not like this.