Day 7 Offical Spoilers

[Chloe O'brien]

I can't work out if Tony's the good guy or bad it's just like old times in the early days of 24. Larry's toast and there's still 6 more episodes to go so there's still time for a couple of more casualties.

[kt183]

i couldn't believe that ending! Quite possibly the most shocking twist ever! Surely it can't be another trick and he will turn out to be a good guy after all, can it?

[Chloe O'brien]

Na I think Tony maybe bad but will he survive to the end of the series.

[Chloe O'brien]

Jonas Hodges' favorite attorney, Patricia Eames, gets a phone call at her home. Hodges wants her to represent him. As she opens her front door to leave, she's ambushed by a man hidden behind a mask who gasses her and then gives her a lethal injection. Just before she dies, she sees a woman who seems to be her exact double. The double, Cara Bowden, steals Patricia's glasses. The man uses a device to scan Patricia's thumbprint and transplant it to Cara's hand in the form of a thin plastic coating. At the FBI, Galvez is ID'd from a Starkwood security camera. A four-block area is locked down. Within that perimeter, Tony shoots himself in the side and then tells Galvez via phone to stay put because the canister Galvez stole is worth a lot of money to the people Tony's working for. The FBI arrives to find Tony shot and Larry Moss dead. He claims they were ambushed.
Later, Tony calls Galvez to warn him about the FBI's movements. Tony advises him to find a large store or warehouse in the area that he can lure the FBI into and then blow it up. Back at the FBI, Kim Bauer says goodbye to Renee. Her father won't agree to the treatment, and she knows there's no point in trying to change his mind. Kim is just happy they got to say some of the things they have always wanted to express. Just then, Renee gets the call informing her that Larry Moss is dead. She is now the ranking agent in charge. Renee is stunned, but pulls herself together and begins issuing orders. She shows no trace of emotion, and cuts Janis off when she tries to offer condolences.
Jack is having trouble with his debriefing because his memory is starting to fade due to the bioweapon's effects. He is distracted by the sight of Renee addressing a SWAT team, and he goes to investigate. When Jack learns that the bioweapon is still out there and that Larry is dead, he insists on going along with Renee. Jack promises that he will stand down if his condition compromises the operation in any way. She continues to protest, but he cuts her off. He is going, and that's final.
At the White House, President Taylor worries about Hodges' claim to be a small cog in a much larger machine. She wants him interrogated by the FBI. Olivia knows he will want some kind of deal in exchange for information. The President promises not to make any deals with the monster who is responsible for her son Roger's death.
Cara, disguised as Patricia, arrives at the White House brig to see Hodges. He knows exactly who she is. She tells him that his actions have put everybody in a very difficult position. He shouldn't have worried about Senator Mayer's subpoenas because he and Starkwood would have been taken care of. The bioweapon wasn't for his own personal use. The consensus is that Hodges has had a psychotic break. He has exposed himself, and there is concern that he will expose the others. Hodges says he doesn't even know who the others are. Cara surmises that he knows enough to be dangerous. She threatens his family, but promises their safety if he does "the right thing." She slips him a capsule that will induce cardiac arrest without leaving a trace. It will look like a natural death. Without Hodges to prosecute, the case against him and Starkwood will be difficult, if not impossible. Starkwood's legacy can be preserved.
Olivia arrives in the brig and Cara's time alone with her client is over. He is being moved. Cara calls Alan Wilson and tells him she hopes his impending interrogation will pressure him to "resolve" the situation. He asks if she's heard from Tony. She assures him that Tony will have the canister secured soon. Wilson notes that Tony is her guy and he'd better not screw up. Cara has faith that Tony will come through.
Tony finds a secluded area and speak to Galvez, who has found a building for the FBI set up. He has less than twenty minutes to rig it with C-4. Meanwhile, Jack and Renee head to the scene in a chopper. Jack tries to advise her on how to cope with the pain of losing a partner, but she doesn't want to hear it. They arrive at Tony's location. Jack realizes that Tony's story about the ambush doesn't quite check out. Most of the bullet holes are from a .45 caliber gun, but Tony was shot with a 9mm. Yet Jack assumes that Galvez must have had someone else helping him.
From a taxi, Kim calls her husband, Stephen, to let him know she's coming home. He asks if she at least told Jack about his granddaughter, 14-month-old Teri. Kim didn't tell him because it would have made things harder for her father. She explains that she will be on the 7:10am flight and be home by nine.
Renee is concerned that the sweep isn't happening fast enough. The FBI are being slowed by civilians who are protesting that their homes are searched without a warrant. Renee orders any civilians who interfere to be arrested. Jack's body begins to shake, and he retreats to an area to administer himself anti-seizure medication. Tony tries to persuade him to go back to the FBI, but Jack says he is here to support Renee.
A static-filled transmission comes in. It's Galvez, pretending to be Agent Stoller, whom he has really just killed. Galvez claims to have a confirmed visual on the suspect and the canister entering an abandoned apartment building. Jack asks if there was anyone with Galvez. The reply is no, which troubles Jack. As Renee and the FBI team prepare to move out, Jack stays behind to monitor operations. Galvez, as Stoller, lures the FBI up to the second floor of the building. Jack gets a call from Agent Mizelli, who was conducting his debriefing earlier, to try to clear up a discrepancy. Is Jack sure that Tony's source on the White House attack was named Vincent Cardiff? Jack is sure, even with his condition. Something catches Jack's attention and he hangs up on Mizelli.
As Renee and the other agents go deeper into the building, Jack sees that the agents' transponders are showing that Stoller isn't in the building with the rest of the team. He radios Renee to get out because it's a trap. As the agents begin to retreat, Galvez, hearing this exchange, sets off the detonator. Confused reports come in of agents being down and requests for assistance. Jack takes command and demands that the perimeter teams hold position. This was an attempt to draw them off their line. Any hole in the cordon and they lose the canister. When Renee appears to be missing, Jack rushes over to the site with Tony in tow.
Hodges is transported to the FBI, and he notices a tattoo on the arm of one of the Marines who have him in custody. It symbolizes that the Marine served in Pakistan, side by side with Starkwood operatives. Hodges asks how he'd rate their professionalism and performance under fire. The Marine tells him they were good men who were well trained. Hodges is moved, and says that he just made his day. Hodges then retrieves the capsule. He regards it for a moment, then swallows it. He goes into cardiac arrest.
Jack and Tony enter the building. Tony meets with Galvez, who is disguised in Stoller's uniform. Galvez confirms that he still has the canister, then dips his hands in the blood of an agent killed in the blast. He smears the blood all over his face.
Jack finds Renee alive and well. Her radio was knocked out and she's been tending to a severely wounded agent. Renee realizes that whoever did this knew their sweep pattern. Jack calls Mizelli back, and Mizelli tells him that Vincent Cardiff didn't expire as a result of the interrogation as Tony had said. Cardiff was arrested by Customs an hour ago while trying to sneak over the Canada border. He shows no signs of any physical abuse whatsoever.
Jack confronts Tony, who is just bundling Galvez into an ambulance. As the ambulance drives away, Jack draws a gun on Tony. He threatens that if Tony ever lied to him, Jack will take him down himself. Tony tries to talk his way out of it, but Jack isn't buying his story. Suddenly, Jack begins to spasm again. He drops to his knees, shaking. He tries to find his hypo kit. Yet Tony has stolen it from him. Tony takes away Jack's gun and says he never wanted to hurt him. As Tony is about to shoot Jack, two medical techs run up so Tony hides the gun. He asks them to help Jack and walks away. Jack tries to shout a warning, but he cannot speak.
When the ambulance carrying Galvez is waved through the roadblock, Galvez stabs the med tech tending to him in the throat. Glavez then takes the driver hostage at knife point.

[Chloe O'brien]

Dr. Macer gives Jack the injection he needs to stop his spasms, and he tells the FBI to put out an APB on Tony. They do so, but it's a moment too late; Tony shoots a couple of FBI agents dead, disconnects their SUV's tracking system, and steals the car. Jack is remorseful that he vouched for Tony.
At a motel, Tony meets up with Galvez. The money's been wired to Galvez's account, but instead of giving Tony the canister, Galvez pulls a gun on Tony and demands the name of the buyer. He doesn't know who he's messing with. Tony gets the drop on Galvez and kills him. He then finds the canister in the closet. Cara arrives and wants to make the delivery, but Tony says no. They will sit on the canister for six months. Cara says it's necessary in order to replace the 27 lost canisters, but Tony knows the time to strike is now while the country is reeling. Also the FBI is stretched thin and making mistakes.
Meanwhile, Tim Woods tells the President that Hodges tried to poison himself, but the guards intervened in time. He is still alive. Renee and Jack call with the bad news about Tony. The President says she may have a lead, and tells them that Hodges mentioned some bigger group she wouldn't be able to stop. Jack wants to interview Hodges -- not to torture him, but to offer him what he needs: proof of death. This will help convince those threatening Hodges' family to think they have succeeded.
Olivia is horrified to find her mother is considering giving Witness Protection to Hodges, the man who murdered her son. She thinks he should be declared an enemy combatant and tortured. President Taylor says she swore to defend the Constitution. This tears her apart, but it needs to be done.
Cara teleconferences with the secret cabal via laptop. All of them are at laptops, talking via computer with their voices disguised and trying to get permission to go ahead with Tony's plan. The attack will be blamed on an Arab immigrant, Jibraan Al-Zarian, who will be found dead at the scene. Jibraan is an innocent they'll set up to look like a terrorist. The cabal is skittish, but Cara IMs Alan Wilson and coaxes him to weigh in on her side. Wilson tells the group that Hodges did them a favor by pushing the country to the brink. They should seize the opportunity while they have it. The cabal unanimously votes for the plan to go ahead. Cara and Tony share a passionate kiss.
Hodges has regained consciousness and is yelling that they have doomed his wife and family. Jack enters to interrogate him, while the President monitors the conversation from the White House. Jack explains the deal to Hodges. Olivia cannot watch, and she leaves the room. Hodges tells Jack that he was part of a group who can protect the country better than any government ever could. The plan was to launch simultaneous attacks early next year so that the public would see the government couldn't protect them. The people would demand drastic measures and then the group would step in. They were supplying weapons to America's enemies and sleeper cells to offload the blame. Hodges thinks Jack should understand because he was doing what was necessary. Jack replies that they have nothing in common. He's disgusted that Hodges is just protecting his contracts. Jack was serving his country.
If Hodges doesn't confess the names of his cohorts, Jack threatens to go public with the fact that Hodges is still alive. Hodges swears he doesn't have the names, even when Jack's dialing the Washington Post. He tells Jack that everybody was anonymous, even to each other. Tactics were handled through an intermediary, a woman whose name he never knew. Jack confers with the President and says they must be planning to strike today because it would be the right strategic move. The feds would need an immediate threat assessment, which requires a reconstitution of the CTU servers that were sealed by Senator Mayer's investigation. The President orders them re-commissioned.
This action needs somebody already familiar with the protocols, so Jack calls Chloe, waking her up. She asks about Bill and Jack tells her what happened. He also says there's an imminent biological weapon threat and that her expertise is needed. A car is being sent to pick her up. She agrees, then hugs her sleeping child. Chloe wakes Morris, who is sleeping on the couch. She tells him to take Prescott and get out of town. Morris asks Chloe to come with them, but she can't be persuaded.
Jack gives himself another injection as the strain begins to show. Renee and Jack brief a group of FBI agents on the mission. They need to look for fabricated evidence that would offload blame for the attacks. Janis objects to using the CTU computers, but Renee orders her to do so. Chloe arrives and Jack breaks the news to her that Tony has betrayed them. Chloe doesn't believe it, but Jack tells her that the Tony they knew is gone. Jack makes Chloe say out loud that she is still with him.
Tony, Cara and various operatives ready themselves outside of Jibraan's apartment. He's a 27-year-old day laborer with an expired visa. He has no ties to any extremist groups, but his parents were killed in a US air strike near the Pakistani border when he was a child. He raised his brother alone. Inside, Jibraan tells his 17-year-old brother, Hamid, to be careful because it is not a good day to be a Muslim even though Muslims had nothing to do with the attacks. Hamid brushes off his concern. Most of the guys at work think he's Puerto Rican anyway. Outside, another sedan joins Tony and Cara, containing two more operatives. They converge on the apartment.
Aaron Pierce discovers an emotional Olivia drafting Hodges' Witness Protection papers. She vents to him that this isn't justice. Hodges will get to live his life in comfort while her brother is dead. Olivia wishes out loud that Aaron could kill Hodges. She then apologizes and says she was just venting. After Aaron leaves, Olivia calls Martin Collier, a hardball political consultant she's worked with before. He once told her that there was no problem that couldn't be handled or eliminated. She won't tell him what she needs over the phone, so they plan to meet at the White House in fifteen minutes.
At the FBI, Chloe supervises the reconstitution of the CTU servers. Janis complains that they're violating the Bill of Rights and acting as Big Brother. Jack, enraged and goaded by Janis' constant sniping, yells at her. If she doesn't like it then she can leave. In his rant, he says that the servers were re-commissioned by "President David Palmer." Jack stalks off and buries his face in his hands. Chloe is dumbstruck. What's wrong with Jack?
At Jibraan's apartment, the lights go out and the operatives invade. Hamid is chloroformed, and a terrified Jibraan is held by Tony at gunpoint and ordered to keep silent. Tony threatens to put a bullet in his brain.

[Jojo]

This series has had so many twists and turns - talk about adrenaline overload!!!

Roll on tomorrow!

[Chloe O'brien]

As Cara puts Jihadist propaganda on Jibraan's computer, Tony forces him to read a terrorist statement in front of a camera or he and his brother will be killed. Tony keeps promising him that if he does as he's told, he'll live through this. Two cops come by, called by the neighbors about the noise. With Tony holding him at gunpoint behind the door, Jibraan tells them it was just noisy, drunken friends who he sent away.
Chloe isn't finding any chatter on the CTU servers. Jack has her expand the search by checking on all Muslims in the D.C. Metro area. Janis protests this racial profiling, but Jack says there is no other choice. Jack forgets what he's saying mid-sentence, and Janis realizes that Jack hasn't told her about his illness. She confronts Jack as he injects himself. He confesses that he only has a day or two left to live, but that's not important. He's accepted it, and he wants everyone focused on doing their job.
They get back to work, and Chloe finds that $2 million from the account of a Muslim Relief organization has been transferred over the last six months to the account of a Jibraan Al-Zarian, whose web account shows he's been looking at Jihadist propaganda. His visa has expired, so they don't have an address, but his INS form lists a personal contact -- Muhtadi Gohar is the Imam at a Georgetown mosque. Jack insists on going with Renee to talk to the Imam. He has to see this through.
Olivia meets with Martin Collier, who is taken aback that she wants him to "take care of" Jonas Hodges. He warns her that once she does this, she'll have to live with it the rest of her life. Olivia doesn't want any lectures about conscience from him, and she promises him a White House staff position in return. He agrees to her plan. Meanwhile, U.S. Marshal Sullivan gives Jonas a dossier about his new identity. Hodges is incensed at Sullivan's attitude towards him. Hodges throws the dossier at him as he leaves.
Jack and Renee talk to Gohar, the Imam, who recognizes Jack from his hearing on television. Gohar won't reveal Jibraan's address and insists that Jibraan is an innocent man. Janis calls with the address. It was found on the police report of the domestic disturbance call at Jibraan's home. Jack forces Gohar to come with them so that he can't warn Jibraan that they are coming.
Tony coerces Jibraan to announce to his brother Hamid that he is a terrorist. They need Hamid to tell the police later that his brother was an extremist. By convincing Hamid of this, Jibraan will be saving his life. Hamid, disbelieving at first, spits in Jibraan's face. Cara's concerned that Hamid isn't really convinced, but Tony says if he's not yet, he will be after the attack.
Olivia talks to a hired assassin Martin over the phone. He wants her to transfer the $250 million payment. She hangs up, goes to her computer and then hesitates. Will she click "Execute" or "Cancel?" Aaron Pierce enters with news that the President has had her father transferred to the White House for his safety because of the possible bioweapon attack. Olivia says she'll be there in a moment. She finally clicks on "Cancel" and calls Martin's voicemail to say that she couldn't go through with it.
Olivia joins her mother at her father's bedside and the two have an emotional reunion. The President tells Henry she's not sure her d?tente with Olivia is holding, but Olivia says that she understands now how hard it is for a leader to make decisions. Olivia knows how painful the decision to let Hodges get off easy was. Henry happily watches his wife and daughter reconcile.
As Jack and Renee speed towards Jibraan's home, Chloe calls. She's found that the time stamps on the money transfers and Jibraan's web browsing history were faked. All were created thirty minutes ago. He's being framed. Jack tells Gohar the news and uncuffs him. Gohar is surprised that the authorities would admit to being wrong, and tells Jack that he forgives him. Gohar hopes that Jack will at least forgive himself. "I gave up on that a long time ago," says Jack. Gohar answers that it is never too late to turn towards God.
Sullivan, getting ready to transport Hodges to his new life, refers to him by his new name -- Mr. Tippett. Hodges is looking at photos of his family, but Sullivan confiscates them. He cannot keep anything that would tie him to his old life. Hodges asks Sullivan if he likes his job because he doesn't appear to be someone satisfied ferrying around prisoners. Sullivan says he doesn't plan to have this job his whole life. Hodges approves, and says he doesn't intend to be Mr. Tippett forever either. Hodges is bundled into an SUV. Once he's alone in the back seat, Hodges retrieves a photo of his wife and daughter from his shirt. While Sullivan fills out paperwork with an FBI guard, the SUV suddenly explodes in a fiery blast, killing Hodges instantly.
Tim Woods reports to President Taylor and Olivia about the status of Jack's mission. A call comes in that Hodges was killed by a car bomb. Woods says that this must have been an inside job. Olivia ducks out and makes a panicked call to Martin, who tells her to calm down and stop talking about this over the phone. He wants to meet with her in Pershing Park as soon as she can get there.
Jack, Renee and Gohar arrive at Jibraan's home, where a SWAT team is already staked out. A hostile is holding a man hostage. Gohar identifies the bound man as Hamid. They're holding Hamid as leverage, which means that the attack is probably already in motion. The hostile inside is their last chance to find out where and when the attack is taking place.
Jack leads the team inside, where a flash grenade distracts the hostile. He tries to take Hamid hostage, but Hamid moves quickly, smashing a mirror and driving a shard into the man's neck. Jack shouts at him to stop. They need this man alive to find out where to find Jibraan. Hamid relents and Jack calls for a medic.
As Cara works with a weapons engineer to prime the bioweapon, Tony drags Jibraan into the back of a mobile unit with some other operatives. The attack will happen in the next ten or fifteen minutes. The computer screens are showing live footage from a subway platform as early morning commuters board a train. "What are you going to have me do?" asks Jibraan. "You'll find out," says Tony.

We only have 3 more episodes to go and we still don't know who is behind the Bio attack. I can't stand it much longer.

[Chloe O'brien]

Cara reports that the bioweapon will be ready on time for an attack at Washington Center Station, so Tony instructs Jibraan to take the subway there. Meanwhile, Jack delays the med tech from giving morphine to Harbinson, the operative who was holding Jibraan's brother Hamid hostage. Jack tortures Harbinson until he screams that he doesn't know the attack location. However, he does have a number for Tony. Jack has him call Tony, but they're not on the line long enough for Chloe to run a full trace.
Chloe and Janis get into an argument about how Chloe deliberately makes Janis feel stupid. Chloe narrows the location down to the Adams Morgan district. As Jack and his team scramble in that direction, Jibraan enters the subway station. He nervously removes his earpiece and begs the token vendor for help. The bemused vendor waves him over to a transit cop, who is really one of Tony's operatives in disguise. He forces Jibraan to put the earpiece back in. Tony tells him that he's always being watched and if he tries something like that again, his brother will die.
Aaron Pierce calls Olivia Taylor, wondering why she's not at the White House and isn't under Secret Service protection. The Jonas Hodges car bombing is being investigated and they need phone and internet records from all eleven people who knew that Hodges was alive. It's obvious the information was leaked. Olivia makes a suspicious Aaron promise to cover for her until she gets back. She then meets with Martin Collier, who told the assassin to go ahead with the killing. The time for conscience was before she set this into motion. Now she needs to pull herself together in order to avoid bringing him down, along with her mother and her administration. Collier warns Olivia to transfer the funds, or the assassin will be unhappy with her.
At the airport, Kim Bauer calls her husband Stephen with news that her flight's been delayed. Stephen thinks it's a sign she should stay and try to convince her father to spend his last moments with her. As Kim's cell phone battery dies, she sees a man staring at her intensely. A moment later, he's gone. She is unsettled.
A disguised Cara enters the same subway car Jibraan is on. She stashes a duffel bag with the bioweapon below a seat. It's set to go off when the train reaches Washington Center. Jibraan gets a glimpse of her and is puzzled as to why she seems familiar. Cara leaves the train at the next stop as Tony moves to pick her up.
At the FBI, Chloe decodes Tony's location data and alerts Jack that Tony is actually moving towards him. The van passes right by where Jack is staked out. Jack rams his SUV with it. Jack drags Tony out of the back of the van. Tony tries to smash his mobile computer, but Jack manages to get it away before it is completely destroyed. Tony won't talk. Jack threatens to shoot him, but Tony's got nothing to lose. Yet Jack can't bring himself to do it.
Janis manages to one-up Chloe by tapping into the damaged computer's memory after Chloe says it can't be done. They find that Tony had been tracking Jibraan. They run the tracking program and see that he's on the subway. The end of the line at Washington Center is the target. They've only got a few minutes. Chloe patches Jack through to Jibraan's earpiece. He explains to Jibraan who he is and that that his brother is safe. Jack asks if Jibraan was given a package, but he says no. Jibraan realizes that the woman he saw earlier was with the men who attacked him.
Jibraan nervously starts looking for a package, attracting the attention of a business-suited man who eyes him suspiciously. Jack tells Jibraan to stay on the train until all the passengers get off. He does so, and finds the package. Jibraan sees that there's only a little over two minutes on the timer. Hazmat can't get down there in time, so he'll have to immediately bring it up. Scared as hell, Jibraan runs for the escalators clutching the duffel bag, pushing people out of his way. The business-suited man points him out to a transit cop.
To avoid being delayed, a desperate Jibraan takes the canister out of the duffel bag and screams that he has a bomb. Fearful people clear away from him, and he manages to get outside just as the SWAT team, a Hazmat truck and Jack pull up. Jack takes the canister and gets it into a containment chamber in the Hazmat truck just in time. He tells Jibraan that his brother will be brought right away. As Jibraan moves off to have his statement taken, Jack slumps in exhaustion. He then begins to tremble. Renee tries to get him to take an injection, but Jack says he just took one twenty minutes ago. It's not working. Renee holds him, assuring Jack that he can finally rest.
As Kim waits for her plane, she sees the man staring at her again. She goes and sits by another female passenger named Sarah and asks her to check if he's still looking. He's not, but is now moving away. The man is FBI Agent Franks, who was asked by Jack to keep tabs on Kim. He calls Jack.
Renee tells Jack about Hodges' death. Jack realizes that whoever did it may try to kill Tony as well. He orders a full security detail assigned to Tony. Cara calls Wilson with news that the FBI now has the canister, Tony and Jibraan. She doesn't think they need to kill Tony because they have got another play. Back at the airport, it's time for Kim to board her flight. Sarah's husband, Bob, offers to go get some coffee. Instead, Bob follows Agent Franks into the bathroom, breaks his neck, and then hides his body in a locked stall.
As Olivia returns to the White House, Aaron Pierce demands to know why she broke protocol. He threatens to resign as her Secret Service agent. She claims that she was simply overwhelmed by the day's events and needed to clear her head. This seems to win his trust back. As soon as she's gone, he calls Ethan Kanin and asks if the voice-activated recording system that Mike Novick installed in the Chief of Staff's office is still there. It is, but it currently requires Kanin's thumbprint to activate it. He'll be at the White House within the next 30 minutes. Meanwhile, Olivia goes ahead and transfers the funds to the assassin.
At the FBI, Janis is upset that Chloe hasn't thanked her for her work or even acknowledged that she'd been wrong. The argument is cut off as Chloe finds a photo of Cara and sends it to the field agents. Jibraan identifies her. He is then reunited with his brother.
At the airport, Bob returns with coffee and then sits opposite Kim and Sarah. His laptop's camera is trained on Kim. As Renee angrily tells Tony he's going to pay for what he did to Larry Moss, Jack gets a call from Cara. She sends him a link so he can see that they've got Kim in their sights. Cara tells him that Agent Franks has been neutralized. If Jack doesn't help Tony escape, they will kill Kim. Cara orders him to leave the line open. If he tries to warn anybody, Kim will be killed.
Jack gets into the armored van with Renee and Tony. Cara tells him that he'll do exactly what she tells him to do. If any FBI agent gets in his way, he must kill them. Horrified, Jack steals a glance at Renee as Tony, knowing what's happening, gives Jack the slightest smug smile.

[Perdita]

Kiefer Sutherland has said that the season seven finale of 24 is the "best yet".

The actor told E! that because his character Jack Bauer is dying after becoming exposed to a bio-weapon, the upcoming final episode "will be much more dramatic" than previous season climaxes.

"This is why with the last two episodes, I was so excited about playing them and why I'm so excited for people to finally see them," Sutherland said.

"It's a real character shift for Jack Bauer."

The star also added that the next season of 24 is going "to be centered in one of the most realistic circumstances" yet.

"I can tell you that it's grounded in a political shift that's taking place," he said. "Some of our stuff, to be fair, is kind of far fetched. This one is actually quite possible."

The season seven finale of 24 airs next Monday on Sky1.

[Chloe O'brien]

As Olivia begins an interview with the Justice Department regarding the killing of Jonas Hodges, the President starts a briefing with the Joint Chiefs, warning them about the existence of the shadowy cabal of private military firms planning to undermine the government. They don't have much information, but hope to find out more from the captured Tony Almeida.

Cara gives Jack the order to start Tony's rescue. Jack commandeers the van, explaining to a shocked and betrayed Renee that his daughter's life is on the line. At the airport, Bob, the operative whose laptop camera is trained on Kim, is asked to move his stuff so that an old lady can sit down. Kim realizes something's amiss when she notices that the laptop's been open and unused all this time. She also sees that Bob's bleeding from a scratch to the neck and points it out. He's flustered. His wife, Sarah, says it must have happened when the door hit him getting out of the cab. Truth, or is she covering for him? Kim thinks the wound looks fresh. Bob walks off, ostensibly to take care of the wound. He calls Cara to warn that Kim's getting suspicious. Cara tells him to stand by. If Kim realizes who they are, they can't allow themselves to be taken. Cara tells him to do what he has to do.

On Cara's order, Jack has the armored van pull into a tunnel where the FBI loses visual. The transponders are out as well. Cara is waiting in an SUV in the tunnel. Tony makes Jack gives him his gun and then cuff himself. Tony takes Jack hostage. Cara thinks Tony should shoot Jack, but Tony points out that Jack's blood contains the pathogen. They can make more bioweapons by harvesting it from his body.

Aaron Pierce meets with Ethan Kanin regarding his suspicions about Olivia's involvement in Hodges' murder. Kanin is reluctant to break into his old office and access classified recordings because it is a federal crime. However, Aaron convinces him. Ethan gets the data card just before Olivia returns from the inquiry. Olivia discovers him in the office, and Ethan claims he'd left some files behind. After he leaves, she notices an open panel on the wall and finds the recording equipment within. She calls security and orders Ethan detained.

Chloe and Janis are unable to find Jack's location, so Agent Walker has Chloe patch into Kim's departure gate. At the airport, Kim's name is called as some standby passengers are allowed to get their boarding pass. While in line, she gets a phone call comes from Renee, who tells her about Jack and Tony. Renee warns her there's an operative in close proximity and it may be someone with a camera or a laptop. Before Kim can describe them, Bob suddenly appears behind her. She pretends to be having a conversation about her baggage. Renee realizes that they're about to move on Kim and she orders the terminal locked down. Bob notices security guards arriving and he realizes something's wrong. He whispers, "Take her" to Sarah, who has readied a knife. Bob whips out a gun and shoots the security guards while Sarah takes Kim at knifepoint. Chaos erupts. Kim gets a pen out of her pocket and stabs Sarah in the leg with it. As Kim gets free, Sarah is shot dead by a security guard. Bob, however, manages to escape. Kim calls Renee and tells her that Bob's getting away. Renee says they need him in order to find Jack. Yet before Kim can tell her what direction he's headed, her cell phone battery goes dead. She thinks for a moment. Then, gathering her resolve, begins to pursue Bob herself.

Olivia meets Ethan in a holding room and demands that he return what he took. He refuses, so she has him searched. Ethan demands to speak to President Taylor, but Olivia claims that the President is the one who had him detained. When he asks to hear that from the President directly, Olivia claims that her mother has recused herself from the investigation because of her personal relationship with Ethan. The data card is found and given to Olivia, who tells the guard to process Ethan out. When she is alone, she crushes the card. On the way out, Ethan is handed off to Aaron Pierce and the two confer. Ethan knows Olivia's hiding something. He has a data card -- the real one. The card that the guard found was blank.
Jack, trembling and too weak to resist, is led to a makeshift medical room in an industrial warehouse. He is restrained and given an injection to immobilize him. It will take about fifteen minutes before they know if there's enough pathogen in his spinal fluid to be useful. Tony asks Cara for a bigger role in the organization. Cara says it doesn't work like that; you have to be invited. Tony knows she's in contact with the top guy. He just wants to be in the same room with him to make his case. Cara says she can't do that because he is protective of his anonymity. Behind them, Jack screams in agony as a gigantic needle is inserted into his spine.

On the phone, Martin tries to reassure Olivia not to worry about Ethan. Tim Woods arrives and tells Olivia that her mother has requested her in the Oval Office for a briefing about the situation at the airport. Meanwhile, Renee and her team arrive at the airport and realizes that Kim's either a hostage or following the operative.

In the parking garage, Kim tails Bob. As he heads to the top floor, Kim runs to a pair of airport cops and tells them to patch her through to Agent Walker. She gives Renee Bob's location just as Bob arrives in his car, driving straight at them and shooting. One officer is shot, but the other officer manages to shoot Bob in the throat through his windshield. Bob's car veers out of control and flips over. Kim tends to the wounded officer for a moment, then peers into the window of the wrecked car, now in flames. She spies Bob's laptop and reaches in to get it. Bob, still alive, grabs her wrist, trying to stop her. She manages to get the laptop out with her other hand, but Bob's still got a death grip on her wrist. The flames leap up and burn both their hands until Kim's finally able to wrest herself free. She gets herself and the laptop away from Bob's car just as it explodes. Renee arrives and Kim hands them the laptop. With knowledge from her days as a CTU systems analyst, Kim instructs Renee how to use the laptop to backtrace the signal. Renee prepares to get Chloe on the line.

Ethan returns to his car and listens to the contents of the data card. Olivia and Martin are conspiring to kill Hodges. Meanwhile, the doctor reports to Tony that there's plenty of the virus in Jack's spinal fluid but not enough to reconstitute the pathogen. They will need his organs for that. Jack's got a couple of hours to live, at most, but the pathogen can survive death of the host for up to two hours and sometimes longer. Jack's playing possum and listening intently.

Cara talks to Alan Wilson about Tony's request. Wilson will arrive in the next half-hour to meet Tony, but if he doesn't like what he sees, for any reason, then Tony's not walking out of that meeting alive.

Tony orders Jack readied for transport. As the restraints are removed, Jack springs into action, surprisingly strong, and kills the doctors with their own scalpels. He gets out of the building just as the sun begins to rise. Tony and Cara give chase.