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4:02 P.M.-4:06 P.M.: Things are running amok inside the President's retreat. Palmer barges in on Sherry, demanding to know how Ron Wieland was let out of custody. Mike shows him a video of Armus letting Ron out of his room.

Jack's and Nina's plane is careening towards the ground at a rapid pace after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. Jack wants to know the location of the bomb, but even with the plane going down, Nina refuses to answer. The man assigned to protect Nina, Rick Phillips, draws his gun and threatens to kill her if she doesn't tell them where the bomb is. Jack gives Mason the coordinates of the riverbed where the plane is supposed to land, while he, Phillips and Mason try unsuccessfully to get Nina to reveal the bomb's location. The pilot announces that the plane is going down now and there is no way they can make it to the riverbed, but the phone cuts out before Jack can give Mason their new coordinates.



4:06 P.M.-4:08 P.M.: The President apologizes to Sherry for jumping to conclusions about Ron, and lets her know who did let him out. She advises him to tell the truth about the bomb issue. Mike informs them that the plane Jack was on has crashed.



4:08 P.M.-4:11 P.M: Jack tumbles out of the plane into a field of debris, and pulls a tree branch from his leg. He starts his search for survivors, and finds Phillips, badly injured. Jack promises to get him help, and then finds Nina still chained to her seat. She isn't breathing. He gives her mouth-to-mouth, and successfully revives her.



4:16 P.M.-4:16 P.M.: Michelle shows Mason satellite photos of the missile that was fired at Jack's plane.



4:16 P.M.-4:19 P.M.: When Tony won't stop badgering him, Mason finally tells him that he has less than a day to live. Tony apologizes for being such a jerk.

Bob and Reza have been put into the same holding room. Mason barges in, and starts the investigation by yelling at Reza for claiming not to know Syed Ali. He mentions the nuclear bomb, and gives them a Bill of Lading found at the warehouse that proves a container was sent to Ali. Bob looks at it, and sees it's from his company. Mason promises immunity to the first one to come clean, and leaves them alone to let the offer sink in.



4:19 P.M.-4:21 P.M.: The arresting officer informs Miguel and Kim that he is taking them back to LA, but not to CTU as she had hoped. When they voice their disapproval, the officer tells them that there is no elevated threat status. Kim promises Miguel that her father will fix things up. Miguel laughs that promise off, claiming that she was right when she told him Jack was messed up. Kim says those comments were misplaced anger towards her father over the death of her mother.



4:21 P.M.-4:23 P.M.: Reza asks Bob if he has anything to hide, and the two soon get into an argument. Via a voice-monitoring system, Mason and Tony both see that Reza's voice levels are steady, while Bob's are all over the place. Reza scolds Bob for lying to him. To get even, he tells CTU that he can track the shipping order and find out who authorized the transfer to Ali. Security guards have to restrain Bob, who can't control his rage over Reza's announcement.



4:28 P.M.-4:30 P.M.: Michelle asks Tony if Mason is sick, correctly surmising that he got radiation poisoning. Tony affirms that he is. She tells him that she wants Mason to step down, but Tony says he will watch him, which isn't the answer Michelle wanted to hear.



4:30 P.M.-4:31 P.M.: Sherry gives Lynne revision notes that she made for the President's speech about Ron. Lynne begins shouting at her for sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong, and refuses to so much as look at them.



4:31 P.M.-4:33 P.M.: Jack and Nina begin to leave the crash site, only to be interrupted by a group of camouflaged soldiers. The soldiers' first act is to execute Rick. One of the men spots Jack, but Jack fires a flare gun at him and steals his machine gun and ammunition. Jack and Nina then flee the scene. He undoes her cuffs, and hands her the ammo so she can run recon for him.



4:33 P.M.-4:35 P.M.: Kate is awoken by her kidnapper, who reveals himself to be Syed Ali. He grabs her, and takes her to a soundproof room where Paul Koplin is chained up naked. Ali's assistant stands next to Paul with an electric sander. After the pair plead that they didn't see anything, the assistant turns on the sander and uses it on Paul, as he screams in pain.



4:40 P.M.-4:43 P.M.: Jack and Nina are under fire. She throws him another pack of ammo, and he takes down another of his pursuers. She hides the final ammo pack in her pants. A CTU search and rescue chopper moves in, and takes out the remaining assailants. Jack leaves his rifle on the ground, giving Nina the opportunity to grab the weapon, loads it with the hidden cip and holds him up. She demands to talk to the President, and orders the search and rescue guys to stand down.



4:43 P.M.-4:45 P.M.: Megan and Kim are finally reunited, albeit only for a few minutes, as Megan's aunt is at the station waiting to collect her. Megan tells Kim that her aunt lives in Santa Barbara, which would place her 100 miles from LA, well out of the bomb's range. Megan and Kim both cry, but only Megan's are tears of sadness.



4:45 P.M.-4:48 P.M.: Reza is about to be taken to Bob's office when he asks to have a word with Marie first. Mason grants his wish. Marie tells Reza that a lawyer is on his way over. He tells her not to worry and about anything, then informs her that Bob may be connected to Ali. An incredulous and disgusted Marie walks away from Reza, upset that he turned on her father.



4:52 P.M.-4:57 P.M.: Nina finally gets in touch with Palmer's office, and Palmer asks Mike to screen the call. Nina tells the President that she will say where the bomb is in exchange for immunity for a crime she has not yet committed: the murder of Jack Bauer. Palmer places her on hold, so he can ask CTU if Nina has any weaknesses they can exploit. Mason informs him that she has none, and she's hellbent on killing Jack, or else he'll kill her. Jack then tells Palmer that Nina is their only link to finding the bomb, and he should give her what she wants. The President promises Nina will get her pardon, but only after the bomb is uncovered. Nina then tells them where it is. Palmer asks Jack if there's anything he'd like for him to do. Jack wants him to make sure Kim is safe. Palmer chokes back tears, even with Mike saying that he did the right thing.



4:57 P.M.-5:00 P.M.: Palmer is escorted to the Press Corps. As he exits the room, he acknowledges to Lynne the changes made in the speech, and tells her that it is better. Ali's assistant continues to torture Paul. A hysterical Kate insists she knows nothing. Ali says he believes her, then pulls out a gun, kills Paul, and orders his assistant to kill Kate. The President makes his way to the Press Corps, as Nina holds Jack at gunpoint, Jack says to her, "This isn't over yet."

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