24

Previously on 24.

As soon as I get the recording, we're gonna have to involve your father.

You know I don't like to be kept in the dark.

Tell me what this is all about.

I will. I just need a minute.

I decide what needs to be done, Mr. Henderson.

I never authorized you to kill David Palmer.

- President Logan? - And a man named Christopher Henderson.

I know what you did, I know what you're doing, and I'm here to put an end to it.

You asked to see me, Mr. President?

Hal, I'm asking Secretary Heller to tender his resignation, and I wanted you here as a witness.

- What? - He came here to accuse me...

of being complicit in today's terrorist attacks.

- Miles set me up. - Please come with us, Miss O'Brian.

We traced your call to a public phone at Van Nuys Airport.

If Audrey Raines is at that location, you're in a lot of trouble.

You're supposed to be in custody. You helped Audrey Raines break surveillance.

You're sick, and you need help.

If you try to stop me, I will recommend you for psychiatric evaluation.

Get in here.

I haven't been able to contact Jack or Audrey. I haven't talked to them either.

Whatever you tell me will remain between the two of us.

I promise you. Not here.

Outside the south stable.

Is Bauer dead? [Henderson On Phone] Not yet, Mr. President.

- He has the recording? - Yes, sir.

That evidence directly implicates me in David Palmer's death.

- Son of a bitch. - What the hell's going on?

They've come for the recording.

Go! Go! Go!

Audrey! I have her, Jack!

- What have you done to her? - The left brachial artery.

She has about three minutes before she bleeds to death.

- Now, throw me that recording! - Jack, don't do it.

She's running out of time!

Don't give it to him. Here it is!

Easy. Easy now. Easy.

Stay with me. Jack, I can't...

Stay with me.

The following takes place between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m.

I need to loosen the tourniquet.

Good. The bleeding stopped, which means he didn't sever the brachial artery.

I need to get you to a doctor. Jack, I can wait. Do what you have to do.

Are you sure? Yes.

Keep your arm elevated.

Hi. You've reached Chloe O'Brian. I'm not available right now.

Chloe's not picking up her phone.

Is there anyone else who can help you track Henderson?

No one who has the same access to C.T.U.'s satellite network.

Jack, I'm so sorry. This is my fault.

Audrey, stop it.

Be right back.

- This is Jack Bauer. - Jack?

Why are you answering Wexler's phone?

Wexler's dead. Henderson and a commando unit attacked us 15 minutes ago.

They killed all your men and took the recording back.

- Is Audrey all right? - She's fine.

Did you cut your deal with Logan?

Logan accepted my terms,

then he took a call and suddenly changed his mind.

That call must've come from Henderson.

Jack, we have to get the recording back.

If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.

With all due respect, Mr. Secretary,

I asked you for your help, and you betrayed me.

Jack, I did what I thought was best for this country!

I made a mistake! Please forgive me.

I need to go, sir.

- - Come on.

Hello. Bill, it's Jack.

Jack, did you get the recording to Secretary Heller?

I don't have time to explain. Henderson's got the recording.

I need Chloe, but I can't reach her.

Chloe's here with me, Jack.

She was arrested for helping you but managed to get away.

- Put her on speaker. - Jack, where are you?

I'm at Van Nuys Airfield. Chloe, listen to me.

Henderson left 10 minutes ago with a recording that implicates President Logan.

I need you to access C.T.U.'s satellite data streams so that we can find him.

If I log on to their system, they're gonna find me eventually.

I don't need you for long. Do you think you can do it?

- I can try to slip in through the subnet. - Get back to me when you're in.

I'll set you a V.P.N. pathway so they can't trace our call,

but it will only work with the phone you're using.

Okay. I got ahold of Chloe. We need to go.

Can you get up? Yeah.

Slowly. Ow.

If we're going to do extensive satellite tracking, I need more than my laptop.

I'm gonna have to network onto your computer, even though it's kinda pathetic,

and I need you to get that screen to work for me. All right.

I hope you don't mind me bossing you around,

but technically I don't work for you anymore.

It's all right, Chloe. Good.

- Bauer. - Jack, I'm pulling up satellite footage...

of the airfield from 15 minutes ago.

Look for an explosion in the northwest corner. Okay, I see it.

About five minutes after that, a vehicle leaves the airfield. That'll be Henderson.

He went south on the service drive and east on Menders, then I lose him on the grid.

Use another satellite, whatever you have to, but just find him.

It's gonna take us a few minutes. We're just setting up. But we're on it.

Copy that. Get back to me as soon as you've got him on a live feed.

What makes you think that Henderson hasn't already destroyed the recording?

He would've done it immediately, in front of me, giving me less of a reason to come after him.

- Why would he keep it? - It's his insurance.

- Yes? - Is Bauer dead?

No. What happened?

All that matters is that I have the recording.

- Have you destroyed it? - No, sir, I have not.

Why? What's the problem?

Actually, I'm making sure there won't be any problems.

I don't understand.

I may need protection. That recording gives it to me.

Protection? Yes, sir.

Do you mean from me? That's absurd.

With all due respect, Mr. President,

it isn't absurd, as evidenced by Walt Cummings's suicide.

That was different.

You told me yourself that was necessary.

And I'm assuming that one day others will tell you the very same thing about me.

Chris, you and I have been in this from the beginning.

Destroying that recording protects both of us.

I'm sorry, Mr. President. I give you my word it'll be kept in a very safe place,

and it will only be made public should I meet with some... accident.

Chris, this is completely unnecessary. I'm sure it is, sir.

Then again, I am a very cautious man.

Chloe, have you got Henderson yet?

His car is three-quarters of a mile in front of you.

He should be farther along. It's definitely the car he left the airport in.

How long until I've got a visual? Road curves up ahead.

You should be able to see him once it straightens out.

Hold on.

Got him.

Get down!

Damn!

It's over, Christopher!

Turn around!

Put the gun down and keep your hands where I can see them.

Do it or I will kill you!

You kill me, Jack, Secretary Heller dies too.

What are you talking about?

There's always a contingency plan, Jack. You know that.

My men have been tracking Heller from a chopper ever since he left Logan's retreat.

Now, if I can't contact them every 15 minutes on the dot,

they have orders to kill Secretary Heller,

which means you've got about three minutes to save his life.

Jack?

Audrey, please get back in the car.

Is he lying about my father?

Slowly walk towards me.

Put your hands behind your head!

Get on your knees.

Cuff yourself.

- -

- Yeah, Jack? - Chloe, patch me through to Secretary Heller's cell phone.

See if you can get a satellite to lock on his signal.

I need you to download a visual of his vehicle on my P.D.A.

He was leaving Logan's retreat just before 1:00. On it.

Open up a parallel channel on the N.S.A.'s land sats.

Scan radial slices in three-mile increments emanating from the retreat.

Sir.

Okay, Jack, I'm pulling up the D.O.D. database. Here it is.

- I'm patching you through. - Copy that.

Heller.

Mr. Secretary, it's Jack. I need you to confirm for me...

if a helicopter's been tracking your vehicle.

What's goin' on, Jack?

Sir, time is critical. Is there a helicopter above you or not?

Yeah, there's a chopper above me. Who are they?

Henderson's men. He claims he's given them orders to kill you if I don't let him go.

- Is he bluffing? - He doesn't do that, sir.

I've got Heller's car. I'm patching it through to your P.D.A.

Copy that.

Jack, they have a laser site trained on me.

Get up.

You give me the recording. I let you go. That's the deal.

No. Come on, Jack. You're wasting time.

We both know you're not gonna let Heller die.

I can hear him, Jack. Don't let him do this.

I'm gonna walk outta here, Jack, and you're not gonna stop me, so uncuff me.

Jack, don't let him go!

- I don't have a choice, sir. - Yes, you do!

If I had listened to you in the first place, none of this would be happening.

This is my responsibility.

I will not allow Logan and Henderson to use me as a pawn.

Sir... Do not let them get away with this.

Make sure that the recording gets to the right people.

Tell Audrey I love her.

- Mr. Secretary, what are you doing? - No.

Chloe, are you still on the line?

Can you confirm that Heller just drove his car into the lake?

Yes.

- Damn you! - Oh, my God. No!

How could you do this?

This isn't about what you think is best for the country.

This is about your greed for power.

Today you have been responsible for killing an ex-president, David Palmer,

and a secretary of defense, two real patriots.

- Oh, my God. - Damn you.