Ted Packard warns Anne that the terrorists are planning to infect the President with the virus. He is then killed by a sniper. Wayne alerts President David Palmer that Ted's travel expenses were paid by Alan Milliken, one of Palmer's biggest campaign contributors. Palmer orders Milliken to be arrested immediately.
The staff of the Counter Terrorist Unit are still looking for Jack after his transponder signal went dead.
Claudia tells Chase Edmunds that Jack is going to take the virus from the Salazars, and that Jack promised to take her family away from Mexico if she helped him.
Max wants to kill Jack Bauer. Nina Myers seconds the order. But the Salazars throw their bodies across Jack, and Max and Nina can't kill him. Hector promises Max that Gael will release Kyle Singer.
Gael calls Hector and tells him that he will not release Singer. Max, Nina, and his men fire on the Salazars. Jack Bauer takes out the wheels of Max's humvee and he and the Salazars escape. But Hector knows that Max will find and kill them. Jack says they need to hurry.
10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.
10:00 P.M.
Eduardo continues to torture Chase for information, but Chase does not give in.
10:01 P.M.
Gael, who has since arrived at CTU, gets a call from Hector and they set up a trace. Hector begs Gael to release Kyle Singer and the virus from Health Services. Gael angrily refuses and sardonically advises Hector to send one of his "twerps" to release Kyle. An enraged Hector puts Jack on the line, and Jack provides Gael with the location of the Las Nieves ranch. He wants satellite photos of the landscape in order to predict the whereabouts of Max's troops. Jack explains that Max, the provider of the virus, is working with Nina and the two are not happy with the fact that the Salazars failed to release the virus. He is going to attack them. Hector says that they have Chase in custody, but they want to know if he brought backup with him. Gael lies about knowing this, and suggests that they keep him alive to be safe. The phone is tracked, and Tony orders CTU commandos to the position.
10:05 P.M.
Tony gives Kim the news that both Jack and Chase are alive. He doesn't reveal that Nina is there too.
10:06 P.M.
Jack and the Salazars return to the farmhouse. Hector is alarmed when Sergio says that his sister wants to take them away.
10:07 P.M.
Jack slips into the house and asks Claudia about Chase. He instructs her to save Chase, who will help her escape. Hector comes in and confronts Claudia about what Sergio said. Claudia covers by saying that she was only trying to scare Sergio because he was misbehaving. Hector buys this. Jack overhears the whole conversation. So does Sergio.
10:09 P.M.
Tony briefs Chappelle on the new discoveries. Although Nina had been exiled to North Africa, she somehow fled. Tony thinks that Jack will try to get her to help him retrieve the virus.
10:10 P.M.
Michelle apologizes to Tony for not trusting his judgment. He knows she had a duty to report his mistakes, but accuses her of merely trying to establish her toughness.
10:11 P.M.
Chloe gets an urgent phone call from someone named Sarah who needs to meet with her immediately. Chloe agrees.
10:12 P.M.
Hector tries to get Chase to say whether he came down to Mexico by himself. When Chase does not answer, Hector fires a bullet into Chase's left hand. Chase collapses from the pain.
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10:17 P.M.
Palmer is informed by Wayne that Alan Milliken has been arrested and is being transported to District. The President still can’t believe that one of his strongest supporters would turn against him. Wayne learns that even though Milliken tested clean, his wife was found infected with the virus, confirming Ted Packard’s warning. Palmer demands to speak with Milliken himself once he arrives.
10:19 P.M.
Chloe walks outside to the front of CTU to meet with Sarah, a teenager with a baby in her car. Although she is angry at Sarah for putting her in this desperate position, Chloe takes the baby into the office.
10:20 P.M.
Gael calls Jack and uploads the satellite photos of the area. Jack asks Salazar if they are ready to defend themselves. Salazar is saying that they are nowhere near a proper defense when three helicopters appear on the horizon. The choppers open fire on the ranch.
10:21 P.M.
Claudia checks in on her little brother, Sergio. Shots of Max's army are heard in the distance. Frightened, she takes Sergio out of bed and runs out of the house. She hides her little brother in the bed of the pickup and tells her father that they are leaving. Claudia then runs toward where Chase is held captive. In the confusion surrounding Max's attack, she gets in without the notice of Eduardo. She hands Chase her kitchen knife and throws gasoline onto Eduardo. Using his good hand, Chase stabs the man. Claudia grabs Eduardo's cell phone and gun. Chase takes a metal poker and sticks it into the fire. He presses the hot poker to his hand to cauterize the bullet wound. Chase passes out. Claudia drags Chase toward the pickup. Hector spots Claudia trying to escape with Chase. But before he can react, the choppers aim their missiles at the ranch and fire. In a huge fireball, the Las Nieves ranch is blown away. Claudia and Chase climb into the truck bed. Max's henchmen approach the truck. Chase shoots them as the truck peels out. Hector comes running and fires at them. He can not follow because the advancing army blocks his path. As they speed to safety, Chase realizes that Claudia has been fatally shot in the head. Meanwhile, the chopper containing Max and Nina lands and they get out. Max orders Nina and the others to follow the Salazars into the woods.
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10:31 P.M.
President Palmer is brought to a room where Alan Milliken is being held. Palmer angrily informs Milliken that it’s over and that the only way to avoid the death penalty is to start talking. Accepting the offer, Milliken explains that he was paid a substantial sum to help plan and execute a biological attack on the country and to personally infect President Palmer. He wanted revenge for an affair his wife had been having with Wayne when he worked for Milliken. So he infected her and intended to have her approach the President just after the debate and just as she became contagious. But she became suspicious and refused to go. He had to lock her up to prevent her from alerting the authorities. He’s been scrambling all day to find another way to lure Palmer into his trap and appease his employers. Palmer demands to know who these employers are. “Peter Kingsley,” Milliken answers, explaining that he was recruited by Kingsley and the oil consortium he represented. Since Kingsley’s death, he’s been dealing with a man named Max during the implementation of their backup plan. Palmer is dumbstruck, believing that they had taken down all the oil companies involved with Kingsley. Milliken berates Palmer for underestimating the ability of these people to cover their tracks. Palmer takes out his phone to alert CTU.
10:34 P.M.
Jack and Salazar run frantically through the woods. Hector catches up to them. Suddenly, armed men appear in their path. The three turn around and see Max, Nina and several others surrounding them. Hector takes out his gun, fires, and misses. Max callously shoots Hector dead. Max's group of terrorists captures Jack and Salazar.
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10:40 P.M.
Chappelle finds that Chloe is hiding a baby underneath her desk. She says it is hers, and Chappelle orders her to get rid of it. Chloe tells him that her babysitter left her in the lurch.
10:41 P.M.
Max and his henchmen pull up to an old, abandoned church. Max and Nina lead the captive Salazar and Jack into the church. Mandy informs Max that Alan Milliken has been arrested and expresses her concern. But Max assures her that Milliken knows nothing of this part of the operation. Milliken failed to infect Palmer and they need to move on. Max takes Salazar into another room, leaving Nina to question Jack. Jack pleads with Nina to release him, saying he will join Max's organization in exchange for $15 million. Nina tells Jack to ask Max but that he’ll probably refuse. She coldly admits that Max is the reason she had to kill Teri. Jack spits in Nina's face. Nina smashes Jack with her briefcase, knocking him out.
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10:51 P.M.
Chase calls Tony from where his truck broke down. He informs Tony that Jack and the Salazars were attacked by three armed helicopters a half hour ago. Chase wants the chopper picking him up to know that he is bringing two other people as well as the body of Hector's girlfriend.
10:53 P.M.
Jack offers Nina $20 million if she and Max let Salazar keep the virus. Nina still believes that Jack is working for CTU. He says that he gave up his life to bring down Salazar and returned home to nothing. Jack claims that Kim never forgave him for her mother's death, and he wants the money to give her back some semblance of a life. After he broke Salazar from prison, he is unable to return home. He only wants to disappear with the money. Nina's guard encourages her to kill Jack, and Nina raises her gun to Jack's forehead. She turns around and shoots the guard instead. "What are you up to, Jack?" she questions.
10:56 P.M.
A grief-stricken Wayne enters Palmer’s office. The President tells Wayne that Milliken told him about the affair. Wayne apologizes profusely, sickened that his mistake nearly killed his brother. Palmer assures him that it was Milliken’s decision to commit treason and that he shouldn’t blame himself. Tony calls to report that they found no evidence of a link between Peter Kingsley and Max, or a deeper insight into the terrorists’ organization and plan. All the people connected with Kingsley and the oil companies are dead or have disappeared. Tony apologizes and hangs up. "Then our best hope is to talk to our only link to Kingsley," Palmer says. He calls his ex-wife Sherry and tells the federal prisoner that he is sending Wayne to ask her about Peter Kingsley.
10:59 P.M.
Nina confirms that Jack did break Salazar out of prison. She asks if he is willing to forgive her for killing Teri. Jack says that if he had wanted revenge, she would already be dead. Nina kneels down and places her hands on Jack's thighs. "Convince me," she says, leaning in. Jack kisses her.
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