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Michelle asks Danny what he is doing there. He
says that he tried to call, but the phones weren't
working. He only wanted to apologize for yelling
at her. Michelle wants him to leave, but Danny
sees Carrie across the room. He yells at Carrie
for not returning his calls. Both Michelle and Tony
try to step between them, but Danny lunges for
Carrie and wraps his hands around her throat.
Security guards have to pull Danny off, and
Michelle watches, horrified.

Novick tells Lynne that he found out the Vice
President is personally calling cabinet members.
They both assume it is about the President's
decision to call off the attack. Novick says that he
is secretly meeting with a Defense Department
official named Jesper Isberg who has
information. Although Novick tries to keep her out
of it, Lynne insists on being present for the
meeting. Novick tells her to go to a storage room
on the fifth floor and wait.

While a medic checks out Carrie, Tony goes to
Michelle, who is crying in a corner. She is upset
about her brother, and the emotions from the
day's events come flooding over her. Tony
comforts her and they kiss. Carrie interrupts to
tell Tony that Chappelle is looking for him.

Stark opens another wound in Jack's side but
Jack is defiant. Stark then takes a hot cauterizer
and burns Jack in the spot where he has been
cut. Jack screams in pain through the gag until
he loses breath. One of the other henchmen pulls
Stark off to prevent him from killing Jack. Stark's
cell phone rings. It is Kingsley, checking on the
status of the chip. Stark says he is still working.

Novick enters the fifth floor corridor and meets
Lynne. He asks her if she knows about Section 4
of the 25th Amendment, where the cabinet can
vote to remove a President from office if they
determine that he is unfit to fulfill his duties. The
Vice President would then become acting
President. Lynne is alarmed that Prescott would
do such a thing. Jesper Isberg arrives, and
Novick makes him wait outside. Novick then asks
Lynne where she stands with regard to Palmer's
decision. Lynne says that, although she does not
agree with the President, she is loyal to him and
believes that Prescott should be charged with
treason. Novick calls in Isberg and steps out of
the room. Isberg blocks Lynne from the door.
Lynne is shocked that Novick is aligned with
Prescott. He tells her that Palmer would not listen
to reason and that he can't stand by while the
President's indecisiveness could cost American
lives. Novick tries to justify to Lynne that he is
doing this for the good of the country. Although
she puts up a fight, Isberg locks Lynne in the
room. Novick orders him to not let her out unless
Isberg hears it from him directly.

Yusuf tells Kate that they should bring the chip to
CTU since Jack never showed up. As he is about
to drive away, Yusuf is pulled out of the car by a
group of men. They accuse him of being an Arab
who bombed the United States. Yusuf grabs one
of the men and trains his gun on him, warning the
other men to get down on the ground. As Kate is
getting back into the car, she sees another man
come up to Yusuf with a brick. She tries to warn
him, but the man knocks Yusuf to the ground.
The men beat him mercilessly. When Kate tries
to stop them, they smack her. She falls, dazed.

Tony phones Chappelle in his car. He tells Tony
that he is coming to CTU with a few key people
from Division to help out. Tony then calls
Michelle to see how she is doing. She apologizes
for her actions, but he says he is not sorry for
what they did. Michelle is concerned about what
Carrie will do with the news. Tony says that it is
none of her business.

Stark orders the unconscious Jack to be woken
up. He brings up Kim, suggesting that Jack
wouldn't want his daughter to be an orphan.
Stark has one of his men hit Jack with the taser.
Jack writhes in pain. Stark instructs the man to
do it again, but the man says that Jack is no
good to them if he is dead. Stark takes the taser
and does it himself. Jack's eyes roll to the back of
his head and his body goes slack. Stark orders
the men to wake him up, but when they snap
poppers under Jack's nose, he does not stir. One
of the men says that Jack is dead. With concern
rising, Stark tells the men to cut Jack's binds and
let him down. Stark frantically administers CPR
on Jack, and yells for the men to find
epinephrine.



While Stark shocks Jack's chest with a
defibrillator, one of his henchmen searches the
clinic for epinephrine. Kingsley phones again and
another henchman named O'Hara takes the call.
O'Hara is forced to tell Kingsley that Jack is
flatlining, and Kingsley gives him the order to fix
it. The doctor is ushered in at gunpoint to
administer epinephrine to Jack. He applies the
defibrillator paddles and revives Jack. Stark is
relieved, and inquires to O'Hara about what
Kingsley wanted. "He said I just got promoted,"
O'Hara says before shooting Stark point blank.
The doctor is horrified. O'Hara leans over and
asks Jack for the chip.

Novick tells Vice President Prescott that Palmer
is still in the dark and that he managed to get
Lynne out of the way before she could warn him.
Novick expresses doubt that he is doing the right
thing, but Prescott assures him that history will
recognize their accomplishments. When Novick
hangs up, Palmer comes into his office. He asks
the President if there is anything he can say to
make him change his mind about delaying the
war, but Palmer is sure of his stance. He thanks
Novick for standing by his unpopular decision.
When Palmer inquires about Lynne, Novick tells
him that she wasn't feeling well. Lynne,
meanwhile, bangs on the closet door begging
Isberg to let her out. She opens a storage cabinet
and finds a blowtorch among the tools.

The men who attacked Yusuf go through his
pockets and steal his money and watch. They
find the chip, and although they don't know what
it is, they grab it as well. Kate begs the men to
give her the chip. She offers them money from
her house. They pile her into their car and drive
off. Yusuf uses whatever strength he has to drag
his bloodied and broken body to a nearby
payphone. He dials 911, but the automated voice
tells him that all circuits are busy.

O'Hara orders the doctor to give Jack an injection
of Beroglide to paralyze his diaphragm. When
O'Hara is distracted by a phone call from
Kingsley, Jack pleads with the doctor to untie
him. The doctor hesitates, fearing for his life, but
starts to loosen the ropes on Jack's wrist. O'Hara
returns and makes the doctor inject the
Beroglide. Jack gasps, unable to breathe.

Michelle meets Ryan Chappelle when he arrives
at CTU. Since all phone services are down, he
warns her to save satellite phone usage for their
highest priorities. Chappelle commends Tony for
not letting Jack's ideas about the Cyprus
recordings alter their mission. Yet Tony tries to
tell Chappelle that Jack may not be wrong.
Chappelle threatens Tony. Either he goes
against Jack, or Chappelle won't support his
permanent placement as CTU Director.

Lynne starts a fire in a trash bin. When the
smoke alarm goes off, Isberg enters the closet.
Lynne smacks him with a fire extinguisher and
bolts out of the room. Isberg follows her to the
stairwell and grabs her, but Lynne falls over the
railing. She lands a few floors down, struck
unconscious.

Palmer tries to phone the Vice President, but is
told that he is unreachable. He turns to Secret
Service Agent Pierce who stands guard. Since
Pierce is a seasoned veteran of the White
House, Palmer asks for his opinion on the
situation. He wants to know if Prescott is
planning something behind his back. Pierce is at
first hesitant to answer the President. Yet he
warns Palmer to trust his own instincts.

Kingsley is in his office when Alexander Trepkos
enters. "Max is very unhappy," Trepkos says.
Since their project depends on military action,
Palmer's withdrawing the attack is a setback.
Kingsley tells him not to worry about Palmer's
response or about Jack's delivering proof that the
Cyprus recording is false.

As Jack hyperventilates from the Beroglide,
O'Hara presses him about the chip. Jack doesn't
answer, so O'Hara punches him the face. O'Hara
orders the doctor to double the dosage with
another injection. As he prepares the syringe, the
doctor gives Jack a slight nod. "I'll tell you where
the chip is," Jack finally says. O'Hara leans over
Jack and the doctor slams the syringe into
O'Hara's back. O'Hara stumbles, giving Jack
enough time to free his hands from the rope.
Jack grabs O'Hara's gun and shoots the other
henchmen. Jack pulls on his pants and demands
to know from the dying O'Hara who was on the
other end of the phone line. O'Hara says Peter
Kingsley's name and Jack shoots him dead.
Suddenly, Jack staggers. He has trouble
breathing.