Day 5: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM

Characters Introduced:

Last hour

Returning Characters:

• Cheng Zhi (5am – 6am episode of season 4)

Key Moments:

• Charles and Martha are getting changed after doing their business.
• The helicopter pilot is told that there is a problem with his paperwork.
• Mike is faxing Pierce new paperwork that will get Jack on the chopper.
• The pilot walks into the building to get choked out by Jack. Jack gears up and heads to the chopper. He hops into the cockpit with no difficulty.
• Martha gives Charles an excuse so she doesn’t join him on the chopper. It was easy because she just played to his ego. Logan gets on and the chopper takes off. Once they are in the air, Jack shows the pilot his gun. He then walks into the back and stuns Logan’s 2 guards. Logan nearly shits his pants when Jack takes his helmet off. Jack gets the location from Chloe as Logan pleads for his life. Jack just stares at him.
• Morris is on the road and Chloe gives him a location for his delivery.
• The helicopter lands and Jack stuns the pilot. He takes Logan by gunpoint into some empty building. Jack empties Logan’s pockets and tosses his stuff on table. Morris enters the building and delivers Chloe’s package. He just sighs when he sees Jack then sees the President. Chloe calls Jack and tells him he has 10 minutes.
• While Jack sets up the recording equipment, Logan tells him that he will give him a confession. Jack recaps the day’s events and tells Logan that it is his fault. Logan denies. Jack uses his loud voice and names his co-conspirators, Walt Cummings, James Nathanson, and Christopher Henderson. Logan still denies. Jack tells Logan he is not going to torture him but he is going to kill him. He moves on to one of Jack’s greatest speeches. He tells Logan that David Palmer warned him that his life was in danger but he didn’t know that Logan was that danger. Logan took his life from him and he now has nothing left to lose. Jack counts to 3 and scares Logan shitless, but Jack can’t pull the trigger. Logan’s security arrives and Jack puts his gun down and kneels on the ground. Logan is freed and picks up his stuff. He tells his men to put Jack in solitary confinement.
• Logan lands at the airport where David Palmer’s body is being ready for transport back to DC. Mike and Martha are waiting for him; Mike gets a call telling him that Jack failed. Martha greets Charles in front of the press. David’s casket is brought out of the hearse and walked in front of the podium. Martha breaks down and starts screaming that Charles’ is a murderer. His security drags her into a hanger. Logan follows them in and slaps the hell out of her. He searches her for a wire and begins berating her. Martha goes over all of the accusations and Charles explains why he did everything he did. Logan ends it by saying if she continues he will pull her full of drugs and dump her in the asylum for the rest of her life.
• Logan salutes David’s casket and walks up to the podium. Martha stands next to Mike in the background.
• Chloe is on the phone with the Attorney General. She brings in Bill and Karen. She explains that Jack put a listening device on the President. They all listen to Martha and Charles’ argument.
• Logan is in mid-speech when a federal marshal gets a call from the Attorney General. Charles spots the marshals moving towards the podium. He finishes his speech and speaks with the marshal. The marshal grabs the pen out of his jacket and shows him the listening device Jack placed on him. Logan turns around to see Martha and Mike smirking at him. Yes! Fuck you Logan! He is taken into custody at the same time that David Palmer is given his gun salute.
• Audrey arrives to share one last happy moment with Jack. An agent walks up and tells Jack that there is a call from his daughter. Jack leaves Audrey to run into the building and pick up the phone. He is grabbed and drugged by a group of masked men.
• Karen is leaving CTU and tells Bill that she will make sure that he stays in charge of CTU. Bill asks her out on a date now that she is no longer a cunt.
• Bill hands Chloe something that was in Edgar’s stuff. It is a photo of Chloe and Edgar. She starts to cry and Morris walks up and consoles her. I love emotional Chloe.
• Audrey looks around for Jack and realizes he is missing.
• A bloody Jack is dragged in front of Cheng Zhi. He tells Jack that China has a long memory. Jack asks for 1 phone call and when he doesn’t get it he pleads for them to kill him. Cheng says he is far too valuable to kill. The shot pulls out so we see that Jack is already on a slow boat to Shanghai.

Ridiculousness:

• Would Jack really be immediately let out of custody after kidnapping the President?

Running Totals:

Jack loves America not Americans: 4 (26)

• Poor chopper pilot.
• Jack uses his stun gun on everyone not named Logan on the helicopter.

Jack’s million-dollar dream: 1 (7)

• Jack takes the pilot out with his go to move.