24

Previously on 24.

I am issuing an executive order imposing a curfew...

on all civilians in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

This curfew will be effective immediately and will be enforced by the military.

They're talking about this like it's an illegal action.

Don't worry, Mr. President. I'm in control of the situation.

Has it ever occurred to you that he proposed this whole thing to set you up for a fall?

Hal's only motivation is what's best for the country.

There's gonna be fallout, and you know it.

You're here to shut this place down, aren't you?

I told you before, the White House feels... I know what you told me before,

now tell me the truth.

C.T.U. is being absorbed by Homeland. Which means from now on,

every operational decision needs to go through me.

There's something from my brother I need to give you personally.

- I should be there within the hour. - You coming here?

I know it sounds impulsive, but I'd rather see you sooner than later.

I'm hoping there's somewhere we can meet discreetly.

Does she have the schematics and the access codes? - Yes, everything we need.

We'll release the Sentox here and 200,000 people die.

The decryption key is Charlie-Alpha-3-9-Alpha.

- It worked. This is what you wanted.

Drop the gun! - I'm with the German Federal Intelligence Service.

I've been undercover for the last six months, gathering intel on Collette's clientele.

If we don't find Bierko, hundreds of thousands of innocent people will die.

Let him go! He's given us what we want. Put your hands up!

As for the data I sold to Bierko, it's something that...

I received from a contact at the Department of Defense. What's his name?

Her name... Audrey Raines.

You are lying to me. She sold me the information, Mr. Bauer.

Apparently, she had a price.

The following takes place between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Chloe, I need you to do something for me right away.

Check out Audrey Raines's activities in the last 18 months.

Audrey? Why? I'll explain later.

I'm particularly interested in any unusual connection...

between her and Christopher Henderson or Walt Cummings.

You think she had something to do with their conspiracy? - I don't know what to think.

Please do it quickly.

- Audrey? - Yes.

I'm afraid I have to take you into custody. What? I don't understand.

Am I being arrested? Detained.

On what grounds? Collette Stenger's been passing information to Bierko.

Information he apparently intends to use in his next attack.

She claims she got the information from someone at D.O.D.,

and she named you. She's lying. That's impossible.

We already uncovered one mole in the White House today, Audrey. I have no choice.

What kind of information did Stenger say I gave her?

I've told you as much as I can at this point.

Prep Ms. Raines for interrogation.

- Does Jack know that I'm being detained? - Yes, he sanctioned it.

It's the truth. Audrey Raines was my contact at the Department of Defense.

You met with her face-to-face? Yes.

Good, then you'll be able to recognize her when you see her. Of course.

She identified Ms. Raines through photographs on the way.

If you are lying to me, I'm gonna make this the worst day of your life.

You understand me?

Put her in Holding.

Burke's interrogation methods should only be used as a last resort.

This situation warrants a more aggressive approach. Do the same to Collette Stenger!

Stenger is protected by an immunity agreement.

We can't touch her unless the information she's provided turns out to be false,

then we can nullify the agreement.

So we can torture our own people, but we can't touch a criminal?

I've known Audrey Raines for years.

I trust her implicitly. So does everyone else.

Maybe that's the problem. Bill, we don't have the luxury of time.

Intel indicates that an attack is imminent... within an hour.

Tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of Americans are at risk,

and we just got information that Audrey Raines knows about it.

Karen, the decision is yours,

but any adverse consequences that result...

from insufficiently aggressive action taken now will come down hard on you.

What is Agent Burke doing here?

We're talking about authorizing a medical interrogation. On Audrey?

Yes. - That's ridiculous. I'll handle the interrogation.

I can't allow that. Karen, I brought this to you. I called it in.

You can't pull me off this. Your involvement with Ms. Raines is not a secret.

That has nothing to do with this.

That's right. You always put the work first. You never...

let your feelings get involved.

Is that what happened with Nina Myers?

Nina Myers was a mistake. I've never denied that,

but she was deep cover for years before I even met her.

She fooled a lot of people for a long time, not just me.

Well, maybe Audrey is fooling people too.

You might be right, Karen,

but if I were you, I would think twice about who you're willing to invasively interrogate.

Audrey Raines is a senior adviser to the Secretary of Defense, James Heller,

who happens to be her father.

And if you are wrong, he's gonna eat you alive.

At least let Jack talk to her for 10 minutes first.

She deserves that much.

If she's guilty, she doesn't deserve anything.

That's the point. She hasn't been proven guilty.

After she's been prepped, you can see her for 10 minutes,

but at the first sign you're less than objective, you're out.

Understood.

Thanks, Bill.

I don't believe Audrey's guilty of anything, Jack. Neither do I.

The one thing we do know is Bierko's gonna release...

the Sentox in the city sometime in the next hour.

If Audrey knows anything that can help us find him, she needs to tell us now.

Keep an eye on traffic patrols. Bierko's gonna need to move those canisters.

He's gonna need transportation.

With the curfew in place, we might get lucky and pick up a trail.

Yeah.

Hey! Break it up!

Break it up now!

Gentlemen, I said, "Break it up!"

- -

Take their uniforms and weapons. Got it.

Take it, all of it.

Now we have a police escort to the target, the curfew won't be a problem.

Chloe, walk with me.

- You running the background on Audrey? - Yeah.

What have you got?

You're not gonna like it. I found a connection between Walt Cummings and Audrey.

- What kind of a connection? - They dealt with each other a few times.

It was the usual stuff between D.O.D. and the White House,

but there was something else.

What? Chloe, what?

They both stayed at a place called the River Hotel in Pikesville, Maryland last April.

- So? - So Pikesville isn't exactly a hot spot...

with top-ranking federal officials.

It wasn't a coincidence that they were there on the same night.

Chloe, what are you trying to say?

They didn't just stay in the same hotel.

They stayed in the same room.

How could you possibly know that?

Because I e-mailed photos of them to the manager. He recognized them both.

He showed me phone bills, room service receipts. I can show you if you want.

No, I-I-I'm sorry.

I believe you.

It doesn't mean she was part of their conspiracy, but it doesn't exactly look that good either.

Make copies of everything you got. Put it in a folder for me.

I will. Thanks.

Excuse me.

My name's Shari Rothenberg.

I work in Section 5 downstairs. I know where Section 5 is.

Right. Uh, Mr. Buchanan told me to report to Chloe O'Brian.

Is that you? You're gonna have to wait a second.

Um, I'm here to replace Edgar.

I understand he died in the attack. Yes, he did.

Well, if he was a friend of yours, I'm sorry.

Thanks.

He worked at Station 6. It's right there.

Are you familiar with the Gavilan Matrix Analyzer?

Yes, I am. Use it to make sure our databases are current.

Some may have fallen behind in the past couple of hours.

No problem.

Miles here.

- Jack. - Sit down.

Sit down.

Have you ever had contact with Collette Stenger? - No.

She says you provided her with information from the D.O.D.

I know. Bill told me. That's ridiculous. You know it.

Jack, you're wasting time that we don't have.

I had to ask C.T.U. so that I could interrogate you. I have a job to do.

If I don't do it, Burke will, and I promise you do not wanna see him walk through that door.

Fine. What kind of information did she say I gave her?

She said you provided her with the structural schematics of Bierko's next target.

What kind of structure? -She didn't know. She just delivered the package.

She claims that I gave her information, yet she can't tell you what that information is,

and that's enough to make me a suspect? Damn it, Audrey!

You know what this nerve gas does. They are planning another attack.

We will not ignore any leads.

I have nothing to do with these terrorists.

How did Collette Stenger get your name? I don't know!

My father is the Secretary of Defense. I'm an easy target.

Maybe she's trying to use him or embarrass him. - Is he involved?

Oh, Jack. You know him better than that.

You worked with him.

He would never do anything outside the law, and neither would I.

The two men that we know are part of the conspiracy...

are Walt Cummings and Christopher Henderson.

Have you had any contact with these men?

Uh, Christopher Henderson I'd never heard...

I'd never heard of him before today.

And, um, Walt Cummings I-I-I've met a couple times, yes.

Where?

Um, D.O.D. briefings. That's it?

Yes.

Are you sure? Yes, I'm sure.

Open it.

The River Hotel, Pikesville, last April.

Yeah, I'm sorry, um, we-we-we happened to be there at the same time.

We may have had a drink or two together.

You weren't having drinks with him. You shared a room with him! You slept with him.

Yes.

I was still recovering from losing you, Jack.

He, uh...

He had just separated from his wife,

and I slept with him once and then I broke it off. Why'd you break it off?

Jack, please, it's complicated. Why did you break it off?

Because he wasn't you.

Why did you lie to me when I asked you the first time?

'Cause I-I was...

I was afraid that you would think less of me,

that you wouldn't be able to forgive me.