Knowing that she now knows his secret, George offers her some fatherly advice to find something she loves and pursue it, telling her about his own regrets over taking a lucrative career with CTU over his preferred career of teaching. Michelle walks into his office and offers her condolences, unable to hide her sadness at his situation. George declines and starts coughing again. Michelle Dessler informs George Mason that Jack is about to arrive at Syed Ali's house and asks if he wants a live feed patched into him. Palmer asks to remain informed as more information becomes available. Palmer expresses doubts, but Jack reminds him that they had access to their flight information, which means that someone on the inside was supplying them with intel. Palmer receives a call from Jack, who informs him that the soldiers who attacked them were members of the Coral Snake brigade, an American team led by Colonel Ron Samuels at Fort Benning that specializes in deep cover special ops and is financed by the NSA. After Ali leaves, Kate is asked about what she knows from Bob Warner's files, and she continues to deny any knowledge. Syed Ali enters the room where Kate Warner is being interrogated and speaks to his colleague in Arabic, informing him that he is going to pray one last time. They begin their search for the files related to Syed Ali, but Reza is distracted by the consequences of implicating Bob Warner. Reza arrives with the two CTU agents, Agent Richards and Agent Maccabee. Jack whispers inaudibly into Nina's ear, and Nina looks disturbed by what she is told.Īs Jack walks away and looks at one of the fallen soldiers, he notices a tattoo of a coral snake on his arm. Palmer says he'll agree to the original pardon, but she is to be taken to Los Angeles in the meantime to share the danger of the other inhabitants. He informs Palmer of the resolution and asks if he wants Nina taken back to prison. Novick receives a phone call informing him that the standoff is over and that Jack is safe and Nina is in custody.
Miguel attempts to free himself from Brown's grasp, but fails to do so. Officer Brown carries Kim and Miguel out of the sheriff's station to a transport while they continue to insist that they cannot be taken to Los Angeles, but Brown ignores their protests. Miguel and Kim try to break free from Officer Brown Jack continues to defy Nina's orders until the sniper manages to shoot the rifle out of her hands and subdue her. Nina fires warning shots to attempt to scare Jack into kneeling again, but Jack is unfazed, telling her that killing him prematurely will be a violation of the agreement and will result in her returning to prison, and that any threat of his own death is meaningless because she intended to kill him upon receiving confirmation of the bomb anyway. Nina tells Jack to shut up and silently wait for Palmer to call with the confirmation of the bomb, but Jack, seeing a sniper in the clearing, decides to provoke Nina by standing up and starting to walk away. Jack also brings up the bombing of CTU, which Nina denies any involvement in beyond the sale of the plans, but Jack reminds her that the sale makes her just as responsible. Jack brings up Teri's murder, which Nina claims was necessary under the circumstances. While they wait for confirmation on the bomb, Nina continues to verbally antagonize Jack, claiming she never meant her actions to be personal.
He asks for an update on Jack's status, and Novick replies that he's still being held hostage.
After concluding the statement, he says to Mike Novick that it wasn't exactly the Gettysburg Address, but should tide over the press for now. He explains that the current threat is one of many that the country faces every day, and that this is one that he has chosen, using the authority of his office, to withhold from the public for the time being. Outside the Northwest Regional Operations Complex, President Palmer addresses the press corps in response to Ron Wieland's report about the bomb threat. Nina continues to hold Jack hostage 05:01:40