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I'll be right back.

[Glass Shattering ]

- Renee. Renee! -

- Come on. -

You said you had a video file implicating people inside the Russian government...

who were responsible for Renee's murder... I want that file.

You gotta tell me where that file is, now!

- It's in a safety deposit box! - Where?

First Unity Savings. I had nothing to do with Renee's death, Jack.

No.

- You never give up, do you? -

Bauer may have Walsh, but he can't have the evidence yet.

We've still got a chance to stop him.

I'm not the only one who can prove that elements in your government...

conspired to undermine the peace process.

So you expect me to kill Bauer for you?

You have the covert assets here to do the job.

Maybe I do. But I don't have the resources to find him.

C.T.U. does. And the man in charge of the search now reports to me.

We got him.

Once they have Bauer, I'll find out where they're holding him.

You'll have to take him out while he's in custody.

Freeze! Police! Do not move.

Jack, tell me what I can do.

Nothing.

We're still waiting.

Mund, this is Captain Walleki. I'm on scene.

You got that guy from the bank yet? Just bringing him up, Captain.

Right.

Name's Cole Ortiz.

I.D. says he's with C.T.U.

You were with this woman at the bank. Do you care to tell me who she is?

Her name is Dana Walsh.

Shot twice at close range. Lot of powder residue

around one of the entries, like an execution.

Thank you, Mund. Get him to C.T.U.,

now.

The hit on Hassan is all arranged.

Bazhaev and his people are taking care of everything.

Well, I'm pleased to hear it,

but you could have just as easily called to tell me that.

I wanted to know if you've spoken to your superiors,

told them that I'm out after this goes down.

I told him what you wanted.

He feels the same as me.

We have too much invested in you to let you walk away.

You should be focused on getting the E.M.P. device into C.T.U.,

not on your boyfriend, Ortiz.

He's my fiancé, and I told you to leave him out of this.

I warned you to stay away from him, but you didn't listen.

And now we think you have feelings for him?

You think you love him, going to marry him?

Yes, I am.

And if you have a problem wrapping your brain around that fact,

maybe I should talk to your boss in Moscow.

You talk to no one but me.

We're done here.

Don't contact me again until Hassan is dead.

Yeah?

Hey, it's me. I sent you a DAT video file.

Okay. I got it. It's uploading right now.

I need you to get me an I.D. of the man in the video.

Also, I'm coming in hot, so whatever you have to do...

to protect your systems from getting flagged, do it now.

What about the woman? You need an I.D. on her?

She's dead. I'll see you in a few minutes.

All right.

Jack Bauer's last known location was First Unity Savings Bank on Lexington,

where police responded to a 911 call, apparently from Dana Walsh.

She's dead now. Bauer killed her.

Cole Ortiz, who is known to be aiding and abetting Bauer,

is being brought here for questioning.

Now, I need everybody not committed to the U.N. security task...

to devote their full attention to finding him.

I want all cameras routed through facial recognition and all phone calls monitored.

You don't have the bandwidth, you steal it from other tasks.

If you think you have a lead, you bring it to me immediately.

Any questions? Why did they go to the bank?

Dana said she had evidence of Russian involvement in Hassan's murder.

Maybe that's where she was stashing it.

There's no evidence. The president dismissed this.

Well, she went to the bank with Jack to get something.

Yeah, what she got was an explosive device that made possible her escape.

It was her plan all along. Look,

Jack Bauer can't accept the fact that Dana Walsh was an enemy agent...

working solely with the I.R.K. opposition to Hassan's government.

His grief over Renee Walker's murder...

is causing him to create this fantasy about a Russian conspiracy.

The simple truth is, he's lost it,

and he's a danger to himself and the community.

So let's stop second-guessing the operation and find him.

Something is seriously wrong here.

Pillar's ignoring the key questions.

And the questions that he is answering, no one's asking. What are you getting at?

I think Jack's right. This is a cover-up, and Pillar's involved.

That evidence was at the bank and Jack has it. You don't know that.

It's all speculation. It may be just like Pillar says.

Until I know otherwise, I got my orders.

I'm clear. Well, you weren't kidding.

You said you were coming in hot.

All the police scanners are talking about you.

Said you shot and killed some woman, construction site, East Side.

Is that the same woman in the video you sent me?

Yeah. Did you I.D. the man?

No. I'm not going to, either, till you tell me what the hell is going on, Jack.

You saw the video. Dana Walsh is a Russian operative.

She facilitated the assassination of President Hassan...

and the dirty bomb attack that would have wiped out the entire Upper West Side...

if we hadn't stopped it. I don't want to know about what happened today. I don't care.

I want to know why you're out there on your own and why everybody's after you.

Because the president tried to lock me down. Why?

Because I know she's trying to cover up the Russian's involvement in today's attack.

- Then why didn't you disappear? - Because I can't!

Listen, I want to help you, Jack. I really do.

I need you to be straight with me. Tell me exactly what's going on.

The Russians took something from me.

Her name was Renee Walker.

They killed her inside my apartment.

And I need to make them pay.

All right.

Actually, I did I.D. the guy.

There he is: Pavel Tokarev.

Primary operative, Russian intelligence.

- Where is he? - I don't know exactly.

He's in the U.S.A. Came in a month ago on a diplomatic visa.

Diplomat.

I tried to access the Russian database in the embassy.

He didn't show up in the consulate. He could be anywhere, Jack.

To keep everything quiet, they'd have to be a small unit, right?

Yeah.

I think I've got an idea. Get me a secure line.

Meredith. I didn't expect you'd still be here.

Oh, Fact Check called. There are a few items left on the Hassan piece.

Abby can follow up on it for you. I know.

I just... I need to make sure it's right.

I know what he meant to you.

It shows in this piece you wrote. What a great man he was.

You've done him justice. I hope so.

Miss Reed, there's a call for you on three. - Thank you.

Let me know if there's anything you need. Thanks, Gary.

This is Meredith Reed.

Miss Reed. Who is this?

My name is Jack Bauer. Please don't say anything. Just listen.

The people that you think are responsible for killing President Hassan...

were not working alone.

They were being funded and managed by people

working inside the Russian government.

- How do you know this? - I have proof of this.

A video file that was made by a Russian agent working out of C.T.U.

She made it for her own protection.

It explains everything that happened in the last 24 hours.

Have you contacted the authorities about any of this? I can't.

I'm being set up, just like you were yesterday.

I need to get this evidence to you.

There's a coffee stand on the third floor of Turner's Department Store.

Do you think you get there in the next 20 minutes?

Miss Reed, yesterday I helped clear your name.

Right now I need you to help clear mine.

Please.

Of course I'll help you. I... I want to know the truth as much as you do.

Thank you.

Thank you. Yes, sir.

Take a seat.

- Where's Bauer? - I don't know.

You're in some trouble here, Cole. I assume you're aware of that.

Luckily for you, I'm in a position to make all that go away.

I reviewed your record. You've had an exemplary career up to now.

You're Pillar.

That's right. Jason Pillar.

I've been asked by the president to oversee the effort to retrieve Jack Bauer.

By the president? Yes.

So you're a part of the cover-up?

Oh, I see here you served in Fallujah.

I-I spent two tours in command of a marine unit in Baqubah myself.

We're both soldiers.

So you understand, when the commander in chief deems a course of action necessary...

to the national good, it's not our place to question it.

The truth is we're on the same side.

We both want what's best for our country.

Bauer doesn't care about that.

He didn't give a damn about what happened to you, just as long as it served his needs.

He used you.

So let's start over.

Do you know where Jack Bauer is?

Probably somewhere with the evidence you guys keep saying doesn't exist.

You really don't want to be playing with me.

- What? - Good news. We may have a line on Bauer.

We intercepted a call.

Last chance.

You don't take it, there's nothing anyone can do for you.

Take him to Holding.

Arlo got a cell phone intercept report off of N.S.A.'s Echelon.

Key words: Hassan, Russian government, Jack Bauer.

Did Arlo hear any of the conversation? No, not yet.

All he's got so far are the data handles, but he's processing the voice matrix now.

Are we sure it's Bauer? No, not yet.

But the other side of the call was a phone registered to Meredith Reed.

She's the reporter C.T.U. arrested last night

before the first attempt on Hassan's life.

Rumor has it she was also his mistress.