24

Previously on 24.

I'm the secretary of defense of the United States of America. You will listen to me.

Put down your weapon.

If another one of my men dies, your daughter will be killed.

We need to get out of here. What?

You're in danger. From who?

- Don't ask questions, just come with me. - Please, help me.

- Debbie, what's wrong? -

Debbie, what's wrong? Debbie?

What did you do to her?

O'Brian.

Is the satellite up yet?

No. I have to reposition without Driscoll noticing. Where are you?

I'm at a Mercury Mart in Somis.

I had to stage a robbery to keep the hostile in place.

Tell those officers to put their guns down and stand back.

Edgar, I need you to help me. Help you with what?

I've been in contact with Jack Bauer. What?

That's right. Now you're involved. You're either gonna help me or turn me in.

You're asking me to do something that can get me fired.

I know you were working with her behind Driscoll's back.

- What do you want? - I wanna make sure I have your attention whenever I need it.

Chloe, why are you logged on to an active D.O.D satellite?

- All right. You're done here. - I was gonna quit anyway.

- I want you to call Jack Bauer now. - Driscoll wants to talk to you.

Stand down, Jack. It's over.

Erin, right now Hasan is free. He's looking for a car and a phone.

Once he has those things, he's gonna lead us straight to Secretary Heller. I promise.

- Son of a bitch. - Get out of the car.

Get your hands up and step out of the vehicle.

Take two steps forward. On your knees.

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

Do we still have a sat visual on Kalil Hasan?

West of the 14 on Route 11. Average speed, 62 miles per hour.

All right. I want traffic workups, roadwork schedules.

We can't let anything delay or prevent him from reaching his destination.

We need the tactical teams to launch now. Key them to Jack's location.

I'm coordinating with Division. You want me to preempt that? Yes. We'll run point.

All right. Curtis, I can pull up those tactical teams if you want.

No, you can't. That requires a level three

channel. You don't have that kind of clearance.

Ms. Driscoll, I have a Sergeant Paulsen from the sheriff's department on line one.

He says it's important.

Sergeant Paulsen, this is Erin Driscoll at C.T.U.

Yeah, I have a man named Jack Bauer in custody.

- He claims he works with you. Is that true? - Yes, it is.

He just robbed a convenience store near Route 11 and claims it was part of...

some undercover operation to delay a suspect

until satellite coverage could be established.

- That's also true, Sergeant. - It might be nice if you communicated with us better.

Well, there were some national security issues

involved, and I'm sorry for any inconvenience.

- May I please speak to Mr. Bauer? - All right. Uncuff him.

Thank you. Tell me that you didn't arrest Hasan.

No. He's stolen a vehicle, and we're still tracking him by satellite.

We intercepted a call that indicated he's

headed for the site where Heller's being held.

You're gonna need someone coordinating things on the ground.

That should be me. We can get Heller and Audrey,

but we need to work together and to start now.

We have to find Heller before this trial starts.

That's the right move, Erin. He's our only option.

All right, you're in, but you coordinate through me.

And, Jack, make this work. I will.

Please advise Sergeant Paulsen of the new chain of command.

- Yep. - In my capacity as director of C.T.U.,

I'm vesting Jack Bauer with the authority to command and control...

this part of the ground operation.

Consider him in charge. Yes, ma'am.

- Thank you. - Sounds like you're the new boss.

Tell me what you need. The vehicle the hostile was driving was stolen.

I need to make sure there's no A.P.B. on it.

If there is one, get C.H.P. to cancel it. Get on it.

Yes, sir. I also left my C.T.U. vehicle over at the convenience mart.

I'll have it brought right over. Thank you.

Hasan's making another phone call.

Bring it up, patch it through to Jack.

- Bauer. - Jack, it's Edgar Stiles.

Hasan's making another phone call. I'm patching it to you.

Okay.

Yes? It's Kalil. I'm on my way.

- How much longer? - About a half an hour.

The broadcast must begin on time.

Any problems? Nothing I couldn't handle.

How are you coming with the servers?

Duman and Farez are managing, but I'm sure they could use your help.

I'll be there soon. All right.

- Did Heller sign the confession? - Yes.

He didn't want to, but we used his daughter.

Did you kill her?

Not yet. Sergeant Paulsen, what's the E.T.A. on my vehicle?

- Any second, Agent Bauer. - See you soon.

Play it back.

Tell your men to stay on channel three. Got it.

Dad, you did what anyone else would've done in your position.

I embarrassed my country. You signed a piece of paper.

All lies. Everyone will know that you signed it under duress.

It's more than a piece of paper.

This trial is gonna be a spectacle.

Broadcast all over the world, designed to humiliate and degrade this country.

Dad, there's still time.

There's no sense in deluding ourselves. There's less than an hour.

If we're gonna do anything, we have to do it now.

We've done everything that we can.

Not quite. What do you mean?

What if I'm not alive? They can't put me on trial.

If I'm dead, their goals go right out the window,

and they'll be viewed as nothing more than common assassins.

Dad. Listen to me.

Even if I say what they want me to say, they're not gonna let me go.

They're gonna put me in front of a camera, humiliate me,

and then they're gonna kill me with the whole world watching.

There are people on the outside looking for us. You cannot give up.

I have to do something while I still can.

And I need you to help me.

Help you? The chain between your handcuffs,

see if you can get it up and around my neck.

No. No. I can't do it myself. I don't have any leverage.

No. But you can pull from back there.

Dad. I'm counting on you to help me.

Give it a try. At least try it! Stop it. Stop it.

I won't do it.

I won't do it, Dad.

There's a gas pipe.

If we could break it-- No.

Break that, you die too.

Do you think that they are gonna let me out of here alive?

Do you? They're gonna kill me too.

Dad.

Together we can do this. We can do it. Okay?

Please.

Let's try it.

We're almost there. Okay.

Okay, there. That's good.

Okay.

You ready? Yeah.

I love you.

I love you too, Audie.

I want a full analysis on both these voices.

Okay. I'll have it done in 10 minutes. Okay, good.

Edgar. What, Marianne?

- What's a level three channel? - It's a log-on that gets you into all the systems:

Tactical, District and Division.

I want it. What do you mean?

I want clearance for a level three channel.

I can't give it to you. Only Driscoll can authorize that.

I don't care who authorizes it. I want it.

Look, just because you overheard that conversation between Chloe and me...

doesn't mean I'm your bitch.

I'm done being scared of you.

Ms. Driscoll, it's Marianne. Yes, Marianne, what is it?

I have some further information for you

regarding Chloe circumventing your authority.

- I'm listening. - I don't think she was acting alone.

Who was she working with?

I'm not sure, but I found an electronic echo on her call log,

and every time she spoke to Jack, there was someone else on the line too.

That's an automated behavior on our system.

It doesn't mean anyone else was on the line.

Is that the extent of your suspicions?

Yes. I'm, uh-- I'm sorry to have bothered you.

You're sick.

You're gonna go to Driscoll, and you're gonna

tell her you're overloaded and need help.

And you're gonna ask her to issue me a level three channel clearance.

Unit 3, this is Bauer. Do you copy?

Copy. Back off another 200 yards.

We can't afford to be spotted here. Roger that.

Jack, you there? Yeah.

The marines have assembled and are leaving base.

Okay. Have Chloe collate the satellite images. Make sure they stay in sync.

Chloe's in a holding room, Jack. She's been suspended.

- We could use her help here. - Things are under control.

I'll have Curtis collate the images.

Chloe was just doing what I asked her to.

The point is, she was supposed to be working for me.

I understand that-- Jack, it's one thing for you to disobey me in the field,

but for someone who works for me here at C.T.U. to betray me--

I can't reactivate her. It's a nonstarter.

Anything else? No. Nothing else.

We have a situation here. I realize that.

I can do the math as well as anyone. The math?

Protocols were violated. Someone has to take the bullet.

Jack's indispensable right now and I'm not.

It took a lot of guts for you to do what you did. I trusted Jack.

A lot of people around here trust Jack.

Doesn't mean they're gonna risk their careers for him.

I have a suggestion.

I'm gonna leave this room, call admin.

They'll fax over some resignation papers, and you sign them.

- And then what? - And then nothing.

I walk out? You walk out.

No jail? No sanctions?

That's right.

Though, if you need a letter of recommendation for your next job,

you probably should get it from Jack, not me.

Right.

Sound like a plan? Yes.

For God's sake, pull yourself together.

She didn't know anything. You didn't have to kill her.