Senator John Keeler pays a visit to President David Palmer. He accuses Palmer of capitulating to terrorist demands, a violation of U.S. policy. Keeler demands Palmer's withdrawal from the campaign. Trepkos advises Keeler to release all the information to the public as soon as possible. Keeler holds a press conference, announcing that Palmer had Ryan Chappelle killed and Sherry Palmer pardoned.
Jack Bauer finds Tony Almeida kidnapping Jane Saunders and trying to trade her for Michelle.
The trade goes down with CTU covertly backing up Tony. When Jane runs back to Tony, Stephen Saunders exposes himself to the teams on site.
Saunders's guards are taken out, and the Marines blow up his helicopter. Saunders is captured, but refuses to cooperate.
11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
11:00 A.M.
At the Sixth Street Bridge, Saunders tells Jack that the eleven other vials are being held by men instructed to release the virus at noon. They cannot be called off. Saunders will give him their locations only if he receives a guarantee from President Palmer that he will be allowed to escape freely to North Africa.
11:05 A.M.
CTU agents take Tony into custody. Jack promises that he will do what he can for him.
11:06 A.M.
Jack asks Jane Saunders to try to convince her father to stop the virus.
11:07 A.M.
Jane approaches Saunders and begs him to prevent people dying from the virus. Saunders knows CTU is trying to manipulate him, and he explains to Jane that what he is doing will better the world. Saunders will not relent, and Jane breaks down in tears. Jack watches her run off.
11:09 A.M.
Trepkos watches Senator Keeler’s press conference in delight. Carson, his contact within the government, calls with news that Saunders has been captured. Trepkos is not concerned. Saunders’s men will go into failsafe and the national outbreak will begin in an hour. Trepkos readies his private yacht for immediate departure. Carson is concerned that Saunders will name him and Trepkos as accomplices. But Trepkos knows that Saunders would rather die than not realize his goal of the destruction of the United States.
11:10 A.M.
Jack and Saunders arrive at the Chandler Plaza Hotel via helicopter. Jack shows him the body bags full of innocent victims. Saunders is unmoved. Jack summons Chase to bring out Jane from a second helicopter. Jack threatens to send Jane into the infected hotel if Saunders does not give him information on finding the other vials. Saunders believes that Jack would not harm the girl, but Jack gives the order for Chase to send her into the building. Jane cries out for her father, and Jack warns Saunders that he will watch his own daughter die. Saunders finally gives up and says he will comply. Saunders tells Jack that the vials are tagged with GPS codes so that they can be tracked. He has memorized all eleven locator codes. Jane is removed from the hotel entrance before she can be infected.
--Commercial Break--
11:18 A.M.
With the GPS signals traced, CTU has ten of the eleven vials in their sights. Saunders confirms that the missing vial is in Los Angeles, and the courier was instructed to release the virus in a public place that would ensure the maximum number of casualties. Saunders only knows the man by an alias, Arthur Rabens. Jack has Chase bring Saunders back to CTU to work with a sketch artist to get a description of the courier. Jane is to stay at the hotel site.
11:19 A.M.
Jack phones Adam and has him search for aliases of Rabens. Adam puts Tony's replacement, Brad Hammond, on the line. Jack brings Hammond up to speed and asks him to be lenient on Tony. Hammond refuses. Jack compares Tony's current situation to what he went through a few years ago. Jack had gone rogue to save his family who were captured by Victor Drazen. It was Tony who worked with Jack and Gael to set up this operation yesterday, and Tony should now be used as an asset on the case. Hammond is not swayed by Jack's argument.
11:21 A.M.
Everyone watches silently as Tony is escorted into CTU in handcuffs. He is locked in a holding room. Hammond tells Tony that his act of treason is punishable by the death penalty. His best possible outcome is twenty years in prison. This fact sobers Tony.
11:23 A.M.
Palmer and Wayne watch as Keeler’s press conference comes to an end. The announcer confirms that a government source has backed up all of Keeler’s claims. Palmer can’t believe that Keeler would exploit a national crisis. But Wayne concedes that it’ll probably work. Everything Keeler said was true. “You gave into Stephen Saunders,” Wayne says grimly. Palmer defends his actions, claiming that they worked. Saunders was captured and surrendered the locations of the vials. Wayne agrees, but says that Keeler defined Palmer’s decisions first. Palmer wants to hold a press conference immediately.
11:25 A.M.
Jack and Chase watch a video feed as the first of the ten located couriers is taken down. The vial of virus is successfully apprehended.
--Commercial Break--
11:30 A.M.
Aboard his yacht, Trepkos assures Keeler that he won the presidency today. He applauds Keeler’s decision to bring up the “unconfirmed” release of the names of foreign operatives. The speculation alone will undo Palmer. Trepkos gets another call and hangs up. It is Foxton, the courier of the virus in Denver. He warns Trepkos that SWAT has raided his location. Saunders must have betrayed his location. Trepkos can’t believe it, but only Saunders knew how to find him. Trepkos orders Foxton to release the virus immediately. Foxton agrees, but is silenced by a SWAT sniper. Trepkos hears this and slams his fist onto the table.
11:32 A.M.
Palmer addresses the assembled press. He confesses that what Keeler alleged is true, but that he was only trying to protect the American people. Palmer explains that the details of the operational necessity to temporarily give into the terrorist’s demands will be released in the coming hours. Palmer announces that Keeler was not aware that this terrorist has since been captured and that they're now hopeful a national outbreak can be prevented. No concessions have been given since the death of Chappelle, whom Palmer calls a “brave solider” who gave up his life to protect Americans. Palmer says that the pardon of Sherry Palmer last night was necessary at the time, as she was the only one with any knowledge of the terrorists behind this plot. The price for her cooperation was her freedom and he had no choice but to reluctantly agree. Palmer accepts full responsibility for her subsequent assassination attempt. Palmer calls Keeler’s press conference a disgrace and accuses him of playing politics when the nation needs to be united in stopping the threat of the Cordilla virus. The President urges Americans to stay calm and in their homes. Palmer takes questions from the reporters. As Palmer explains that the release of the virus in Los Angeles was inadvertent and that federal agencies are handling the situation, Wayne expresses to an aide that he feels that this stopped the bleeding.
11:37 A.M.
Chase lets Jack know that two more of Saunders's men with the virus vials were apprehended, but a third courier in Denver was making a phone call when he was killed. Chloe finds that Rabens's GPS code has yielded a target. She confirms that Rabens is in Los Angeles and is on the move. Jack and Chase head toward him.
--Commercial Break--
11:42 A.M.
Michelle asks Hammond why she is being denied access to Tony. She finds out for the first time that Tony hindered the investigation by allowing Saunders to escape. She's stunned.
11:43 A.M.
CTU intercepts another two couriers. Chloe leads Jack and Chase as they follow Rabens. According to the tracking, they are directly behind the target. Neither Jack nor Chase sees a car. Jack realizes that Rabens is in the subway underground. Chloe accesses the metro system, but Jack does not want the train stopped because it will tip Rabens off. He asks her to have both an undercover team and a Hazmat team in place.
11:44 A.M.
Trepkos and Carson scramble to stop the escalating collapse of their operation. Carson informs Trepkos that they are down to just three couriers. But CTU was unable to initially track the Los Angeles courier, which means that he has the best chance of releasing the virus. Trepkos grimly tells his partner that their mission to create a national outbreak today is effectively over. Even if the couriers succeed, it will not be enough to create the national and global chaos they need. Carson begrudgingly agrees, alerting Trepkos that he has just gotten a flash that their Las Vegas courier has been taken out. The New York one is being chased by SWAT. Only the Los Angeles courier has enough of a head start to stand any chance. Trepkos says that they’ll have to abandon having any kind of outbreak today. The new objective is survival. The Cordilla virus was vital to this operation. If all the vials are destroyed by the government, then the virus is wiped out and it will set their group back many years. Thus, their only hope is for Rabens, the courier, to escape with the virus intact. Trepkos could then find a way to have it replicated and relaunch their attack against the United States and the world. The setback of Saunders’s betrayal will not be as damaging. Trepkos calls Rabens to give him his new orders.
--Commercial Break--
11:52 A.M.
Jack, Chase and a throng of agents enter the subway station. When they are in position, Chloe has the train released to arrive. Rabens's vague description is fed to the agents over their earwigs.
11:53 A.M.
Chloe alerts the agents that the target is moving off the train and is headed up the stairs out of the underground station. Chase follows, but doesn't know which man it is. Jack narrows it down to four men. When Chloe notes that Rabens has stopped, Jack sees a man looking at the subway map.
11:56 A.M.
Jack gives the order to the agents, and he kicks the man down at the subway map. Chase sweeps the man's shopping bag with a wand and discovers the transmitter is inside a pack of cigarettes. The man claims he doesn't smoke. Rabens was on to them, and he slipped the transmitter into another passenger's bag. Jack radios for the station to be locked down.
11:57 A.M.
Palmer continues to take questions at his press conference. One of the reporters tells the President that she’s just been informed by a high-ranking reliable source within Palmer’s own administration that the terrorist in question is a former MI-6 agent named Stephen Saunders and that Palmer authorized a federal agent to threaten the use of torture against his innocent daughter in order to prevent a further outbreak. The reporter demands a response. As Palmer struggles to find a proper answer, Carson watches his television with a sinister smile on his face.
11:59 A.M.
Chase reports to Jack that everyone who has exited the subway is still detained in the station. Jack orders him to start searching the trains. They can't let Rabens get away.
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