**Recap:
Previously on 24.**SHERI PALMER: Tell
me about Ron Wieland.
PRESIDENT DAVID
PALMER: He was going to go public with a rumor.
SHERI: About the
bomb?
PALMER: We’re
holding him at the OC. When the crisis passes; I’ll let him go.
MIKE NOVICK: Sir
you better come out here.
RON WIELAND(TV):
What I find most troubling about this story is that our President knows about
this threat and isn’t saying anything to the public!
PALMER: Who was
controlling that room?
MIKE: Armus.
PALMER: I want to
see him now.
MEGAN MATHESON:
Kim I’m scared!
KIM BAUER: Where
are you taking her? She can’t go back to LA.
COP: I checked you
out. Your father does work for CTU. Now you tell me- what did he tell you was
gonna happen today in LA?
KIM: It’s a
nuclear bomb.
KATE WARNER: What
about my father? What’s his connection to all this?
PAUL KOPLIN: He
wrote a cheque to Syed Ali for $475,000 in return for consulting services.
KATE: Maybe they
were doing business.
KOPLIN: Syed Ali’s
only business is bankrolling terrorists.
BOB WARNER: I’m a
consultant for the CIA.
[Kate and Koplin
getting kidnapped outside of the Warner residence.]
MAN: Let’s go!
[Nina Myers speaks
in Arabic to Mamud Faheen.]
MICHELLE
DESSLER(PHONE): Nina. How big is the bomb?
JACK BAUER: Nina
what did he tell you?
NINA MYERS:
Everything.
JACK: No!
[Nina slits
Faheen’s throat with card.]
RICK PHILLIPS:
We’re loosing him!
NINA: Jack…
JACK: Secure her!
NINA: I know where
the bomb is!
[The plane gets
hit.]
---
**The following takes
place between 4PM and 5PM.**
---
RON WIELAND(TV):
Judy, I was illegally detained inside the president’s retreat for the last six
hours. That pretty much tells you the degree of how much he did not want this
information to come out.
SHERI
PALMER(PHONE): No Karen. Karen. No. That does me no good.
KAREN(PHONE): What
am I looking for?
SHERI(PHONE): Ron
Wieland has a source inside of this administration, and I need to know who.
KAREN(PHONE):I’m
on it.
SHERI(PHONE):
Fine. Then get back to me with that. Ok. No, I need the information. Good.
[Sheri hangs up, President
Palmer enters and turns off the TV.]
SHERI: What’s
going on?
PRESIDENT DAVID PALMER:
You tell me.
SHERI: What does
that mean?
PALMER: Ron
Wieland’s been contained for the six hours. 10 minutes after you met with him,
someone let him out.
SHERI: And you
think it was me? Even if I had the resources, which I don’t, why in God’s name
would I want to see Ron Wieland cause a panic? Especially today?!
PALMER: I don’t
know.
SHERI: David, I
had nothing to do with this. I swear on the lives of our children.
[Mike Novick
enters.]
MIKE NOVICK: Mr.
President.
PALMER: Wait here.
[Palmer follows
Mike out to the hall, where Mike shows him the surveillance tape on computer.]
PALMER: You find
Armus yet? I wanna know how Wieland got pass him.
MIKE: Take a look.
PALMER: What’s
this?
MIKE: A digital
playback from the surveillance feeds at OC.
PALMER: That’s
Armus.
MIKE: This
happened 25 minutes ago.
[The tape shows
Armus using his keycard, opened the door to Ron Wieland’s holding room. Wieland
walks out, Armus escorting him.]
PALMER: Armus let
him out?
MIKE: Yeah.
PALMER: Where is
he now?
MIKE: We haven’t
found him yet. Mr. President. If Armus is working covertly against you-
PALMER: It’s not
covert now! It’s in my face!
MIKE: We will find
him sir.
PALMER: Oh we’d
better! Because whomever he’s working for is trying to keep me from finding
this bomb.
---
[Jack Bauer staggers
around the plane.]
RICK PHILLIPS: How
long till we go down?
JACK BAUER: Any
minute! The pilot think he found us a safe place to crash land. I gotta get the
coordinates to George.
JACK(RADIO):
George?!
MASON(RADIO):
Jack. What’s happening there?
JACK(RADIO): We’re
going down. The pilots don’t know what’s going on. If felt like some kind of
explosion. We’re losing all kinds of power up here. They think they can make a
safe crash landing on a soft riverbed located in sector J. The coordinates are
34-30-44 north. 119-0-niner-0-5 west. Did you get that?
MASON(RADIO): Yeah
we got it!
JACK: Nina,
there’s a chance we’re not gonna make it through this. We need to know the
location of the bomb now. Nina we’ve given you everything you’ve asked for!
Please!
MASON(RADIO): Jack
can she hear me?
JACK(RADIO): Hold
on, I’ll put you on speaker.
[Jack types
something on his computer to put the radio to CTU on speaker so Nina could
hear.]
MASON: Nina, the
deal you’ve asked for is in place. You got your pardon from the President. What
more do you want?
NINA MYERS: Even
if I survive this, Jack’s gonna kill me anyways.
MASON: That’s what
Phillips is there for, to protect you.
NINA: He can’t
protect me from Jack!
JACK: Nina! All I
want is the location of the bomb. I give you my word; I will not harm you in
any way!
NINA: I don’t
believe you.
[Rick Phillip gets
up and goes over to Nina, he pulls out his gun and holds it against Nina’s
neck.]
PHILLIP: Where is
the bomb?
JACK: Rick, holster
your weapon!
PHILLIP: At least
do one last good thing with your life!
MASON: Hey
Phillips, what de hell is going on?!
JACK: Phillips!
That’s an order! Take your seat!
[Phillips takes
his seat.]
CAPTIAN(INTERCOM):
This is the Captain Richard. I don’t think we’re gonna make it to the riverbed.
Everyone assume crash landing position and get ready for impact.
JACK: George,
we’re going down! We’re not gonna make it to the riverbed. The coordinates I
gave you, they’re going to be off-
[The communication
is cut off, static noise. CTU personnel looks at each other in horror.]
MASON: Get the
crash-site coordinates from the ATC, and send in search and rescue.
MICHELLE(PHONE):
ATC, this is CTU, I need the exact coordinates.
---
PALMER: Okay, I’ll
prepare a statement in the next hour. In the meantime, let’s find Armus.
MIKE: Yes sir.
[Palmer enters
Sheri’s room.]
PALMER: Sheri, I
owe you an apology.
SHERI: Why, what
did Mike say to you?
PALMER: Richard
Armus was the one who let Wieland go.
SHERI: But Armus
doesn’t have his own agenda, he must be working for someone else.
PALMER: We’re
looking into it now. I’m sorry I jumped to the wrong conclusion.
SHERI: It’s
alright. I don’t expect you to change your attitude towards me overnight.
Apology accepted… David? What are you gonna do?
PALMER: Talk to
the press, I’m not sure how, but I may have to go after Ron’s credibility.
SHERI: Ron’s
credibility?
PALMER: Yes, make
it look like his report was motivated by personal dislike, that it’s not based
on fact.
SHERI: Yes, but it
is based in fact.
PALMER: Believe
me, I wish there’s another way.
SHERI: Maybe there
is. Why don’t you just tell the truth David? It’s what you do best. I mean, you
pulled it off with Keith, with our divorce. You’ve earned the public’s trust.
Just use it. What?
PALMER: I’m just
wondering if you’ve really changed… Or if you’ve just gotten better at
pretending.
[Mike enters.]
MIKE: Sir?
PALMER: Yes, what
is it?
MIKE: We just got
word from CTU in Los Angeles. The plane that Jack Bauer was returning in just
went down.
PALMER: It
crashed?
MIKE: We’re still
waiting for details.
PALMER: Oh. My
god!
[Palmer exits,
stomping off in a hurry.]
---
[Jack coughs in
the wreckage of their plane crash. He stumbles and rolls out of the metal
frame, clutching his stomach. He tries to walk, but falls down again. A sharp
branch was stuck in his leg. He pulls out the bloody stick, and staggers around
looking for survivors. He spots Rick Phillips who is still secured in the
planes seat.]
JACK: Rick. Rick!
Rick!
[Jack tries to
pull Rick up. Jack flips over the wreckage covering Rick, and goes back over to
Rick and holds up his head.]
PHILLIPS: Myers…
JACK: I haven’t
found her. I don’t even know if she made it.
PHILLIPS: Find
her…
JACK: I’m gonna
find her. You gotta hang in there.
[Jack fossicks
through Phillip’s jacket and took his keys and phone.]
JACK: You hang in
there Rick, alright? Search and rescue will be here any minute. Just hang in
there. I’ll be right back.
[Jack spots Nina
Myer’s chair seat, he runs over and turns it over. Jack un-cuffs Nina from her
seat and pulls her seat away. Jack throws away the broken plane seat, leans in
to listen for Nina’s breathing.]
JACK: Come on.
Come on!
[Jack sticks his
finger in Nina’s mouth to open it. He does mouth-to-mouth a couple of times.
Nina breathes deeply and coughs. Jack rolls over and clutches his arm in pain.]
---
04:11:42.. 43..
44.. **Fades out.**
04:16:07.. 08..
09.. 10.. 11
---
[Michelle sits in
her seat looking at her screen, troubled. Mason takes his anti-nausea pills in
the bathroom. Mason exits the bathroom and goes over to Michelle, who shows him
her screen. Mason is oblivious to the fact that he is not bleeding from the
nose.]
MICHELLE: These
images were taken around the time the pilot reported the explosion.
MASON: God they
were shot down.
MICHELLE: Yeah by
some kind of ground-to-air missile.
[Blood from
Mason’s nose bleed drips onto the screen Michelle was holding. He takes out his
handkerchief and covers his nose.]
GEORGE MASON:
Compile a list of anybody that might have had access to their flight plan.
MICHELLE DESSLER:
Kay.
MASON: I guess
it’s safe to assume whoever it was, that if Nina didn’t die in the crash,
they’re gonna probably wanna finish the job.
MICHELLE: Alright
I have search and rescue’s scrambling now.
MASON: Make sure
they’re well armed. And get me their ETA as soon as you have it.
[Mason walks away,
still sniffing.]
TONY ALMEIDA: Hey
George! Richards just told me you had Warner and Naiyeer transferred to room 7.
MASON: That’s right.
TONY: Well I had
them separated for a reason.
MASON: Yeah.
Because I told you to, and it’s not working, so let’s put them together and
play them off each other right?
TONY: I don’t get
you George. You know, one minute you’re running away, trying to save your own
ass, the next minute you’re back here trying to act like you give a damn about
anybody but yourself-
GEORGE: Hey! Back
off!
TONY: No I’m not
gonna back off George, not today. Now, what’s going on?
[Mason ponders for
a moment.]
MASON: Remember the
warehouse in Panorama City?
[Tony nods.]
MASON:
Weapons-grade plutonium, airborne in the firefight.
TONY: You were
exposed?
MASON: Yeah. Said
I’d be lucky if I made it through tomorrow.
TONY: I don’t know
what to say George. I’m sorry.
MASON: Me too.
[Tony puts his
hand up to his forehead and shakes his head. George Mason chuckles.]
TONY: Does anybody
else know about this?
MASON: Just Jack.
You. Can we keep it that way?
[Tony nods.]
TONY: Do you need
anything; is there something I can do?
MASON: Just do
your job, let me do mine.
[Tony nods again.
Mason exits.]
---
[Bob and Reza are
in the same room, staring at the table from opposite sides. George Mason
enters.]
MASON: So you’re
both claiming not to know Syed Ali. Is that it?
REZA NAIYEER: It’s
not a claim, it’s the truth.
MASON: Sit down.
REZA: I’d rather
stand.
[Reza crosses his
arms. Mason looses his temper.]
MASON: Sit down!
[Mason clutches
Reza by the shirt and throws him into a chair.]
MASON: Where the
hell do you think you are? Wake up! Six hours ago, a cache of weapons-grade
plutonium was found in a warehouse in Panorama City! We believe a nuclear bomb
was assembled there and it’s set to be detonated at some point today.
REZA: A nuclear
bomb?
MASON: We also
found this in the warehouse. What do you make of that guys?!
[George Mason
takes out a piece of paper from his pocket, straightens it and slaps it on the
table. Bob Warner puts on his reading glasses and looks at it. Reza looks at
paper, then at Bob.]
BOB WARNER: This
is a bill of lading from our company.
MASON: For a
container sent to Syed Ali, Which means at least one of you is lying right now.
[Reza takes paper
after Bob reads it, and looks horrified.]
MASON: Now I’ll
let you two work that out between yourselves. Whoever talks first gets
immunity. It’s a one-time offer. It expires in ten minutes.
---
KIM: Don’t worry
they’re gonna come for us soon.
MIGUEL: What’s
taking them so long?
KIM: I don’t know,
but they’ll be here.
COP: We’re leaving
in just a second.
MIGUEL: Where are
we going?
COP: Central
booking.
MIGUEL: LAPD?!
That’s downtown!
COP: Yeah. I know
where it is.
MIGEUL: Aw man!
What did I tell you, I don’t believe this.
KIM: Wait, someone
from CTU is supposed to pick us up. Can you call George Mason?
COP: Captain says
it’s out of their jurisdiction, he overruled it. Look you’re both suspects in a
capital crime okay?
KIM: We told you
why we can’t go back to LA.
COP: Yeah I know.
The bomb.
KIM: Yes.
COP: Well I
checked it. There hasn’t been a single departmental alert or elevated threat
status.
KIM: They do not
want the entire city to panic at the same time.
MIGUEL: Do you
think we’re making this up? Call CTU. They’ll tell you what’s going on.
COP: I’m a cop; I
have my orders, okay? I’ll sign you two out before I take you back to the city.
MIGUEL: I don’t
believe this. We can’t go back to LA.
KIM: As soon as my
dad finds out, he’ll fix things.
MIGEUL: I don’t
think we should be counting on your father. No offence, but you were right when
you said how messed up he is.
KIM: Everything
I’ve said about my father is because I was angry. And I blamed him for what
happened to my mom.
MIGUEL: Maybe you
were right.
KIM: No. No,
listen, it wasn’t his fault and he did the best he could. It just all turned
out wrong.
---
REZA: No. This is
crazy. How can they keep us here without letting us see a lawyer? Huh?! What
are we gonna do?!
BOB: Nothing.
Because nothing we say will make any difference. They’ll find a way to make it
look like we’re involved.
REZA: With a
nuclear bomb?! I’ve done nothing wrong! This is crazy! I have nothing to hide!
… What about you Bob?
BOB: What about
me?
REZA: You got
anything to hide?
BOB: Of course
not. No.
REZA: Well you’re
the one who made the authorization to Ali.
BOB: No I didn’t.
REZA: Huh? Then
who did?!
BOB: Don’t
interrogate me Reza. That’s exactly what they want.
REZA: Yeah? Well
I’m not asking for them. If you didn’t make the authorization Bob-
[Tony Almeida and
George Mason are watching the two men in the interrogation room through a
television.]
TONY: Naiyeer’s
levels are even. Warner’s spiking all over.
REZA: They also
said… that you work for the CIA.
BOB: I let the CIA
pass information through our distribution network a couple of times. That’s it.
REZA: Why didn’t
you tell me?
BOB: Because it is
none of your concern!
REZA: I think it
concerns me now! I think a nuclear bomb pretty much concerns everyone! Don’t
you? You know what I’m thinking Bob? I’m thinking that all your generosity and
acceptance is just a load of crap.
BOB: Reza you
better sit down and shut up before you say something you will regret for the
rest of your life.
REZA: You lied to
me.
[Reza glances at
surveillance camera. Mason and Tony are monitoring them from outside through
TV. Reza stands up and speaks towards the camera.]
REZA: I can track
the shipping order! Bob’s code signature will show that he authorized the
transaction order.
[Bob pins Reza to
the wall. Mason and Tony goes to the interrogation room.]
REZA: Get off of
me!
BOB: No, just stop
it.
[Shoving starts,
two guards restrains Bob Warner.]
REZA: The database
is at the office. I’ll take you there.
MASON: Step
outside.
REZA: I’m not
taking the fall for you Bob.
MASON: Come on.
Take it easy.
BOB: Alright.
Alright…
---
04:23:50.. 51..
52.. 53.. **Fade out.**
04:28:03.. 05..
06..07..
---
JACK: Search and
Rescue’s alert. We need the flaregun.
---
MICHELLE: Hey
where’s George?
TONY: With
Naiyeer. He broke.
MICHELLE: Look he
wants an ETA on the search and rescue, could you tell him they’re about 12
minutes away from the crash site?
TONY: Okay.
MICHELLE: Tony.
TONY: Yeah?
MICHELLE: What’s
going on with George?
TONY: As far as
what?
MICHELLE: He’s
sick isn’t he? He’s got some kind of radiation poisoning doesn’t he?
TONY: Where’d you
get that?
MICHELLE: Hazmat’s
all over the warehouse he raided this morning, so it’s gotta be hot right? I
was just working with him and his nose started bleeding, and that was after
Shipler told me he was throwing up in the bathroom. And it doesn’t take a
doctor to figure it out. Besides, I can read your face pretty well by now.
TONY: Look, he
doesn’t want anybody else to know, okay?
MICHELLE: How bad?
TONY: Pretty bad.
MICHELLE: Can he
run things in his condition?
TONY: Yeah I think
so.
MICHELLE: No.
That’s not good enough. I mean I feel bad for him, but if he’s compromised
mentally or physically, we can’t-
TONY: He can do
his job, Michelle. He wants to do his job like I’ve never seen. He’s determined
to stop this bomb.
MICHELLE: Yeah,
well so am I, which is why I think he should step down.
TONY: Alright
look. I’ll keep an eye on him. And the second he misses a step, I’ll make sure
he backs off.
MICHELLE: No, you
have enough to do without having to baby-sit him.
TONY: I’m not
baby-sitting him Michelle. Now you gotta trust me on this.
---
LYNNE KRESEGE: Can
I see that information as soon as you get it?
SHERI: Lynne?
Lynne. I made some notes on David’s speech. I thought you might want to
incorporate them.
KRESEGE: How did
you get that?! I haven’t even shown that to the President yet.
SHERI: Jenny
showed me a draft.
KRESEGE: Well she
shouldn’t have.
SHERI: She’s known
me for a long time Lynne. She knows what I have to offer.
KRESEGE: Mrs.
Palmer. The President believes that you can be an asset to him during this time
of crisis. That, is why you’re here. He did not, however, give you license to
insinuate yourself into-
SHERI: Wait wait
wait wait, hold- hold. Put your back down Lynne. I am not here to trespass on
your territory. I am here to help. That’s why I’m coming to you first before I
go directly to David.
KRESEGE: Mrs.
Palmer, that sounds like a threat to me.
SHERI: Unless
David’s speech is pitch-perfect, which right now it is not, Ron Wieland’s
allegations just might bring down this presidency.
KRESEGE: I don’t
need you to tell me how important this speech is-
SHERI: Then you
owe it to David to look at my revisions.
[Sheri throws down
the speech and stomps out.]
---
[Jack pockets a
flare gun, rounds the corner and un-cuffs Nina from the airplane wreck where
she was secured.]
JACK: Gimme your
hand. Come on.
[Jack limps up the
hill, led by Nina, to find a safe place to take cover.]
MAN: We got a
survivor over here.
[Jack looks over
at the team of men just arrived.]
JACK: This doesn’t
look like search and rescue.
[The man who found
the Phillips takes out his gun and shoots him. Jack drags Nina down with him to
take cover near a bush.]
JACK: Who the hell
are those soldiers? Are they coming here for you?!
NINA: I don’t
know!
[Jack shoots the
flare gun at the man who just walked into their sight. A bright red flare is
stuck to the man’s chest, the man starts screaming, and fires his automatic
weapon. Nina tries to make a grab for the weapon when the man is down. By now,
the rest of the man’s team knows that one of their man is down and there are
survivors who can protect themselves.]
JACK: Don’t even
think about it! Keep going!
MAN: Go go!
[Bullets kicks up
dirt around where Jack and Nina stands. The team of men closes in. Jack took
the man’s weapon and shoots at them for a few seconds. They run.]
JACK: Keep going!
Keep going! Take cover in the creek bed. There’s too many of them for me to
handle on my own. I need your help. Give me your hands.
[Jack un-cuffs
Nina.]
JACK: I need you
to run recon for me and handle the ammunition. You screw with me now, and we
both die. Do you understand that?
NINA: Jack. We
need to get to higher ground so I can spot for you.
JACK: Take the
ammunition. Go. Go!
[Rapid gunfire at
Jack and Nina’s retreating figure. Jack returns fire over elevated ground. He
ducks once in a while to dodge the enemy’s bullets.]
---
[A man speaks in
Arabic to a cell phone, the conversation is quickly concluded and he hangs up.
The man peers past the curtains and out the window. He walks back to the
unconscious figure of Kate Warner on the sofa and clicks open a capsule to wake
her up.]
MAN (SA): Would
you like some water, Kate? Maybe some tea?
KATE: How do you
know my name?
MAN (SA): I know
more than that. I know you are 29 years old, unmarried. I know you have an economics
degree from Stanford.
[Kate tries not to
barf.]
KATE: Who are you?
MAN (SA): My name
is Syed Ali. You know who I am?
KATE: I’ve heard
your name mentioned.
SYED ALI: What
else have you heard about me?
KATE: Nothing.
ALI: Kate, what
have you found in your father’s files? You were looking in places you do not
belong. You must have seen some things.
KATE: I don’t know
what you’re talking about.
ALI: Really?
[Syed Ali holds
Kate by the head and leads her away.]
KATE: Let go of
me! Let go of me!
KOPLIN: I told you
a thousand times, I don’t know what you are talking about. You got the wrong
guy.
[Paul Koplin is
being hanged on the shower rail, naked. Another man is wearing a transparent
protective covering for his body and holding a chainsaw like tool. Ali holding
Kate enters.]
KATE: Paul? Oh my
God. What are you doing?
ALI: He is telling
us your father works for the CIA. This is not new information Kate. We know
your father. We need to know what you saw and who you told.
KOPLIN: We didn’t
tell anyone anything because we didn’t see anything! How many times do I have
to tell you?!
KATE: He’s telling
the truth! Please don’t do this!
ALI: Listen to me.
Nothing can get in the way of this sacred day. Tell us what you saw and who you
told.
KATE: We didn’t
see anything. I swear! The files deleted themselves before-
ALI: Don’t lie to
me Kate!
KATE: I’m not
lying, I’m not lying!
KOPLIN: She’s not
lying! They were self deleting files! We don’t know anything! What are you-
[The man in the
protective suit starts the saw and the camera turn to focus on Paul Koplin’s
bottom half of the face. He is screaming. Ali is holding Kate.]
KATE: No! Stop it!
Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
---
04:35:54.. 55..
56.. **Fade out.**
04:40:07.. 08..
09.. 10.. 11
---
[Jack and Nina goes
to elevated ground. Jack shoots. Nina takes cover.]
NINA: Jack, I can
spot you from here.
[Nina throws Jack
a magazine of ammunition. Jack loads. Nina organizes the remaining ammunition.]
JACK: I’m set.
Where are they?
NINA: 11 o’clock.
90 meters, moving left.
[Jack takes out
several enemies. He clicks empty and he takes cover again. We can clearly see 2
magazines left, but Jack doesn’t know that.]
JACK: I’m out!
NINA: Last pack,
Jack!
[Nina throws Jack
one of the magazines. Jack loads.]
JACK: Where are
they?
NINA: Ten o’clock.
Within 50 meters.
[Jack shoots
towards them, takes several of them out. Jack runs out of ammo pretty quickly.]
JACK: That’s it!
[Jack throws down
the rifle he took from the enemy and takes out his pistol. He flips the safety
off.]
JACK: Where are
they now?
NINA: Ten o’clock,
two o’clock. Higher ground.
[Jack shoots at
them. The enemy return fire. We can hear a helicopter overhead. It’s CTU backup
and/or search and rescue.]
JACK: It’s a CTU
chopper! They’re gonna make a sweep! Stay down!
[Jack and Nina
takes cover. CTU sweeps, taking out all the terrorists. Nina looks up.]
JACK: Stay down!
[Nina takes cover
again. Jack walks out, gun out to greet the CTU backup. He leaves Nina and the
rifle behind. Nina picks up the rifle, loads, and the gun cocks from behind
Jack.]
NINA: Drop it
Jack. I said drop it!
[Jack doesn’t
move. Nina shoots the dirt next to Jack.]
NINA: I don’t
wanna shoot you just yet, but I will if I have to!
[Jack clicks off
the safety and drops the gun. One of the CTU agents emerges with a rifle.]
CTU AGENT: Drop
the gun! Drop it, it’s over!
NINA: Stand down!
Stand down or he’s dead.
JACK: Stand down!
She’s the only one who can get us to the bomb!
[CTU agent waves
to his team to signal to do as told.]
NINA: I wanna talk
to the president. NOW!
[Jack nods One of
the agents leave to go get a radio/phone.]
---
KIM: Megan.
[Megan is walking
with the cop to her Aunt. Kim watches from the other side of the glass window.
Megan spots her. Just when the cop was about to open the latch to her Aunt,
Megan dodges under the cop’s arm to Kim.]
KIM: Megan! Come
here.
MEGAN MATHESON:
Kim!
KIM: Are you
alright?
MEGAN: Kim. Yes.
[Megan and Kim
embraces. Megan cries.]
MEGAN: I’m scared.
KIM: I know, it’s
scary, but you’re doing so good.
COP: Let’s go.
KIM: Wait, where
are you taking her? Where is she going? Do you know where you’re going baby?
MEGAN: Aunt Emily.
She’s my mom’s sister.
KIM: Do you know
where she lives?
MEGAN: Santa Barbara.
KIM: Santa Barbara? Santa Barbara, that’s so good.
[Cop sighs as they
hug.]
MEGAN: Why can’t
you come with me?
KIM: Oh… Oh .. I
will soon Okay?
MEGAN: I don’t
wanna go.
KIM: I know.
COP: Ok, let’s go.
Your aunt’s waiting.
KIM: Go on okay?
You can go now. Go on, go on, don’t cry. No, no. Shh.. I’m gonna see you soon
okay?
[Megan looks back
at Kim as she goes past the latched door to her aunt.]
KIM: Santa Barbara, that’s like, what, 50 miles outside of LA?
MIGUEL: It’s more
like a hundred.
KIM: Oh god. She’s
gonna be okay.
[Kim and Megan
waves to each other. Aunt Emily signs Megan out.]
---
[George Mason and
Tony Almeida escorts Reza Naiyeer out of the interrogation room. Reza is held
by the cuffs by a guard. Marie watches.]
MICHELLE: Mr.
Mason, Tony.
TONY: Yeah.
[The group stops.
Michelle walks over. Reza spots Marie, they look at each other.]
MICHELLE: Alright.
Jack’s alive. 7 hostiles were killed in the operation, but there’s a
complication.
MASON: What?
MICHELLE: Nina
Myers took Jack hostage. She’s demanding to speak to the president.
MASON: Have
Richards and Maccabee take him to Bob Warner’s office.
[Mason walks away.
Tony walks over to Reza and holds him by the arm.]
REZA: Let me talk
to her.
TONY: She’ll be
here when you get back.
REZA: We were
supposed to get married in an hour. Just let me explain everything to her.
TONY: Alright you
have one minute. Watch him. I’m gonna make a call.
[The guard with
Reza nods, Marie walks over. Tony exits.]
MARIE: Are you
alright? What did they do to you?
REZA: They just
asked me questions. Everything’s fine.
MARIE: Are you
sure?
REZA: Yes.
MARIE: Okay
Larry’s on his way over with a criminal lawyer, Alex Holtman. He’s one of the
top guys in the city.
REZA: I’m not
gonna need a lawyer, but your father might.
MARIE: I don’t
understand. Reza, what’s going on?
REZA: It’s your
father Marie. They think that he might have something to do with Syed Ali.
MARIE: My father?
REZA: Yeah he
tried to use me.
MARIE: Use you
how?
REZA: To do
business with Ali, who they say, is part of this terrorist group.
MARIE: My father?
Part of a terrorist group?!
REZA: They have
proof. Sweetheart. They have this transaction that’s connecting one of us to
Ali. And I know I didn’t write it. I’m sorry, to put you in this impossible
situation. I love you. And I wanna be with you. But right now, something really
bad might happen if I don’t help them.
MARIE: After
everything he’s done for you, to turn on my father...?
REZA: He turned on
me. He turned on us. What else was I supposed to do?! Marie!
[Marie recedes
away from Reza’s touch. She goes back to her spot and picks up her bag, her
tears streaming down her cheeks, her eyes puffy and red. Tony appears again.]
TONY: Come on.
Let’s go.
REZA: Marie.
[Marie Warner
walks away slowly.]
---
04:48:02.. 03..
**Fades out.**
04:52:15.. 16.. 17..
18.. 19
---
[A CTU agent
places a radio/phone near Jack and Nina. Nina is sitting on the steps in a
covered area. Jack is kneeling with his hands behind his head, fingers
criss-crossed.]
---
MICHELLE: We have
a secured line ready.
---
[Phone rings.]
NOVICK: That’s
Nina Myers.
PALMER: Mike, you
should talk to her first. I don’t want to give her access to me until she gives
us something in return.
[Palmer presses
speaker button on his phone.]
MIKE: Ms. Myers. Mike
Novick, I am the President’s Chief of Staff.
NINA: I asked to
speak with the President.
MIKE: He’s not
available.
NINA: Do you want
to stop this nuclear bomb or not.
MIKE: Of course we
do.
NINA: Then put the
President on.
MIKE: I’m
authorized to negotiate on his behalf.
NINA: What I want
is nonnegotiable.
MIKE: What do you
want?
NINA: I’ll tell
you where the bomb is in exchange for immunity.
[Palmer shrugs and
lifts his hands in the air with a confused and disbelief expression. Mike
Novick nods.]
MIKE: The
President’s already granted you a total pardon.
NINA: Expect this
is a crime I haven’t committed yet.
MIKE: What crime?
NINA: The murder
of Jack Bauer.
[Palmer looks up
at Mike. Jack Bauer is just kneeling there, blinking.]
NINA: Add that to
my pardon, and I’ll tell you where the bomb is.
MIKE: And if we
don’t comply?
JACK: We don’t
have a choice.
MIKE: Is that you
Mr. Bauer?
JACK: Yes. Please
tell the President that I do not believe he has any other choice but to accept
her deal.
[Palmer looks
down, pressed the button labeled ‘Line 2’ on his phone.]
PALMER: Is CTU on
a secured line?
MASON: Yes sir,
this is George Mason. We’re on a designated channel. Also Michelle Dessler and…
uh Tony Almeida.
[Mason points
towards Michelle. Tony wanders in a few seconds later.]
PALMER: Do you
have any alternatives to what she’s asking? Any weaknesses that we maybe able
to exploit?
MASON: None. She’s
a survivor sir. She knows Bauer. She knows if she doesn’t kill him now, he’ll
hunt her down and find her later.
PALMER: So, in
your assessment, Nina Myers is our best chance to stop this bomb?
MASON: Sir, she
may be our only chance.
[Palmer blinks,
looks down. Turns around and paces in his room.]
PALMER: Ms. Myers,
this is President Palmer.
NINA: I’m
listening.
PALMER: Is Jack
Bauer there?
JACK: Yes, Mr.
President. I’m here too.
PALMER: Ms. Myers…
If the information you provide culminates in the successful interception of the
nuclear device, you will get everything you asked for.
[Palmer bites his
lip. Jack seems to be smiling slightly. Jack looks down.]
PALMER: You will
be pardoned in advanced for the murder of Jack Bauer.
NINA: I can live
with that.
JACK: Start
talking Nina.
NINA: The bomb
will be detonated by a man named Syed Ali.
MASON: We know
about Ali. We need to know where he is.
NINA: He’s at a
house in Chatsworth, on Starling court. 18 Starling Court.
MASON: Contact the
local law enforcement to set up a perimeter.
[Tony nods and
leaves.]
MASON: Coordinate
among the relevant agencies.
[Michelle nods and
leaves also.]
PALMER: Ms. Myers,
you’re not to take any action until we put our hands on this bomb.
NINA: Agreed.
PALMER: Jack?
JACK: Yes sir.
PALMER: Is there
anything you want me to do?
JACK: Please make
sure that my daughter is safe sir.
[Palmer looks as
if he’s about to cry.]
JACK: Tell her
that I love her.
PALMER: I’ll do
that.
JACK: Thank you
Mr. President.
PALMER: Jack?
JACK: Mr.
President. Please you don’t have to say anything sir. There was only one right
choice to make, and you made it.
PALMER: I’m sorry
Jack.
[They hang up.]
MIKE: He’s right
Mr. President. It’s the only way we’re going to find this nuclear device…
[A tear rolls down
President Palmer’s cheek, glistening from the lights in the room.]
MIKE: … before
it’s too late.
[Palmer wipes his
cheeks. Lynne Kresege enters.]
KRESEGE: Sir? The
press corp is waiting.
[Kresege hands
Palmer his script. Palmer dabs at his eyes with his handkerchief, they walk
pass Sheri’s office, Sheri stares at the retreating figure of the two of them.
They stop by the door.]
PALMER: You’ve
made some changes.
KRESEGE: Yes sir.
PALMER: It’s
better.
KRESEGE: Thank you
sir.
[Palmer exits.
Kresege looks at Sheri; Sheri looks at Kresege in return and smirks.]
---
[The man throws
salt on Paul Koplin’s open wounds made by the chainsaw on his back. Koplin
screams in pain.]
KATE: For God’s
sakes stop it! What do you want? I don’t know what you want!
ALI: Yes you do.
[The man pats
Koplin’s hurting back with is salt-smeared hand. The man’s protective goggles
are splattered with blood.]
KATE: We didn’t see
anything. We didn’t tell anyone anything! I swear! I don’t know anything! How
can I tell you what I don’t know!
ALI: I believe
you.
[Ali takes a gun
from the back of his belt, the man seemed to have read his mind beforehand and
steps away from Paul’s withering body. Ali shoots several times into Paul
Koplin’s back. The other man looked away to shield himself from the splatter of
blood. His face is dotted with Koplin’s blood, so is his shirt’s covering and
hair. Kate Warner is screaming and gasping in horror. She kneels down to the
ground.]
ALI: If she knew
anything, she would have told us. Kill her.
[The man reaches
up to his glasses with his blood-soaked glove and removed them. Kate sobs in
the corner. Ali exits. The man also shrugs off the plastic cover.]
---
[Reza Naiyeer
sitting in a car.]
[Miguel and Kim
Bauer sitting in the police station. The cop checking something on a notepad.]
[President Palmer
making an entrance, the press corps chattering in excitement and shouting out
questions.]
[Jack Bauer
kneeling with his hands behind his head.]
---
NINA: It won’t
take them long to find Ali. This isn’t how you thought it would end, is it
Jack?
JACK: This isn’t
over yet.
---
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