3:21 A.M.
Palmer tries to phone the Vice President, but is told that he is unreachable.
He turns to Secret Service Agent Pierce who stands guard. Since Pierce is
a seasoned veteran of the White House, Palmer asks for his opinion on the
situation. He wants to know if Prescott is planning something behind his
back. Pierce is at first hesitant to answer the President. Yet he warns
Palmer to trust his own instincts.
3:23 A.M.
Kingsley is in his office when Alexander Trepkos enters. “Max is
very unhappy,” Trepkos says. Since their project depends on military
action, Palmer’s withdrawing the attack is a setback. Kingsley tells
him not to worry about Palmer’s response or about Jack’s delivering
proof that the Cyprus recording is false.
3:25 A.M.
As Jack hyperventilates from the Beroglide, O’Hara presses him about
the chip. Jack doesn’t answer, so O’Hara punches him the face.
O’Hara orders the doctor to double the dosage with another injection.
As he prepares the syringe, the doctor gives Jack a slight nod. “I’ll
tell you where the chip is,” Jack finally says. O’Hara leans
over Jack and the doctor slams the syringe into O’Hara’s back.
O’Hara stumbles, giving Jack enough time to free his hands from
the rope. Jack grabs O’Hara’s gun and shoots the other henchmen.
Jack pulls on his pants and demands to know from the dying O’Hara
who was on the other end of the phone line. O’Hara says Peter Kingsley’s
name and Jack shoots him dead. Suddenly, Jack staggers. He has trouble
breathing.
3:32 A.M.
Novick comes into Palmer’s office. The President asks him if Prescott
is avoiding him, but Novick blames his unavailability on the events of
the past eighteen hours. Palmer wants Lynne to go over his statement,
and Novick says that he will deliver it to her. He exits and goes into
another office.
3:33 A.M.
Novick dials Prescott from a satcom phone and asks if he is still moving
forward. Novick warns him that Palmer is becoming suspicious because the
Vice President hasn’t returned his calls. Prescott says that he
will call Palmer. He tells the anxious Novick to keep things together
on his side.
3:35 A.M.
Jack takes O’Hara’s phone and walks through the clinic. He
dials CTU and gets Michelle. Although Jack tries to tell her about the
chip, Michelle only hears static. Michelle notifies Tony that Jack called
but that the signal was lost. He instructs her to trace the source of
the call. Tony gives Chappelle the news, but Chappelle does not want Jack
distracting their resources. Tony, however, is siding with Jack.
3:36 A.M.
Novick listens as Palmer speaks to Vice President Prescott over speakerphone.
The President offers Prescott the chance to personally address the military
attack with him. Prescott acknowledges that, if he had something to say,
he would come to the President first. After he hangs up, Palmer admits
to Novick that he doesn’t trust Prescott. Agent Pierce comes in
to notify Palmer that Lynne is in critical condition after falling down
stairs. He takes the President to her. A look of panic washes over Novick’s
face.
3:42 A.M.
Michelle tells Tony that Jack called from a cell phone somewhere between
Studio City and Encino. They check a map to see where he might be headed.
Tony does not want Michelle to use the satellite for fear of raising flags
with Chappelle. He has her monitor police channels instead. Carrie secretly
watches them speak.
3:43 A.M.
Jack takes O’Hara’s car and drives to where he was supposed
to meet Yusuf and Kate. He spots Yusuf near the payphone. Although he
is bloodied and battered, Yusuf manages to tell Jack that someone took
the chip with Kate to her house. Yusuf dies before Jack can rescue him.
3:45 A.M.
Kate leads the men with the chip to her house. They open the door and
the security alarm rings. They order her to shut it off, and she gives
them the code. The men demand the money she promised.
3:46 A.M.
Palmer and Novick run outside the federal building where Lynne is being
taken away on a gurney. She has suffered a concussion. Lynne tries to
form a word but nothing coherent comes out. She raises a weak hand and
points toward Novick. Novick steps forward and takes her hand, pretending
to comfort her. The EMTs whisk her into the ambulance.
3:52 A.M.
Carrie warns Tony that Chappelle will find out that he and Michelle are
wasting time looking for Jack. She says that she won’t tell Chappelle
if Tony gives her Michelle’s job. Tony calls Chappelle over and
announces that Carrie is trying to use extortion to get a promotion. She
argues that Tony and Michelle are still searching for Jack Bauer against
orders. Chappelle dismisses Carrie, then admonishes Tony. Tony makes it
clear that, as acting CTU Director, he is trying to garner all the facts.
He gives Chappelle the opportunity to relieve him of his duties if he
does not agree with his decisions. Chappelle says that there is no one
else to fill in at the moment. “I don’t like insubordination,”
he tells Tony.
3:55 A.M.
Kate opens the safe in her closet, and the men pull out some cash and
a diamond bracelet. Kate asks for the chip as promised, but they are reluctant
to let her go. Kate runs off as they fire at her. The men catch up to
her and throw her to the ground. Jack appears and shoots one of the fleeing
guys. She tells him that they have the chip, and Jack pursues the other
two through the house. He calls out to them through a bathroom door asking
for the chip. The men are afraid, but refuse to hand it over. One of them
says that if Jack comes in he will smash the chip.
3:59 A.M.
Novick watches via videophone as Prescott gathers the Cabinet members
in the White House. Prescott tells the group that the meeting will be
closed from the President. The purpose of the meeting is to decide whether
Palmer is unfit to continue as President of the United States based on
his response to the day’s events. |
