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Day 1: 3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.

Season 1, Episode 4, Aired Nov 27, 2001

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Jack breaks out of a locked down CTU so he can follow a lead from the key card. George Mason puts pressure on Jamey and Nina to learn of Jack's whereabouts. Palmer discovers who the source is that leaked the story about his son. Rick and Dan argue about how to handle Janet, while Teri and Alan run into an obstacle as they try to help their daughters.moreless

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GUEST STAR
Mike Siegel

Agent
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Jose L. Vasquez

Janitor
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Kathy Byron

Woman

Dennis Haysbert

David Palmer
Leslie Hope

Teri Bauer
Elisha Cuthbert

Kimberly Bauer
Kiefer Sutherland

Jack Bauer
Sarah Clarke

Nina Myers

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Jack narrowly avoids a lockdown, Teri and Alan continue to look for the girls, Palmer tells Sheri of Maureen Kingsley's story, lots of other stuff. . . .

9.2

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By CjTl2005, May 04, 2010

In this episode, Janet York is laying unconscious in the middle of a street after being hit by a car. Kim pleads with her captors to return and get Janet medical attention. Dan and Rick decide to kill her instead. Also, Jack slips away from CTU to check out an address stored on the key card he got from Walsh. When he gets to the building at the address, what follows is one of my favorite chases so far in the series. Jack and a LA police officer work together to try to catch the guy. Teri and Alan York encounter some trouble when looking for Kim and Janet. This made fore some added suspense as Dan and Rick are making their way back to kill Janet. A fine example of how this show uses many forms of adversity to build suspense. The Palmer story really starts to get interesting about now as well. It's so hard to consider the story of one episode of 24, since so many things go on at once, and it's all part of a bigger picture. It's best to watch a whole season uninterrupted.moreless
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Run Jack, run

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By efc91, Oct 24, 2009

Jack breaks out of a locked down CTU so he can follow a lead from the key card. George Mason puts pressure on Jamie and Nina to learn of Jack's whereabouts.
Palmer discovers who the source is that leaked the story about his son.
Rick and Dan argue about how to handle Janet, while Teri and Alan run into an obstacle as they try to help their daughters.
In this episode Jack runs around a lot, most of his scenes are of him chaseing some dude now this was good but I would have liked to see more development here. The episode was probable the worst one yet but its still a 9 the season is awesome.moreless
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Not BAd!!!!!!

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By Dante_Edy, Jun 25, 2009

Again, the writer managed to buy some time, with not much happening.

Now the formula is understable, one case/task at every episode for Jack. This was the case in this episode for Jack, when he is running, trying to find some evidence, when George Mason is looking for him, making too much pressure in Nina and Jamie.

This however turns to be good, even with that officer trying to help Jack catching this guy. This serves as a obstacle, since the Police is with the guy arrested for now.

The final Scene is good, with Jack now fully involvement, make you a little curious what Jack will do to discover where is his Daughter.moreless
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Much running.. not so much happening

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By Parricida, Sep 03, 2008

When I loved last episode what really nailed me to the screen, then this one was not so exciting. It had maybe too much playing cat and mouse with bad guys than developing the storyline.

The most intense was the beginning of the episode where we did not know if the other girl is going to make it - who is going to pick her up first - parents or those bad guys. And it was relief when it was shown that ambulance got there as the girl is onlyone who could help them to get to Kim.

All the thing with that man who Jack was chasing... and all the CTU thing.. not too appealing but still exciting.moreless
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And it thickens

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By BigDyno, Apr 19, 2008

This episode proves that "24" can be a good show even when it's working small-scale (unlike later seasons). In this case, Jack arrives at a creepy warehouse and chases down a man who's somehow involved in the Palmer assassination plot. He gets a cop to help him chase down the guy, and by the end, it's made very clear that Kim's kidnapping has something to do with the assassination scheme.
It's also notable that we have our very first CTU lockdown. The Mason interrogation scenes in the darkened Situation Room are well done.
The Palmer storyline doesn't advance much; he only finds out the source of this Lyle Gibson "rumor": George Ferragamo. His son's therapist? Hmm. Not much else to say here.
The cop pulling over Teri and Alan is blatant filler, which kinda brings this episode down. And Janet being picked up by an ambulance before Dan can kill her is just hilarious.
However, this episode belongs to Jack. And it's the first occasion where "24" gives us a real doozy of a cliffhanger. The previous three episodes don't really conclude with such nail-biters, but the final scene of this one will most likely have you drooling to see what happens next.

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I didn't know you could say "a**hole" on broadcast TV.moreless
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- When Palmer told Carl over the phone to leave future messages on his "802" phone, 802 is the area code for Vermont. Why would a Maryland senator have a number in a state he does not represent?
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- Goof: When Allan York got out of the car when pulled over, he closed the door. When he was talking to the officer, the door was open in the background, and when he walked back to the car to get in again, it was closed.
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- Goof: When Alan York and Teri Bauer drive away after being pulled over, their license plate is 4IEH746. Minutes later, when they see the ambulance, it's 4TWO520.
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- Jessie Hampton: CTU. What the hell is that? Jack: Counter Terrorist Unit. Officer, this guy is not waiting around for me so you better shoot me or help me but decide now.
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- Aaron: I don't think you appreciate the seriousness of this threat. Palmer: I get serious threats every morning with my orange juice.
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- Sherry: There's been an assassination threat? Palmer: That's what all the fuss is about? And I thought it was something serious.
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- Jack: Keep him down at the exit. I'll try and go around on the other side. Don't hit him. Jessie Hampton: I won't. Jack: Don't hit me, either.
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- Palmer: What do we know Aaron? Agent Pierce: That these are serious people and they want you dead today.
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- Gaines: (to Kim) You're with me now. Be good you'll be back at the mall in a day or two. Be bad and you won't. Understand?
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- Nina: You trust Jamey? Jack: Walsh did. I trust you which means the three of us have to work together. From this point forward we have to assume that we can trust no one else. Nina: I understand.
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- Mike Siegel's name in the credits is misspelled as "Mike Siegal".
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- The "events occur in real time" text/narration at the beginning of the first three episodes has been dumped.
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- The series was picked up for the season after this broadcast.
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