24: Live Another Day

Storyline

We open in East London. Several agent-looking men walk through a crowded area. At the CIA's London station chief Steve Navarro is coordinating a mission. We see that Kate Morgan is packing up her desk. She's leaving at the end of the week. She's told that a high-value subject has been tracked to London. They wonder if it's related to President Heller being in town. Back on the street with see agent Erik Ritter leading his team into a building. It turns out the target is none other than Jack Bauer. Jack escapes the building, but chooses to run outside and is eventually grabbed near the river. President Heller talks with his staff about a close parliamentary vote to extend the US's lease at a base in England. The controversial subject of drones comes up. After the meeting Chief of Staff Boudreau mentions to Heller that he made a mistake in a story he told. Heller tells him "don't worry about me." Boudreau gets a call from Navarro about Jack. Boudreau says he'd rather turn Jack over to the shadowy "Special Activities" unit and puts those wheels in motion. Kate tells Navarro the way Jack attempted to escape from the building seems strange to her. She thinks Jack's "up to something." We see the U.S. drone pilots at work on the base. A pilot named Tanner is told by his superior, Shepherd, that he made a mistake on his previous mission and will not be getting his upcoming leave. Tanner is upset. Navarro plans to talk to Jack before Special Activities takes over. Kate asks Erik if she can look at the intercept that brought them Jack. He says she's not cleared for that. Another agent named Jordan brings Kate the intercept. They realize the tip was a plant. Navarro sits across from Jack in the interrogation room. He suggests that talking to him is probably Jack's best option, with a Special Activities transfer on the way. We see that Chloe is already in the custody of Special Activities, and is being tortured. Boudreau looks through Jack's file. We see that he is married to Audrey Raines. Boudreau tells his deputy, Clark, that perhaps the best thing for the country is for Jack to disappear. He wants Clark to look into handing him over to the Russians, in part because of what he thinks Jack did to Audrey. Reed discovers the intercept for Jack came from an internet café three blocks from where they grabbed Jack. Kate thinks Jack may have sent the tip himself. Kate pulls Navarro out of the interrogation with Jack and tells him what she's learned. Word comes that Jack's transfer order has come through. Kate sneaks into the room where Jack is being held and locks the door. Jack doesn't say anything, but his pulse seems to jump when she mentions him being there for someone. Kate tells Navarro she thinks Jack may to be transferred to Special Activities. Navarro takes her credentials and tells her to leave. Kate takes out the guard who was taking her out and stuffs him in a room. She calls Jordan and asks him to look for anybody in the building who has a history with Jack. Ritter brings Jack to Special Activities. After Ritter checks in via the video camera, Jack takes out both of the men guarding him. When the Special Activities guy opens the door Jack has a gun on him. He brings Jack to Chloe, who is unconscious. He knocks out the guy and gives Chloe some adrenaline. At this moment Jordan tells Kate that Chloe is being held with Special Activities on a treason charge. She walks down to Special Activities and sees that Erik is down and Jack is gone. She has Jordan execute a lockdown. Kate temporarily stops Jack's escape. But he signals to an accomplice on the surface who blows a hole through the roof and allows Jack and Chloe to climb out and get into a waiting truck. Audrey asks Heller about the mistake he made during the meeting. He admits "it's progressing faster than the doctors thought." He seems to be in the early stages of some type of dementia. Kate tells Navarro and Erik they have to go through Chloe to find Jack. She asks Navarro to put her in charge of finding them. She reminds him that he dismissed the heads up she tried to give him earlier. Jack gives Chloe a secure cell phone and drops her off. Once she gets out the other man asks Jack why he didn't just ask Chloe for help. Someone takes control of Tanner's drone and points it at Shepherd's convoy. Tanner calls to warn Shepherd but he doesn't move in time. A missile explodes into the convoy.