Day 3: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM

Characters Introduced:

• William Cole (Patrick Fabian): Cheating infected husband played by a man who has been a douche on camera since Saved by the Bell: The College Years.

Returning Characters:

• Agent Baker (Last episode of the second season)

Key Moments:

• Jack returns to CTU and gets to work with Chappelle on the MI6 data. He is interrupted by a call from David relaying Saunders’ demand. Jack gets all the easy tasks. He tells Chloe to start running her own search without Chappelle’s permission.
• Jack takes Chappelle into a conference room to tell him about his imminent death. Ryan is appropriately horrified but Jack keeps him in line and tells him that his investigation must have spooked Saunders.
• We get a phenomenal moment where Chappelle has a freak out moment and he looks at Jack and says the he will be his executioner. Jack doesn’t deny it.
• After Phillips starts nose bleeding and Michelle shuts down any chance of him saying goodbye to his family, she tells everyone that suicide pills will be arriving soon. What a beautiful angel of death.
• Ryan tries to get out of CTU but Jack heads him off at the door. Chappelle says he was just going outside for a smoke, dude, Jack’s got some heroin if you want to relax in your final moments.
• Michelle gets told that a chick is missing her one-night-stand partner. We then get a fantastic play-by-play of how they got down until Michelle realizes they can get a print from her belt buckle.
• Chloe finds an address for Saunders. Jack and Chappelle share a hug before Jack ruins the moment by saying that they still have to head to the train yard.
• Before Jack and Chappelle can reach the chopper, Chase interrupts to complain about Jack not being in on the mission. Chappelle awesomely steps up to the plate and takes the blame so Chase rips him a new one. Go out the way you came in.
• Chase and Baker are outside the address planning their entry.
• Chase uses a street sweeper as a distraction to take out the 3 guards on the outside. He and Baker move in, while the rest of the team scales the building. More guards are taken out as Chase and Baker reach the door. Baker blows the door and they rush in. There is no Saunders just a switching node. While Jack and Chappelle ponder the next 10 minutes, Saunders calls Jack with final instructions.
• Suicides begin at the hotel.
• Cole is indentified and starts dealing with his bloody nose at home.
• An ominous van pulls into the train yard. Jack helps Ryan out of the chopper. Chappelle’s nerves are palpable. A real depressing moment when Jack asks if there is anyone he wants to speak to and Chappelle admits that there isn’t anyone. Jack puts him on his knees. Holy fuck this scene is incredible. Ryan pleads to allow him to take his own life. Paul Schulze goes to a different level here. Jack hands him the gun with 1 bullet. Ryan puts the gun to his head but can’t pull the trigger. Jack takes the gun and handles his business. Jack says, “I’m sorry we let you down; god forgive me.” Bang silent clock.

Ridiculousness:

• Holy shit on stick, Chase arrives at the location in less than 5 minutes. I haven’t been tracking the wacky LA drive times but this has to be one of the worst offenses. How did he get from the CTU helipad all the way to his SUV then drive to the location in less than 5 minutes?

Running Totals:

Jack loves America not Americans: 1 (8)

• RIP Ryan

Jack’s body count: 1 (57)

• RIP Chappelle