24

Previously on 24.

I just got off the phone with one of my sources over at Keeler's headquarters.

Sherry was there, meeting privately with Keeler.

- Meeting Keeler about what? - He didn't know, David.

I came here because I can guarantee you a win in November.

David Palmer is an accessory to murder.

David lied to the chief of police last night in order to provide an alibi for me.

Why are you lying to me? I screwed up earlier.

The sat transmission on my system was forged by my own people.

Making a mistake is one thing. Covering it up is another.

I can't let you stay in place. I am taking over command of C.T.U. now.

I made a mistake, Jack. No, Tony. You made two.

I'm going to let you speak to your husband.

Tell him that you're okay and you're being treated well.

Are you all right? I'm fine.

- Don't let them do this. - If Jane is not released when I order it,

your wife dies-- that's all you need to know.

Are we clear?

From this point on, I'm assuming control of C.T.U.

Tony Almeida has stepped down.

I'm taking Jane Saunders to Division.

Here's the order.

We're leaving right now. Okay.

We're going out this way here.

Where are all the guards? We don't need those guards anymore.

Jack! Tony locked me in here. Saunders has Michelle.

He's using her as leverage to get his daughter out.

This is Almeida. We're out. I've got her.

I'll give you further instructions in 20 minutes.

Exit security, I need a 20 on Tony Almeida.

The following takes place between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Excuse me.

Chloe, I want you to pull up all the surveillance tape from every exit.

I want you to focus on the last 10 minutes.

Adam, have you linked up with traffic surveillance yet?

I'm working with Caltrans.

I heard Tony took Jane Saunders out without authorization. That's right.

Why? Saunders has Michelle. He wants to trade her for his daughter.

Jane Saunders is the only leverage we have. Trust me. I know that.

I got him. He left the building three minutes ago...

and drove off the premises 90 seconds later. Adam, he's in a silver S.U.V.

Chase, prep a tactical team. Be ready to move as soon as I give you an order.

I got him. Jack, he's on Fifth about a half a mile from here, heading east.

I'll call you from the car.

Son of a bitch.

- Are you okay? - It's just traffic.

You've been acting all weird since we left.

There's a lot going on right now.

You never really explained why you wanted to transfer me to this Division place.

I told you. I know what you told me. It doesn't make sense.

Well, I don't have the time to explain it to you right now.

Almeida got my daughter out of C.T.U.

You need to be ready to move the moment I tell you.

When are you calling Almeida with instructions? Fifteen minutes.

I'll be with Frederick.

At least 800 people are dead or dying in the Chandler Plaza Hotel...

because Saunders released a weaponized virus into the ventilation system.

What the media is reporting is a cover story.

They're deflecting the truth to avoid mass panic.

You'll be infected along with everyone else!

No matter what he's paying you, it's not worth losing your life!

Jack's in pursuit of Tony. We move out as soon as we get a location on Saunders.

Understand? Good. Kim.

Yeah? What are you doing?

I'm working with the team that's monitoring my father.

I thought you were setting up a tactical unit. Yeah. I am.

We have to wait until we get a location on Saunders. Until then we're on standby.

All right. Listen.

Before I have to go back out there, I wanna talk to you.

- About what? - About us.

I need to know whether there's gonna be an us.

Look, I've been thinking about it a lot, and the baby changes everything.

It doesn't change the way I feel about you.

Let's forget about me for a second. You have a daughter...

and a job that won't let you be with her.

Is that you talking or your father?

My dad would be the first one to admit it. He wasn't the greatest dad.

And it wasn't because he didn't love me. I know he loved me.

It was because of his job.

If I transferred out of Field Ops, would you consider staying with me?

I wanna stay with you. And I would raise a child with you, Chase.

I just won't raise one for you.

- Adam, is he still on Fifth Street? - No. I lost him.

- He must've turned between Jarvis and Hill. - Widen the search.

I am. Okay, Jack. I've got him. He's going south on Vine, two blocks below Hill.

You can save some time by cutting-- Okay. I got it.

He's hit traffic at Fillmore. You might be able to intercept on Grand.

Look, I know you're lying to me. I know you're not taking me to Division.

You'll be fine, Jane. All right?

At least tell me where we're going.

- Where are you taking me? - Back to your father.

My father? Why?

He's holding my wife hostage. He'll kill her if I don't take you back to him.

So, basically, you're kidnapping me?

- I'm sorry. - After everything he's done,

how can you be sure he'll do what he says?

How do you know he won't kill your wife anyway?

I don't have a choice. I wish I did, but I don't.

Tony, put the gun on the dash!

Put the gun on the dash now!

Slowly get out of the car.

Jane, stay where you are. Everything's gonna be fine.

Saunders has Michelle.

- I know. - He wants to make a trade. Michelle for his daughter.

- I know. I can't let that happen. - I almost lost her once today.

I'm not losing her again. Tony, listen to me.

I understand exactly how you're feeling. I've been there.

And you handled it just like me! You kept everyone else out of it.

This is different. Millions of lives are at stake. Rules apply to other people...

but not to you, right, Jack? Tony, just calm down. Okay, come on.

You help me make this trade, I'll turn myself in,

go to prison, whatever has gotta happen.

I can't do it. We need Jane to lure her father in.

- Even if it means Michelle's gotta die? - Michelle doesn't have to die.

We can string Saunders along. I need you to start working with me.

Chase has already got a strike team-- No! No, no, no!

Saunders sees I've brought C.T.U. into this, he kills Michelle!

He's not gonna know we're there.

Tony, where are you meeting him?

Tony, you don't have a choice right now. You've gotta work with me on this.

Where is the meeting?

Come on. Where are you meeting him?

He wants me to be at a public pay phone at the

corner of Taylor and Vine in five minutes.

He'll give me further instructions from there.

Thank you. You're doing the right thing.

The quarantined areas are circled in red.

Now as far as we know, we have containment.

We're still not certain? No. But we can't really be certain for hours.

Maybe days. David, listen. The press is breathing down Jerry's neck pretty hard.

Now, he thinks we should release a statement. I already have.

I've closed down public transportation,

and I've told the people to stay in their homes.

We have F-18s patrolling the skies.

Yeah, but we haven't revealed the exact nature of this threat,

and the press is picking up on that.

We have 10 million people spread out over a 4,000 square mile area.

If even a small percentage decide to leave at the same time,

it will ignite a public panic beyond anything we could control.

The right thing to do is to withhold the truth

until we're sure the virus is contained.

I'll tell Jerry to hold off on the press as long as he can.

[ Woman ] Mr. President.

Yes, Jeannie? Senator Keeler's here to see you.

Have him brought in. Yes, sir.

- In here, sir. - Thank you.

- Hello, John. - Mr. President.

- Please, take a seat. - Thank you, I'll stand.

You can imagine my surprise when I was told that you wanted to see me.

Are you withdrawing from the race?

Mr. President, with respect to the death of Alan Milliken,

I know you lied to the police.

Excuse me? You obstructed the investigation of a capital crime.

That's a baseless charge, John,

though I've come to expect this kind of recklessness from you.

No, sir. It is neither baseless nor reckless.

This is a photograph of the nitroglycerin medicine...

that would've saved Milliken's life,

if it hadn't been kept from him.

You told the police Sherry was with you at the time of Milliken's death.

Her fingerprints on this prescription bottle prove otherwise.

Now, the last thing this country needs...

is to have its president dragged through the mud for complicity in a murder.

Why are you showing me this, John? What do you want?

Your resignation.

Not immediately, of course.

But once this crisis you're dealing with is over,

you can resign with whatever face-saving reason you want to give.

Get out of here.

I'm offering you the chance to leave office with honor.

To control how your legacy is written.

It's a good deal, David. You should take it.

- He's gonna call in one minute. I should go to the phone. - Okay.

As soon as Saunders tells you where he wants

the exchange, you need to reject the location.

Force him into picking a secondary location,

so Chase has time to embed his teams.

If I don't show up where and when Saunders wants me to, he's gonna kill Michelle.

- Not as long as we have his daughter. - What if he doesn't go for it?

Don't give him a choice. You've got some leverage here, Tony, use it.

All right. I need to go.

My father kidnapped his wife because of me?

Something like that.

And now you wanna use me as bait to get to him?

We're gonna do whatever we have to to stop your father from releasing this virus.

Stay here. We'll be right back.

- Where are we meeting? - First let me speak with my daughter.

No. You can talk to her when we make the exchange.

All right. Bring her to an industrial park...

three miles north of where you are, on Morton Road.

A car will be waiting at loading dock 22.

Choose a new place. That doesn't work.

Make it work. You've got 10 minutes...

to get to the industrial park or your wife will die.

If we meet there, we all die. Really?

C.T.U. has redundant satellite surveillance of that area.

They're dedicating all their resources to finding me right now.

If you want your daughter back safely, you pick a new spot.

I am not negotiating terms, Mr. Almeida. I've

planned too long and too hard for this day.