The Americans have been able to shut down
most of the reactors.
I'm going to have to manage the override personally,
make sure those six meltdown on schedule.
Is there anything I can do?
Take care of your mess.
I give you my word,
my wife and son will be dead by the end of this day.
I'm not afraid of Father.
You should be.
He tried to kill me and then he did this to you.
You're going to need to set things up on your end.
All right, what do I do?
Divert suspicion.
Someone inside CTU is leaking information
to someone on the outside.
Ms. Driscoll, what's going on?
You're under arrest, Gavin.
For what?
Passing classified information.
Thousands of people's lives are at stake.
Where are the people who control the override?
I swear, I don't know anything.
Yeah?
DRISCOLL: We've got a match, Jack.
His name is Henry Powell.
He's a computer consultant,
that used to work for McLennen-Forster.
They're the defense contractors
that designed the override devices
controlling the power plants.
You're going to fly me out of here.
Drop the weapon now! Now!
Put him in the back.
( gunshot )
He's dead, Jack.
Damn it!
You've got the wrong person.
Sarah's not guilty of anything.
It's Maryanne Taylor.
( alarm blaring )
( groans )
You're under arrest.
( car alarms blaring )
Excuse me, Curtis.
Not now.
Coordinate that with NRC and copy me on 6-0-B. Bye.
I warned you about her.
What are you talking about?
Maryanne Taylor.
I told you she was trouble
and it was a mistake to let her work here. No.
You told me that you weren't comfortable working with her.
You didn't tell me
you were having a relationship with a corporate spy.
How could I have possibly known that, Erin?
Don't play that card with me.
Fine, then don't walk in here
with an I-told-you-so attitude.
Because now we both have
to deal with this.
You mean division? That's right.
They're going to want a complete timeline.
Everything from how Maryanne got through the front door,
down to the high-security files
that she was able to access
in a very short period of time.
Can we have a conversation off book?
Go ahead.
There's no point in either of us compromising our authority
in the eyes of division.
Agree or disagree?
Agreed.
Maryanne did an excellent job
in establishing her credentials.
All we need to do is leave out some of the details
in how she managed
to leverage her way in here.
I don't like anyone holding something over me.
Neither do I.
How long will it take you
to adjust the files?
Two minutes.
I'll call division at 5:00.
Explain to me how this mole- Maryanne Taylor-
was able to infiltrate CTU.
We're still investigating, Mr. President.
Who does she work for? We don't know.
Find out.
We will, as soon as she regains consciousness.
She's being treated here in the clinic.
Treated for what?
An attempt on her life.
Who tried to kill her?
We don't know that either.
But whoever it was,
they're more than likely connected
with the theft of the override.
Jim, we need to find that override now.
What's the latest from the NRC?
They just reported the San Gabriel Island reactor
is about to go critical.
What's the timeframe?
A meltdown within the hour.
We started evacuating the San Gabriel zone.
The population affected
is less than 100,000.
Hopefully most of them are already on the move.
All right.
Expedite the process as much as you can.
Yes, sir.
( phone ringing )
DRISCOLL: Jack?
Erin, Powell's dead.
He was hit by a sniper as soon as we took him into custody.
Get anything from him before he was killed?
No, but I managed to get the last ten calls
he made off his cell phone.
He called two numbers repeatedly.
Through caller ID,
we traced one of them to Maryanne Taylor.
Powell was working with Maryanne?
Apparently.
What about this other number?
Hold on. I'm going to need you
to trace it through CTU.
Okay, go ahead.
818-555-0539.
I'll get back to you as soon as I've got an ID.
I'll be standing by.
Edgar, I need you to run a locate on this number.
( keyboard keys clattering )
It's a cellular account.
Can you trace the location?
I need to ping the number. How?
It needs to ring at least four times
before I can triangulate the coordinates.
Jameson can have me set up in a couple of minutes.
WOMAN: Who is it?
Navi.
Navi?
What are you doing here?
I'm looking for Dina.
Well, Dina's not here. Why would she be?
She hasn't called you in the last hour?
No. What's going on, Navi?
Why are you blocking the door?
I'm not.
Let me in.
I told you, she's not here.
You're lying. You're hiding her.
No, I'm not. Navi, no.
You have no right to come in here like this!
She is not here.
Go. Look.
That is my bedroom.
You can't go in there.
What the hell is going on here?
Nothing, it's okay.
Navi, please. Please, go.
Look, pal, this is none of your business, all right?
So why don't you hike it on out of here? Please, don't interfere.
You can either walk out of here
or I'm going to throw you out.
I said, go! ( gun cocking )
No, Navi, please, no.
Navi, don't, please.
Get back inside.
Navi.
Don't tell my husband. I beg of you.
You disgust me.
Navi.
( door slams )
Dina's not here. What about the hospitals?
MAN: Nothing so far.
Keep looking.
( phone rings )
Is it your father?
I can't tell.
Don't answer it.
( phone continues ringing )
We got it.
Where?
A hotel in Chatsworth.
Download the coordinates to Jack's PDA.
Here's our backup.
( phone rings )
Yeah.
DRISCOLL: We traced the call
to a fixed location.
We're sending it to you now.
Hold on a second.
Okay, I got it.
We're less than ten minutes out.
I'll have a tactical team
in place by the time you get there.
Thank you.
The body is over there by my car.
He was taken out by a sniper
from the north roof.
I want you to take your photographs
and get the body back to CTU as fast as possible.
Come on, Tony, we've got to go.
Wait, Jack.
Look, uh, I think I'm done here today.
What are you talking about?
CTU backup's here. You don't need me anymore.
I need you to see this through with me.
I appreciate the sentiment, Jack,
but you don't have to prop up my ego.
Tony, this isn't about you.
If we don't find
the override device within an hour,
we're going to have six major nuclear disasters.
So please, get in the car. Let's go.
Mom, we've got to get you some help.
I'm okay.
I'm sorry.
This is my fault.
Your father shot me, not you.
Because you were trying to stop him from killing me.
Everything that's happening today,
what we've all been fighting to achieve,
it's more important to him than anything
or anyone.
But not to you.
M om?
I need to get you something for the pain.
I'll be fine.
I just need to rest.
I can get it from Nasim.
No.
The hospital he works at is right near here.
I'll be right back.
Nasim doesn't know why
we were really living here.
Mom, he's your brother.
I'll tell him you need it and nothing else.
I promise. I'll be right back.
Just hurry.
I will.
Mr. Secretary,
we have a meltdown.
The San Gabriel Island reactor has just gone critical.
The core material is now airborne.
I thought we had more time.
Ms. Driscoll, I have Derrick Ross with the engineer
at San Gabriel Island on with the NRC.
One of their generators exploded,
it cooked their com lines, so the feed is unstable.
We may only have a few seconds.
Patch us in.
What's going on? We've had a meltdown
on San Gabriel Island.
( garbled transmission )
All attempts to contain the core have failed.
Right now my men are trying to bypass the reactor trip,
but that's not working either.
Mr. Rosner,
this is Erin Driscoll from CTU. Can you hear me?
Yes, ma'am, I can.
I'm here with Secretary of Defense James Heller.
What are your radiation levels?
We're at 500 rem right now.
That's 10,000 times the dose of an X ray.
At this rem rate, the radiation will continue
getting stronger and will spill into the atmosphere
until the core has exhausted itself.
Son, you've done everything you can,
now get the hell out of there.
Evacuating won't make any difference, sir.
We've already been exposed.
We lost them.
Have we analyzed
the radiation cloud's movement?
We're still waiting for NGS
to get a weather satellite for us.
Get on the phone and have them expedite it.
I will, as soon
as I'm done rerouting these evacuation instructions.
Can't someone else do that?
No, sir, I'm short of manpower.
A government spokesman has just confirmed
that the nuclear reactor at San Gabriel Island
is in full meltdown.
Emergency personnel are on site
attempting to rescue workers exposed to radiation.
Several people have been taken...
You're not listening to me.
I've been trying to get through to a number
in the San Gabriel evacuation zone for ten minutes.
I need you to link me in to access the emergency bandwidth,
and I need you to do it now.
All right, standby.
Thank you.
If you are on the road or awaiting instructions...
( phone rings )
...here are some items you and your family might need.
WOMAN: Hello?
EDGAR: Mom.
Oh, hello, Edgar.
Have you seen the news?
Yes, I'm watching it now.
Then why haven't you evacuated by now?
What are you still doing home?
You know I don't have a car.
Where's Margaret?
Well, I've tried to get hold of her,
but the lines are all busy.
I'm surprised you got through.
What about one of your neighbors?
Can't you get a ride from one of them?
No. By the time I got outside they were all gone.
Mom, listen to me.
I'm going to make some calls.
I'm going to get someone there to help you, okay?
I want you to sit by the phone and wait for my call.
Can you do that?
Yes, I don't really have a choice.
I'll call you back, okay?
Okay, honey. Bye.
No, we delegated that whole situation
to Murphy's group, sir.
HELLER: I'm not interested in who got it wrong.
We don't have the luxury of miscommunications.
I'm assigning someone from my office
to coordinate between the State Police and the National Guard.
Set up the conference call in ten minutes.
Thank you all.
Are you okay?
Yeah. How are you holding up?
Considering the situation we're in...
I'm doing fine.
The truth of the matter is,
we do not have the manpower to handle this mess.
Tell me what I can do.
I've prioritized evacuation protocol,
but I need someone to keep the State Police
and the National Guard from bumping in to each other.
All right.
I'll stop the Guard
at the 75th mile marker
and let the police take over from there.
That'll maximize room for civilian traffic.
I wish we had some other way
to get those people out of there.
There's nowhere else to route them.
Jack has got to find the override
before the rest of these reactors go critical.
Hey, Jack.
Good to have you in the field again.
Thanks, Lee. You remember Tony Almeida?
Yeah.
I don't know what he's doing here, though.
I want him here.
LEE: He's not authorized to be in the field.
I'm going through that door first.
I want him there
to back me up.
Fine.
Get another vest.
You got a visual on the suspect?
We've got a fiber optic camera inside the room.
According to the manager,
we're grabbing a mid-40s female and a teenage male.
Possibly mother and son, both Middle-Eastern.
Okay, we need the suspects alive.
They're no good to us dead.
I've been briefed.
Let's go.
Agent Castle, we've got a visual on the woman.
What about the kid?
I haven't seen him yet.
We got to go, now.
You ready?
Go.
Don't move!
Drop the weapon!
( gunshot )
Where is the override?
Tell me who's got it!
Tell me!
( screams ) Now!
Agent Castle!
Agent Castle, stand down!
Agent Castle, please stand down!
Get off her!
We've got to get her to talk.
She's going to go into shock
before she does. Just relax!
Agent Castle, step outside now!
I want her prints and photographs.
Send them over to CTU immediately.
He has no right to give me orders.
Hey, come here.
He did the right thing.
That woman was willing to kill herself.
She'd die before she gave us anything through force.
We need to get her to talk
before the other reactors go critical.
And we will.
What did you have in mind?
We need to find some leverage.
( phone rings )
CTU, Barnes.
Yeah, it's Jack. Put me through to Erin.
Come here. Come here.
Let me see your arm.
Driscoll.
Erin, we've got a suspect.
I'm sending you fingerprints and photographs.
I need you to run a profile
and send me all relevant databases
and electronic communications.
Got it.
Thank you.
Hey, I understand your concerns about Almeida,
but for me, please, just give him a break.
Okay, Jack.
TONY: Jack!
Thanks.
JACK: Yeah?
This is a bullet wound.
Probably a couple hours old.
As the evacuation appears now to be in full swing
with major delays on all routes...
Excuse me.
A nuclear emergency team
has just emerged from the plant.
Uh, we can see them here on our Sky-Cam.
They seem to be going through some kind of decontamination...
( new report continues in background )
Behrooz.
Uncle Nasim.
Are you all right?
Yeah, I think so.
Yeah, it's a disaster what's happening today.
Everyone's panicked about radiation poisoning.
They all want iodine pills and we're almost out.
Is that why you're here?
No.
I need pain medication.
It's for my mother.
She couldn't reach her doctor by phone,
so she wanted me to get it from you.
What's wrong with her?
It's her back. She can barely walk.
She needs a prescription.
I told you.
She couldn't reach her doctor.
I'll see what I can do, okay?
Just have a seat.
( phone rings )
Yes?
Navi, it's Nasim.
Hello, Nasim, how are you?
I'm well, but Behrooz just showed up at the hospital.
He seems disturbed.
Is Dina there too?
No, he says he needs pain medication for her.
That there's something wrong with her back,
but he's acting very strange.
I'm sorry you have to be involved in this, Nasim.
Involved in what? What's going on?
Behrooz may be taking drugs.
He's been getting worse.
I'm sorry.
Me, too.
What do you want me to do?
Keep Behrooz there until I can come for him.
How long will you be?
15 minutes.
I'll do my best, but...
Please, Nasim, don't let him leave until I get there.
...congestion, the government is asking people to remain calm
and exit in a quick and safe manner.
Excuse me, Miss Raines.
I'm Edgar Stiles. Sorry.
We've got a major noncompliance problem.
I've got 25% of the evacuees who aren't going
where they're being told to go,
and another 25% that don't even know
that they're in the evac zone.
However you need to do it, make sure it gets done.
I'm sorry, what is it?
It's my mother. Your mother?
She lives near San Gabriel Island.
She's in a wheelchair. She doesn't drive.
She missed her call to evacuate.
Now I don't know what to do.
Maybe someone from the National Guard can get her.
I already spoke to the area commander.
He said he couldn't spare anyone.
I'm sorry, I'm not sure what I can do.
Here's his number.
I thought maybe if you called him yourself.
Look, I hate asking for special treatment.
That's not something I would normally do,
but she's my mother.
I can't make any promises.
Just promise me you'll try, okay?
All right.
I want you to give her something
for the pain, but make sure
she stays lucid. Understand?
Did you find out who she is yet?
Yeah.
Her name is Dina Araz. She immigrated
to the United States five years ago,
became a citizen two years ago.
Married to a Navi Araz.
He's also a naturalized citizen.
Owns an electronics store in Carson.
They have one son, Behrooz, 17, a junior
at the local high school.
None of them have criminal records.
They pop up on any watch lists?
No, they must have slipped under the radar.
Let's send some teams over to the house
and the store, see what we can find.
( phone rings )
Yeah?
Jack, it's Driscoll.
Homeland Security has...
Hold on, Erin. I can barely hear you.
Go ahead.
After the attack this morning, Homeland Security
has been archiving select communications in the L.A. area.
They pulled up a call that may explain
how Dina Araz got shot.
Erin, I'm going to put you on speaker phone. Hold on a second.
You're on.
This conversation happened about two hours ago
between the mother and the son.
BEHROOZ: He wants me dead because I messed up with Debbie.
DINA: Behrooz, that's not possible.
Your father would never want to hurt you.
BEHROOZ: It's true.
Tariq told me everything.
DINA: He was lying.
BEHROOZ: No, he wasn't.
Mom, I don't know what to do.
You have to help me.
DINA: Where are you now?
BEHROOZ: I'm near the Metrolink station on Lassen in Chatsworth.
DINA: Are you using Tariq's car?
BEHROOZ: Yes.
DINA: Hide it.
I'll pick you up there in a half hour.
BEHROOZ: Hurry.
That's it.
Let me know the minute you get something from her.
Yeah.
We got our leverage.
( door opens )
JACK: Lee.
( water running )
How long have you been planning this operation?
Two years?
Five years?
Ten?
All this planning
for one day.
You do realize if all the reactors melt down,
hundreds of thousands of people will die.
Every war has casualties.
These people don't know about your war.
These people are innocent.
No one is innocent.
You really believe that?
As strongly as you believe
in what you believe.
But I won't waste
your time or mine, trying to explain something
you can never understand.
Maybe I understand more than you think.
I doubt it.
I know that something happened today
to challenge your commitment to your war.
You weren't willing to let your son become a casualty.
That's why you were shot.
Protecting him from his father.
I understand that.
I know what it's like
to watch your child be threatened
and feel helpless
to do anything about it.
Right now Behrooz is out there alone...
and you and I know he's not gonna last very long.
His father
will find him...
...and kill him.
There is another option.
If you were to help us find the override device...
we will protect your son.
So he can spend the rest of his life in prison?
No, so he can
walk away from all of this,
immune from prosecution.
How?
Mrs. Araz, your son is a minor.
He's 17 years old.
I can get him a legal and binding pardon
signed by the president of the United States.
You don't have the authority to do this.
I can reach the president.
If you provide us
with the information that allows us
to find the override device- in time-
I am confident that the president
will sign that pardon.
and this offer expires the second
another reactor melts down.
Do you understand me?
You don't have a lot of time.
I would think about this.
Show me this document.
And I'll help you find what you want.
Can we rule out this boy's involvement
with the terrorist action?
No, sir. It's likely he knew of his parents' plans.
He probably helped them.
Jack, you're asking me to grant clemency to a terrorist.
Mr. President, I'm sorry,
but I don't think we have a choice.
In all of my professional experience, I believe that
we have to give in to this woman's demands.
Have you tried
negotiating with her?
We don't have time.
In approximately two hours, five nuclear reactors
are gonna go critical unless we find the override device.
She is our only link.
Well, I'm uncomfortable with this, but I trust your judgment.
I'll release the letter.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Make sure that document is non-binding.
Yes, I understand.
I'll get back to you on the redeployment figures.
Miss Raines?
Did you talk to them?
Yes.
Edgar, I'm sorry. They can't get your mother.
Why not? They're five miles off the highway.
It wouldn't take that much time.
They know where she is.
Then what's the problem? Thousands of people
are stuck on the Interstate in traffic.
It's taking the combined efforts
of the police and the National Guard
to get them moving.
So who cares about one old woman.
They've got to throw their resources into saving
the maximum number of lives.
If my mother were rich or a politician,
they'd find a way to save her.
Field Communications Desk.
This is Edgar Stiles.
I need another switching station for that number.
Do you need it again?
No, I've got it logged. Hold the line.
Thank you.
Go ahead, please.
Mom.
Hello, honey.
Mom, I've been trying everything.
I can't get anyone out there to help you.
I've done everything I could. I did.
I'm sure you did, honey.
It's okay.
It's not okay.
The fallout's coming toward you.
It's 15 miles away.
I know.
I'm watching it on the news and...
I know what to do.
Ma, there's nothing you can do.
You can't stuff towels
under the door.
That's not what I'm talking
about doing, Edgar.
What do you mean?
They've been talking
about radiation poisoning on the news.
That's not something
I want to go through,
especially since there's only one way it can end.
Honey, I want to end things on my terms
as opposed to all that pain and suffering.
Mom.
It's the right thing to do.
It's the only thing- you know that.
No, I don't.
You have been a wonderful son, Edgar.
You've been a gift to me and your father.
It's okay. I'm going to a better place, and...
I'll see you there,
but not for a long time.
You've got a lot ahead of you. Great things.
Maybe I can get someone to you. I'll keep trying.
You've got a very important job to do there.
A lot of people are counting on you.
So...
I'm going to hang up now,
and I want you to know
how very, very much I love you.
Mom.
Ma?
Edgar, where are you going?
Edgar!
I have to get out of here.
What are you talking about?
My mother. She lives next to the San Gabriel Island nuclear plant.
She wasn't able to evacuate in time.
We still have five other nuclear reactors
that are on the verge of melting down.
I need you at your station.
I don't care what you need.
You better start caring.
You have a choice right now.
Obey orders or end up in a jail cell.
You're going to arrest me for trying to save my mother's life?
Edgar, if what you're saying is true,
there's nothing you can do for your mother,
but there are thousands of other people
whose lives you can save.
Suppose your mother were here right now.
What would make her proud?
What do you think she'd want you to do?
She'd want me to help.
Then don't you think you should?
MAN: We're ready to go.
We're just setting up the comm line.
This is a pardon for your son signed by the president.
This is acceptable.
Where is he?
He's at Lindower Memorial Hospital.
It's not far.
Set up a perimeter around Lindower Memorial.
I want you to call him and tell him we're coming
to pick him up.
Give her the phone.
We have to record the call.
( phone rings )
Hello?
It's me. Where are you?
Waiting for Nasim.
I don't know why he's taking so long.
Don't worry about that now.
Things have changed.
What do you mean?
Listen carefully, Behrooz.
Government agents
found me.
I'm with them now.
Behrooz, they know everything.
Behrooz, just a few more minutes, okay?
But it's all right.
Everything is going to be all right.
I made a deal.
What are you talking about?
You're going to be okay.
You won't be arrested-
or even named- in any of this.
I don't understand.
I'm going to help them stop your father.
You are?
Yes.
You said that I would be okay.
But what about you?
We'll talk about that later.
Right now, these men
are coming to pick you up.
I want you to go with them.
Are they making you say this?
No.
I don't know who these people are.
I want to be sure
that they're not forcing you to say this.
I'll come with them.
You'll know when you see me.
Okay?
I'll meet you outside.
No. Tell him to go to the emergency room.
I want him to stay
where it's crowded.
Did you hear that?
Yes.
I'll see you in a few minutes, Behrooz.
Okay.
We're transferring the suspect.
I want to set up a protective cordon right away.
Copy that.
Let's go.
Uncle Nasim.
I have to go.
What about the pain medication?
My mom's getting it from somewhere else,
but thanks for trying.
Behrooz!
Hey.
What are you doing?
I can't let you go. Why not?
I spoke to your father.
What?
He told me you need help.
You don't know what
you're talking about. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
I gave your father my word.
My father is a terrorist.
He's involved in what's happened today.
Stop talking, Behrooz. I swear, it's true.
You're talking nonsense. No, I'm not!
He's behind the kidnapping this morning,
and the reactors melting down.
We're all involved- my mother and me.
We've killed people.
Your father will be furious when he hears this.
My father is coming here?
No!
Behrooz!
I tried to stop him.
You broke my heart,
Behrooz.
You broke my heart.
If you kill me, Mother will tell them everything.
Tell who?
The police. She's with them.
I don't believe you. It's the truth.
She wants me to be safe and, if you kill me,
she will ruin everything you're doing.
Liar! If you don't
believe me, look outside.
They're coming to pick me up.
Help!
Shut up!
Tony, did you notify Security?
No.
Something is wrong.
Set up a Level Three cordon
around the hospital.
I'm going with you.
No, you're not!
What's going on here?
There's been a shooting.
Who? One of the pharmacists.
Who are you? My name is Jack Bauer.
I work with the Counterterrorist Unit.
We've been tracking the man
who did the shooting.
Where is he? Someone just radioed in from C wing.
Saw a Middle Eastern man running. He has a hostage.
A 17-year-old boy? I think so.
What are the possible exits from that wing?
>From where he was spotted,
he's pretty much got to end up
in the east parking garage. We've got men
heading there now.
You tell your supervisor to tell his men to back off.
No one makes contact with him.
Do you understand me? All right.
( phone rings ) Hang on a sec.
Yeah?
Tony, it's Jack.
Navi Araz is here.
He's already killed his wife's brother.
What about the boy?
I don't know. We're going to have
to lock down all the exits.
I think he's headed for the parking garage.
I need you to meet me
on the east side of the building with backup.
Copy that. We're going to the east side of the building.
We need backup teams there right away.
What happened?
We're still looking for your son.
There is more. Tell me.
Mrs. Araz, we're going to find your son, all right?
I hate you.
I've always hated you.
The only reason I never said so
was because I was afraid of you.
But I'm not afraid of you anymore.
Get in. Go to hell.
Get in!
Jack, we're in the garage now.
We've secured the exit.
I'm almost there. Can you get an ID?
No. Nothing yet.
Let me see your hands!
Put your hands where I can see them! Now!
Careful!
Drop the gun!
You'll hit the boy!
Let the boy go!
We can work this out.
I will put my gun down if you give me the boy.
All I want is the boy.
Stay back!
Put the g- Tony, stop the car!
Behrooz!
Mom!
Keep her in the car!
That stairwell leads to the basement.
He's got nowhere to go
but down. Set up a link with CTU now!
Copy that. Call CTU. We need backup here.
Mrs. Araz, calm down, we'll get your son, all right? Calm down.
DRISCOLL: We've uploaded the plans to you from the building department.
There are only three exits from the hospital's basement.
We've got all entrances and exits covered.
He's trapped down there.
Let's try to open up a negotiation.
My husband won't negotiate.
Why is that?
He doesn't need to.
He has to assume I have agreed to help you
in return for my son's safety.
Well, he can't stay down there with him forever.
He won't. In two hours,
all the reactors will have gone critical. After that,
it won't matter what I tell you,
and he can kill my son.
I am only helping you to save his life.
I believe in our cause, and if you can't
save my son, I am happy to see
the reactors melt down.
Did you get that?