24 (2001–2010): Season 3, Episode 15 - Day 3: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. - full transcript

"Previously on" 24.

Alan Milliken is dead.
All signs point to a heart attack.

- What happened, Sherry?
- I went to the house to speak to Julia.

There was an argument,
and he had a heart attack.

Julia, I need for you to
tell me exactly what happened.

- I tried to give him his medication.
- What do you mean you tried?

Sherry stopped me.

We believe Michael Amador
is in possession of the Cordilla virus.

He is either headed to
Los Angeles or is here already.

Our only lead is Nina Myers.

She thinks Amador is meeting with a man
by the name of Marcus Alvers.



- What about Nina?
- She's out of the picture.

I hope so.
She can point to both of us.

Just wanna give you an update on Nina.
Richards is working on her now.

- " I think that's a mistake."
- Why?

I don't think anybody should be in there
that hasn't worked with her before.

All Richards does is inflict pain.

There's no way for her
to manipulate him.

Nina, I don't think
you've met Darren Richards.

- "How much more of this"
you wanna endure, Nina?
- I think this is about it.

She hit an artery!

- Michelle, call Medical!
- "She's bleeding too much!"
We gotta take her there now!

- Nina tried to commit suicide.
- Where is she now?

She's in the clinic being operated on.

Damn it!



Drop the gun.
Put your hands on your head.

- You won't kill me.
- Nina, damn it!

You don't have any more
useful information, do you, Nina?

- I do.
- No, you don't.

The following takes place
between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.

Tony, what happened?

- Nina Myers is dead.
- How?

Jack shot her. Chappelle's on his way
to talk to him right now.

Was it... justified?

Jack wouldn't risk this operation
just to get vengeance.

Are you sure about that?

- " Okay. All right."
- This is the gun I used.

- Send it over to ballistics for a match.
- "Yes, sir."

Secure this area
till Forensics gets here.

And pull the surveillance
footage off of there.

- Jack, can I have a word?
- Just give me a minute.

- "No, Jack. Now."
- Look, it's okay. It's all right. Go.

I'll be right back.

- What the hell happened here?
- Nina tried to escape.

Yeah, I know she tried to
escape. How did she get shot?

She pulled her gun.
I pulled mine in self-defense.

- Just like that?
- Just like that.

Nina was our best chance
at locating this virus.

She was a material witness
in an ongoing investigation.

I know exactly
what she was, Ryan.

Division's gonna want me
to certify this shooting.

Then do it.

- You have to come with me
and look at security playback.
- Fine.

- "Kim, you all right?"
- Yeah, I'm okay.

I got here as soon as I heard.

Sweetheart, I gotta go with Chappelle for
a moment. I'll be back as soon as I can.

- I'll stay with her, Jack.
- It's okay. I'm fine.

She tried to kill me.

It's over now, okay?
Your father stopped her.

Yeah, except I don't know
what happened.

- What do you mean?
- He told me to leave the room, and I heard shots.

Kim, you're safe, okay?
That's all that matters.

I don't know. Ever since she killed my mother,
I've been wanting Nina dead.

And now that she is
it's not gonna bring my mother back.

I just didn't think
I was gonna feel this way.

How do you feel?

I'm not sure.

It's okay.

Come on.

He's here.

We were getting worried.
We have a job to do.

We've got plenty of time.

- I'm curious.
- About what?

Why you chose such a limited target.

Why not the airport or sports arena?

If the objective was to
inflict maximum casualties...

That's not the objective.
Not yet.

Then why are you doing this?

To send a message.

Most of you already know,
but for those of you who don't...

Jack Bauer shot and killed Nina Myers
while she was trying to escape custody.

The order from Division specified
that we use nonlethal force.

- It's over. She's dead.
- How are we gonna find the virus?

- Alvers has it, and Nina was
our only connection to Alvers.
- "Not necessarily."

We were on to Alvers in the first place because
he was Amador's contact in Los Angeles.

A search order for Amador
is still active.

Technically, yeah, but we've pretty much
exhausted all our leads.

Then run 'em again
and widen the parameters.

Cross-reference financial transactions,
travel itineraries, aliases.

- Whatever it takes to find him.
- We're still operating under the assumption that...

- Amador's in Los Angeles with the virus?
- That's right.

And the Russians have just sent us some intel
that supports that assumption.

It's a detonating device. Part of the Soviets'
biowarfare arsenal till late 1980s.

It's used to disperse pathogens
throughout the atmosphere. Three weeks ago...

a dozen of these were stolen
from an armory in the Ukraine.

We also believe that Alvers and Amador
are arming these detonating devices...

with vials full of the virus,
which means we all have to work fast.

So let's get going.

Place the vial here.
To actually arm the device...

flip switches one and two,
then wait 10 seconds...

and flip the third switch
which activates the timer.

When the timer goes off...

What's the dispersal radius?

A hundred meters.

And the dispersal rate increases
geometrically depending on wind and weather.

Better than I thought.

I made some modifications.

So, Michael...

tell me how it went down in Mexico.

You didn't think I would find out?

I didn't think you needed to know...

as long as
you got what you wanted.

You were stupid enough to believe that
Jack Bauer had turned against C.T. "U..."

and now you've got every intelligence
agency in the country after you.

- Bauer's story checked out.
- Don't presume to tell me about Jack Bauer.

What you did in Mexico
was stupid, it was greedy...

and it may have cost me my advantage.

Alvers and I still expect to be paid.

The authorization code is 7QV78.

This is only half.

I'll release the balance after
I've received confirmation on the hotel.

The deal was we get paid in full.

The deal changed
when you went down to Mexico.

Now, after you've hit the hotel,
you'll get the rest of your money.

Fine.

- Adam.
- "I gotta comb through"
these data streams, Chloe...

- so unless this is important...
- I think I have a thread on Amador.

What are you talking about?

The gold certificate account registered
to one of Amador's aliases.

It's a Zurich bank,
but it was activated by a local server.

- When?
- Just a few minutes ago.

Kim, get over here.
I need you to run a back trace.

- What's going on?
- Chloe found a bank in Zurich
that may be talking to Amador.

- Chloe, what's the sequency program?
- Beta-one.

If this turns out to be real, how long
before you tag the location?

Five minutes, 10 tops.

- She was down when you shot her.
- She was going for her gun.

- That's what you keep telling me.
- It's the truth.

You knew where
the security camera was.

You stood in front of it to obscure
any visual record of the shooting.

- She was going for her gun.
- I wish I could believe that, but I don't.

For God's sake, Jack.
There's something called due process.

It's why we've got judges
and juries and laws.

Don't you dare tell me about the law.
Nina Myers killed my wife, and they let her go.

And she would've killed my daughter
if I hadn't gotten there when I did.

Using drugs to maintain your cover is one
thing. I was willing to look the other way.

But I've gotta answer to my bosses about the
questionable shooting death of a key witness.

- "Excuse me, sir?"
- "We're in the middle of something here."

I assume finding the virus
is a priority.

- What do you got?
- We may have Amador.

Chloe flagged a Zurich account registered
to one ofhis aliases.

Someone accessed it locally.
We'll have a point of origin any minute now.

- " Get the field teams ready."
- "Tony's on it."

- Jack, this isn't resolved yet.
- We have a live lead, Ryan.

And what do I tell Division?
That I let you stay on active duty...

while you're still the subject
of an investigation?

- "It's my ass on the line too."
- I've been with Jack all day,
and with all that's happened...

he's still operating at a higher level than
anybody else in the field, including me.

I didn't ask your opinion.

- Well, I'm giving it to you anyway.
- Excuse me?

Sir, if this lead turns out to be real,
we need Jack on-site...

and believe me,
you will want him there.

They'll crucify me if
I let you back out in the field.

Would you give me a minute?

This is your call, Ryan.
I understand the position you're in.

But I give you my word,
I can do my job.

Thank you.

Listen, Julia, I thought I was clear.

- You can't be contacting me today.
- I'm scared, Wayne.

They've already started
to question Beatriz and I'm next.

- I don't know what to say.
- Where's your lawyer?

- He's not here yet.
- Okay, first of all, you're innocent.

Remember that, all right?

I'm not innocent. I let Sherry convince me
not to give Alan his medication.

- I could've saved his life.
- You don't know that.

Wh-What about Sherry?

Has she said anything
to the president?

No. No, and she won't.
She told him it was an accident.

Now whether he believes her
or not is another matter. Now just...

- Wayne?
- Yeah.

Wayne!

Yeah, Bill. The president just walked in,
so I'm gonna have to get back to you.

Oh, God. I'm so scared.

Yeah, yeah, and I understand that.
Just remember what I said, okay?

- Yeah.
- All right.

Well, what did Bill have to say?

Uh, he found out that Alan died.

- Well, that didn't take long.
- Yeah.

He wants us to know that we have
his support on the health care bill.

That's good.

Have you spoken to Julia yet?

- No.
- Maybe you should call her.
Get her side of the story.

David, I think we should stay
as far away from this as possible.

Which means you don't believe Sherry,
that it was an accident?

Look, I don't know what to believe.

All I know is what it will look like.

You call in Sherry to deal with Milliken,
and a few hours later he winds up dead.

Let's go.

Dad, just heard back from Division.
They're gonna have a man on the inside.

His name is Jim Wong.
Here's an update on your strike team.

Thanks. You okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

- Did Chappelle question you
about shooting Nina?
- "Yeah."

And?

I told him I wasn't sorry that Nina was dead.
I wasn't sorry I shot her.

She posed an immediate threat to you, to me
and to thousands of innocent people.

You had to do it, didn't you?

Yeah.

Come here.

- We gotta go.
- Okay.

- Wayne, what's going on?
- You tell me.

Look, it's late,
and I'm a little too tired...

Sherry, I know about Alan Milliken.

Yes, it's awful.

But I already told David what happened.

Except you left out the part about you preventing
Julia from giving Alan his medication.

You stood there,
and you watched a man die.

You would've done
the same thing had you been there.

I never would've been there
in the first place!

Listen, David asked me to come here
to help clean up your mess.

What did you think
he expected me to do?

What he expected was for you to get Alan
off his back, Sherry, but not like this!

Complex problems sometimes have
the simplest solutions, Wayne.

- Oh, for God's sakes.
- You're upset. That's understandable.

- But what is done is done.
- This is insane, Sherry. You are insane.

We can control the situation, Wayne.
We just need to be on the same page.

Sherry, I'm sorry.
But David's gonna have to handle this.

David can't know about this,
for his own protection.

If he doesn't know anything,
he's got nothing to deny.

- Sherry, we can't cover this thing up.
- We can and we will.

That's why you're talking
to me instead of David.

Because you understand
what has to happen, Wayne.

- Oh, yeah, you've got it all figured out, don't you?
- Wayne.

What did you say to Julia?

Not to talk to anyone
until she spoke to a lawyer.

Good.

Then as long as she keeps
her mouth shut, we'll be fine.

Mrs. Milliken?

I'm Detective Norris.

- I'm sorry for your loss.
- Thank you.

I know this is a, um,
difficult time for you...

but I'd like to ask you a few questions.

Unless that's a problem.

No. No, it's just that my lawyer...

wanted me to wait for him
before I talked to anyone.

Really? Did he say why?

You know lawyers.

Unfortunately, I do.

But these questions don't require counsel.
They're pretty straightforward.

According to the officers...

you told them that you were asleep in bed
when the body was discovered.

Yes.

Alan and I have had
separate bedrooms since the stroke.

And you didn't hear anything
until the housekeeper woke you up?

That's right.

Because, you see,
she says she heard a car...

starting up and leaving the driveway.

- Our driveway?
- That's what woke her up.

She got to the window in time to see
a light-colored car driving away.

She thought it was a Mercedes.

I didn't hear anything,
so I wouldn't know.

Do you have any friends who drive
a light-colored Mercedes?

Detective, half of the people
we know own a Mercedes...

and we know a lot of people.

Are you aware that the security cameras
in your surveillance system are shut down?

According to the time code...

it appears they were shut down about an
hour before your husband's death.

Beatriz is the one who arms the system
before she goes to sleep...

- so maybe you should ask her.
- My partner did.

- She doesn't know anything about it.
- Neither do I.

- Are you sure about that?
- Yes.

You don't sound very sure.

Detective Norris...

exactly what are you implying here?

My husband was a very sick man.

He died because he was sick.

That's probably true.

But it's beginning to look like he
might've had some help.

I'm sending you revised grid coordinates,
so open a data pipe.

- Tony, how close are you?
- A few minutes.

Whoever accessed Amador's account
did it from somewhere in this grid.

We're guiding the field units as we go.

- Chase, did you get the new coordinates?
- Yeah, I got 'em.

You're too far north. You're gonna have to
adjust toward Broadway.

Okay. Go right on College.

I'm not gonna have an address for another
few minutes. I'll call you when I get it.

All right.

Look, I appreciate what
you said to Chappelle earlier.

- Wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean it.
- Still.

Finding the virus is all that matters
right now. Everything else can wait.

You gonna wait
to tell Kim about your daughter?

- No. We talked about it.
- How'd she take it?

- She's handling it fine.
- "She's handling it fine"?

Look, it's between Kim and me.
If you don't mind, I'd like to keep it that way.

- Yes, I mind. She's my daughter.
- "She's a grown woman, Jack."

We care about each other.

Just stay focused
on what we're gonna do.

- Where are you?
- I'm here.

- How long will it take?
- About 25 minutes.

- Hurry.
- I will.

Look, just get it done so we can get our money.

It's gotta be done right. I don't wanna be in
the body bags they'll be carrying out of here.

- Hello.
- Is this Sherry Palmer?

Yes. Uh, who is this?

Uh, I'm Detective Michael Norris
of the L.A.P.D.

I'm sorry to bother you
this time of night.

Uh, Detective Norris,
how did you get this number?

It was given to me by
a woman named Julia Milliken.

- Do you know her?
- Yes, l-I do.

Were you with her tonight?

Tonight? Uh, no, I wasn't.

Mm. She says you were.

Well, she's lying.
I've been right here all night.

- And where is here?
- In the district offices with
my ex-husband President Palmer.

He asked for my help
on a political matter and l...

I'm sorry, Detective.
Do you mind telling me what this is about?

Mrs. Milliken's husband died
about an hour and a half ago.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

She claims that you and she caused
his death by with holding his medication.

Well, that's preposterous. I haven't seen
Mr. Milliken or his wife in over three years.

And you say that you were with
the president since... what time?

Since about 10:00.
That's over five hours ago.

And if we were to contact President Palmer,
he'd be able to confirm that?

I'm sure he will.

Thank you, Mrs. Palmer.
We'll be in touch.

- Wayne.
- Outbreak scenarios from
the National Health Services.

Nothing like a little light reading.

They're sending over a liaison to answer
any questions you may have.

No doubt I'll have many.

- Anything else?
- No.

Wayne.

I'm your brother. I think I know when
there's something on your mind.

No, I just wanna make sure
you're okay.

I'll let you know
when this is all over.

- David.
- Yeah?

The reason I joined your administration
was because I thought I'd be an asset.

The last thing I ever wanted
was to be a thorn in your side.

Wayne, you are an asset.

Well, there's a lot of smart people
out there that you could've hired.

But none that I trust as much as you.

- Wayne Palmer.
- Wayne, it's Tony.

- We have a lead on the virus.
Jack's on his way with a team.
- All right.

- I'll have someone update you when...
- I want you to stay on the line.

I wanna be apprised of everything
that happens as it happens.

C.T.U. May have located the virus.
Jack Bauer's leading the operation.

- What about this area?
- Lieutenant Wong's heading that way now.

- Jack.
- Hey, Bill. This is my partner, Chase Edmunds.

- Have you got a man on the inside?
- Yeah.

He's been through
about half the rooms in the club.

- Have you seen Alvers or Amador?
- Not yet.

Captain, north room is clear.

Moving down the main corridor.

I count 15 people.

I'm still not seeing either target.

Copy. There are three rooms
adjacent to the hall.

- "They may be offices."
- I'm checking it now.

Captain, I got an armed man outside
the door of the southern-most room.

" Don't move."

- He was looking in your room.
- Lieutenant.

- Lieutenant Wong.
- Get your men in there now.

Team 'A, "move on target.
Team "B,"maintain perimeter.

Get out of here.

- All right! Get down on the floor!
- You're not going anywhere.

- " Okay!"
- " Get in there. Let me see your hands."

Target's been neutralized.
Repeat.' Target's been neutralized.

- "All units sweep the building."
- Where's the virus, you son of a bitch?

- You're too late, Jack.
- "Chase!"

Take him into one of the other rooms.
We've got some work to do.

I don't wanna be disturbed
by the SWAT guys.

Set him down there.

You betrayed me, Jack.
You were with C.T.U. All along.

That's right, Amador. You betrayed me too.
I'm just better at it than you.

Yeah, well, it won't matter
in the long run.

You have no idea what you're up against.

- Why don't you tell me?
- He knows who you are, Jack.

What are you talking about?
Who knows who I am?

"Don't presume to tell me
about Jack Bauer." That's what he said.

You go up against him,
you're a dead man.

All I wanna know right now
is where the virus is.

I don't know. I've passed it off.

Look, you can do what you want to me.
I'm not gonna tell you anything.

What are you afraid of?

Who are you afraid of?

We can protect you.

- Can you, Jack?
- "Yes."

- And my family?
- Yes.

You couldn't even protect your own.

I'm gonna ask you just one last time.

Where is the virus?

- Go to hell.
- Chase!

No!

Where's the virus?

When he comes to, you do it again.

- This is Bauer.
- Jack, I'm transferring you to Tony right now.

I'll take it over here.

Jack, I'll put you on speaker.
Ryan's with me.

- We've got Amador.
- What about the virus?

No. We were late.
He'd already passed it on.

- Passed it on to who?
- We haven't been able to find out yet.

Amador's terrified, and he doesn't scare
easily. He did tell me one thing though.

Whoever's behind this
apparently knows me very well.

That's not much to go on even if it's true.

I understand that,
but we also just can't ignore it.

I want you to cross-check everybody that
I've worked with over the last five years...

on both sides of the law...
see what names we come up with.

- We'll check it against
what we know about the virus.
- All right. We're on it.

- "Agent Bauer."
- Yeah?

We found an incubator.
There's no contamination...

but we're gonna isolate it,
run a few tests, then send it back to N.H.S.

We also found some prints, a few hairs. We're
sending them back to your lab for a workup.

- Okay. Good work.
- Jack, what's going on?

They found the incubator.
There's no leakage.

They're gonna run some tests
here and then send it over to N.H.S.

All the other evidence is coming back to our lab.
We're gonna do the workup.

- " Agent Bauer."
- Yeah?

- "We found Amador's laptop."
- Tony, hold on.

- Most of the files are heavily encrypted.
- Can you read any of it?

- Chandler Plaza Hotel on Wilshire.
- "What about it?"

His hard drive has the full
architectural schematic.

Structural, plumbing, electrical.

- When's the last time this file was accessed?
- Five hours ago.

Tony, I think we've got
a high-probability target.

- What is it?
- "The Chandler Plaza Hotel"
on Wilshire Boulevard.

Adam, get me head of security at Chandler Plaza
Hotel. Jack, should we evacuate?

No. We don't even know
if the virus has been released.

Evacuating the hotel could only accelerate
an outbreak. We need to contain the building.

We need to do it without starting a panic.

I'll set up a soft
perimeter, no police presence.

We'll send a team from here,
run the operation on-site.

Tony, no one... and I mean no one... goes
in or out of that building, you understand?

- Copy that.
- Good.

- Dennis.
- Yeah?

I need you to call N.H.S., have them send
teams to the hotel as soon as possible.

- Most importantly, they have to operate under
the radar, all right?
- "Tony."

I have the head of security
for the Chandler Plaza Hotel, Craig Phillips.

- Mr. Phillips, this is Tony Almeida, head of C.T.U.
- How can I help you?

There's been a threat against your hotel.

As of this moment, it is very important
you not allow anybody in or out...

- of the structure, you understand?
- I understand.

What's the nature of the threat?

The release of an infectious substance
inside the hotel.

You're saying that the substance has
already been released?

- It's possible. We don't know for sure.
- Do we know who's responsible?

You're probably looking for
a man named Marcus Alvers.

His description's being sent to you as we speak.

I want your people to do a search of the hotel.

Does that mean that Alvers
is already inside the hotel?

- We have to assume that's the case, yes.
- I'll start a search.

I'm bringing a C.T.U. Team.
We'll call you as soon as we arrive.

- Right.
- Thanks.

What the hell is this?

Ryan assigned me to head the team
that's going to the hotel.

- Ryan, this is...
- I don't wanna hear it.

As the head of C.T.U., you have an obligation
to stay at the center of information.

Michelle has more hours of disaster-control
simulation than anyone else on staff.

Not to mention her practical experience
from the D.C. Anthrax outbreak.

Michelle will lead the team,
Gael will second.

You'll be in constant communication,
pass on any guidance you can...

based on intel that comes in.

- They're waiting for me.
- Michelle.

I don't care what Ryan says. I can get somebody
from Division to take your place.

No. He's right.
I should be the one to go.

All right. Then you let me know the second
you get your people set. All right?

And did you hear
any strange noises?

We're a couple minutes away from
the hotel. Where's N.H. S?

They're getting ready.
They should be there in a while.

A while? What does that mean?
Two minutes, 10 minutes?

- Probably closer to 20.
- We don't have that kind of time, Tony.

I understand, but you wait
until they get there, all right?

I don't want anybody
going inside that hotel without biosuits.

We can't wait too long, Tony. I mean,
if we have to go in and stop the virus...

Michelle, you wait, all right?
That's an order.

Fine. Anything else?

No.

- What's wrong?
- Just stuff between Tony and me.

Sorry.

Things haven't been right
since he got back from the hospital.

The last couple of months, Tony and I
have been working pretty closely together...

planning this operation.

It's been eating away at him that he wasn't
able to talk to you about it.

I just want this day to end.

I will call them so
they know not to come in.

- Did you lock the garden doors?
- " Yes, sir."

Good.

Mr. Phillips, C. T.U. Has just arrived.
They're outside the front door.

Good. A maintenance man just walked through
here. I don't remember seeing him before.

- Turnover's pretty high in engineering.
- Check it out anyway.

- He was here not 10 seconds ago.
- Yeah. Sure thing.

- This is Phillips.
- Mr. Phillips, this is Agent Michelle Dessler
from C.T.U.

Have you circulated
the Marcus Alvers photo yet?

Yes, uh, so far nobody's seen him. We're
halfway through the common areas of the hotel.

- After that, I need you to start on the guest rooms.
- Okay, that's gonna take time...

unless you can lend us some manpower.

We'll be coming in as soon
as the HazMat suits arrive.

My people don't have any HazMat suits.

I know that, Mr. Phillips.
We'll bring some when we come in.

Yeah.

Michelle.

- I pulled this off the security camera.
- "Alvers."

- How long ago was this?
- About half an hour ago.

- Has he come back out?
- Not as far as I can tell.

- Half an hour.
- He may have already released the virus.

But if he hasn't,
we may be able to stop him.

I can't order anyone in
because it's against protocol.

But Alvers is in there, and we might
still have a chance to stop him.

Did you find that maintenance man?

No. But Penzo says he just saw someone he
didn't recognize heading toward the utility room.

He's gonna check it out.

Mr. Phillips, where can we set up?

You can use this area,
and this area over here.

I thought you were gonna
wait for those HazMat suits.

They'll let us know
as soon as they get here.

This guy you're looking for, we might have
an idea where he is. Let me take you there.

Why don't you tell me, and I'll check it out.

Put your hands in the air!
I'm a federal agent!

- Lady! Lady, take it easy!
- Slowly!

Move over to where I can see you.

I'm a maintenance man, for God's sake!

I adjusted a thermostat in the laundry room.

Stop right there!

Put your hands on your head!

Put your hands on your head!

Wrap your right arm around the pipe.

Now cuff yourself.

Where's the virus?

If this virus gets out, you die
just like everyone else.

It's in the central ventilation unit.

- Gael, can you hear me?
- "I hear you."

- The virus is in the central ventilation unit.
- On my way.

Found it. It's in a vial.

Stay clear, Gael.
N.H.S. Should be here any minute.

I'll send down a HazMat suit.

There may not be enough time for that, Michelle.
The vial's inside a detonating device.

The timer's armed.
I've got to get to it, try to disarm it.