24 (2001–2010): Season 3, Episode 18 - Day 3: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. - full transcript

"Previously on" 24.

- "Almeida."
- "Tony, it's me. Gael's dead."

He was suffering so badly. No one should
have to go through what he did.

There are children upstairs
who are going to die in agony.

Michelle, unfortunately there's nothing
we can do for them right now.

Actually, there is.

Suicide capsules for
the people down at the hotel.

It's against every regulation in the book.

- Yeah.
- Do it.

Get down!

The Saunders computer file...



- What server did you store it on?
- A-5.

Chase, we got a bomb.

- How much time?
- "None."

I got it! Go! Go!

- Chappelle.
- Ryan, it's Jack.

- Almost the entire Ml-6 office
has just been wiped out.
- What?

One of the things that Saunders
was trying to destroy...

was all the information
that Ml-6 had gathered on him.

I managed to retrieve the hard drive.
Have you got anything yet?

I'm trying to follow the money trail.

- What do you want?
- To give you your next assignment.

There's a man named Ryan Chappelle.
Regional Director of C. T.U.

- I want him killed.
- It's out of the question.

Before you decide, you might want to
drop by the Chandler Plaza Hotel.



Take a good look at what's happening.
Then imagine the same event...

taking place at hundreds of
locations all over the country.

You're insane.

The following takes place
between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.

This office isn't above the law.

How can I justify authorizing
the murder of an innocent man?

David, we're fighting a war.
Ryan Chappelle is not a civilian.

I still can't order him to be killed.

So what's the alternative?
Yes, David, I know. It's extreme.

I realize that. But it's
the only move we have here.

Look at what's happening
right now at the Chandler Plaza.

This man Saunders has proven that he will use
this virus to inflict mass casualties...

if you don't do what he says.

How long am I supposed to
let Saunders dictate my actions?

How long do I allow him
to hold this country hostage?

- Until we catch him.
- And what if we don't?

We will. But until we do,
your only option is to sacrifice Chappelle.

I handed the hard drive from Ml-6 to the I.T.
Lab. They're sorting through the data now.

- London wants you to debrief them
on what went down with Ml-6.
- Any closer to finding Saunders?

He's using a scrambler phone to contact
the president. Adam says it can...

take up to 24 hours to trace his location.

That's the only search
protocol we've got going?

Saunders transferred money to Amador using
a server somewhere in Los Angeles.

I'm trying to follow Amador's money trail
to see if it leads back to Saunders.

- But you haven't turned up anything yet?
- "No."

The computer we confiscated from
the go club in Chinatown is a dead end.

- I'm trying to backtrace payments
to offshore accounts.
- Okay, fine.

- Jack, the president's office is holding for you.
- Transfer the call down here.

He asked to speak to you in private.
He's on the line in station seven.

Excuse me.

- This is Bauer.
- Agent Bauer, please hold for the president.

Mr. President,
I have Jack Bauer for you.

- Jack.
- Mr. President.

- Are you alone right now?
- Yes, sir.

Saunders called me a few minutes ago.
He's made another demand.

What is it?

This is a hard one, Jack.
So I'm going to be as direct as I can be.

He wants Ryan Chappelle dead.

I-I'm sorry. I don't understand.

He wants his body delivered to
the train yard downtown.

Why would Saunders
want Chappelle dead?

I don't know. He wouldn't give me a reason.

But he was emphatic about the consequences
if his demand wasn't met.

Jack, I feel as though
I'm crossing a line...

that I will never
be able to step back from.

So then you've made
your decision, sir?

Unless you can suggest
a way to handle this.

- What time is this supposed to happen?
- 7:00.

- Maybe I can find Saunders before that.
- That's in less than an hour.

- Yes, I know, sir. I should get going.
- Jack...

I'm sorry to put this on you,
but I didn't know who else to call.

I understand, sir. I'll get back to you.

Chloe. What are you doing right now
to help find Saunders?

- Actually, we're relaying our data streams
to Division.
- Why are you sending them there?

They're the hub now. Chappelle has them
gathering information for us... D.O.D., Ml-6.

No. Forget about that. I want you
to mirror everything they're doing...

- and start your search here.
- Okay. What kind of search?

What's the largest base of
knowledge we have on Saunders?

- Financial.
- Okay. Follow the bank trails.

- I'll have to clear it with Chappelle.
- No, you can't do that.

Well, he gave the order.
He outranks you, Jack.

You're gonna do what I ask you, and you're
not gonna let Chappelle know. Got it?

No. I don't got it. He's mad at me for, like,
12 things. I'm not gonna add that to the list.

Chloe! Chloe...

I wouldn't ask you to do it like this
if it wasn't very important.

Okay? So, please, just do this for me.

- Fine.
- Thank you.

Nearly a third of the people in this hotel
are symptomatic, and it's getting worse.

They should have the choice
to end their own lives.

The capsules
should be there soon.

- Tony.
- Yeah?

I realize we've both
been talking around this, but...

if my test comes back positive...

Michelle, don't go there.

Sweetheart, we both know
my chances of survival are low.

You still have a chance,
and while there's still a chance...

- I don't wanna talk about this.
- Okay.

Okay. Just...

No matter what,
I just want you to know...

the last three years have been
the best years of my life.

I should be there with you.

- You are.
- No. It's not the same.

The best thing you can do for me right now
is make sure those capsules get here.

- I'll do my best.
- I know you will.

Tony, I need to speak to you.

- Michelle?
- Yeah.

Did she get her test results back yet?

No, they won't have 'em back
for another hour yet.

- What's going on?
- Do you know if Saunders
and Chappelle had any history?

If their paths had ever crossed?

Not that I'm aware of.
What kind of connection you lookin' for?

The kind that would make
Saunders want Chappelle killed.

'Cause that's exactly
what he just ordered the president to do.

By 7:00 a.m.,
he wants Ryan Chappelle dead.

- Why?
- That's what I'm trying to figure out.

And the president put this on you?

I don't know what I'm gonna do if
we don't find Saunders by 7:00.

- Have you told Ryan about this?
- No. Not yet.

Well, I should probably change
his security clearance before you do.

- You really think he's a flight risk?
- We can't take the chance.

We have to find Saunders. I'll get Chappelle
to send all his data over to Chloe.

Prep her and whoever else
you can spare to sort through it.

- They're gonna wanna know what's going on.
- They don't need to know.

I'll take care of it.

Thank you.

- Field Ops. O'Brian.
- Chloe.

- Yeah.
- Put all your protocols on hold for the next hour.

Got it.

- Okay.
- All right.

What did the president
want to talk to you about?

- You.
- Me? What about me?

Ryan, come with me.

Just take a seat.

What's going on here, Jack?

- Saunders called in with another demand.
- What does he want now?

- Jack.
- He wants you killed.

- This is some kind of a joke?
- It's no joke, Ryan.

He's threatened to release
the virus into the main population...

unless we deliver your body by 7:00 a.m.

Did Palmer actually go along with this?

- My God! Jack!
- He's proven he'll use the virus.

- The president had no choice.
- So he sent you to kill me?

- Not if we can find Saunders by 7:00 a.m.
- Ah, great.

That gives us a lot of time, doesn't it?

I-I don't understand this. Why me?

We don't know.
Ryan, I need you to think real hard.

Do you have any past connection
with Saunders we don't know about?

No! The first time I heard the name
Stephen Saunders was today.

The money transactions that you've been
investigating. That's what triggered this.

- I haven't had a chance to trace them to Saunders.
- The fact he wants you dead...

proves that they lead back to him.

And you expect to
figure this out by 7:00?

Finding Saunders in time
is the only way to keep you alive.

And I will use everything
at my disposal to do that.

Ryan, I need your help.

I need all your files... and I mean everything...
sent over to Chloe's desk...

so she can start going through it.

I'm sorry, Ryan.

Let's find this guy.

- What have you got?
- I found Saunders's offshore
bank account in the Caymans.

I was able to access his account information
off their network, but it's encrypted.

- Another brick wall.
- Just send it over to Chloe's desk.

- If anyone can break the encryption, she can.
- Not in the time we have.

- You don't know that, Ryan.
- It has to be now, Jack, now. This is it!

Don't you understand?

Oh. Of course you understand.
You're the one who's going to kill me.

We're doing everything we can.

Don't you realize the possibility that this
might not even be relevant?

Saunders knows if he kills me
it doesn't kill the investigation.

He might want me dead
for something else I know.

- Something I haven't made a connection with yet.
- Then think, Ryan, think!

But don't give in to this bastard.

With all of us working together,
we're gonna find this guy, okay?

Send the encrypted account over to
Chloe's desk. I'll explain it to her. Come on.

Chloe, Ryan's forwarding a file to you.

You'll be all right, sweetheart.

They don't know.

Don't worry. I got you.

Please, let me...
let me call my wife.

I'm sorry. We're still under orders
to keep what's going on secret...

- so we don't create a panic.
- Yeah. I won't tell her anything.

Your people can listen in.

That order comes
directly from the president.

I have done everything
I can do to help you. Please?

I just wanna... I just wanna hear
her voice, please.

- I'm sorry.
- Sir?

I'm-I'm so sorry.

There you go.

Can I have your attention, please?

What I'm about to tell you
will be difficult to hear...

but it's important that
you have all the information...

so you can each make
your own decision.

First, I want all of you to know that...

once symptoms of infection appear...

there is no chance of recovery.

As the virus progresses, it attacks
the body's organs and major blood vessels.

This process is extremely painful.

The estimated time of death
is within six hours.

I'm telling you all of this as directly as possible...

because we can offer
each of you an alternative.

Some pills that you can take...

that will basically make you
feel like you're going to sleep.

It will be up to
each one of you to decide when...

and if you want to use these drugs.

They will be available shortly.

Thank you.

Michelle, we have a situation.
A woman came forward to tell us...

she can't find
the man she was here with.

She hasn't seen him for a few hours.

- Are you sure he's not in isolation?
- Yeah. We let her look.

- What's his name?
- That's part of the problem.
She claims she doesn't know.

- I'm Agent Michelle Dessler.
- I'm Kathy. Kathy McCartney.

You realize how important it is that we account
for everyone who may have been infected?

- Yes. That's why I came forward.
- We need you to be completely honest.

I am. All I know is that his name is Bill,
and I'm not even sure if that's real.

- What do you mean?
- We met tonight at a club on Hill.

And we really connected,
so we decided to come here.

- Who booked the room?
- I did.

- Do you remember the last time you saw him?
- We fell asleep together...

in the room, and when the fire alarm
woke me up, he was gone.

Do you remember
what time you fell asleep?

I know exactly.
I looked at the clock. It was 4:02.

Stay here, please.

Sunny, if she's right
about the time...

then this man was in the hotel
when the virus was released...

and he got out of the building before
it was completely locked down.

- Is it possible he's hiding somewhere in the hotel?
- No. No.

We've accounted for everyone in
the guest rooms...

and we've done an infrared
sweep of all the public areas.

Ed, get a forensic table
to her room. Dust for prints.

- There'll be dozens of people's prints in there.
- Just do it.

This is Agent Miller.
We need a forensic team right now.

- Kathy, I need you to come with me.
- Why?

You need to show me every surface
that Bill may have touched. Come on.

Thanks.

Chloe needs as much
processing power as she can get.

I need you to open up
another sock in the network for her.

How's he doing?

- He's scared.
- All right. Chase has a strike team assembled.

They're ready to go as soon as we get
a location on Saunders.

I ordered you a helicopter from Air Tactical.
Train yard's all the way across town.

- We can't afford to be slowed
down by rush-hour traffic.
- Okay, good.

- I'll get the socket open for Chloe.
- Thanks a lot.

Jack, the bank used deep encryption.
We're gonna have to use a password crack.

- How long is that gonna take?
- As long as 90 minutes.

- We don't have that much time.
- I'm doing the best I can. Maybe it would help...

if you told us why this is overriding
our other protocols.

The only thing you need to know is I need
these files decrypted now.

I'm doing my very best. Your tone
of voice is not exactly a morale booster.

Chloe, please, just do it.

- Here, let me help. We can parallel process.
- Okay. Good idea.

Send it to my station.

Ryan.

Copy that. He's outside now.

I'm sorry, Mr. Chappelle.
We're not allowed to let you leave.

- What?
- Please return to C.T.U., sir.

- Who the hell...
- We have orders.

From who? I'm Regional Director.
I countermand any order you've been given.

- Ryan.
- What the hell's going on here, Jack?

Why aren't I being allowed to
leave the building?

You think I'm trying to run?

I'm going outside
to smoke a cigarette.

I wouldn't condemn millions of people
to death so I could live.

Let me see the cigarettes.

These men will escort you back to holding.

- I don't think so.
- I'm not asking, Ryan.

Under the authority given to me by
the president of the United States...

I am ordering you.

Tony, it's me. We have a problem.

We just determined a man who was exposed
to the virus got out of the hotel.

Son of a bitch. How'd that happen?

He must have slipped out right before we
reinforced the perimeter.

- It's likely he had no idea he'd been exposed.
- You notified Health Services?

Yeah. They're aware of the situation.
The problem is we don't know who he is.

- He wasn't a registered guest.
- What was he doing inside the hotel?

Having a one-night stand.
The woman he was with came forward.

- Any sign of him on the surveillance cameras?
- Nothing at the front desk.

No one seems to have seen him come or go.

- What are we doing to find him?
- Our best shot to I.D. Him is off prints.

We've already pulled dozens from
all the obvious surfaces, light switches...

- "bathroom fixtures."
- Look, send the prints over to us.

- We'll work 'em up.
See what else you can find off this woman.
- Got it.

- That's all I can remember.
- Okay.

- I'm sorry I can't be more helpful.
- No, you're doing great.

Let's go over this one more time.
The two of you came into the room.

Uh, I had the key, so I'm the one
who opened the door.

We didn't turn the lights on or off.

- Did he go over to the window, draw the blinds?
- No. We just started kissing.

- Where were you standing?
- Um, I was here by the bed.

- And then what happened?
- He started taking my clothes off.

- The clothes you're wearing now?
- Yeah.

He pulled my shirt over my head
and then my pants. And then...

I need your belt.

Miller, try the buckle.

Couple of prints
look like hers.

- Hold it. I got a partial thumb.
- It's not hers?

Checking.

No. She's got inverse swirls.
This print doesn't.

Upload it to C.T.U. Now.

If we don't find this guy before he becomes
symptomatic, we might be looking at an outbreak.

Where've you been?

I had a client meeting. I told you that
I wouldn't come home if it went too late.

Oh, that's right. Kind of wish
you would've called. I was worried.

I didn't want to wake you up.

Jack, I think I'm getting something.

Applying the last layer of keywords.

It worked. We cracked the decryption.

We have access to
Saunders's bank account.

Go into the header.
Tell me what address they've got on him.

There's several across the country.
One in Los Angeles.

An apartment downtown.
Five minutes from here.

- How do we know the address is real?
- Every time the money is moved...

the bank confirms the physical location
of that call.

Saunders called in a transfer
45 minutes ago from that address.

- All right. I'll call Chase.
- Tell him not to go in hard.
Saunders can't see us coming.

Good work. Great work.
Thank you.

Open it. Ryan,
I think we found Saunders.

- Through his bank account?
- Yeah, 45 minutes ago,
he made a call not far from here.

Chase is leading a strike team
over there now.

Good, Jack. Thank God.

- Ryan, we still need to go over to the train yard.
- Now?

- What are you talking about?
- We have to be in place before the deadline.

- Just in case the strike team isn't successful.
- But you said...

- they know he was there 45 minutes ago.
- Ryan, this is a precaution.

We have to do it until we have him
in custody. You know that.

I've got a helicopter waiting for us
over in the north annex.

- We should go now.
- All right, Jack.

Okay.

- We'll be in touch as soon as we're airborne.
- All right.

Mr. Chappelle, Division called to confirm
your 3:00 briefing. Is that still good?

Sure.

Mr. President...

Helen Stupin from the "L.A. Times"
just called my office.

She was asking about some kind of toxic
accident at the Chandler Plaza Hotel...

- and if it was connected to the red alert.
- What exactly did she say?

Not much. She was fishing.

Mr. President, I appreciate that you need
to keep certain things from me...

but this story will get out,
and when it does, I'll need to have answers.

Jerry's right, David.

Now the sooner we bring him into the loop,
the better he can handle the press.

A weaponized virus was released
into that hotel's ventilation system.

Oh, my God.

When will you go public with this?

Once we're sure that the virus has been
contained and there's no longer a threat.

And how certain are you
that it will be contained?

We're doing everything possible.

Yes, sir.

Jack! Tony said you're not coming
with me to get Saunders.

That's right. You and Baker
are heading up the strike team.

Wait. I don't understand.
Saunders is the priority.

I've ordered Jack downtown
to answer a few more questions.

You know what, Ryan?
All you do is put obstacles in our way.

We have a chance to get Saunders.
We need our best people.

- "You tie us down with your bureaucratic B.S."
- Chase.

Those are the orders.

What's going on, Jack?

Just take care of the strike team.

Any sign that he's in there?

I can't get a visual inside.

We got three men outside the building.

We can take 'em out with a sniper.

No. We can't do that.

If we miss, Saunders will know we're here.
I wanna do this up close.

The building's out in the open.
They'll see us coming from a block away.

That's why Saunders picked the place.

I don't see how we get to them before
they can warn Saunders.

I do.

They're grounding flights from LAX.

Did all the couriers
get out with their vials?

New York, Washington, San Francisco
made it through. They're on their way.

I rerouted Las Vegas.
Our man is driving there now.

But we missed Chicago and Cleveland.

- Did you revise the casualty projections?
- Of course. Here they...

- Just give me the number.
- Two to five million dead within the first 48 hours.

- Good enough.
- Sir, there is a chance the outbreak will spread...

- beyond the Americas.
- We'll be fine. Don't worry.

Tony, we got results back on
the fingerprint from the hotel.

- What do you got?
- If it had been a complete print...

obviously there'd be only one true match,
but because it's a partial...

we get results from anyone whose fingerprints
match that particular quadrant.

How many potential matches
we talking about?

The F.B.I. Database gave us
almost 300 possibilities.

All right, look. Upload those pictures
to Michelle at the hotel.

- Have that woman go through 'em.
- Okay, I'm on it.

Tony, Ryan Chappelle on line three.

- "Ryan?"
- What's taking Edmunds so long?

- Has he even called in yet?
- He's moving into position
around Saunders's building now.

What are they waiting for?
Why haven't they gone in?

They're preparing a covert entry, Ryan.
It takes a little time.

Well, get on 'em, Tony.
Get those men into that building.

Ryan, Chase is running this operation
on the ground. He needs to make this call.

Ryan, Chase knows what's at stake here.

He's gonna go in when it's safe.
Try and relax.

- Ryan, you still there?
- I'm here.

All right. I'm hooking you up
to the real-time comm feed.

Good.

- Tony, I've got a visual on the train yard.
- Copy that.

There's no one in the lobby.
Baker and I are moving up the stairs.

Graves and Martinez
are coming down from the roof.

The guard at the top of
the stairs has been taken out.

We're proceeding down the hall.

We got one man by the door.
We're gonna have to move fast. My lead.

Set.

- " Clear."
- No one's here.

It's a switching node.

He's been relaying calls
from this location... damn it!

- This is Bauer.
- You underestimate me, Jack.

Saunders, why are you doing this?

Even if I told you,
you wouldn't understand.

Try me.

Tell your people not to
bother tracing that relay.

I've already switched to another node.

- Stephen.
- A van will be arriving shortly.

Leave Chappelle's body with the driver.
Do not attempt to follow the van.

If you don't follow my directions,
I will release the virus immediately.

Can I have everyone's attention, please.

These are the drugs
Agent Dessler told you about earlier.

Anyone who wants to exercise
this option can step forward.

- Michelle.
- Did you find a match?

Partial thumbprint gave us
a few hundred possibles...

which we narrowed down
to a dozen men.

We uploaded the pictures.
Ms. McCartney's looking at 'em now.

That's not him. No.

No.

- This one. I think that's him.
- Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Find him.

"Are you okay, William?"

You've been in there for a while.

- Uh, I have some kind of bug.
- Do you want me to make some tea?

No, I'm fine.

- "Are you sure?"
- Yeah. Yeah, I gotta go to the office.

- I have a staff meeting.
- Okay.

- Kaufman.
- This is Jack.

Have you got satellite
coverage on my position now?

- Not yet, but I'll reposition.
- There's a black van. No plates.

I'm sure they're gonna use countermeasures,
but do everything you can to follow it.

Okay.

We have to go, Ryan.

My legs are shaking.

I've got ya.

Ryan, is there anyone you wanna talk to?

What do you mean, to say good-bye?

To say whatever you have to.

I have a brother
I haven't spoken to in years.

I don't have that many friends.
Just the people at work.

So, no. There's no one.

I'm sorry, Ryan. We gotta do this.

Get on your knees.

All right, there's no way around this,
right, Jack? We don't have any outs here.

Not that I can see.

Wait.

All right.

Let me do this myself.

At least give me the dignity
of taking my own life.

That's something you can do.

- No, Ryan. I can't do that.
- Yes, you can!

You were right back at C.T.U.
To put me under watch.

I wasn't going out for a cigarette.
I was trying to bolt.

But I know this has to happen.

I can't take that chance.

I'm giving you my word, Jack.

I won't run. I swear.

I-l-I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared.
But I'm not gonna run.

I couldn't live with myself knowing I was
responsible for the deaths of all those people.

You gotta believe me.

I can't. I can't.

It's all right.

I'm sorry we let you down, Ryan.

God forgive me.