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3:02 P.M.-3:05 P.M.: The strangler goes through Ellis' possessions after letting him cool on the men's room floor. He snatches a couple things from the
body while Jack continues to beg Ellis to pick up the phone. The strangler picks up the phone for him, and hangs it up. After an aborted attempt to call
back, Jack rings Agent Watson in CTU's New Orleans branch, and asks him to check on Ellis, whom he fears might be dead. Milo interrupts Jack with some
urgent news: he's gotten hold of surveillance photos and case files of all three assassins -- which he's already sent to Secret Service -- and one of them
is Victor Drazen's son. Elizabeth calls Alexis to say that Palmer changed his plans and she doesn't have to leave town today after all. Alexis says he'll
be back at the hotel by 4:30 P.M. Outside the safe house, a chain of CTU agents have been set up to look like construction and lawn care workers. One is
sitting in a truck, one's positioned in a crane bucket, and a third is mowing a neighbor's lawn. The one in the bucket communicates over a secret mike
with the other two and with Paulson and Breeher to confirm they can all hear each other.
3:05 P.M.-3:06 P.M.: A phone rings inside the house. Paulson goes to answer it, then knocks on Teri's door to tell her Jack is on the line. After Paulson
leaves, Jack says he couldn't help feeling that something was wrong from the last time they spoke. Teri has something she wants to tell Jack, but decides
it best to wait until the dust has settled.
3:06 P.M.-3:11 P.M.: Agent Pierce conducts a meeting at Palmer headquarters. The senator returns and asks Sherry what's going on. She tells him CTU sent
photos of the three men who are targeting him, which Pierce soon shows to everybody. First there's Jovan Myovic -- he's the fake FBI agent. Then there's
Mishko Suba. And finally Alexis Drazen. Seeing the photo of Alexis sends a shock through Elizabeth. It becomes readily apparent that she had no idea whom
she was sleeping with, as she breaks away from the group in a state of distress to compose herself in the other room. Palmer walks over to find out what's
wrong. With the camera rolling, Nina presses Kimberly for further info on Rick the fugitive. Though Kimberly states that she doesn't know where he is,
Nina suspects she does and tries to get her change her mind by playing psychological games about the bonds victims sometimes feel with their kidnappers.
Kimberly refuses to call Rick a kidnapper, and repeats that she doesn't know where he is. Teri comes in for her interview a little earlier than expected,
so Nina lets Kimberly off the hook and shuts off the camcorder, and Teri takes her place. Before Nina turns it back on, Teri lets her know that she doesn't
have to tiptoe around what happened, and she won't hold it against her for boinking Jack. Nina doesn't tiptoe around anything; instead she comes right
out with how she believes Kimberly is protecting Rick and withholding information, because she may have the hots for him. Teri feels Kimberly has told
her all she knows. When Nina questions why, Teri rudely replies that Kimberly is her daughter, whom she'd presume to know better. Palmer calls up Jack,
and relays to him that Elizabeth (whom he's in the room with) recognized Victor Drazen's son in one of the photos, because they've had contact. Jack nervously
asks what kind of contact. With some hesitation, Palmer replies "intimate." Jack needs to know if Elizabeth is a threat to security. Palmer feels she is,
but since she's shaken up and wants to help, Jack sends a helicopter over to bring her in for questioning. They're about to hang up when Palmer asks about
Ellis. Jack says he lost contact while they were in the middle of a phone call, and they both have to assume Ellis is dead until proven alive. After they
hang up, Jack calls Milo to get Chopper Command for him.
3:15 P.M.-3:20 P.M.: Rick's phone rings. After a mad search to find out where he put it amidst the pile of junk in his room, he answers. It's Kimberly,
who tells him that Nina is grilling her pretty hard. He angrily wants to know what she told Nina. She says she told the truth; that he helped them escape.
He sarcastically responds how that's really going to save him, then apologizes because he's "a little edgy." She thinks they'll spare him if he tells Nina
what happened. After she says she doesn't know how much longer she can cover for him, he asks if Nina can prove anything. She replies she doesn't think
so. He's on the verge of thinking about it when he changes the subject by saying she probably shouldn't have called there, at least for now. She asks when
a good time to call is, but he's too busy hanging up on her so she won't find out about his other girlfriend, who's just walked into his room. He then
gets rid of her too by pretending to be tired, but doesn't call Kimberly back. Nina is pressing on with Teri, trying to learn what she knows about Gaines.
But Teri's mind is elsewhere, so Nina says perhaps they should take another break. Teri tells her perhaps she should do her job, which Nina says isn't
that simple. The so-called tiptoeing comes to a grinding halt when Teri has out with it that "things tend to get complicated when you screw your boss."
After a mutual decision that this isn't working, Nina announces it's best she leave the safe house and let Paulson finish up. George Mason pays Jack a
surprise visit at CTU. Jack asks him why he's returned. Mason tells him he's in charge now. When Jack wonders what happened to Green, Mason says she got
sent back to District. Jack seems smugly pleased that Chappelle took away her playland, probably under the assumption that Mason will do a better job of
babysitting him. Mason cuts to the chase, and inquires about Victor Drazen's two sons. Jack fills him in on their revenge plot. Mason knows why they're
after Jack but not Palmer, so Jack also fills him in that Palmer was head of the subcommittee that authorized Operation Nightfall. Mason asks if Ellis
is checking on the missing file. Jack gives him the bad news, but says they've got another lead -- Elizabeth. He shows Mason Alexis' photo, and mentions
how the two lovebirds have arranged a meeting an hour from now. Mason wants to have Alexis arrested, but Jack has something else in mind; have Elizabeth
stage her date, and give CTU the upperhand for once. Mason thinks it's risky, but Jack convinces him it's too much of a golden opportunity to pass up.
After he learns Elizabeth will be there in ten minutes, Mason says he'd like to talk to her first before making the decision.
3:20 P.M.-3:23 P.M.: Keith walks into the room where Palmer is on the phone. Palmer cuts the call short, and Keith asks why he wanted to see him. Daddy
dearest tries to patch things up, but Keith claims there aren't any hard feelings. Palmer had some time to think about his son's statement that Ferragamo
was the only one there for him, and swears that's going to change. Well, obviously, since Ferragamo has been reduced to a pile of ashes. He tells Keith
he can't earn his trust overnight, but from now if he has any problems, he knows he can come to him first. Since he mentioned it, Keith asks if the police
found any new leads in Ferragamo's murder. Palmer replies they haven't called him yet, nor is he taking the initiative to call them. It looks like the
talk they just had five seconds ago is about to go the way of Teri's and Nina's tiptoeing, since Keith is disgusted with both his father's excuse about
the security breach and with the total lack of details he's given in regards to it. Keith angrily tells his father he doesn't just need him to talk to
him, he needs him to do the right thing. Palmer replies he will do the right thing... at the right time. Thus ends their father/son heart-to-heart. Jovan
Myovic is sitting in a parked car. He's on the phone with Andre Drazen, telling him that he found Bauer's wife and daughter, who were both moved to a safe
house. When he's asked how many men are guarding it, Myovic says he's handling the situation. He's already handled part of it, as he happens to be sitting
in the undercover agent's truck -- and the undercover agent happens to be resting in the seat next to him with a bullet in his head. Myovic stresses that
the women will be dead soon. Drazen tells him to call back the minute the job is done. Myovic gets out of the truck and walks right past the agent in the
crane bucket, who is also dead. Meanwhile, Teri and Kimberly are spooning in bed, unaware that their safe house is suddenly not so safe.
3:28 P.M.-3:31 P.M.: Jack calls Milo over with a problem: his terminal is locked and he can't get into his files. Surprised that Mason apparently told everyone
but him, Milo breaks it to Jack that his privileges were downgraded, so he's now on the same level as, well, Milo. Since Jack's head is about to explode,
Milo fixes it so that he can get into whatever he needs. He also attempts to offer some consolation by saying things will be back to normal by tomorrow.
Jack corrects Milo; Chappelle only granted him provisional status for the day, and as soon as Palmer leaves the state, he'll have to face charges. Milo
doesn't really know what to say, so he offers a half-hearted apology and goes to leave. Jack calls him back to ask if he's noticed anyone unusual accessing
these files. Milo says no, but then he hasn't been looking either. Jack tells him to start looking. Shocked, Milo asks if he thinks there's another mole
inside CTU. Presumably, that's what Jack thinks. In a rage, Keith -- whose father doesn't appear to be there for him -- threatens Carl over the phone that
he'll do what he said, as he has nothing left to lose. Carl, calmer than usual, suggests they should both meet at the Griffith Park Observatory to talk
about this. Keith says he'll be there in fifteen minutes. He slams the phone down, then finds out Nicole walked into the room in the middle of the call
and overheard most of the conversation. She asks her brother where he's going. He won't say, claiming he's trying to protect her. She reminds him what
happened the last time he tried to protect her. He finally admits that he's going to see Carl, because he needs to get something off his chest. He also
needs her to help him slip past the Secret Service guy who's been assigned to protect them. Initially, she doesn't want to, but after he asks her to prove
her trust, she agrees to.
3:31 P.M.-3:37 P.M.: Nicole goes over to the Secret Service guy to detract him from his job courtesy a stupid problem, buying Keith enough time to get out
of the hotel without being noticed. Together with Mason, Jack is counting up the many heirs to the Drazen throne. They know Alexis is here, they can assume
Andre is here, and if they also assume Ellis is dead, then potentially there's a third that's here. They both see Elizabeth has arrived with some backup
troops on hand. Jack greets her, and she tells him that Palmer said she'd be in good hands with him. Jack says she is entitled to have a lawyer present
if she chooses, and though they are questioning her, that doesn't in any way mean that they consider her a suspect. Elizabeth refuses the lawyer, professing
that she'll cooperate however she can. Mason leads her and Jack into an office, where Mason asks her how Alexis represented himself. She replies that he
told her he ran an importing company out of Berlin. She shows them a solid gold bracelet on her wrist, which he gave her on their third date, and which
she figures must have cost 10K since it's real. Much unlike Alexis. Jack asks when she met him; she says about a month ago in a bar in D.C. Mason isn't
happy with where she met him. She explains that working on Palmer's campaign for a year made her lonely. And apparently desperate, easy and loose too.
The small talk over, Jack asks Elizabeth if she'd be willing to keep her appointment with Alexis and plant a tracking device on him. A little taken back,
she says she doesn't want to see Alexis again. Jack's promises of safety don't do anything to quell her fears, so Mason decides to let the shaken-up woman
off the hook, and tells Jack to take a hike so he can finish debriefing her himself. But after thinking about it, Elizabeth opts to listen to Palmer. Since
it will help her boss, she says she'll do it. Mason tries to undermine Jack's lack of authority by attempting to talk her out of it, because he feels Palmer
is perfectly safe as is. She begs to differ, since as is, Alexis got to her... and who knows who else. The tables turned, Elizabeth now begs Mason to let
her do this, for she could never forgive herself if something happened to Palmer because she didn't help. Agent Paulson is showing police photos to Teri
and Kimberly, asking if they recognize anybody. After a few misses, he shows the mugshot of Elijah Stram -- better known as Eli. Seeing Eli's creepy mug
again stirs up some old, "forgotten" memories in both the women. Kimberly is the one who admits he was one of the guards; Teri is too out of it to say
anything. Agent Breeher looks out a window in the other room, and then radios one of the agents positioned outside to confirm they're still alright. He
gets no answer and doesn't get a chance to go check, since Myovic quietly slips into the room with a spear gun and nails him right in the side of his neck.
3:41 P.M.-3:47 P.M.: Paulson, spreader of all things warmth and compassion, continues his investigation, while Teri drifts off into another dimension. Kimberly
asks that he please take a break, because her mother is very tired. Paulson leaves, and Kimberly asks her if she's okay, but she doesn't answer. While
Paulson is in the kitchen getting himself a drink, he looks out the window and notices the lawn mower lying outside unattended. He calls the name of the
agent who was mowing the lawn to see if he's by any chance come into the house. There's no reply, and Paulson knows full well something has happened when
he looks out another window and sees the agents in the truck and crane bucket are not moving. He draws his gun, then tells Teri and Kimberly they have
to come with him now. So he sticks them in a spare bedroom, and has them lock the door. Myovic won't be able to find them there. While scoping out the
house, Paulson hears a noise from behind a closed door and orders whoever it is to come out now with his hands where he can see them. It's Myovic, who
begs him not to shoot, as he's coming out. He opens the door, drops his gun on the floor outside, and comes out with his hands up. Paulson tells him to
get down on the ground. Myovic is in the middle of doing that when another shooter -- who was previously identified in the photos as Mishko Suba -- sneaks
up behind Paulson and stabs him in the back. Myovic reclaims his gun. Teri and Kimberly have decided for themselves that Paulson is (or was) a moron, and
have left the bedroom for greener pastures -- the garage. They hurry into a car parked there, Teri grabs the convenient set of car keys hanging above the
dashboard, and they're off. Myovic, who was about to finish off Paulson, heard the car start, and runs through the house looking for the garage. He finds
it just as Teri and Kimberly are getting away, and fires a few missed rounds at their vehicle. Mishko dashes outside to help, and gets pumped full of lead
from behind. Paulson managed to stay alive long enough to take him out. Then Myovic turns around and takes him out. He races down the street, still firing
shots at Teri and Kimberly that don't connect, before getting in his own vehicle and speeding off after them. Jack tells Elizabeth's escorts that she's
ready to leave, then briefs her on how it's going to go down. The chopper is ready for them. He says she shouldn't feel nervous, because he'll be there
every step of the way. She's led out of CTU as Milo calls Jack over with some breaking developments. The people he called found Ellis' body in a men's
room in the French Quarter. After composing himself, Jack asks if there's any leads yet. Milo says no. Jack tells him to keep him posted. With briefcase
in hand, Jack is on his way to meet Elizabeth in the chopper when who should he bump into but Nina. He's not pleased that, after specifically telling her
to stay with Teri and Kimberly to make them feel safe, she left anyway. She tells him that there was no need for her to be there, as she left them in Paulson's
and Breeher's good hands. Paulson's and Breeher's good, cold, dead hands. And the extra security team is in place. That place being the light at the end
of the tunnel. And Teri and Kimberly are perfectly safe. Why, they're playing leapfrog down the road at 100mph while being chased by an armed assassin
as they speak. After a treacherous game of cat-and-mouse, Teri tries to lose Myovic by taking a detour off the main road onto a winding dirt road situated
next to a cliff. She parks the car so it can't be seen, and the plan seems to work as Myovic continues on down the main road. After checking to confirm
Kimberly is okay, Teri tells her to wait right there for a minute so she can get out of the car and give the writers an easy way to break them up again.
Teri gets out and walks far away from the car to make sure the coast is clear (because, after all, when one is being followed by an assassin driving around
with a gun, it's easier to get away from them if you drop any unnecessary baggage -- like your car and your daughter -- first). While she's waiting inside,
Kimberly learns a little too late that her mother parked a bit too close to the edge of the unstable cliff. And since Teri is so far away from the car,
there's not much she can do to prevent it from going right over the edge when the dirt beneath it gives way. Nor can Kimberly get out in time before it
starts its journey down to the depths below, where it summarily explodes in a blaze of fire and smoke. Teri did manage to make it back in time to see the
big explosion. Right before she faints.moreless
