24

Previously on 24.

What if I can get us a copy of Keeler's playbook?

What exactly do you mean by playbook?

- His entire prep for tonight's debate. - I told you to drop that.

- You just listen to me. There is something you

need to see. - There's nothing I need to see.

It's about Anne. It's something that we didn't know about her.

Something that could damage all of us.

Can I talk to you now? Yeah, of course. Okay, what's up?

Chase and I have been going out for awhile.

And it's starting to get serious. I really care for him, Dad.

- So, what do you think? - I don't know what I think.

We want the release of Ramon Salazar.

If you refuse to comply, the virus will be unleashed.

It looks like the virus was delivered in a crystalline form.

Maybe what you're looking for is a white powder.

- It would look like a bag of cocaine or heroin? - That may even be the strategy.

Someone thinks they're selling a bag of coke,

when in fact, they're handling the virus.

- Where did you get that money? - It doesn't matter.

Okay, we needed it. I got it.

So this is how you're gonna help your family, by dealing drugs?

I'm not dealing 'em. It's a stupid delivery.

If that kid's walking around with a bag of cocaine...

that's got the virus in it, and he doesn't know it?

I need to find him and stop him from putting it into circulation.

You didn't shoot up, did you? What? You think you can hide it from me?

- I'm not trying to hide it from you. I'm

trying to quit. - People don't just quit, Jack.

I am not going on record with this addiction. Do you understand me?

You're the only person who knows about it. It's gonna stay that way.

- Give me an update. - Kyle's still in his house.

What about the package? It's with him.

- And Ramon? - Just waiting to come home.

Good.

The following takes place between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Adam, have you downloaded everyone's folders for the meeting?

Not yet. I'm still pulling up some medical details about the virus.

Don't waste a lot of time. The only thing our people need to know...

is that it kills within 24 hours of exposure,

and we believe Kyle Singer has it.

I got all that. What about our approach to Singer?

Jack's gonna meet Nicole Duncan, head of Health Services, Los Angeles.

They're gonna take a HazMat team over to

Singer's apartment. He's waiting for it now.

Son of a bitch!

Hey, Jack. How ya doing? I'm okay, Nicole. How've you been?

Until this afternoon, I was doing fine.

You know, I, um, I tried to reach you after I heard about Teri.

Yeah, I know.

After that I kind of withdrew. But I appreciated the calls. Thanks.

We should get going.

I just finished running Macer's epidemiological model.

Her estimates were off. Better or worse than we thought?

Twice as bad. She had nine percent of the population infected within a week,

but it's closer to 20%.

And the infection-to-mortality rate is higher than her estimate.

Almost 95% lethal.

I've been hunting germs for 12 years, and I've never seen anything like this.

Great.

Are you feeling okay?

Yeah. Why?

You're perspiring.

Oh, it's been nonstop since noon.

Look, we're gonna be about eight minutes out.

It'd be great if we could go over the quarantine protocols before we get there.

- No problem. - Good.

If you refuse to comply, the virus will be unleashed.

We want the release of Ramon Salazar...

in the next six hours. Gael, here, take a look at this.

We're closing in on the point of origin of this call.

You see this code artifact here? Yeah.

I found a few more in this recording.

I think it's coming from a domestic switching node.

You think the call was made from inside the U.S.?

Maybe. I'm piping it over to your system.

See if you can find a match. Okay.

But do it after the meeting. What meeting?

Tony's shifting resources to help Jack in the field.

He's closing in on the virus.

Gael. Jack needs that audio feed in place when he gets to Kyle Singer's apartment.

Tony needs me to take care of something. I'll get it to you after the meeting.

I need it before the meeting. Jack's on his way there, so come do it now--

I can't. Stop bugging me. I'll get it to you.

Fine.

Have you thought about how it will be when Ramon comes back?

How it will be? Like it was before.

Things have changed, Hector.

Nothing's changed. He's only been gone three months.

You've changed.

You've been in charge while he's been in prison.

Are you willing to give that up so easily?

What is it?

Bauer's telling C.T.U. he's about to intercept the package.

How? I'm not sure. I'm about to find out.

Is Gomez still on Kyle Singer? Of course.

Then we're fine.

Hey, how was the interview?

Fine.

What's up, Dad?

Your mother told me you paid the rent.

All three months we owed?

Yeah, I came into a little money.

How does a 19-year-old kid who doesn't have a job come into a little money?

Tim and I, we went-- we went down to the track the other day.

He knows this guy over at the stable, so, uh,

we got a tip. Where did you get the money?

Dad, what does it matter?

Honestly, the rent's paid for three months, all right? The pressure's off us now.

Did you do something illegal?

No.

I told you. We went to Santa Anita, and we got lucky.

I-I didn't do anything illegal. Don't lie to me.

I got enough to worry about. Now this is my house.

I pay the rent. I take care of you and your mother.

And when you get that job, you go ahead and pay me back, all right?

Wait a second. We're not done here! No, we're done here.

Don't walk away from me! You should be thanking me instead of crawling up my ass.

Kyle! Kyle!

Open the door! Open the door!

His name is Kyle Singer. We think he's transporting the virus,

although it's likely he doesn't realize what he's carrying.

How could he not know?

Health Services believes that the virus was made to look like heroin or cocaine.

We know Kyle Singer was hired to deliver a

package from Mexico to a dealer in Los Angeles.

He thinks he's smuggling drugs. That's the working theory.

Now here's the thing-- once Singer delivers that bag of powder,

it gets cut up and distributed throughout the city.

- At that point, it becomes impossible to contain. - Is L.A.P.D. grabbing Singer?

No. Why not? Can't they get there faster?

L.A.P.D.'s not trained to handle a hot zone.

Jack Bauer is gonna go in with a team from Health Services.

We're gonna run the operation from here, updating the president in real time.

Now we have to approach Singer with care.

He has no idea how deadly the powder is.

What's going on, Sam?

Kyle locked himself in his room. Did you two fight again?

I'm not fighting. I'm establishing parameters. He doesn't respect me.

Of course he does. You just-- You just have to talk to him.

Yelling at him doesn't get you anywhere.

How can I talk to him? There's a door between us.

You need to give him the benefit of the doubt. Eighteen-hundred dollars?

And maybe there's more. He's doing something he shouldn't be.

He said he won the money at the track.

You think he could've come up with a better lie

than that. Maybe he was telling the truth.

Come on, Helen. Where you going? Wherever.

Hey, hey, hey. What's in the bag? Some clothes.

Well, open it.

What? Open the bag.

I'm warning you. Open that bag or I'm gonna open it myself.

- Mom. - Kyle, listen to your father.

It's none of his business. As long as you're living in my house it is.

Your house? This isn't your house. You can't even pay the rent.

- Oh, Kyle. - Hey!

Come on.

Come on, will you quit snooping, please? Don't even think about it.

What is this? Huh? Coke? Heroin?

Give it back, Dad. What did you say?

I need it. What do you mean, you "need" it?

What are you, some kind of junkie? No.

I'm just delivering it to this guy. If I don't get it to him-- Who?

It's just a guy, okay? Who?

Give me a name.

Kyle, answer your father.

- Just give it to me, okay! - Hey!

- Stop it! Stop it, both of you! - Get off! Get off me!

Both of you! Both of you stop!

Sam! Sam! Don't you-- Sam! Kyle! Come here! Come here!

I can't reiterate this enough. This is a credible threat.

Salazar's people will release this virus if we don't find it first.

So let's get going.

We're gonna need a white room with full audio and video capability.

Get me 3-B if that's available. Log him in.

I thought you were supposed to be with my dad.

I was. He sent me back here.

Why? To question Parker.

Parker? He already turned in Kyle Singer. What else are you gonna get from him?

Nothing. And that's the point.

I don't understand. Your dad's sidelining me, Kim. He's making me sit out.

Why? Why do you think?

Because of us?

Chase, I'm sorry.

He says he's protecting me. But I'm not the one he's trying to protect here.

You're not blaming me, are you?

Look, all I'm saying is we shouldn't have told him.

What were we supposed to do? Keep sneaking around until someone catches us?

Or we could have waited. Until when?

He'd have the same response no matter when we told him.

I gotta deal with this kid Parker.

Jeffrey, the food's exceptionally bad today.

Aren't there laws in this country for cruel and unusual punishment?

Tell Annicon I'm ready to talk.

Bauer couldn't tell me, but Salazar's got some kind of leverage.

Enough to get him released.

I'm not about to let this son of a bitch erase the last two years of my life.

Call your friend at the State Department-- see what he can tell you.

Annicon.

Mr. Annicon? Yeah.