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

Season 4, Episode 21, Aired
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CTU scrambles to forge an alibi when a Chinese representative produces evidence of American involvement in the raid on their embassy.

Audrey gives Jack the cold shoulder, while Palmer and Logan clash over the consequences of Palmer's decisions.

Jack and Curtis close in on Marwan as the countdown for the missile launch moves ahead.moreless
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  • Missile hustle

    6.0
    "Fair"
    By BigDyno, Apr 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    The story continues in a somewhat clunky manner as everyone recovers from Paul's death and gets to work on tracking down Marwan. But at the same time, Head of Security Cheng Zhi comes over from the Consulate to question CTU about Howard Bern being spotted without his mask. And those are the two major things going on here. We also find out that Marwan's mounting his stolen warhead onto a missile headedsomewhere.
    With a terrorist threat like that in play (not that it feels tense or anything), the Chinese plot doesn't seem like it should be here; it just encroaches on the A-story. And randomly bringing China into the mix when we've been dealing with Middle Easterners the whole season makes this writing look like the work of manatees. Sure, it'll pay off later, but couldn't they have done something that felt less abrupt?
    There's not much else to say. Audrey gives Jack the cold shoulder, Lee gives Marwan's location, Cheng becomes suspicious of Jack, and Marwan successfully launches the missile from Iowa. Nothing special except for the final act. And of course

    Hourly Highlight:
    Jack's half-angered, half-horrified glare at Chloe. I'd do the same if she wanted to be my friend. Or not, if it'd increase my chances of finally getting laid. What are you looking at?moreless

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  • Not Bad!!!

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    By Dante_Edy, Jun 29, 2009 Report Abuse
    After the Last Espisode, I was expecting less form this episode, some filler scenes , since there are only 3 epsiodes left to end this season.

    The writers did the smart move, that was to use the Chinese representative to produce evidence of a American involvement in the raid on their embassy.

    They fill the entire epsiode with this.

    However, what made this episode good was Audrey and Jack interections. The same goes for Michelle and Tony. Only this could be enough to make this episode worth watching?

    There is a unexpected action near the end. I didnt expected that in this episode, they could get Marwan.moreless

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  • Chinese and rocket...

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    By Parricida, Oct 10, 2008 Report Abuse
    The episode has little slow motion as most of it is the political mess they have to cover up the tracks of embassy assault and they are doing not well and when the chinese security chief gets a minute with Edgard he talks them all into and who knows what comes out of that mess.

    Anyway, Jack is trying to talk with Audrey but she is not very eager and I totally understand her. And the way Tony looks over it and finally says it out what has been on the air for long hours.

    Anyway, the finally have Marwan position but they get there too late - rocket is off!moreless

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    By cavanagh15, Apr 04, 2007 Report Abuse
    This episode dragged a lot with too many filler parts. Everyone hung around CTU for most of the hour and then took off to go and try and find Marwan again. The chinese consolute situation cannot possibly be resolved this season as there are only three hours left. Perhaps Day 5 will explain the ramifications more, but I wonder how a show like 24 will tie that in. The scenes between Audrey and Jack were okay, nothing like they were in the last episode. The only good part of the episode for me was Tony telling Michelle that he cant live without her. The two have a great on screen connection and other then that small part in the episode, nothing in this episode really stands out as amazing. The ending was good, but not enough to save the primarily filler based episode.moreless

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  • great episode

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    By sfviewer, Oct 13, 2006 Report Abuse
    After Jack's disastrous skirmish with the guards at the Chinese Embassy, CTU finds itself on the defensive when a Chinese diplomat demands an explanation from the American government. Audrey and Jack's relationship hits a new low after a tragedy inside CTU. This episode shows lots of action, the cat and mouse games between CTU and the terrorists are just amazing. The action scenes are a spectacle, there are lots of good stuff that are shown. The writers did a really good job weaving an andrenaline pumped episode. Things move really fast, it's a fun episode to watch. It's really awesome.moreless

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    • As Jack's team prepares to storm the warehouse, the time is 03:56:14. Marwan then orders the launch sequence initiated for the missile about 10 seconds later, and it is set to fire in four minutes. It goes airborne at 03:59:57, which is three minutes and 33 seconds. Edit
    • In the last episode, it took Jack, in an emergency situation, 25 minutes to get from the Chinese consulate to CTU headquarters. In this episode, the chief of security gets from the consulate to CTU in no longer than 8 minutes (the time between his last scene at the consulate to when he shows up at CTU) and possibly as short as 2 minutes (the time between Michelle being notified the chief is visiting to when he shows up). Edit

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    • Not so much of a rare instance anymore, but once again, there are no split-screens at the end of the episode. Edit
    • This episode was followed by another webcast of 24Inside, featuring Louis Lombardi ("Edgar Stiles"). Edit

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    • Novick: We were unlucky, sir. Logan: Unlucky? (uneasy laugh) Yeah...I would say we were unlucky. Edit
    • Buchanan: (to Chloe) We're in the middle of an active code. We don't have time for your personality disorder. Edit

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