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CTU and Jack Bauer race to get to Abu Fayed before he can detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles. Tensions rise as one member of CTU doesn't want to work with Hamri al-Assad. Meanwhile, President Wayne Palmer's sister Sandra is promising to bring up trouble while Wayne deals with the toughest hour of his presidency, and Jack is forced to make a heart-wrenching decision. The nuclear device detonates, and evidence comes in that four more such weapons are in the U.S.

1 Episode guide
- 1.1 9:00:00
2 Memorable quotes
3 Dramatis personae
4 Background information and notes
5 See also

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Previously on 24 ...

Jack and the TAC team sift through the hard drive of the partially destroyed the laptop after Masheer, an operative of Fayed, detonates the explosives stored around him. Hamri Al-Assad translates some information found, informing Jack that it is a list of components for a nuclear device.

Fayed phones Ahmed Amar, asking him whether he has the package. Ahmed replies with "Not yet but I'll have it soon." And Fayed asks him to call him when he does. Ahmed forces Ray Wallace to retrieve a package, threatening to kill his wife and son if he does not. Ray gets the package from Marcus.

Sandra Palmer tells Walid Al-Rezani that it wasn't right for the FBI to arrest him for his actions. In the military prison, Walid steps out of the line and tells some military men to let go of a man in the line. When asked to step back into line, he refuses to do so and he is hit by the military.

Abu Fayed calls President Wayne Palmer and informs him of 110 so-called enemy combatants at the Palmdale Military Facility. He requests that all these "freedom fighters" on a nonmilitary aircraft within the hour. He then threatens that if he doesn't comply, the consequences would be devastating.

Using intel from the Counter Terrorist Unit, Assad identifies a man that he saw him with Fayed a year ago: Hasan Numair. Jack says that they need to find this man now, then Chloe informs him that he is being held at the Palmdale facility,and he is being released due to Fayed's demands. On the plane, a military guard informs his sergeant that Numair is not on the plane. Another guard opens a toilet door in one of the transport buses for Numair and says "Hurry up, Fayed is waiting for you.". Hasan escapes.

"The following takes place between 9:00am and 10:00am."

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The following takes place between 9:00am and 10:00am

Abu Fayed orders the engineer Hasan Numair to reprogram the suitcase nuke and meet him at the safe house once he is finished.
Walid Al-Rezani informs Sandra Palmer that he overheard the Arabic phrase “Hamsa zawa zirada”, although he isn’t sure what it means. He urges her to pass the information on to the FBI.
Hamri Al-Assad accepts a pardon from President Wayne Palmer under the condition that he will be cleared of all past crimes should he help negotiate a greater peace.
Jack Bauer learns that Curtis Manning and Assad have a past connection, where Assad was responsible for the death of Curtis’ men during Desert Storm. Curtis takes Assad hostage and forces Jack into a showdown for Assad’s life. Jack is forced to fatally shoot Curtis in the neck. Jack vomits and collapses. He tells Bill Buchanan through tears to tell the president he’s sorry, but “[he] can’t do this anymore”.
The Counter Terrorist Unit moves in on the location of the suitcase nuke. A firefight ensues as Hasan Numair moves detonate the device. Ray Wallace screams in horror as the bomb explodes, killing everyone in the immediate area. Milo Pressman rushes in to inform Buchanan of the Arabic phrase “Hamsa zawa zirada”. Nadia Yassir translates, explaining the phrase means "five visitors". Buchanan remembers that Assad said "visitor" was a codename for "weapon". He concludes Fayed must be in possession of four more suitcase nukes. Jack Bauer watches in horror as he sees the mushroom cloud rise in the distance.

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[edit] Memorable quotes

Milo Pressman: Is this a joke?
Morris O'Brian: You're upset.

Curtis Manning: [When holding Assad at gunpoint, and his last line] I can't let this animal live.

Jack Bauer: Tell the President I'm sorry, I can't do this anymore.
Bill Buchanan: The hell you can't! We're gonna find that suitcase nuke because of you, Jack. You've done great work today.
Jack Bauer: Good. Then you don't need me anymore.
Bill Buchanan: I'll send a car for you, Jack. Come back here, we'll talk.
Jack Bauer: I'm done.

Bill Buchanan: We have to do better than we're doing, and we have to do it faster!

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Bruce Gerard Brown as Escort Guard
Ludwig Manukian as Nasir Bashir (as "Henchman #2")
Jolene Kim as Melinda
Ryan Quintana as Team Leader

[edit] Uncredited

Haaz Sleiman as Heydar

[edit] Background information and notes

This was the fourth episode in a 4 hour, 2 night premiere.
This was the final episode featuring former series regular Roger Cross.
This episode, going into the next one, has a higher body count than the rest of the series put together.
"Safe Now", composed by Mark Isham, can also be found on the soundtrack to the 2004 film "Crash."
With the detonation of the nuclear device, Abu Fayed is now easily the most successful terrorist on the show, with upwards of 12,000 deaths, exceeding the amount of deaths by all of the terrorists put together.