Day 4: 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM

Characters Introduced:

Get to the plot

Returning Characters:

Move along

Key Moments:

• Mandy likes her nudity so Tony is tied up and shirtless. She talks to Marwan and is told that he is leaving in an hour with or without her. Mandy looks up Tony’s history and asks him if Michelle will make the same sacrifice he did for her.
• Michelle receives a call from Mandy and is told that she will get Tony back if she removes all the cops from an area of the complex.
• When Bill talks to Michelle about the situation, Michelle cracks and tells him about Mandy’s demand. Bill, being really good at his job, calls Jack with the info and Jack puts a trap into play.
• Now that Tony is in danger, Curtis arrives on site. Jack moves the cops Mandy wanted moved.
• Mandy moves into action. She uses the stun gun on Tony, knocks on her neighbor’s door, kills the third person living in the apartment, and holds the two as hostages.
• Howard’s chopper has landed in San Diego and Bill calls to tell him to fabricate proof that he was in San Diego the whole day. The SUV that picks him up is not CTU, instead Cheng is waiting for him in the backseat.
• Mandy calls Michelle and threatens Tony’s life if this is a trap.
• Jack and Curtis are inside an apartment watching the empty zone. They spot 2 people walking under an umbrella. Jack is confused why a pro would expose herself like that. They reach the car and Bill tells the agents to move in but Jack calls them off. Mandy spots the movement, swears at Michelle, and blows up the car. Michelle reacts poorly to this outcome.
• Bill reports the bad news to Logan and friends. Logan immediately blames David for all his problems.
• Michelle is a wreck and Bill sends her home to mourn.
• Bill tries to get Jack to come back to CTU. Jack refuses because Mandy’s actions made no sense. He watches and rewatches the explosion over and over again. Eventually he realizes that he is not hearing the rain in the audio. Mandy faked it, so Jack sends the teams back in.
• Mandy sees what is happening and moves to plan C. She tosses Tony some clothes and gets ready to use him as a shield. Tony takes the opportunity to slice his foot on some broken glass to create a trail.
• An agent spots the trail and Jack and Curtis chase after the blood.
• When Mandy and Tony reach the garage, Tony makes his move and attacks Mandy. He gets some shots in but he is cuffed behind his back so Mandy reasserts control. The delay allowed Jack to catch up. They have their showdown. In another of the greatest lines ever, Mandy asks Jack “Do you have what it takes to let me kill him while you look him in the eye?” “Yes.” “I believe you.” She realizes Jack can’t kill her but before she can take advantage, Jack signals Tony to drop and Curtis comes from behind and punches her in the face! Jack sends word back to CTU who in turn sends word to Michelle. Sad tears turn to happy tears.
• Jack doesn’t waste time. He chokes Mandy and puts a gun to her head while offering her a full immunity deal. She says show me the deal.
• Cheng breaks Howard. He says Jack ran the operation.

Ridiculousness:

Too much awesome to fit in any ridiculous

Running Totals:

Mandy the super terrorist: 1 (7)

• What a crazy ass plan! Dress your neighbors up and send them to the car to be blown up so the fuzz thinks you are dead and will leave the area. Too bad Jack Bauer actually does his job.