""Previously on" 24." "How much of the virus was released?" "Enough to kill everyone in the building." " "Did you plant any other vials?"" " My assignment was the hotel." " So there are others?" " Yes." "Eleven." "Alvers planted a vial containing the Cordilla virus in the ventilation system." "It went off as Gael was trying to disarm it." "No one can be allowed to leave the building." "We have to impose a total quarantine." "If these people realize what's going on, there'll be widespread panic." "They're lying to us." "It's inside the building!" " " Keep away from the door!" - "Stay back." "Back!"" " "If you try to leave, I will shoot you."" " No, you won't." " He knows who you are, Jack." " "Who knows who I am?"" ""Don't presume to tell me about Jack Bauer." That's what he said." "You go up against him, you're a dead man." "This is Bauer." "Hello, Jack." "I knew you were better than Amador, but you're not better than me." "I need you to put me in touch with a... friend of yours." "Mr. President, the man in possession of the Cordilla virus has demanded to speak with you." "You are no longer in control of your country." "And if you do not use the full power of your office to execute my wishes... the virus will be released... and it will be impossible to stop." "The following takes place between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m." "Everybody stay calm." "Stay calm and quiet." "Look, outside." "Move in!" "Move in!" "Copy that position." "No!" "I wanna make one thing clear right now!" "No one leaves this building until further notice." "In a moment, I will get on the intercom and explain why." "I need absolute quiet and absolute cooperation." " " Stay back."" " Reaches the entire hotel?" "Yes." "This is Federal Agent Michelle Dessler." "In order to survive what's happened... you will need to listen carefully and follow my instructions." "As most of you already know, an infectious substance... has been released in the building, and the hotel has been quarantined." "Anyone attempting to leave... will be stopped by any means necessary." "If you are in your room, stay there." "If you are anywhere else, return to your room immediately." "Medical assistance will arrive shortly... and be given to anyone who requires it." "The first priority is to go back to your room and stay there." " Thank you." " Okay, folks, you heard the announcement." "Let's make our way back to the elevators." "The elevators are back in operation." "This way, people, in an orderly fashion." "Oh, God." "Danny?" "Dan..." "Oh, no." " Oh, my God." " Okay." "We're going." "Who did this?" "Who killed him?" "You?" "You're a federal agent." "You were supposed to protect him." " Get your hands off me!" " " I am sorry."" "But this is just gonna make things worse." " You were supposed to protect him." " "It's okay."" "If you require immediate medical attention... please step aside over here." "Yeah." "This is Bauer." "Agent Bauer, please hold for the president." " Jack." " Mr. President." "The man I spoke to, the one who controls this virus... why did he use you to get to me?" "I wish I could answer that, sir." "He says he knows me... but right now we haven't been able to ascertain a positive identification." "The only thing I can tell you for certain is within the last hour, he was in L.A." "Jack, he made it clear that he intends to use the threat... of releasing this virus to control me, and through me... the entire apparatus of our national government." " Obviously, we cannot let that happen." " I understand, sir." " Find him, Jack." " We're doing everything we can." " I'll keep in touch." " Thank you." "With Amador dead, we got two leads left." "First, whoever this guy is says he knows me." "Second, he knows Alvers." " The guy who planted the virus at the hotel?" " That's right." "I want you to call Tony." "Tell him to get Alvers to give us a physical description." "As detailed as possible." "Then I wanna cross-check with the personnel in my service file." "Bauer says he doesn't know who this man is." " But he knows Bauer?" " Apparently." " David, how is that possible?" " I don't know, Wayne." "All I know is they're doing everything they can to find this man." "Did he give Bauer any indication of what he wants?" "No." "But he controls enough of the virus to wipe out a significant portion... of this country's population." "So whatever he wants, we don't have much choice but to give it to him." "At least for now." "Make sure all the exits are sealed off." " I just checked a few minutes ago." " Well, check again." "You don't have to keep me busy, Agent Dessler." "I'm not gonna panic." "I know you won't." "I appreciate all the help you've given me." "I'd just like to know the truth." "Um, is everyone in this hotel gonna die?" "Not everyone." "A few will be immune to the virus." "But most of us..." " What are the chances of survival?" " I don't know." "I'll let you know as soon as I do." "Thank you." "Dessler." "Hey, it's me." "The perimeter's set." "Good." "Things are under control right now, but a panic's still possible..." " as more people start showing symptoms." " We have to be ready for that... especially since the incubation period of the virus is so much shorter than we thought." "How're you doing?" "I'm fine... so far." " I just..." " What?" "Things got crazy." "I had to shoot a man." "He was trying to get out of the hotel." "He's dead." "Michelle, you did what you had to do." "The only thing you could've done." " You need to stay focused, all right?" " I know." "I am." "All right." "There's something we need you to do." "We need you to find out... if Alvers ever saw the man that hired him." "We need a description as detailed as possible." "I'm on it." "I'll call you right back." "Medical assistance just got here." "We're gonna really need your help now." " "Please, step forward." - " Break up in four teams, save time."" "Come on, everybody." "Move it." "All right." "Ma'am, bring her up." " I'm bleeding." " You don't look too bad so far." "We had a deal." "I told you what I knew, you'd kill me when I start showing symptoms." "You haven't told us everything you know." " What are you talking about?" " The man you work for." " What's his name?" " He never told me his name." "I'm dying." "I have nothing to gain by lying about it." "When was the last time you saw him?" "Three hours ago at a go parlor in Chinatown." " Tony, I'm with Alvers." " We're ready." "Go ahead." " I want a description." " Mid-30s, Caucasian." "Uh, about 6'1 ", black hair, brown eyes." "Lean." "No facial hair." "He-He speaks with a British accent." " Got that?" " Yeah, we got it." " How long's this gonna take?" " Once the parameters are in, not long." "I just need to cross-reference it with personnel that Jack has worked with in the past." "All right, Jack." "We're uploading photos of possible suspects." " "You should have a visual." - " Copy that."" "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." " He's not there." " Are you sure?" " Of course I'm sure." " Tony." "Yeah, I heard." "We're gonna have to widen the search parameters." "The accent might be a mislead." "Maybe he's not even British." "If we drop that parameter, the database will increase by a factor of almost 50." "That's 750 possibilities." "And a fair amount of those are missing reliable visuals." "In other words, no head shots." " "Tony."" " Yeah, Jack?" "What are the parameters for the search outside of accent and appearance?" "As wide as we can make 'em." "All living males who have..." " Change that." " Change living?" " Yeah." "Change it to "presumed dead."" " Copy that." "No." "No." "No." "No." "No." " There." "That's him." " Tony." "Tony, that's him." " "Jack, you know this guy?"" " My God." " Jack." " Yeah, I know him." "His name is Stephen Saunders." "British Intelligence lent him to C. T.U..." " for a mission in Kosovo." " The one that targeted Victor Drazen?" "Yeah." "I was the only one to get out." "Five others died, including Saunders." "At least that's what I thought." "I was obviously wrong." "I'm gonna have to get back to you." "I need a few minutes to think this through." " Jack, hurry." " Son of a bitch." "The situation at the hotel seems to be under control." "Now SWAT's in place." "N.H.S. Is there and will start the testing procedures soon." "Any sense that the press has picked up on this?" "No, David." "Not so far." "But they're bound to before long." "Containing the virus is crucial, but containing the story that... it was released in a hotel is just as important." "If this story breaks, we need a plausible cover." " I'll work up some scenarios." " Don't use the term "Cordilla virus."" "People have never heard of it, and the unknown creates more fear." "Say it's similar to Legionnaires' disease." "People are familiar with that..." " and they know it was handled successfully." " Okay." " Mr. O'Laughlin." " Mr. President." " Please." " Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Mr. Palmer." "Eleven vials of the virus are unaccounted for." "What's Homeland Security's assessment?" "Sir, we believe the threat level should be raised to "red."" "Do it." "What about domestic air travel?" "It is our suggestion that flights be grounded and airports be closed." "Mr. President, if your concern is to avoid panic... stopping air traffic might have the opposite effect." "That's better than allowing a widespread release of the virus." "If you shut down those airports, you won't be able to explain it away with Legionnaires'." "We're talking about security issues, Mr. President." "We are not talking about public relations." "And how the public relates to this "is" a security issue." "Mr. President, we'd also advocate shutting down... interstate rail and bus traffic "in the interest" of..." "Listen, whoever has these vials could already be in their cars." " Now we can't shut down every single highway..." " Mr. President, if..." "Gentlemen." "Alert the airlines to a possible nationwide shutdown, but wait for my authorization." "Yes, sir." " Yes." " Mr. President, I have a call on one." "One moment, please." "Thank you, Mr. O'Laughlin." "Thank you, Mr. President." "It's him." "Okay, guys." "Here we go." "Start the trace." " Put the call through, please." " "Yes, sir." "Right away."" " Mr. President." " Yes." "It's time for your first assignment." "A very simple one, but one necessary to our future relationship." " We don't have a relationship." " No." "You don't negotiate with terrorists." "Well, I don't negotiate with heads of state, so just do as you're told." "Across the street from your building is a mailbox." "Have the Secret Service open it." "Inside is a package wrapped in black paper." "Have them bring it to you within 10 minutes." "I'm not doing anything until you tell me exactly..." "He didn't stay on long enough." "Probably knew we were going to try and trace the call." "Send Secret Service to pick up the package." "All right, David." "But it's gonna have to be screened for explosives..." " the virus..." " Then do it." "Just make sure it's back here in 10 minutes." "All right." "His file's still inactive." "There's no evidence that shows he surfaced after Kosovo." "So for the past six years, he's been letting everyone think he was dead." "I don't think so." "No, if he survived... he'd have been captured and sent to one of their prisons for years." "Jack, if the mission failed, maybe he was the reason." "He could've betrayed the team, pretended to be killed and gone over to the other side." "You don't know Saunders." "He was a patriot." "Something else happened to him." "Who you calling?" "Ml-6." " Operations." " This is Jack Bauer." " I need to speak with Trevor Tomlinson, please." " One moment." " Hello, Jack." " Trevor, has C.T.U. Brought you up to speed on Saunders?" "Yeah." "We've got his file up now." "There's no indication that he's still alive." "Trust me, he is." "You're gonna wanna do a complete forensic protocol search." " It's being done as we speak." " Do you think London would have additional data?" "On something like this?" "No, it's local." "One more thing." "He's gonna want to deal with people he knows." "People he trusts." "See if you can do a quick search on all his past contacts." "Great." "Most of them have gone dark or they're confirmed dead." "Oh." "Here's something." "A name." "Diana White." "Ran a high-class escort service in Los Angeles in the late '80s." "Catered to diplomats, embassy employees, that sort of thing." "Apparently, she passed a great deal of intel to Saunders, and they became very close." "They even lived together for a while." " Is she still living in Los Angeles?" " Yes." "But she's been inactive in intelligence circles for some time." "Patch her file and every piece of information you've got on her through to my computer." "Thank you." "I'd like to begin testing the hotel staff... but it would really help if you would go first." " All right." " Okay." " Name please?" " Michelle Dessler, C.T.U." "Here you go." "We're set." "Okay, it's a nasal swab." "Every bit as reliable as a blood test... but it can be analyzed much more quickly." " How quickly?" " We should have the results in two hours." "Thank you." "Next." " " Right in there."" " Right over here, sir." "Sir, step over here." "It's all right, sir." "There's nothing to be worried about." " " One person at a time." - "It's a simple nasal swab."" "This phone is what was in the package from Stephen Saunders." "We scanned it." "It's clean." "Unfortunately, Mr. President... it's built with what's called a subchannel chip... designed to receive a specific signal that can't be traced." " I understand." "Thank you, Aaron." " Yes, sir." "So this is the way he intends to communicate from now on." " And if we really can't trace the call..." " We can't find him." " Yes." " Good." "You're using your new phone." "Consider it our private line." "And as you've no doubt been informed..." " don't bother trying to trace my calls." " What do you want?" "Within the next half hour, you'll hold a televised press conference." " About what?" " Space program." "The price of wheat." "It's entirely up to you." "But at some point... you will use the phrase, "The sky is falling."" "Use it however you like, Mr. President, but use it." "He wants me to call a press conference." "About what, it doesn't matter." "Just use the phrase, "The sky is falling."" "David, it's a signal of some sort." "Maybe for an attack." "Maybe for a wave of attacks." "Maybe it's just a signal to show that he's in control." "Either way, you can't do it." "You can't give him that kind of power." " You saw what that virus does." " I read the file, yeah." "A thousand people are dying as we speak, Wayne." "Not just in a file, but in real life." "Right here in Los Angeles." "And, David, I realize that." "But the problem becomes..." "But if I don't do what this man says, it will be millions." "If I can buy some time... maybe C.T.U. Can find this maniac before things get out of hand." "Call the press conference." " Yeah." " She's there." "Thank you." "I'll let him know." "Diana White is at home." " We got anything new on her?" " Just more on the list of clientele she handled." "Foreign dignitaries, heads of state." "Even a high-ranking member of the Vatican, most with a net worth of over 20 million." "Her relationship with Saunders makes sense." "She gives the names of her clients... he blackmails them for information by threatening to reveal who they are." "You think that's how he got the money to finance this operation?" "I think it's how he financed part of it." "You knew Saunders." "You said he was a good soldier." "What do you think happened?" "To be honest with you, I don't know." "I still can't believe he survived the blast in Bosnia." "They must have captured him." "Otherwise, he would've resurfaced." "They would've put him in prison." "Tortured him for God knows how many years." "Now he's holding our government responsible." " But he was a British agent." " "He was on loan to us."" "It was a U.S. Operation." "We left him behind." "I left him behind." "Look, I know you were studying this virus even before it surfaced." " " Tony, this isn't the same strain."" " Maybe not exactly the same... but related, right?" "So you must have been working on a cure, a vaccine, or something." "Any research we have is based upon..." "I got a hotel full of people dying out there... one of them's my wife." " So don't tell me there's nothing you can do!" " I wish there was." "I'm sorry." " N.H.S." " What'd they say?" "Anyone infected... it's a hundred percent mortality rate." "You know, today, when Michelle told Chappelle that..." "I should stand down because of my wound..." "I barely even spoke to her." "Tony, I can't tell you that I know what you're going through because I don't." "But if you need anything, I'm here." " "Kim, would you excuse us?"" " Of course." "Here's the file." "Thanks." "Have you cleared those shared files with Division yet?" "No, I didn't get to it yet." "I had to take care of something." "Yeah, I know what you were doing, Tony." "You're calling about Michelle." " She's my wife, Ryan." " I understand that." "But we're shorthanded as it is." "We can't afford..." " I know how to do my job, all right?" " Yes, but you're not doing it." " You have to move on." " "Move on"?" "What, are you acting like she's already dead?" "Yes, I am." "And so should you." "We're at war, Tony." "I need your full attention." "If you can't give it to me, go home or maintain a vigil at the hotel." "But if you stay here, I need you to focus." "And the best way to do that is to assume the worst and make it about getting revenge." "Now, what's it gonna be?" "Are you staying or not?" "What do you need?" "I've been hunting for any bank accounts Amador may have used over the past few months... on the computer we confiscated at the go club." "If I can find something, maybe we can follow the money trail back to this Stephen Saunders." " This offshore or domestic?" " Both." "If I find anything suspicious, I'll stream it to you." "Coordinate with Division on a substrata overlay." "All right." "You got it." " Thanks, Tony." " "Yeah."" "Don't fire!" "I'm a federal agent." "So what?" "You're in my house." "Don't shoot." "I just wanna show you my identification." " What do you want?" " I need to talk to you about Stephen Saunders." "Bastard." " "Put that gun down!"" " You first!" "Okay." "I'm gonna put my gun down." "Just take it easy." " Step out from behind there." " Okay." "I'm coming out." "Just take it easy." "Just stay calm." "I just wanna talk to you." "Now, we can talk." "Do you mind if I get dressed first?" "Go ahead." "Tell me about you and Saunders." "Stephen always told me he'd protect me." "I was young and stupid and I believed him." "When the work turned ugly, he left me hanging." " What kind of work?" " It's a figure of speech." "We know you acquired intelligence for Stephen Saunders through your girls." "I provided a service for wealthy men." "How long do you think that would have lasted if I betrayed their confidences?" " So you're denying that you worked for him?" " Yes." "I don't believe you." " I don't care." " You will." "Come on." "Chase, call Tomlinson." "Tell him we're bringing Diana White in for questioning." " I'm not going anywhere without a lawyer." " You're not under arrest." "I'm taking you in to Ml-6, where you'll be interrogated by an agent of a foreign government." "Your constitutional rights no longer apply." "Let's go." " Have you seen Gael?" " He doesn't have much time left." "It's so fast." " Is he in a lot of pain?" " Michelle, you know the pathology of this virus." " I wanna see him." " I wouldn't advise that." "If I've been infected, I've been infected." "There's nothing anyone can do." "That's not what I meant." " Do me a favor." " Anything." "Contact my family." "Tell them that I love 'em." "Tell them that I died quickly." "No pain." "Of course." "Gael." "I was raised to believe suicide is a sin." "No one could blame you in this world or the next for ending your suffering." "Are you so sure about that?" "A few seconds more." "That's all I needed." "You know... when I was trying to stop the cylinder from exploding..." "I hesitated... just a moment... because I was afraid." "Then I forced myself to move forward." "If only I hadn't hesitated..." ""this might not be happening to" me... to all those poor people upstairs." " God." " Gael, you did everything you could." "I'm proud to have worked with you." "You're one of... one of the bravest men I've ever known." "And I will make sure that your wife and children know that." "Homeland Security has raised the threat level to "red."" "They're in constant contact with the F.B.I. Set to move if"The sky is falling"... should trigger any kind of suspicious activity." "Is the F.A.A. Set to ground flights and close the airports?" " David, I think that's an overreaction." " That was not my question." "Yes." "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States." "Please, be seated." "Good morning." "I know the hour is unusual." "But so are the times in which we live." "As a result of intelligence on terrorist activity... gathered by the office of Homeland Security and other agencies..." "I'm announcing that a threat level "red" exists throughout the United States." "Therefore, I'm ordering the grounding of all domestic and international air traffic... and the closing of airports." "I'm not taking this action because the sky is falling... but I'd rather be overprotective than underprepared." "And as always, diligence and calm are your best weapons... against the insidious nature of the enemy." "And God willing... we and all those who love freedom, will remain safe and secure." " Thank you." " Mr. President, can we have questions, please?" "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "This is not a Q  A session." "The president has made a statement, and he has nothing more to add." " Thank you very much." " One moment." "Maybe a couple of questions." " Mr. President." " Phil." " Is the United States currently under attack?" " This is a preventive measure." "What are you preventing, sir, and do you think the American public will accept... the grounding of air traffic based on the rather vague justification you've given?" "The exact nature of the threat is something I can't go into at this time." " Hello, Jack." " Trevor, this is my partner, Chase Edmunds." "Chase Edmunds, Trevor Tomlinson." "And this is Miss Diana White." "Miss White." "We've done some additional checking." "She's the registered owner of the address in Chinatown where Saunders was last seen." " But I haven't seen him." " You might want to think that through, Miss White." "You think he'd put himself on the line like this for you?" " We've begun vetting the raw data we collected on Saunders." " You sent it to London yet?" "No." "It's still in our system downstairs." "London wants us to get as far as we can before transmitting." "Get down!" " She's dead!" "Chase, are you hit?" " I got it in the vest!" "Cover me!" "Trevor, the Saunders computer file, what server did you store it on?" " A-5." " We gotta get down to the computer room." "Use the stairs." "Go!" "There's no way that Saunders took out this entire place just to kill Diana White." "Ml-6 has information in their systems that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world." "We need to get it." "I'll get the door." "Room's clear." "Check him out." " Chase?" " What?" "We got a bomb." " "How much time?"" " None." "You gotta go now." " Go now!" " Jack, I'm not leaving you!" "Get out of here!" "It's an order!" "Go now!" "I got it!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" " Almeida." " Tony, it's me." "Gael's dead." "He was suffering so badly." "No one should have to go through what he did." "Tony, there are children upstairs... who are going to die in agony... in front of their parents' eyes." "Michelle, unfortunately, there's nothing we can do for them right now." "Actually, there is." "Field Ops has a supply of capsules." "Those capsules are for field agents that are captured." "Yeah." "I-I know what they're for." "They're for committing suicide to prevent torture... and that's exactly what they'd be used for here." "We could make them available to anyone who's symptomatic." " It would be their choice." " You know I'm not authorized to do that." "I'm not interested in what's authorized." "Michelle, you're talking about mass suicide facilitated by an agency of the government." "I'm talking about common decency." "If you could've seen Gael..." "I'm calling because... if it was me..." "If I'm infected, I know what I'd want." "We don't have much time." "Gael was the first to die because he was the first exposed... but others won't be far behind." "I'll see what I can do." "Thank you." "Mr. Chappelle, line two." " Chappelle." " Ryan, it's Jack." " Almost the entire Ml-6 office has just been wiped out." " What?" "They took out a woman that we believe had recent contact with Saunders." "They also took out most of their personnel, including Tomlinson... which means Saunders has a much larger organization in Los Angeles than we thought." "It also makes him more visible, easier to find." "Have you got anything yet?" "I don't know." "I'm trying to follow the money trail." "I've narrowed it down to a few dozen offshore banks, but it's gonna take some time." "Look, one of the things that Saunders was trying to destroy... was all the information that Ml-6 had gathered on him." "I managed to retrieve the hard drive that was storing that information." "I need you to call London, get their protocols... and I want you to assemble a team that's ready to start striping data off this thing." " All right." "I'll put Chloe on it right away." " Okay." "Suicide capsules for the people down at the hotel." "It's gonna get pretty bad down there." "It's against every regulation in the book." "Yeah." "Do it." "I've been trying to call Pach, but there's no answer." "He's dead." "So's Young." "Taken out in the Ml-6 operation." " And Bauer?" " He and his partner got out before the explosion." " But the hard drive was completely destroyed." " Completely." " What about Diana?" " Dead." "I'll miss her." "There's one more thing." "There've been some inquiries made about the bank in Cayman." " By whom?" " They're coming from C.T.U." "A man named Ryan Chappelle." "I know Chappelle." "Apparently, he's quite good at following money trails." "Is he?" "Carry on." "I'll tell him myself." "What is it?" "There was just an attack on the L.A. Office of Ml-6." "Jack Bauer was there at the time." " Is he all right?" " Yeah." "He's on his way back to C.T.U." "Any indication that the attack was triggered by what I said at the press conference?" "David, we don't know what triggered the attack." "So it could've been what I said?" "How was the attack carried out?" "By helicopter and two men inside." "All right." "So they have to land it somewhere." "I want F.A.A. To coordinate with Homeland Security and Border Patrol." "Right away, Mr. President." " What?" " I enjoyed your press conference, Mr. President." " It's good to know the sky's not falling." " What do you want?" "To give you your next assignment." "A sort of preliminary action to clear the decks before the main event to come." "There's a man named Ryan Chappelle." " Regional Director of C.T.U." " Yeah, what about him?" " I want him killed." " What?" "At 7:00 a.m., have his body delivered to the train yard downtown, off the main line." " It's out of the question." " What a shame." "Before you decide, you might want to... drop by the Chandler Plaza Hotel." "Take a good look at what's happening." "Then imagine the same event taking place at hundreds of locations all over the country." "You're insane." "What does he want?" "David?"