Wilshire Gas Co.: The building is in chaos; everything is on fire. Jack (who, believe it or not, IS alive) grabs Vladimir Bierko, drags him to the ground, and checks his pulse. Bierko is also alive, and Jack tells the other agents that Bierko should be taken to CTU so they can give him medical aid and get him talking.
CTU: The Department of Homeland Security is coming to take over ALL of CTU’s operations, and EVERYONE at CTU is going to be fired and ordered to leave the premises. That’s right! Bill, Curtis, Audrey, Chloe, and everyone else will be asked to split. Karen Hayes and Miles decide that Bill Buchanan needs to take all of the blame for CTU’s failures, and they draft a letter, take it to Audrey Raines, and ask her to sign it. Audrey reads the letter and sees that the Homeland Security people are taking over CTU, and that they want Buchanan to take the fall. Audrey sticks up for Bill and for everyone else. She says that everyone did a great job, and refuses to sign the paper. Miles then points out that Audrey made some mistakes earlier, and that they can ruin her career even if her daddy is the Secretary of Defense. Audrey still won’t budge, and she continues to stick up for everyone.
Logan Lodge: Wayne finally makes his way inside the retreat. He is looking for Evelyn, with whom David Palmer was trading e-mails (undoubtedly not about what they were wearing), and finds her. Evelyn won’t say anything at first, but (of course) eventually breaks reveals that kidnappers are holding her daughter to coerce Evelyn into providing them with certain evidence.
Wayne calls Jack and briefs him on the developments. Evelyn explains that she is expecting to receive a call from the kidnappers, when they will give her the address for a meet where Evelyn will exchange the evidence for her daughter. Evelyn won’t reveal the people involved and explain what’s going on until her daughter is returned safely. As you’d expect, Jack and Wayne agree to help Evelyn recover her daughter. Jack, Evelyn, and Wayne meet up at an old barn and strategize. The kidnappers call and give Evelyn the address for the meet.
CTU: Audrey receives a call from Jack in which he asks for her help in securing satellite coverage for the location. Audrey tells Jack that she can’t do it because Homeland Security is taking over, and all of the CTU staff has been relieved and ordered to leave. Audrey thinks about it and decides that there is something she can do: She can sign the Homeland Security letter and sell out the others so she can still have access to CTU. So Audrey goes to Karen and Miles, and says she will sign the document if they let Chloe stay under her authority. Karen and Miles reluctantly agree, and Audrey signs the letter. Audrey tells Chloe what’s happening, and while Chloe doesn’t completely understand what’s going on, she nevertheless agrees to help because she knows Jack needs her.
Meeting Place: Jack, Wayne and Evelyn park close by. Jack and Wayne get out of the car, and Evelyn goes to the meet alone. Meanwhile, Jack and Wayne circle around the area and search for blood spatter -- sorry, wrong show – really, they search for lookouts. As Evelyn pulls up to the location, her cell rings. The kidnapper talks…and it’s Christopher Henderson! He tells Evelyn to get out of the car. Meanwhile, Jack is checking out the area, and he spots some of Henderson’s operatives. Jack begs for mercy. Well, no. There’s a brief shootout, during which Wayne has to kill a guy (he has a hard time pulling the trigger, but he gets it done). Jack spots another lookout for Henderson. Jack sneaks behind him, slits his throat, and grabs his walkie-talkie. He manages to pass for the dead guy, and he says that the coast is clear and the swap can take place.
Henderson and Evelyn prepare to make the trade, and then there’s a HUGE shootout (details are sketchy). Jack and Wayne start shooting, and they manage to kill most of Henderson’s men. Evelyn is either shot or run over in the chaos, but she seems OK, and her daughter is safe. Jack goes to Evelyn and asks her who’s behind everything…perhaps the Vice-President?
SPLIT SCREEN: Inside of his car, Henderson makes a call to report progress (or lack thereof). Henderson assures the recipient of the call that Jack will be killed. We now see the person to whom Henderson is talking as he turns a corner and it’s…
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PRESIDENT CHARLES LOGAN
with the fans sometimes, I think.
