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We need to pick him off to try and save the president.

I'll make a run for the lockdown room.

There are five canisters of CH4.

- All we need is one stray bullet. - A suicide play, Jack.

We don't have a choice.

Don't you move!

We have the president. The president is secure.

I'm so sorry, Jack. I know that he was your friend.

It was supposed to be me.

Juma and his men were not working alone.

Right now the only lead we've got is Ryan Burnett.

He knew about the attack on the White House,

and chances are he's gonna know who Juma was talking to.

I'm thinking about bringing Olivia on as a special adviser.

Nobody's forgotten what she did during the campaign.

Leaking damaging personal information about your opponent to the press?

- She's changed. - It's not the past that concerns me.

Do you think any of this would have happened if my mother...

had a chief adviser who knew what the hell was going on in her administration?

I just got off the phone with Ethan Kanin.

He's ordering me to let Bauer interrogate Burnett.

Look, I didn't want to go behind your back, but you didn't leave me any choice.

I want you to clean out your office and hand in your badge. I'm suspending you.

Jack Bauer's on his way to Kennedy Memorial Hospital.

Burnett will tell him everything.

I've already sent somebody to the hospital to deal with Burnett.

He can take care of Bauer at the same time.

You lay one finger on him, it's over. Right.

Juma's attack failed. He's dead, and so are his men.

Somebody get me the hell out of here. You're not goin' anywhere.

What happened? What's goin' on?

- -

Damn it, Bauer, open the door!

I want a high-priority A.P.B. issued for Jack Bauer.

Larry, it's Jack. Listen to me. I'm being set up.

Don't let 'em get away with this. This threat is not over.

I dropped my wife off here five hours ago,

and now no one can tell me where she is.

Mr. O'Brian, the White House has been attacked.

We're in the midst of an urgent protocol.

Exactly. That's why I'd like to know if my wife is all right. She is.

She's fine. Where is she?

Tell me.

She's in a holding room on the third floor. What?

She's been arrested.

That's absurd. What's she charged with? I want to see her.

I've already told you more than I should have.

When Agent Moss returns, he'll tell you everything you need to know.

In the meanwhile, I'm going to have to ask you to wait in the conference room.

Okay? Please. I'm sorry. Please escort him to the conference room.

Thank you.

Janis, Larry's calling for you. He says it's urgent.

What line? Three.

You sign here,

verifying you understand the terms of your suspension,

and again here.

Agent Walker? Go ahead. I'm listening.

Larry, it's Janis.

- Ryan Burnett is dead. - How?

Bauer was interrogating him when it happened, and we're responsible.

You're saying that Bauer killed Burnett? I don't know.

He escaped before I could get to him. He called me,

said he was being set up but he wouldn't come in.

I lost him, Janis.

I lost him, and it's on me to find him. Just tell me what you need.

I already sent out a priority all-agency A.P.B.

I need you to follow up on that.

I'm comin' back to the office right now.

I'll coordinate a search operation from there.

Okay. Open an all-agency channel...

with flags for immediate action on Jack Bauer.

I'll make sure the local police departments are linked in.

On it. Thank you.

Janis, what did Larry say? Jack get anything out of Burnett?

You're suspended. I cannot discuss this with you.

Janis, this was my case. Tell me if Jack got anything out of Burnett.

Burnett is dead.

Well, tell me what happened.

Bauer was there, and now he's missing.

- Janis, the channel's open. - Thank you.

That's all I know, honestly.

So please let me get back to work, okay?

Please attach Jack Bauer's profile to the A.P.B.

Gotcha.

Walker. Renee, it's Jack. Don't hang up the phone, please.

Whatever they told you, I did not kill Burnett.

Renee? Yeah?

Bill was right. There are still very powerful people involved in this conspiracy...

that were not named on Dubaku's drive.

They're trying to cover their tracks.

They killed Burnett, and they're framing me for it.

Even if I wanted to help you, Jack,

Larry has every law enforcement agency within a hundred miles looking for you,

and I have been suspended. All I want you to do is make an I.D.

I got a frame grab from the hospital surveillance.

I sent you a photo of the man who did kill Burnett.

It's in your in-box.

Renee, this man is the only connection I have...

to whoever else is involved in this thing.

Please, I need your help.

Look, I know you don't agree with some of the things I did today, but...

I'm telling you the truth.

Renee?

You know what?

Forget it. I'm s... I'm sorry. I made a mistake.

I'll call you back at this number.

Metro Police, this is the F.B.I. reporting.

We have a suspect, Jack Bauer, that's escaped custody.

All available units, please respond.

G16, G17 responding.

Yes, Quinn?

Bauer got away from the F.B.I.

How? Bauer's an extremely impressive operative.

You don't have to tell me that.

But the F.B.I. has launched a major effort to apprehend him.

He won't be able to avoid them for long. Well, we'll see, won't we?

- Monitor the situation, keep me apprised. - Yes, sir.

If Bauer connects us to Juma, it could seriously impede this operation.

Yes, it could.

Is the shipment on time?

Yes. Due into port in the next hour.

Then I don't foresee a problem.

Once the weapons are deployed, then it doesn't matter...

what Mr. Bauer or anyone else knows.

- Something wrong? - No, sir.

Mr. Seaton,

I get no pleasure from the knowledge...

that people will die at our hands.

One single soul... the loss of one soul... is tragic to me,

let alone the numbers we're talking about.

But do not forget...

that every war worth fighting involves collateral damage,

and what we're doing is fundamentally and absolutely necessary,

and I know you understand that.

Of course.

Wake up our colleagues and have them assembled in one hour.

And tell them to pack their pajamas and their toothbrushes.

It's gonna be a long night.

Yeah? I have an I.D.

- Who is it? - John Quinn...

Black ops combat vet, served tours all over the world.

- Now he works for Starkwood. - The defense consultants?

Uh, yeah. They started out as consultants.

But over the past few years, while you were out of the country,

the Pentagon outsourced billions of dollars in contracts to them.

What kind of contracts?

Manpower. Starkwood's basically a private army.

They recruit ex-soldiers and SWAT team members from around the world,

then they hire them back to the military as security teams.

We're talking thousands of men deployed here and abroad.

Starkwood work with Juma?

Well, if they did, it wasn't on the books.

But you know, if anyone knows, it's Senator Mayer.

Why Mayer?

After he dismantled C.T.U., he launched several other investigations.

One of them's been looking at Starkwood.

What were they accused of? The hearings are classified,

but supposedly Mayer has enough to put them out of business.

Okay, I'm gonna need to talk to him. See if you can access the C.I.R.G. logs.

- They should have a location on him. - Okay.

I'll send you Mayer's location as soon as I have it. Thanks.

- Agent Walker still here? - She was just in her office.

But there's somebody waiting to see you in the conference room. They need to...

- -

Just have a few more forms to fill out, then I'm taking off.

Did you hear what happened at the hospital?

After everything that Jack's done today,

do you really believe that he murdered Burnett?

I don't know.

I... I don't care.

He's a federal fugitive and needs to be found.

But you think it's possible that he did this?

'Cause I'm not sure that I do.

It's been a long day. Go home.

Get some sleep.

- Call you in the morning. - Okay.

Excuse me, Larry.

Morris O'Brian is waiting in the conference room.

He wants to know why his wife is in holding.

Renee talked to Bauer. How do you know?

Access her phone log for the last 15 minutes.

And get into her workstation to find out what she's been doin'. -All right.

Want to catch Bauer, she's our best shot. Okay.

We've received confirmation that President Taylor...

will be making a statement to the country shortly.

She is expected to address the attack on the White House...

that ended an hour ago in a startling rescue.

Now, based on the few details we have,

we do know the rescue resulted in the death of General Juma and all of his forces.

Angela, how much lead time does the media need...

once I'm finished with my revisions?

The major outlets will put us on immediately.

I'll be done shortly. Thank you, Angela.

I have a thought about the speech, if you'd like to hear it.

Of course.