24

Previously on 24.

Terrorists are controlling the main terminal of Ontario Airport.

Today your president and the president of Russia...

have come together to sign an antiterrorism alliance.

I have hostages.

Unless President Logan and President Suvarov...

make a joint statement repudiating this accord,

I will order their execution.

I want this handled! Do you understand?

I don't care how you do it! I don't care what it takes! Fix it!

David Palmer called me last night.

He said it was a matter of national security. Those were his exact words.

I need to talk to you. It's hardly a matter of national security, but...

That's not what he said! Yes, it is.

No. That is... That is a trick.

I know that all phone conversations are recorded.

Where do they store those transcripts? Archive room down the hall.

This is Bill Buchanan. I'm hoping we can resolve this peacefully.

I don't think you understand just how serious we are.

- -

You make any efforts to enter the terminal, you'll spend the day collecting body parts.

Jack, I'm gonna need you to quarterback this thing from inside.

I'm staring straight down on the main concourse.

We got six hostiles wearing explosive vests.

We have to assume their orders are to detonate if we try to make a move.

Hey, I got a woman, Diane Huxley, says she has info for C.T.U.

- Diane, what's going on? What's wrong? - Derek is inside the terminal.

- You! - No!

Curtis, they're moving another one of the hostages.

- Oh, my God. It's Derek. - You have a problem at the terminal.

Jack Bauer's inside providing recon for C.T.U.'s rescue operation.

Hold on one second.

Mr. Bauer, Derek has five seconds left to live.

Four...

Beresch!

The following takes place between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

We've been trying from here, but we still can't make contact with Jack.

- Can you make a visual, Curtis? - Negative.

Maybe Jack went dark intentionally.

Unlikely. He was talking to us when his transmission cut off.

We have to assume he's been captured or killed,

which means we have to mount this assault without his help.

Without Jack directing our team, success probability falls to less than 20%.

President Logan is going to sign this treaty in less than an hour.

If the terrorists are still in control, they'll kill all the hostages.

What do you want me to do, Bill?

Work up an assault plan that doesn't include Jack.

All right. I'm going back to the staging area. We'll coordinate from there.

Back to your stations. Prepare to reconfigure.

All teams, stand down. We're working up a new mission profile.

Copy that. Copy that. All teams, stand down.

Keep your head down.

Shut up. Shut up.

Mr. Bauer, what is C.T.U.'s assault plan?

The boy means something to you. Otherwise you wouldn't have given yourself up so easily.

Tell me the plan.

Everyone, head down. Head down.

They're gonna storm the north concourse doors on my command.

I'm coordinating the operation from in here.

Is there anyone else inside? No.

Get me the plans to the terminal.

You've been a great help. We'll keep the boy alive for now.

Bring me another hostage.

Anything you do in here today will not stop that treaty from being signed.

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

- You know that. - Your president is a weak man.

He'll back down once more blood is spilled.

- On your feet. - Not him.

You, get up! Move! Move! I'm not your enemy.

Please. Please, you don't have to do this.

Vlad. I can help you buy more time.

Please!

No! You don't have to do this now.

Get on your knees! On your knees!

C.T.U. was supposed to have raided the terminal by now.

Why haven't we heard from them?

Bill Buchanan said they had a setback. What kind of setback?

They lost contact with Jack Bauer.

Why? What happened to him?

They're not sure what happened to him, but they need to reconfigure their assault plan.

Yeah? Beresch is back online.

I'll tell the president.

Beresch is transmitting from the terminal.

He's got another hostage.

We've waited patiently...

for you to renounce this unholy pact with our oppressors.

We have heard nothing.

This is the cost of that silence.

What happens next is your choice, Mr. President.

If you choose to sign this corrupt document,

understand that you will also be staining it with the blood of the remaining hostages.

If C.T.U. can't pull this off in time,

that's upwards of 60 people, Mike.

You know I've never done anything in my presidency...

that I didn't feel was right for the country.

Of course not, sir. Nobody thinks otherwise.

I know I'm ambitious,

that I want this treaty to be the hallmark of my presidency.

But I never thought I would sacrifice innocent life.

Mr. President, you are not responsible for the actions of these murderers.

- I could postpone this. - Sir?

I give 'em what they want, maybe nobody else has to die.

Do you really think these people would actually release the hostages?

We both know that would never happen.

You're doing the only thing you can do.

The terrorists, calling the treaty an "unholy pact"...

Mrs. Logan, if someone altered the recording of your conversation with David Palmer,

the president needs to know.

No. Not now. Not yet. What are you waiting for?

Oh, Charles is much too preoccupied.

Between the summit and the hostage situation,

he's not in the frame of mind to deal with this.

Besides, he thinks I'm unstable.

Which means I have to show it to him in just the right way.

So until the treaty's signed, I'm not letting this out of my sight.

What's happening? I'm sorry. I don't have time to explain.

You said you were going in to get the hostages.

We lost contact with Jack.

What does that mean? We're not sure, but we need to change our assault plan.

Is Jack okay? We don't know.

What about Derek? Soon as we get more information, I'll make sure you're told.

Please, I... Miss Huxley! I need to go.

The situation here continues to grow more tragic.

We've just received a video feed confirming that another hostage has been executed...

inside the main terminal at Ontario Airport.

Jack. Don't say anything.

We're gonna get through this. Just don't say anything right now.

A White House spokesman has confirmed and reiterated...

the president's intention to sign the historic pact with his Russian counterpart...

as scheduled.

It has, of course, been a long-standing foreign policy in this administration...

not to yield to terror.

You're going to call C.T.U. and tell them you revised your assault profile.

Tell them to come to the emergency door...

south of Gate 12.

They won't just do that because I ask them to. They'll need an explanation.

That's your concern, Mr. Bauer.

Overwrite volume four with the approach vectors and rekey with the airport grid.

Okay. Hold on. Just one second.

We don't have one second. We're running out of time to save the hostages.

You want some help, Spenser? He doesn't need any help.

Just keep managing the two-ways, or else we're gonna have dropouts.

Excuse me. You're Miss O'Brian, right?

Who are you? Lynn McGill. I'm from District.

I met you when you came out for that memory management lecture.

If you say so. What do you need?

I need to talk to Bill Buchanan. Is he around?

He's in the situation room. He's kind of busy right now.

Yeah, I see him. Thanks.

I look forward to working with you today.

You don't know who Lynn McGill is, do you?

No, and I don't care. Get back to work.

Once Curtis and his teams go in there, I want an update on deployment of H.I.T.

Hi.

- Mr. Buchanan, I assume they told you I was coming? - Lynn, please, call me Bill.

Well, if we were having a beer or something,

but at work it's better if we maintain a more formal mode of address.

Whatever makes you feel comfortable. Look, we're in the middle of final prep here.

I know. I understand President Logan wants us to go into the terminal as soon as possible.

Yes, before the treaty is signed.

Is Curtis Manning ready to send his teams in?

He is, but we're flying blind.

My briefing sheet says that we have Jack Bauer on the inside.

And we haven't heard from him for close to 20 minutes now. Well, that's interesting.

Lynn, I-I read the bulletin from Division, but I-I still don't know why you're here.

District was getting heat from the White House. Heat about what?

Jack Bauer. They just wanna know things are running smoothly.

- We're on track, Lynn. - Well, I'm sure you are. That's my assignment.

Is your tactical wired through to all the servers?

Yes, it is. You can go ahead and plug in to station four.

I'd prefer to work from your office, Mr. Buchanan.

I hate to displace you, but I think I should have a central vantage point.

And I just wanna make sure that you're okay working from another station.

Fine.

Good. And it's not a big deal, but just so everyone's clear on the chain of command,

I think you should address me as Mr. McGill in front of the others.

You know, Lynn, I'd rather not.

Just a suggestion. Anyway, I need your office, and that's not a suggestion.

Fine.

Mr. Buchanan, it's Jack Bauer on line one.

Is Curtis plugged in to this call? I'm on, Bill.

Go ahead. Put Jack through.

You're both on with Jack Bauer.

- Jack, what happened? - One of the hostiles got too close.

I had to end the transmission.

- All right. We'll restart the countdown. - Negative, Curtis.

We need to scrap the existing plan. Find a new breach point.

My men are already in position.

They moved the hostages within the kill zone.

They'll be taken out with the cross fire.

There's an emergency door just south of Gate 12.

It's unguarded. You should be able to punch through with no opposition.

I see it, but I'm not comfortable with this entry point.

It's the only shot we've got.

Are you there now? Yes, it's clear.

I'm in a flank two position. I repeat, I'm in a flank two position.

Curtis, how long before your teams can redeploy?

About 20 minutes. The president is going to sign the treaty within 30 minutes.

I'll go as fast as I can.

Jack, I'll call you when my men are in position. You can call us in.