Day 2: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Characters Introduced:

• Syed Ali (Francesco Quinn): One of the better build-ups to a villain reveal since his name has been talked about for 8 hours before he actually appeared on screen.

Returning Characters:

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Key Moments:

• Jack calls George to tell him that the plane is going down and relays their coordinates for their crash landing. He then tries to get Nina to reveal the location of the bomb, but even now Nina doesn’t trust Jack. Seriously? Jack’s word is a form of currency in some countries.
• Since Jack is a super soldier, he survives the plane crash with only some shrapnel. He surveys the wreckage finds Rick near dead and moves on to resuscitating Nina.
• When Tony yells at George once again, Mason finally admits to his exposure and imminent death. Tony feels sad for how he has treated him all day. Eh, George will be dead soon so he won't hold it over your head.
• Mason is tired of the lack of answers, so he dumps Reza and Bob in the same room and tells them about a shipping receipt linking the Warner Company to Syed Ali.
• After stewing over this information, Reza loses his patience with Bob and tells CTU that he will let them into the company computers to discover the link to Ali.
• While trying to escape the wreckage, Jack and Nina spot soldiers who arrive and kill Rick. Jack and Nina dive and hide. Jack kills the first soldier with a freaking flare gun. He picks up the soldier’s rifle and takes out another soldier. Jack and Nina run for better cover. In a bad move, Jack frees Nina, hands her the ammunition, and asks her to spot for him.
• Syed Ali administers smelling salts to wake up Kate. He questions her about her investigation. When she says she doesn’t know anything, he drags her into the bathroom where the real interrogation is happening to Paul.
• Nina’s spots allowing Jack to kill 2 more soldiers, but it also allows Nina to pocket one of the clips. Jack discards the rifle when he runs out of bullets, but the incoming CTU chopper clears the rest of the field. Nina picks up and loads the rifle then takes aim at Jack. She demands to speak with Palmer.
• Richards accompanies Reza to Warner’s office. Before leaving CTU, Reza tells Marie what he is doing and Marie calls off the wedding. Thank you for getting back to that because that is the most important thing going on today.
• Mike takes Nina’s call because David doesn’t want to give in to her. Her demand is immunity, which she already has, but clarifies that she wants immunity for killing Jack Bauer right here right now. Jack tells the President to take the deal. Palmer is torn apart by this. He agrees to the deal and Nina gives up Ali’s address. Palmer asks Jack if he needs anything and Jack asks him to look out for Kim. Haysbert is an absolute monster in this scene.
• Ali believes that Kate doesn’t know anything so he kills Paul and orders the other guy to kill Kate.
• Nina gloats about her getting to kill Jack; Jack responds by telling her that it isn’t over yet.

Ridiculousness:

Great hour, no filler.

Running Totals:

Battlefield Medic: 1 (3)

• Jack pulls a foot long piece of shrapnel out of his leg with his bare hands.

Torture Doesn’t Mean You Can’t be Creative: 1 (3)

• Paul has a bad day before he is killed; he is handcuffed and hung from his arms then the nice scary man goes at him with a power saw.

Jack’s Body Count: 4 (23)

• Jack is able to take out 4 of the soldiers before running out of ammo.