24 (2001–2010): Season 3, Episode 23 - Day 3: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - full transcript

"Previously on" 24.

Mr. President, with respect to the death
of Alan Milliken, I know you lied.

You told the police Sherry was with you
at the time of Milliken's death.

The fingerprints on this prescription bottle
prove otherwise.

- What do you want?
- Your resignation.

Without this, Sherry's got nothing, right?

Now I can call Foxton,
and he can make this all disappear.

You mean steal evidence?

Jack, I just heard Tony tookJane Saunders
out of the building without authorization.

Saunders has Michelle.
He wants to trade her for his daughter.

Tony, put the gun on the dash!



You help me make this trade, I'll turn myself
in, go to prison, whatever's gotta happen.

We don't have a visual on Saunders.

I repeat, we do not have a visual on Saunders.
Keep your teams down. Stay down.

- I can't.
- Jane! It's okay. Come here.

Teams 'A"and "B, "move. Move now!

Move! Team one go!

Stephen!

I'm pinned down. Saunders has a helicopter.
Call in air support now!

Let's go! Let's go!

Eleven vials of the virus
are unaccounted for. Where are they?

It's not gonna be that simple, Jack.

This is Jack Bauer.
Saunders is in custody.

The following takes place
between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

Three men.



" Move 'em up!"

We just got verification
from Saunders's computer.

There's 11 vials spread
across the country.

- How long till you can give us
access on their location?
- I'm not sure I can.

Saunders applied
a sophisticated decryption overlay.

An unauthorized access
will auto-erase the file structure.

- I'll keep trying.
- Okay.

- Where are the 11 vials?
- You're wasting your time.

I'm not foolish enough
to have that information in there.

Where are the vials?

In the hands of dedicated men.
True believers.

- Believers in what?
- That the greatest threat to world peace...

- comes from this country.
- There's a hotel not far from here...

where 800 innocent people are
dead or dying because of you.

Were they a threat to your world peace?

The United States must be forced
to retreat within its own borders.

Those people are simply
the first casualties of war.

What happened to you, Stephen?

I was abandoned by
the people I worked for.

As you'll be someday.

- But my message will be heard
in less than one hour.
- What are you talking about?

My couriers have been instructed
to release the virus at noon.

They're in fail-safe mode,
and they can't be recalled.

Tell us where they are. We'll stop them.

That is possible.

But only if you agree to my terms.

- What are your terms?
- I have a private jet waiting at Van Nuys Airport.

I need to be on it with a presidential
guarantee of safe passage to North Africa.

Never gonna happen.

Then hundreds of thousands will die.

I know what you're thinking, Jack.

The Bosnian secret police worked on me
for two years and couldn't break me.

You really think you'll be able to do it
in less than an hour?

Get me on that plane, Jack.
You don't have a choice.

Bring me Jane Saunders.

I'm gonna need your gun, Tony.

- Frisk him.
- Against the wall.

- Hey. You don't have to do that.
- I've got my orders.

- Take it easy on him. He's one of us.
- Not anymore.

- What's going on?
- My orders are to take Almeida into custody.

That's straight from
Brad Hammond at Division.

I'm sorry, Tony.
There's nothing we can do right now.

You just take care of business, Jack.
I'll be all right.

- They said you wanted to see me.
- I need you to speak with your father.

- "What do you want me to say?"
- "Try and make it personal."

Try and connect with him. Tell him you're
scared. That you don't want him to do this.

I'll try.

I know what's going to happen,
and I know you can stop it. Please.

I won't let them
use you to manipulate me.

Despite everything that's happened...

I love you.

And I'm asking you, please,
don't let this happen.

This doesn't make any sense.

It doesn't make sense
to you because...

you haven't seen what I've seen.

You don't understand.

I know you think what happened to you
is the government's fault and maybe it is.

- But the people who are going to die are innocent.
- And that is tragic, Jane.

But it has to happen
for things to change...

and they must change.

How can you do something like this?

I'm doing it for your sake.

- For "my" sake?
- For you...

and your children, and after it's all over,
the world will be a better place.

Please, Dad.

Please.

Please, don't do this.

Jane, I don't expect you to understand now.
But one day you will.

And you'll look back,
and you'll thank me for what I've done.

- Yeah.
- Oh, my God.

Jane. Jane!

Jane.

We're on the move.
Get the choppers ready.

Hello.

- Sherry, it's David.
- Hello, David.

I've been thinking things over.
What Keeler offered to you.

How did you put it...
"a seat at the table"?

Yeah. Something like that.

Well, there may be
a seat at "my" table.

- It's a little too late for that, David.
- Sherry...

I think it's in both our best interests
for you to hear what I have to offer.

All right. I'm listening.

- No. Not on the phone. In person.
- Where then?

- At Latham Park, the old baseball field.
- I know it.

Good. I'll meet you there
in 25 minutes.

- That's short notice, David.
- But you will be there.

- You're in no position to be making demands here.
- I have a schedule to keep.

If I start changing things around,
it will attract attention.

And I don't think
either one of us wants that.

All right, David.
I'll hear what you have to say.

Fine.

Yeah.

- She should be leaving soon to meet me.
- I knew she'd go for it.

Oh, she's enjoying having me over a barrel.
I could hear it in her voice.

Don't worry about that, David.

If we can find this prescription bottle,
all her leverage is gone.

How long will you need in the house?

The more time we have,
the better our chance of finding it.

I'll do whatever I can
to keep her there with me.

- All right.
- Wayne...

find it!

Take a look at your handiwork.

You murdered these people,
Stephen. Whole families!

Sometimes a fire needs to be lit in order
to put out another fire.

I don't wanna hear your justification.
This is over!

You are gonna tell me
how to find the rest of the vials now!

Or you'll send me inside the hotel?
I'm prepared to die for my cause, Jack.

Yeah, I know. Chase.

- Yeah, Jack?
- Come in.

Copy that.

What are you doing, Jack?

- Why did you bring me here?
- Ask your father. It's up to him.

Dad?

Tell me how to find
your couriers, Stephen...

or I am going to put
your daughter in that building.

You wouldn't dare.
She has nothing to do with this!

Neither do the people in those body bags.
I am going to do everything I have to...

- to stop you from releasing more of this virus.
- How could you do this?

- I'm gonna give you one chance.
- No, you're not.

- Tell me how I find them.
- You know you can't do this, Jack.

- "You are a government agent."
- Send her in.

- Take her inside! Now!
- No. Dad, stop them.

Dad, stop them! Stop it!

Stop it! Dad, please!

- No! No! No!
- Jane.

- Dad!
- Everything that happens to
your daughter is because of you.

Stop them! Stop it!
Get your hands off... -

- Get her out of there, Jack.
- Get off of me! Dad, please!

- Bauer, get her out of there...
- Where are the vials?

- Get her out of there!
- How do I find the vials?
- Dad!

Let her go! Do as I say now, Jack!

When your daughter is infected,
I'm going to make you watch her die.

Let her go!

Let her go.

You're running out of time, Stephen.

Jack!

- "Jack!"
- Stephen, you're out of time!

Stop! Stop! Stop!
I'll tell you!

Just don't harm her!

How do I find the vials?

Each one is tagged with
a G.P.S. Locator chip...

so that I could track them, right up until
the moment they were released.

- Where are the locator codes?
- In my head.

- You memorized all 11?
- Yeah. Get her out of there.

Bring Jane out from
the tunnel now. Let's go.

Jack, we picked up 10 of the 11
G.P.S. signals coming off the vials.

- Why are we missing a signal?
- I don't know. I gave you the correct codes.

- Where's the 11 th vial?
- Los Angeles.

- What's the target?
- His instructions were to select a public place...

where maximum casualties
would be inflicted.

- What's his name?
- I know him as Arthur Rabens.

- But I'm assuming that's not his real name.
- "We need a description."

Take him back to holding over at C.T.U.

- I want him working with
a sketch artist immediately.

- What aboutJane?
- She stays here.

- Kaufman.
- Adam, it's Jack.

I need you to do an all-agency search
on the name Arthur Rabens.

- Saunders believes it might be an alias.
- Okay. I'm on it, Jack.

Has District sent anyone over
to replace Tony?

Actually, yeah.
Brad Hammond just got here right now.

- Okay. Let me speak to him.
- One second.

Mr. Hammond. I have
Jack Bauer for you on line six.

Jack... I've been briefed on
C.T.U. Activity to this point.

We're relaying the coordinates of
the 10 vials to local police...

N.H.S. And HazMat across the country.

We still can't lock on
a signal for the 11 th vial.

The 11 th vial is in Los Angeles.
The courier's name is Arthur Rabens.

Although Saunders believes that that might be
an alias. There's no predetermined target.

Think he's telling the truth?

He thinks we're willing to kill his daughter
if he doesn't cooperate.

But our best bet
is to lock onto that signal.

I understand everyone
in Comm is working on it.

Brad, I know you took
Tony Almeida into custody...

but now that his wife is safe,
I think he might be a real asset to us.

I'm sorry, Jack, but there's not
going to be any special treatment.

For God's sakes, Brad.

Four and half years ago, I was put in
the exact same position Tony was put in today.

Victor Drazen kidnapped my wife
and daughter, and I went outside
of C.T.U. To get them back...

- and no one put me in prison.
- The circumstances were different.

And the outcome will be the same.
We will prevail.

The entire operation was put at risk
because of what he did.

This operation started a year ago
with Gael, Tony and myself.

Gael gave his life.

I became an addict to maintain my cover.
Now you're sending Tony to prison?

It's wrong.
Brad, it's wrong, and you know it.

You should be putting
a medal on him, not handcuffs.

Jack, you can testify at his hearing.
Right now, we've got work to do.

Kim, any new data you've got
I need transferred to...

- Where's Michelle?
- She's here.

- Could I talk to her, please?
- First things first.

Plachecki's coming over from the attorney
general's office to take your official statement.

- You're entitled to have a lawyer present.
- Look, I don't need a lawyer.

- I did what I did.
- What you did is punishable
by the death penalty.

- Death penalty.
- What did you expect? You committed treason.

- That was not my intent.
- You facilitated the escape...

of a man who is responsible for
the death of Ryan Chappelle...

and almost a thousand civilians and who
was contemplating killing millions of others.

Then you tried to neutralize the only leverage
we had over him by giving him back his daughter.

So what's the bottom line?

I will testify to the fact that
your service record is long...

and, for the most part, distinguished.

With luck, the best
you can hope for is 20 years.

- "Sherry should've left by now."
- "Yeah."

Well, she's taking her time,
so she can make the president wait.

- Wayne Palmer.
- Wayne.

- I told you not to call me.
- I don't have anyone else.

I'm sorry,
but I can't help you right now.

The police are coming back
to arrest me, Wayne...

for murdering Alan,
because they don't believe that Sherry was here.

- I know what happened.
- Then why didn't you tell them the truth?

My-My lawyer says that-that the president
is backing Sherry's story?

Is it true? Is your brother
covering for Sherry?

- I... I don't know, Julia.
- D-Don't lie to me.

Listen. I'm sorry, but there's nothing
I can do for you right now.

Please, just don't-don't hang up.

I'll call you as soon as I can.
I promise.

Wayne?

No. L-I'm so scared.

- I know.
- We loved each other once.

Help me.

- I have to go, Julia.
- Wayne.

I'm sorry.

All right.

I'm chief of staff to the president of
the United States...

- and I'm committing a burglary.
- It's an historic moment.

Foxton, Sherry
can never know we were here.

You do what I say and she won't.
Let's get to work.

Jack, this is the tactical feed
from San Francisco.

They're apprehending Saunders's courier.

- " He's not breathing."
- " He's been neutralized."

- The sniper took him down with a head shot.
- Got it.

- " Is the vial intact?"
- " Stand by."

Field Ops, I repeat, is the vial intact?

Vial appears intact.

We've got it. The vial is intact.
Repeat, we have the vial.

One down, 10 to go.

- Did you check the kitchen?
- Yeah, for the second time.

There is nothing there.

Looks like Mrs. Palmer believes in
better living through chemistry...

- but none of the bottles are Alan Milliken's.
- Damn it.

Relax. If she's hidden it here,
we'll find it.

- How can you be so sure?
- 'Cause she's not a professional and I am.

- Sherry.
- David.

- Let's take a walk.
- Well, actually, I just wanted to get to the point.

What is it that you've decided?

I've decided to give you what you want.
A place in my administration.

Well, that's what
you implied over the phone...

but I thought I was here so that
you could be a little more specific.

You will be my de facto right hand,
involved in all major decisions.

- Involved how?
- On everything from
ambassadorial appointments...

to legislative proposals.

You will be one of my
primary consultants.

One of your consultants?

- Right.
- Good-bye, David.

What?
Where are you going?

Back home because
this conversation is over.

- Why?
- That's just not good enough.

I am not going to be relegated
to some informal role...

so that you can ignore
me whenever you choose.

Why don't you just
tell me what you want?

I want a permanent position,
David. In your administration...

and in your life.

I don't understand.

I want to be your wife again.

You what?

I don't expect to have the kind of
physical intimacy that we used to have.

Although maybe in time that'll come.

But I really want to be
Mrs. David Palmer again.

The first lady. Right by your side
in Washington wherever you go.

Sherry, I don't know what to say.

Well, you can start by saying yes.

Or I walk for good.

Are you prepared to
have me be your wife again?

Yes.

Really?

Oh, David.

Oh, God.

We should talk about the details.
Work out a timeline.

How we expose this to the public.

Wait a minute.

No. I know you a little better
than this, David.

Something's not right here.
You're making this all too easy.

There's something else going on.

I'm giving you what you asked for.

No, no. No, you're not.

You're toying with me.

And I don't know why
and, frankly, I don't care.

You... You just consider
my offer rescinded.

John Keeler will be the next president
of the United States.

Yeah?

She's on her way back.

David, we need more time.
We haven't found anything yet.

Look, I tried to keep her here as long
as I could, but she knew something was wrong.

- Wayne, you should leave.
- We're not done.

She will be there soon.
You have no choice.

David, hold on.

- There's a safe.
- David, we found a safe in a hidden cellar.

- Can you open it in time?
- Can you get in?

It's an Evans-Stoller, uh,
so forget about cracking it.

But all these electronic safes
have manufacturer override codes.

I have a guy who can get 'em for us.
One of'em will work.

- How long?
- Depends on how long it takes
to get him on the phone.

David, we may have just found a way.

You better. You're running out of time.

The suspect has used a titanium
clamp to secure the device to a railing.

We're defusing on-site.
Wilson, what is your status?

Suspect in custody. New York HazMat
is en route. Virus is contained.

- Yeah.
- Seattle, Las Vegas secure.

- Denver courier taken down making a phone call.
- Okay. Hold on.

Jack, we got the couriers in Las Vegas
and Seattle without incident.

Saunders's man in Denver was making
a phone call when he was killed.

- Did he complete the call?
Warn the other couriers?
- We don't know.

- We gotta find that out.
- "Tactical to L.A. Tactical to L.A."

This is Phoenix info.
Vial is secure. We are secure.

Chloe, I'm getting level-two sat
transmission from the L.A. Grid.

- Are you sure? What are the coordinates?
- Alpha-1733 at Delta-401.

- That's downtown. Lock in on the sat feed.
- "It's done."

- Transfer to my screen.
- Okay.

- This is Jack.
- Jack, it's Chloe.

- What do you got?
- Saunders is telling the truth. Rabens is in L.A.

- Where?
- He's on South Flower, heading northwest.

We got a location.

Extrapolate his path. Cross-reference it
with a list of probable public targets.

Already done. The most likely match
is the California Center.

A mall makes sense. Get units over there
to evacuate and secure the area.

We're on our way.

No, they're not right. Lighten the eyes.

I just tried to see Tony.
Security said you're denying me access?

- He's a prisoner, Michelle.
- I'm his wife. He did what
he did to save my life.

I am aware of that. Because of that
he's being charged with treason.

Treason? Brad, look.

I know that he broke protocol
by taking Jane Saunders out of C.T.U...

- but he would never have given her up.
- Michelle.

- And because of him,
we were able to catch Saunders.
- We had Saunders two hours ago.

And Tony let him escape.

No one told you? We had Saunders
trapped in a building downtown.

We were ready to drop the net...

and Tony pulled units out of position,
so Saunders could get away.

- Brad, it was an impossible choice.
- No, it wasn't.

Tony has a sworn duty to protect
the people of this country.

Putting your life first was treasonous.

And he's going to prison for it.

- "Brad..."
- I want you to put yourself
in his place, Michelle.

If you would've made the same call,
you should resign right now.

Target is still moving north
at 40 miles per hour.

- How long till we intercept?
- About a minute.

How are we doing on
the other vials?

They got the Flagstaff couriers
and the other two in Washington.

Rabens is the last one.

Okay, make your next right.
You should be coming up right behind him.

Okay. I'm turning right onto Flower.

The target is less than a block ahead of you.
You should have a visual.

Chloe, there's no vehicles within range.

Are you sure the target's still in a vehicle?

Of course, he's traveling
40 miles per hour. You're closing.

- Target is less than 50 feet ahead of you.
- No cars in front of us.

You need to recheck your signals.
It's not possible.

Yes, it is. He's underneath us.

Chloe, the target's on the subway.

Can you access the M.T.A.'s
disaster response system?

Yes, we can access
their control center directly.

Okay, we need to stop the train in
the tunnel before it hits the station.

Logging on to their system.

Has Adam been able to
turn up a photo on Rabens yet?

No, and Saunders hasn't completed
the identity sketch.

They're accepting my request to stop the train
in the tunnel just short of the station.

Do you want me to tell
M.T.A. to close the station?

Absolutely not. If Rabens notices
anything out of the ordinary...

he might release the virus.

I'm gonna need 20 personnel undercover
and a backup HazMat team A.S.A.P.

Okay. We've got men nearby.
I'll tell Hammond to order the redeployment.

Yeah, Foxton here.

- " Got those codes for the safe."
- "Okay. Give me the first one."

- Six, seven, six, seven, six, five, "B."
- Six, seven, six, seven...

six, five, "B."

- That didn't work. You got another one?
- Come on. Come on. Come on.

"Two, two, eight, seven, six, seven."

Did you hear that?

"It was a car."

No.

- Sherry's here.
- Look, I need you to be quiet.

- We need to get the hell out of here!
- Quiet!

- "The next one."
- The next one. Three, five, two, six, six...

- Damn it, Foxton! Come on!
- Got it.

- It's not here.
- Damn it. All right. Come on.

- That's it. Let's go.
- What?

I didn't come this far
to leave empty-handed.

Wayne. What's going on here?

Answer me. What... Oh.

Oh, now I understand
why David wanted to meet me.

But I am so surprised
to find you here doing his dirty work.

I've never done anything
to hurt you, Wayne.

- David put you up to this, didn't he?
- Sherry, l...

Answer me. David put...

The eyebrows.
Change the eyebrows.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Attention passengers.
Southbound service has been...

temporarily suspended
due to a stalled train.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

- " Chase, what's your location?"
- I'm covering the east side.

- " Copy that."
- "Chase, I've got a visual"
on you coming down the stairs.

Everything in place
with the M.T. A?

They're ready to move the train
into the station.

Teams "A" and "B,"
are you in position?

- " Roger. We are in position."
- "Rabens's description.'mid-30s..."

white male, dark hair,
brown eyes...nondescript.

- Chloe, release the train.
- Release the hold on the train. Release the train.

Attention passengers.

We are currently experiencing
a short delay on the Blue Line.

"Normal service will resume shortly."

Train doors are opening.

- Target is moving off the train.
- North or south?

- North.
- Target is moving north.

All teams remain in your zones.

Long Beach train. Next stop, Pico.

Attention passengers.

We are currently experiencing
a short delay on the Blue Line.

Normal service will resume shortly.

- Chloe.
- Go ahead.

- Can you check the altitude on a G.P.S. Signal?
- If I triangulate.

Positive. Target is changing altitude.

Target's moving up the stairs.

Got 10 remaining white males.

Attention passengers.

There will be a short delay...

Target is now moving west.

Team "A," split off and maintain pace.

Target is now moving south.

- Target is now descending.
- He's heading to the 7 th Street exit.

Coming right toward you, Jack.

Target is heading south.

I've got a visual.
Four, white remaining males.

I want all teams to start closing in.

I repeat, all teams start closing in.

- What have you got, Chloe?
- Target is now moving west.

Target has stopped moving.
The target has stopped.

I have identification on the target.
White male at my 6:00.

He's looking at the map.
I'm initiating takedown.

Drop the bag.
Get on the ground now! Don't move!

- What's going on?
- Where is it?

- "Wh-Where's what?"
- Where is it?

- "Where's what?"
- "Chase."

"What are you guys doing? What's going on?"

Jack, I got a signal.
Should we wait for HazMat?

No. It's either in the vial
or we're already contaminated.

What is this?

- Don't move.
- No passing through.

- " Let's stay back."
- Those aren't mine. I don't even smoke...

Shut up!

- " I need you all to stay back, please."
- "Son of a bitch."

It's just a transmitter. This isn't Rabens.
He knows we're on to him.

He's still got the vial.
Shut the station down now!

Julia. Stay here. I'll be right back.

- Where are you going?
- Just stay here.

Julia, what are you doing here?

The police think I killed Alan.

Well, I told you to keep your mouth shut.

It's nobody's fault but your own.

What are you doing with a gun?
You don't wanna do this.

I'm going to jail for the rest of my life
because of you.

Julia! Julia!

That's not true, Julia.
No. Wayne, relax. We're all right here.

- You gotta put that gun down.
- No. No!

She's the one
who should be going to jail.

My life is ruined.
Don't you understand that?

Julia, please. We can... We can
work this out, honey.

He's right. We can work it out.

Shut up. Shut up.

You have been lying your entire life.
You are not gonna lie your way out of this.

You're right. But right now, Julia...

I am telling you the truth.

Now, I will go to David,
and he will pardon you.

I-I was just with him, just now.

I'm gonna be his wife again.
He'll do whatever I say.

I promise you...
You will not spend one day in jail.

Isn't that so, Wayne?

Julia, listen. You'll have everything
you've always wanted.

You'll have your freedom.

You'll have Alan's estate.

You just think about it, sweetie.

I promise.

You'll be set for life. G-Good. Good.
Now that's real good.

That's good.

Oh, my God. Sherry.

Sherry.

I'm so sorry.

No!

God, no. Please.

Please.

- Take up position at the end of the platform.
- "Okay."

- Jack. We've detained everyone at the station.
- We shut it down in time?

- No one's left since the train came in.
- Set up a team.

We'll start searching the tunnels.