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Right now, terrorists

are plotting to assassinate

a presidential candidate.

My wife and daughter have been targeted

and the people that I work with may be involved in both.

I’m Federal Agent Jack Bauer.

This is the longest day of my life.

Bob, what just happened? I can’t hear you.

Bob, can you hear me?

Bob!

Bob, can you hear me?

Bob, pick up the phone.

Somebody, pick up the phone.

Bob, can you hear me?

Whoever’s there, just pick up the phone!

Bob!

Can anyone hear me?

Just pick up the phone.

Pick up the phone--

At the beep, leave a message for Bob...

Oh, God, no.

Think, Jack, just think.

Routing operator.

Yeah, this is Jack Bauer.

I want you to transfer me to Agent Watson

in our New Orleans office.

Hold on one moment, please.

Thank you.

CTU, New Orleans. Watson speaking.

This is Jack Bauer in Los Angeles.

You’ve got a floating NSA operative in your region.

His name is Robert Ellis.

I think something terrible has happened to him.

All right, what would you like us to do?

I’m going to transfer you over to our comm.

They’re going to get you an address,

I want you to check it out.

Phone me back as soon as you’ve got anything, okay?

Jack... Yeah, I’ll transfer you now.

Jack... Not right now, Milo, I’m busy.

Jack, you’ve got to take a look at this. What?!

Look. These are surveillance shots

of all three backup shooters.

I cross referenced the files that Ellis sent us

with Interpol records.

How long ago?

Just now.

Any or all of them

could still be targeting Palmer.

Or you.

Right.

I already sent the photos off to Secret Service, so...

Make sure they brief Senator Palmer’s staff.

I want them to be able to keep their eyes open.

Right. Look, there’s one more thing, though.

Uh, Johnny Cool Guy, here-- his name is Alexis Drazen.

He’s Victor Drazen’s son.

He was trained in Belgrade, Special Forces.

Good work.

Hello.

It’s me.

Look, I wanted to tell you

that we’re not leaving town today after all.

What made the Senator decide to change his plans?

He didn’t say and I didn’t ask.

I was just happy that I would get to see you again so soon.

Well, I’m leaving a meeting right now.

I can be back at the hotel by 4:30.

Okay. I know where to find you.

Okay.

This is Daniels. I’m in position.

Touch your ear if you hear me.

Paulson, do you read me?

Yeah.

Breeher, talk to me. How you looking?

It’s quiet on my end.

Paulson.

Yeah, Jack. Hold on.

Excuse me, Mrs. Bauer?

It’s Jack.

Thank you.

Jack?

How you doing?

I’m doing okay.

Just trying to get some rest.

Look, I couldn’t help but feeling, after I hung up

that, I don’t know, that something was wrong.

No, I’m fine.

Look, a lot’s happened and...

I really need to talk to you.

Fine, then let’s talk.

No, not now.

Now is not the time.

Why not?

You do what you have to do

and we’ll talk when this is all over, okay?

Okay.

Um... I’m here at CTU if you need me?

I know.

Okay, bye.

Senator just arrived.

All right, folks, I know you’re all busy

so I’ll be as brief as I can be.

Good, you’re just in time.

What’s going on?

Bauer sent over photos of the people targeting you.

The threat against Senator Palmer

remains a high probability.

But, we have gotten a significant piece

of heads-up intelligence.

These three men...

are the suspected shooters.

Now, since you’re all on

the front line of this campaign

we’re hoping you can expand

our surveillance reach.

We can always use

more eyes and ears

in the field.

If you see anyone who you suspect

as being one of these people

let an agent know immediately. Everybody clear on that?

Elizabeth, what’s wrong?

Okay, Kim, but the fact is Rick ran away

before we could talk to him.

He was scared.

Apparently.

Whatever explanation he has

doesn’t change the fact that he’s a fugitive.

And if you know where he is and aren’t telling us

that in itself constitutes for a very serious...

I don’t know where he is.

Are you sure?

What I am sure of is that he helped us escape.

And if it wasn’t for him we would have never

got out of there.

Kim...

when people are taken hostage

it’s not uncommon for them to feel

a certain bond with their kidnappers.

Rick isn’t a kidnapper.

And anyway, I don’t know where he is.

Oh, I’m...

I’m sorry, Nina, I thought you were finished.

Um, whenever you’re ready

we can pick up where we left off.

Okay. Um...

Why don’t you take a break,

and your mother and I can finish up in here.

You okay?

You sure you’re okay to do this?

Yeah. Sure. Are you?

Yeah.

Listen, Nina, uh...

I don’t want you to have to tiptoe around me.

Jack and I were separated when you slept with him.

I’m not going to hold that against you, okay?

Okay, um...

you and Kim have both said that Rick helped you.

But talking to Kim, I get the sense

that, um, she’s withholding something.

Based on what?

She’s protecting Rick.

She seems to have feelings for him

from what I can tell.

Well, there may have been an attraction

when she met him last night, but if Kimberly knew anything

I’m sure she’d tell you.

Are you sure about that?

She’s my daughter.

I think I know her better than you.

Bauer.

It’s David Palmer.

Sir, is everything all right? I’m not sure.

What’s going on?

A member of my advance team, Elizabeth Nash,

she recognized one of the assassins

in the photos you sent Secret Service.

It’s Victor Drazen’s son, Alexis.

Does she know where he is?

They’re in contact.

Contact? What do you mean?

In which context?

Intimate.

Senator, is this person in a position

to endanger your security?

I’m afraid so.

Look, she’s pretty shaken up.

But she wants to help.

Good. We’ve got to bring her

into CTU right away and question her.

We’ll get a helicopter over to you

in a few minutes.

I’ll have her ready.

Oh, Jack, what about Ellis?

Was he able to retrieve

the missing file on Operation Nightfall?

I lost contact with Ellis.

Lost contact? What do you mean?

I mean we got interrupted in the middle of our phone call.