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Kevin Wade. You know him, don't you?

Mr. Prady, we are in the middle of a national

security crisis. I have to go back to my desk.

Okay. Perhaps if I talk to your supervisor, he could let you take a few minutes off.

It's over. The parole officer looking for Kevin is here at C.T.U.

He's after the raw feed. I'm gonna give it to him, Cole.

- Why don't you wait? - Do you hear me?

He knows everything. He'll go to Hastings.

Do what he says, and you won't get hurt.

Who is he? Another traitor?

The only traitor is your father.

We haven't disabled the American radiological detectors yet.

- Where are the nuclear rods? - They're still outside the city.

- How will you bring the rods to me? - It's been taken care of.

Let's go.

- Stop them! -

- Tarin, no! -

- Oh! -

Mr. Hastings, you better take this. It's

Kayla Hassan. She's in a car. She's escaped.

They tried to kill me, but Tarin got me out.

They shot him.

He told me to call C.T.U.

Ms. Hassan, my name is Jack Bauer.

We need to know where you were being held.

We've got the location, Jack.

Targets are heading north on

Orchard. Okay, they're getting into an S.U.V.

We I.D.'d one of the targets. It's Tarin Faroush.

Kayla said he sacrificed himself to save her, but he's still alive.

Chloe, the car that Tarin got into... where is it now?

Taking the first exit off the Williamsburg Bridge.

- You gotta put Hastings on now. - I'm on, Jack.

Cannot let Kayla Hassan in.

The terrorists faked her escape. They wanted to get her to C.T.U.

- She's in the tunnel. - Stop the car!

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put your hands where we can see them!

- It's an E.M.P.! -

- What the hell's happening? - Contact N.S.A.

Terrorists just took out C.T.U.

Go, go, go!

You all right?

Central comm node is totally fried. Reroute to peripherals.

I already tried that. Try again, Chloe.

Sir, I can't give you the status on the drones. Everything's down.

Which means what, that they're going to fall out of the sky?

Not yet. The nav systems should default to autopilot.

They'll circle until they run out of gas.

But we've lost all aerial surveillance and radiological detection capability.

Basically.

All right.

Agent Skaggs is heading outside on foot.

Have him contact F.A.A. with the drones' default flight paths.

They need to be taken down before they crash into populated areas.

Yes, sir.

- Are you okay? - Am I okay?

An E.M.P. just took us out of play,

and now we're dropping the ball on a radiological threat against New York City.

So, no, Chloe, I am not okay,

and I won't be until we find those rods.

Sir, Kayla Hassan is finished in Medical.

Okay. I need her taken back to the U.N. so she can be evacuated with her family.

Okay. I'll do it. No, I'll do it.

I need you to assemble division heads. Tell them that we have a briefing in 10 minutes.

Tell them to come with full damage assessment reports.

Sir, their systems are down. They can't generate reports.

Then tell them to use a pen and a damn legal pad.

Phil Holden. Phil, it's Jack Bauer.

Ah, Jack. I heard you were back in play.

I don't have a lot of time. I need you to listen carefully. Go ahead.

There's an I.R.K. splinter cell trying to

smuggle weapons-grade uranium into the city.

Yeah. Just read the threat assessment.

It says you've got a C.T.U. team tracking them.

We did, but we lost them. C.T.U. just got hit by some electromagnetic pulse device...

Wiped out all our visual and comm.

I want you to try and locate our hostiles with one of your satellites.

We don't have any birds over the metro area, Jack.

All aerial surveillance was being routed through C.T.U.

What about traffic cams?

I can try. Give me the hostiles' last location.

They got off the Williamsburg Bridge...

at the West Broadway- Roebling Street exit.

They're driving a gray S.U.V. I'll call you if we get a hit.

Phil, I also need you to shut down all bridge and tunnel traffic into the city.

Done. Thanks.

Where you going? N.S.A.'s shutting all bridge and tunnel traffic into the city.

There's only one way for them to get in.

- Across the East River. - That's right.

- C.T.U. is down. - You have confirmation?

I have a real-time uplink to the power grid.

It recorded a pulse surge, and now... nothing.

C.T.U. is blind, deaf and dumb.

- Have you secured this area? - As you ordered.

You've done well, Ali. Thank you, sir.

Load the rods into the Zodiac.

I realize this was very difficult for you,

but Hassan's daughter was a necessary sacrifice.

Using her was the only way for us to get the rods into the city.

Agents Beck and Henderson will escort you back to the U.N.

First tell me what's going on.

Agent Beck will brief you on the way.

Once you're there, we need you to do something for us.

Your father gave us a file of I.R.K. covert agents operating in this country.

We need you to identify the men working with Tarin.

I'm not doing anything until you tell me what's happening.

The car you drove here was rigged with an E.M.P. device.

It's a pulse weapon designed to disarm electronics.

It's crashed all our systems.

I don't understand. Tarin put me in that car.

He used you, Ms. Hassan.

He staged your escape, put you in that car and sent you back here.

But he was shot. I saw him.

He is alive.

We spotted him a few minutes ago.

I know it's a lot to take in, but you need to go with these agents back to the U.N...

and start looking through those files.

You've seen these terrorists.

If you can help us to I.D. them, we stand a chance of finding them...

before they carry out their attack.

Good. See you soon.

Ahman has prepared the bomb.

It'll be short work once we get the rods across the river.

[Man On Walkie-talkie ] A vehicle is coming.

- Where is it? - It's coming from the east.

Black S.U.V., no markings. How many men have you got covering?

Three.

Wait until the S.U.V.'s in range, then take them out.

Ali! Let's go!

Hold on. What is it?

Thought I caught something in the infrared.

Heat source down by the water. Now it's gone.

See if N.Y.P.D. can get some units down here.

I'll contact N.S.A., see if they've got surveillance of the area.

That's weird.

I got four bars, but the call's not going through. Me neither.

We're being jammed. They're here. Damn it!

Get down! Now!

- -

Come on!

Vehicle's dead. Pass your weapons up front.

- Cole, I want you to take the sniper to your north.

Maintain coverage until we're clear. Copy that.

I want both of you to get ready to unload all the weapons from the back. You ready?

- Yes, sir. - Go, go, go!

How did they know where to look for us?

They must have followed us from the vault.

Cole! Use your infrared. Call out the snipers as you see them.

10:00, high and low!

I'm counting four men. I recognize one from the hospital.

He was the one that talked Marcos out of detonating the vest.

It's Jack Bauer.

Ex-C.T.U. He was one of their best agents.

10:00 low!

We can still cross with the rods.

As long as we're certain Bauer and his men cannot warn anyone. -It's not a risk.

We started jamming their communications as soon as they were in sight.

Now they can't leave, not with the snipers in position.

Good.

Make sure none of them get out alive.

I'll call you when we're across the river.

Let's move.

Reloading!

I've got two men leaving the dock in a boat. One of 'em is Tarin Faroush.

They're carrying a box the right size and shape for the rods, Jack!

Copy that!

They were out of my range. We've got to

notify N.Y.P.D. before they cross the river.

I tried seven radio frequencies. They're all jammed.

There's a call box mounted on the building... 10:00.

It's gotta be a hard line. We can call from there.

How do you want to get there? The way the shooters are positioned,

they'll pick us off one by one as soon as we step out from behind the vehicle.

Our vehicle's armored. We can pull the panels, use 'em for cover.

Owen, King, start now!

11:00, Jack!

Casualty reports are also coming in.

Three fatalities from the bomb blast in the motor pool tunnel.

Damn it. What else?

Minor injuries for the most part.

Agent McCallan was burned in a small electrical fire.

How is he? He's gonna be okay.

But with our infirmary down, we had to transport him to the local hospital.

Says here we have flooding. Yes, sir. The pumps are down,

and certain sections of the basement have about six inches of water.

Can you stop it, or are we all going to drown?

The repair crew's working on it, sir.

Give me another update in 20 minutes.

Excuse me, sir? Yes. What is it?

- A team from N.S.A. is here. - N.S.A.?

Go!

Brian Hastings, director of C.T.U.

Frank Haynam, senior engineer at the New York field office.

Understand you've been hit by an E.M.P.

Yeah, that's right. I hope that you're here to help, because we can damn well use it.

We are indeed. Brought my best men with me.

Thought we'd start by restoring your aerial surveillance and communications.

So where's your server room? It's downstairs.

I'll let my maintenance team know that you're

here. You boys can put your heads together.