Day 8 Spoilers

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Weiss calls Hastings, who has no progress to report on Meredith's interrogation. Dana tells Cole that decrypting the file found on Meredith's computer will take another thirty to forty minutes. Meanwhile, Jack heads for Queens, looking for the corner his suspect's taxi dropped him off on. Chloe says the cabbie didn't remember an exact address. Jack will have to search on foot. Inside the Koernig house, Davros has Jim and Maggie bound to their kitchen chairs. Captain Ravello calls back, and, at gunpoint, Jim tells him he's sick and to let "Mike" (Davros) take his shift. Jim then tells Davros to just leave; he promises not to make trouble for him.

Jack arrives in the area and questions a group of teens playing basketball. Teshon, the group's apparent alpha dog, tells Jack to get lost; this is his territory. Jack has to show his gun to tone down their aggression. He show a photo of Davros and offers $100 for anybody who saw him. Another kid, Jay, defies Teshon and says he saw him head into the blue house on the next block. Jack runs to the house and tries the front door; locked. Through the side window, he sees Jim and Maggie's bodies slumped at the kitchen table. He kicks down the back door and enters the house. There's nobody else there. Suddenly, an officer knocks on the door. A neighbor heard a noise and called the police.

Jack weighs his options, then bursts onto the porch, his weapon drawn, and orders the cop, Lu, a young rookie to drop his weapon. He tells Lu that he's with CTU, but before he can begin to convince him, Lu's partner, Officer Mazoni, who has gone around the back just as Jack did. While Jack is down, Mazoni tasers him again. Lu tells him to stop; they need to call this in. However, Mazoni growls that Jack's a cop killer, and orders Lu to help him drag Jack inside.

A UN keycard is found in Meredith's personal effects; it accesses President Hassan's private residence. Hastings thinks he's found the smoking gun. Meanwhile, Dana gets a call from the front gate. Kevin's here to see her. Dana tenses and comes out to meet with him - hiding her engagement ring in her pocket as she does so. Kevin tells her he likes her as a blonde, and he wants to pick up where they left off. Dana offers him money to make him go away, but he won't bite. To start with, he wants a place to stay; he's been living in his car. When Dana refuses, he threatens to tells the guards her secret. She reluctantly gives him her house keys, telling him she wants him out by tomorrow. He just grins. And he already has her address.

Hastings confronts Meredith about the keycard, and Meredith finally confesses to her affair with Hassan. Hastings doesn't believe her, and calls to arrange a conversation with Hassan. Weiss isn't available to set it up at the moment. As he leaves the interrogation room, Chloe tells Hastings she's worried; she's lost contact with Jack. Hastings doesn't care. Chloe says she thinks Meredith's telling the truth, and gets Hastings to agree to consider sending units to help Jack if Hassan corroborates Meredith's story.

In the Koernig's basement, Mazoni has Jack tied to a chair and is beating him savagely. Lu protests; what about his story about being a federal agent? Mazoni says he has no credentials on him. And he's not about to let another cop killing scumbag walk on a technicality. If Lu doesn't like it, he should wait upstairs. As Lu nervously exits, Mazoni tells him not to call in until he says so. And their story is that he resisted arrest. Lu weakly tells Mazoni not to kill him. "I'll do my best," mutters Mazoni. Meanwhile, Davros, as "Mike," shows up at the UN to take Jim's shift. He stands among the officers, unsuspected, as Cole briefs them on their assignment, and the threat of an assassin.

Weiss interrupts the peace negotiations to let Hassan know that CTU wishes to speak with him. He agrees. Farhad exhorts him to keep his affair with Meredith a secret in order to preserve his political career and the peace process. He gest on the phone with Hastings, with Chloe listening in. Hassan asks if the conversation is being recorded or if anyone is listening. Hastings lies and says no. And so Hassan confesses to the affair, trusting to Hastings' discretion. He believes Meredith has nothing to do with this plot, though when pressed by Hastings, he admits that this belief is based on nothing more than his own personal feelings. They hang up. Farhad is enraged, but Hassan says he's done the honorable thing.

Back at CTU, Hastings again refuses to help Jack. The affair doesn't exonerate Meredith at all. He wants to wait and see what's in the encrypted file. Chloe says she'll go find Jack herself, but Hastings says he may need her help with the file - and if she leaves the building, she's fired. Meanwhlile, Farhad calls Davros and tells him that Hassan confessed to the affair. Davros sees no reason to diverge from the plan. Hassan will be dead within the hour.

Jack manages to work free of his chair and rush Mazoni. He begins to disable the older cop when Lu arrives, his gun drawn. Jack again protests his innocence while Mazoni screams at Lu to shoot Jack. Lu tells them both to shut up. This has gone too far. He's calling in. Jack says the officer upstairs must be connected to the assassination plot in some way. The notion enrages Mazoni. Lu calls in and reports a double-murder with a suspect in custody. Jack begs him to ask where Jim was assigned today. Lu hesitates, but complies.

At CTU, Arlo again tries to flirt with Dana, mistaking her recent distraction for wedding jitters and saying that he's her intellectual equal, not Cole. The file is decrypted, and show construction plans for the UN building that were carried out eight months ago, and an explosive device directly below the Council Chamber. Hastings calls Manning, head of security at the UN, and calls for a total evacuation. Chloe thinks the intel is a fake and they wanted them to find it, but Hastings says he's not taking any chances. Hastings calls Cole, who says it's not possible for there to be a bomb there; the area's been swept repeatedly. Hastings barks that they must have missed it. He assigns Cole to protect Hassan.

The peace conference is interrupted, and Taylor and Hassan are led out of the room by their security escorts. Outside, Davros waits, in position, near a manhole - and we see that beneath the manhole is where the bomb is truly planted. As Hassan is about to be bundled into his car, he asks where his wife and daughter are. He's told they're two minutes behind. Hassan wants to wait for them, but Farhad tells him to go ahead; he'll wait and go with them. Farhad calls Davros and tells him that Hassan is in the third car in the motorcade. He then gets into a car with Dalia and Kayla.

In Queens, Lu tells Jack he was right; Jim was on the UN security detail, and a Mike Farmer took his place. Jack says that's their assassin. Lu uncuffs Jack and drives him to the UN, leaving Mazoni behind to fume. Jack calls Chloe, and is alarmed to find that the UN building is being evacuated. She puts him through to Cole, and Jack tells him that Hassan is being lured outside. He has to stop the motorcade from reaching the street, immediately. Cole, trailing several cars behind Hassan, says it's too late; Hassan's car just exited the tunnel. Jack says to find a way or Hassan's a dead man.

Cole floors the gas pedal, pulling ahead of the other cars. Davros has his finger on the detonator. The first two cars pass. Hassan's is next. Cole swerves and clips the back end of Hassan's limo just as the bomb goes off. Cole's car is flipped end over end. At CTU, Hastings and Dana pale as they see the carnage on screen. Jack, on the phone, desperately tries to get Cole to answer. "What's your status? Was Hassan hit? Cole!"

Both Cole and Hassan have survived the bombing, and Cole hurries Hassan to safety just before Davros, hiding in the shadows, can manage to shoot him. Davros is spotted ducking into a building. Chloe puts out an APB, which Jack sees as he speeds towards the scene with Officer Lu. In the limo carrying the rest of Hassan's family, Dalia is frantic. Farhad calls Davros and finds that his brother has survived. Davros tells him to get out; it's only a matter of time before he is suspected. Farhad exits the car and stabs the CTU agent guarding him in the neck with a pen, killing him, and makes his escape, as Dalia and Kayla scream.
Meanwhile, Cole pursues Davros into the building, but Davros gets the drop on him. At gunpoint, he orders Cole to say the area is clear, but Cole, after some hesitation, says the assassin is with him. Just before Davros can shoot him, Jack arrives and shoots Davros dead. Jack rips his shirt open, and finds an elaborate series of tattoos.
Hassan arrives at CTU and meets Hastings, who breaks to him the news that his brother was involved in the attack and that his own wife and daughter are witnesses. He asks to speak to Meredith, who will likely be cleared of all charges. Hastings says he'll arrange it. As he moves off, Hastings admits to Chloe that he underestimated her, and promises that her actions will be stated in his report. They then join Dana, who has been examining video Jack took of Davros' tattoos. They are identical to the tattoos on the Russian sniper and shooter that were gunning for Victor. They may indicate membership in a particular Russian crime syndicate. Dana has also found that the FBI once had an agent undercover with them... Agent Renee Walker. Hastings notes that Walker was fired, but Dana says they only need her to brief them. It's rare that anybody ever gets close to these paranoid Russian gangs; they need her intel.



Farhad calls Sergei Bazhaev, a well-dressed middle-aged Russian man, and tells him that his man failed; Hassan is still alive. Bazhaev is unfazed, and tells him that once Farhad has the materials in his possession, his brother and the peace process will no longer matter. So stay calm - or should Bazhaev look for another buyer? This quiets Farhad. The two will meet soon.
At the UN, Weiss tells Taylor she needs to ask Hassan if the talks will continue. She calls him, and he is determined to press on. Hastings will make arrangements for him to return to the UN. Meanwhile, Chloe tells Jack that Renee is coming. She's apparently had a rough time; she had a breakdown after torturing Alan Wilson. Jack says he's tried to contact her, but she's never wanted to speak to him. He doesn't want her to know he's here.
Near CTU's forensics lab where Davros' body is being examined, Hassan thanks Cole for saving his life. Suddenly, alarms ring out, coming from the lab. Trace elements of weapons-grade uranium have been detected on Davros' body. How did he come into contact with it? Hassan thinks he knows. Before they started the peace initiative, his country was close to developing a nuclear weapon; however, they couldn't enrich enough fissile material to arm it. After the peace process began, Farhad was approached by someone claiming to have access to decommissioned Soviet stockpiles. Hassan told him to have nothing to do with them, but obviously, Farhad had other plans.
Renee arrives, but she's not the Agent Walker we knew. She's broken, haunted. She tells Chloe she had a job at a security firm, but it didn't work out. Renee informs the CTU team that the tattoos indicate membership in a group called Red Square, made up of hardened Russian ex-military, special forces and intelligence ops. She's not sure the group actually exists; she got close but never found them. Hastings assures her they exist, and need to be found now. Hastings privately asks Renee if she'll go back in, and offers to get her her badge back. Renee says she willingly laid down her badge. She'll go back in because she can help, not for a badge.
In the next room, Jack arrives to say goodbye to Chloe, but when he finds that Renee is going back undercover with the Russian mob, he decides to talk to her after all. Renee is happy to see Jack after all and gives him a hug; it's the first time we've seen her smile. Jack tells her he doesn't think it's a good idea for her to go back in. She went to a very dark place and it takes longer to come back than she thinks. He pulls up her shirt sleeve, and finds deep scars on her wrist. Renee insists she's ready and tells Jack to go to L.A. and be with his granddaughter. She has a briefing to attend.
Meredith is released, and Hastings promises her an official apology, but Meredith is unforgiving. She is reunited with Hassan, who gently breaks it to her that they'll have to end their affair. He simply cannot risk losing all that he has worked for.
Renee gives the CTU team a rundown of the Russian mobsters. Their target is Vladimir, who first told her about Red Square. However, he's disappeared. He can be found via Ziya. Ziya refused full immunity from the FBI if he gave up Vladimir and he refused - but Renee will be approaching him as a former felon offering the deal of a lifetime. Once they find Vladimir, she'll tell him of whispers of black market nuclear materials, and say she has a buyer. Cole volunteers to be the buyer, and Hastings sets up the necessary offshore accounts.
Jack interrupts and tells Hastings point blank that he doesn't think Renee is ready for this. Renee and Hastings say they have no other option. So Jack volunteers to go with her, much to Renee's anger. Hastings agrees. Jack will be the buyer. They need to move fast. With the assassination attempt foiled, the Russians will want to offload the nuclear rods as soon as possible.
Farhad meets with Bazhaev, whose son, Josef, is worried that Farhad will lead the police to them. Bazhaev doesn't care. Farhad is offering much, much more money than any other buyer. Farhad insists on proof that Bazhaev has the nuclear rods before paying him. The rods are in a secure place, he says, but when pressed, leads Farhad to a back room, and shows him a young man, gravely ill, shaking and sweating, with lesions on his skin. This is Bazhaev's younger son. He was transporting the rods, and he was careless. Now: where is his money? Farhad is satisfied; he'll make the call to transfer the funds.
Renee and Jack are heading to meet with Ziya, who now works in an auto parts store. Renee's upset that Jack's babysitting her. Meanwhile, Dana gets a call from Kevin, who has noticed all the photos of Cole in her home. Renee says they're getting married and asks him again to stop calling her Jenny. He suddenly flies into a rage, smashing a picture frame, screaming that she can't tell him what to call her, and demanding she come home right now.
Renee enters Ziya's shop while Jack waits in the car, listening via a comm unit. Renee flirts with him and tells him she'll cut him in on the deal if he can find Vladimir. He won't. He's got a parole bracelet on, so he can't leave the area... and if he makes any calls about Vladimir, he'll end up dead. Renee says she knows how to get the bracelet off; he just has to hold it steady. She puts his arm into a vise, immobilizing him, then grabs a circular saw. He protests that she can't cut the bracelet. "I'm not going to cut the bracelet," she says, coldly... and begins slicing into his thumb. Jack comes running, but too late. She's sliced off his thumb and he's passed out. "What have you done?" Jack yells as he tries to cauterize Ziya's wound. "I'm just getting started," says Renee, ominously.

I'm not going to read any spoilers. Its so much better when I know nothing about what's going on.

:rotfl: Yeah right I believe you. Once you get sucked into 24 world you can't escape. How is season 5 going are you still watching it.

I've finished season five. Waiting for Feb to buy season six as I've spent too much money this month.

I was shocked at the president being a traitor but I never really took to him anyway. He was spineless and indecisive. Shame David got killed, he was one of my faves.

8:00pm - 9:00pm

In Kamistan, General Wasid, a leader of the insurgency, takes a call from Farhad, as the news on television reports on the failed assassination attempt on Hassan. Wasid says it's all over; his men are being arrested by Hassan's security forces. Farhad says not to worry; he'll have the uranium soon, so long as Wasid agrees to transfer the money to the Russians today. Wasid reluctantly agrees.

Josef tells his father, Bazhaev, that Oleg - his younger brother, the one who is dying of radiation poisoning from the control rods - needs a doctor. He has found one in Mr. Vernon whose family he can threaten so he'll keep his mouth shut. Bazhaev is skeptical; how will Josef keep anybody else at the clinic from finding out? If Oleg dies, then so be it. Josef protests Oleg's dying alone, in a cold room behind the kitchen, and Bazhaev consents for Oleg to be taken to the country house. Farhad enters and says the money will be transferred shortly. When can he take possession of the rods? As soon as they have the money, says Bazhaev. Farhad says it will be five hours. Bazhaev nods, satisfied, and has Farhad pass the time with a pair of prostitutes.

As Jack and Renee cauterize and bandage Ziya's wound, Jack begins to call Hastings to tell him to abort the operation; Renee's obviously not ready for this. Renee says she's still the best chance CTU has of finding the uranium. Ziya begins to wake up. Jack puts his phone away, and says he'll be listening from the car. Ziya wakes up, screaming. Renee says she did him a favor - she got the parole bracelet off. He can whine about it, or he can be rich. Two, three million dollars. Suddenly, he's interested, and agrees to bring Renee to where Vladimir might be.

They go in Ziya's truck, with Renee driving... and Jack following. Jack reports to Chloe, who wants to know how to handle Ziya's probation officer. Jack hesitates, then decides not to tell Chloe what happened. He just tells her that Renee got the results she wanted. He asks if his cover profile is ready. Chloe says Dana's nearly finished. However, Dana gets a call from Kevin, demanding that she come home right away, or he'll call Cole and tell him her secret: she's an ex-con, accessory to murder. He gives her 30 minutes to get home. Panicked, she asks Arlo a favor, who again hits on her. Shrugging it off, she says she has to go home for a while, and asks him to cover for her by finishing Jack and Renee's profile. As she leaves, Arlo notes with interest her zagging to avoid Cole.

At the UN, Weiss informs President Taylor and Kanin that Farhad is trying to get a hold of weapons-grade uranium on US soil. Kanin thinks that explains Hassan's actions back in Kamistan - arresting and executing the opposition and shuttering news organizations; practically declaring martial law. Taylor is worried his actions will de-legitimize the peace process. However, when she voices her concerns to Hassan, he is angered. Power is the only thing his people understand. The peace process depends upon his continued leadership; he cannot appear weak. Taylor says that the coalition will fall apart if he reneges on his human rights violations. He asks to see his family.

Ziya says he's surprised Renee would take another deal with Vladimir after what he did to her. There is nothing good one can say about Vladimir. Renee won't be drawn on the subject and just asks how much farther. Ten minutes. Chloe calls and uploads his profile; Arlo just finished it. Jack asks her to look into Renee's profile and find out exactly what happened with Vladimir.

Josef is driving Oleg to the country house. Oleg tells Josef not to feel bad; there's nothing he can do. The family shouldn't have to pay for his mistake. He thanks Josef for always looking out for him. Josef suddenly swerves. He's going to take Josef to the doctor. He doesn't care what Papa said; he won't let Oleg die without a fight.

At the UN, Dalia is packing to leave. Kayla is staying. Hassan enters and asks for time alone with Dalia. He admits to his affair, and says it's over. He begs Dalia not to go. She was always his best counsel. There is a tender moment between them, but she says it's too late, and continues packing.

Renee and Ziya arrive at the chop shop where Vladimir is now working. Ziya goes in first, leaving Renee time to consult with Jack. Jack demands to know what happened between Renee and Vladimir, but she won't talk; she just asks for her cover story. Jack's a Munich-based arms dealer named Ernest Meier. They met in Mexico City.

Ziya quickly finds himself with Vladimir's gun to his forehead, angry to see Ziya. He's been underground for five years. Ziya explains about Renee and the deal she's offering. Lugo, Vladimir's parter, thinks Ziya is too stupid to make up such a story; it's Renee he's never trusted. She showed up out of the blue, and sixteen months later the feds were breathing down their throats. Vlad doesn't think she's the one who sold them out. He tells Ziya to bring her to him.

Dana arrives home to find that Kevin's invited a buddy of his to stay at her place. She offers him a thousand dollars to go away. He's insulted, and slams her against the wall. He says she owes him. She insists she didn't testify against him. The only reason she got out earlier is because she was sentenced as a minor. Kevin calms down, and tells her he knows what her job is, and that she has access to bank accounts, manifests, and the stock exchange. He wants a six figure payout, and then he'll go away forever.

Renee is taken before Vladimir, while Chloe fills Jack in: Vladimir abused her, put her in the hospital. He may have tried to rape her. Jack's worried that Renee, who attempted suicide after leaving the FBI, no longer cares what happens to her. Inside, Jack feeds Renee info on the Mexico City underworld via her comm unit. Vlad thinks there is something different about Renee... something in her eyes, her skin. She doesn't look well. There's a name that Jack can't feed her right away, and there's a tense moment as Renee stalls, claiming she's tired of paying these games with Vladimir. The name finally comes through. Vlad seems satisfied... but then orders Lugo to tie her and Ziya up and put them in his trunk. Jack and Chloe lose her signal; either the car's armored or the comm shorted out. Jack follows Vlad's car, and asks for backup.

Dr. Levine is getting ready to go home when Josef and Oleg burst into his office. When Dr. Levine tries to call an ambulance, Josef draws a gun and tells him nobody must know about this. He tells the doctor he knows his address... and there are men outside his gate. His daughter's bedroom light just went out ten minutes ago. Levine says he's not sure what he can do; Oleg's radiation poisoning is very advanced. He asks what sort of uranium it was, and Josef tells him it was weapons grade 235.

Jack is following the car, but suddenly hears Ziya and Renee again, and it sounds like they're stopped. He's following a decoy car. Chloe finds another car left five minutes after the decoy did; they didn't notice because all eyes were on the decoy. It'll take ten minutes for the tactical backup to reach where the real car has pulled over, by the river. Jack listens in mounting horror as a pair of gunshots ring out. Vlad has killed Ziya. Vlad looks at Renee. Amazing; she didn't even blink. Renee tells him to get it over with. "Don't do this," begs Jack. Vlad wants to know who she really is. Renee laughs bitterly. She'll tell the truth: Vlad's right - she's sick. Sick of living like this. She has nowhere to go and nobody to go to. All she has is this deal, and if he doesn't want it, he should go ahead and pull the trigger. He wouldn't be doing anything she hasn't already tried herself. Vlad is finally persuaded. Jack, sweating, tells CTU to call off the tac team. Renee's in.

Thanks Chloe for the updates:) Yay Jack's back!

Jack calls Hastings and asks him to pull Renee out. She doesn't care what happens to her, and that makes her a danger to herself and the mission. Hastings refuses, but Jack strikes a deal with him: he'll find a way to get her out when he goes in as the buyer, and will stay in her place.

At CTU, Dana calls Kevin and tells him she's got something for him: $120,000 in impounded drug money, being kept in a police warehouse with automated security that she can manipulate from her workstation. She asks to meet with him outside of CTU. As she hangs up, Arlo, relentless, hits on her once more, and also asks that server space be freed up to speed his own work.

Vladimir takes Renee back to his chop shop and speaks with her privately. She tells him about her German buyer, Ernst Meier, who is looking to buy some weapons grade uranium that's about to be sold on the open market. Vlad tells her that if she needs money, she should come work for him, but Renee says she's doing this so she doesn't ever have to work for anybody ever again. Vlad will get 30%, a handsome sum. Vlad will make a few calls, but wants a good faith payment upfront of $5 million. He gives her privacy to call her buyer, so she calls Jack, who arranges for the $5 million. He can arrive within the next 30 minutes. Renee's having trouble being in the same room as Vlad, but says she can handle it.

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Dr. Levine puts Oleg on morphine. Bazhaev calls and asks why his sons are not yet at the house. Josef claims they're stuck in traffic and Oleg is sleeping. The test results arrive. The nurse who delivers them picks up on the doctor's tension, but, with a gun pointed at him on the other side of the door, he waves her away. Oleg's condition is acute. He needs a bone marrow transplant, which requires a six man medical team and a better facility. Josef insists that Levine find something he can do right now. Levine says there's a drug that will flush out the radiation and stimulate white blood cell repair, but it's only a halfway measure. Josef holds a gun to Levine's head and insists that his brother is not going to die.

Jack, who has instructed Cole not to have his teams doing drive-bys in case they're spotted, listens to Renee and Vlad via her comm. Vlad asks what happened to Renee; for just a moment, he genuinely seems to care. He apologies for what he did to her. He'd had too much to drink that night. It's the first time Renee's ever heard him apologize for anything. Vlad, aroused by her anger, begins to come on to her, and tells her there's more for her here than money, if she wants it. He's convinced she came to him not just for his connections, but for him. She denies it, and asks to clean up. He shows her to the shower. As Jack tells Cole they need to go now, Vlad has Lugo go pick up Renee's buyer. He has no intention of pursuing nuclear material. Once they have the $5 million, Lugo is to shoot the buyer. Vlad expects Renee to be working with him from now on. She is desperate, but he will give her a reason to live.

At the UN, Weiss tells President Taylor and Ethan Kanin that Hassan's crackdown on his opposition may have already led to the British, Germans and Egyptians pulling out of the peace accord. Taylor suggests telling them that Hassan is trying to prevent his brother from acquiring nuclear weapons, but Weiss says that'll just cause a panic. Taylor needs to buy time. She asks for all the representatives from all the signatory countries to be assembled so that she can make a personal appeal.

Tarin Faroush, Hassan's head of security, gives him a list of all the detainees. Hassan is aghast to find that one of the dissidents is a cousin of Jamot, one of his delegation at the UN. He orders Jamot arrested. Tarin objects, but Hassan, distrustful of family ties after today's events, angrily insists.

As Kevin arrives, Arlo confronts Dana: she hasn't yet freed up the memory space for him on the servers. She says it's on her list, and rushes off, claiming she has to go to the bathroom. Arlo asks Chloe if she thinks there's been anything weird about Dana. Chloe thinks she's just avoiding him, and he's lucky she hasn't reported him to HR.

Dana meets with Kevin in the parking lot. He's brought his buddy Nick along, who silently observes their conversation with a bit too much interest. Dana gives Kevin a keycard, a PDA and a Bluetooth. If he does exactly what she says, he'll be in and out and nobody will ever know he was there. She tries to get him to confirm that he'll leave her alone after this, but his affirmation doesn't sound sincere. Elsewhere, Arlo watches Dana's meeting on a security camera.

Just as Renee is stepping out of the shower and wrapping a towel around herself, Vlad enters. He is convinced that she wants him. When she refuses to submit to his advances, he says that if she doesn't sleep with him, the deal's off. Cringing inside, she lets him kiss her. He tells her to dry off and come out when she's ready. Jack, listening in, tells her she doesn't have to do this. They'll find another way. But Renee, her eyes dead, says there's no other way. She's going dark. Over Jack's protests, she removes the comm unit from her ear, throws it in the sink and washes it down the drain.

Jamot speaks to Dalton, the British ambassador, defending Hassan's actions as both his delegate and friend. Tarin arrives and asks him to come to the embassy. Jamot realizes that he's being arrested, and is outraged. As Jamot is escorted away, Tarin makes a phone call... to Kayla. "I didn't want to burden you with this, but I need to speak to you about your father."

At the clinic, Dr. Levine is explaining how Josef should administer Oleg's treatment. There is a knock at the door, but it's not the nurse, it's Dimitri and Andre, two of Bazhaev's gunmen. They shoot Levine through the head and take lead the brothers away at gunpoint. As they leave the clinic, we see that they have killed the nurse as well. They call Bazhaev, who tells them to bring his sons to him.

Jack and Lugo meet at a parking garage. Jack is speaking German, undercover as buyer Ernst Meier, but Lugo asks that they speak English. Jack insists on speaking to Vladimir before transferring the money. Vlad answers the phone, and we see that Renee is lying naked in bed beside him, post-coital and full of shame and rage. Vlad claims that once he has the money, it'll be an hour before Jack has his information. Jack then asks to speak to Renee. Vlad says she's busy; he'll see her when he gets there.

Jack asks Lugo for his account number and begins the transfer. It'll take a few minutes. As Jack stands over his laptop, Lugo and his goons await the moment to take Jack out. As Renee gets dressed, Vlad tells her his true plans. She talks fast, trying to change his mind, calling him a coward and promising him they'll be together. He is unmoved. She tries to make a phone call, but he attacks her, pinning her to the ground, warning her to never go against him. She's horrified, unable to help Jack.

The transfer goes through, but before Lugo's men can shoot Jack, the men are shot by Cole, who is acting as a sniper, while Jack takes Lugo off-guard, knocks him to the ground, and makes him drop his weapon. Did Lugo honestly think he'd walk in here alone? He calls Vlad, in character, and angrily asks if he really thought he could be rolled for $5 million. After confirming that Renee's okay, Vlad says he's willing to reconsider. He has Lugo bring Jack to him.

Josef and Oleg return to their father's nightclub. Bazhaev is furious. Josef has endangered the family, and disobeyed his father. He takes out a gun, pointing it at Josef... then suddenly aims at Oleg. "I'm sorry, my son," he says, and shoots Oleg dead. Bazhaev pulls Josef to him in an embrace... and tells him to never disobey him again. He leaves, as Josef numbly stares at his brother's corpse.

10:00pm - 11:00pm


At the UN, President Taylor's speech has managed to keep all the signatory countries on board with the peace process. However, Dalton, the British ambassador, insists upon knowing the details, so Taylor privately shares the information about the unsecured nuclear materials with him. Meanwhile, Jack, in the back of Lugo's car, tells Cole he doesn't want backup.

Arlo is monitoring Jack's position when he notices Dana get another mysterious phone call. As Dana moves off to take a call from Kevin to talk him through stealing the money from the police impound, Arlo tells Chloe he thinks Dana is cheating on Cole. Should he tell him? Chloe thinks it's wishful thinking on Arlo's part and tells him to get into Hastings' office for a briefing.

Jack arrives at Vladimir's chop shop and asks to talk to Renee alone. They confer, and Renee refuses to be pulled out. Vlad doesn't trust Jack; they need her here. She returns to Vlad's side, and Jack watches with anger and concern as Vlad grabs her rear end.

At the police impound, Kevin and his buddy Nick find the money. Dana tells them they've got fifteen minutes before the next patrol. Kevin wants to leave, but Nick wants to root around in the impound for more loot.

Vladimir begins calling his contacts. No progress. He notices how Jack looks at Renee, and has Lugo take him to another room to wait. Meanwhile, Bazhaev asks his priest, Father Gregor, to bury Oleg in the backyard, and "make it right" - say the right prayers. He doesn't care what happens to him, but his son should be with the angels. He tries to make Josef understand why he had to kill his brother, but is interrupted by a phone call... from Vladimir. Bazhaev angrily snaps that nobody deals in nuclear rods. As Renee presses Vlad to make more calls, Bazhaev makes a call of his own to a man named Luka, who is in the back of the truck which is transporting the rods, along with weapons, gas masks and hazmat suits. Bazhaev tells him that Vlad somehow knows about the rods. He needs to stop. Luka radios the driver and tells him to pull off the freeway.

Taylor asks Hassan his intentions. Hassan assures her that the crackdown on his people will stop within the next few hours, and the delegate he arrested will either be released or charged. Privately, Tarin tells Hassan that Jamot denies all knowledge, and thinks he is innocent, but Hassan is not convinced. He asks Tarin to have his security forces arrest Jamot's wife children. Tarin is horrified, and seems to talk Hassan out of it, but as soon as he has left the room, Hassan gives the same order to another of his men, Nabeel... and also asks Nabeel to look into Tarin's records.

Kevin and Nick are still at the impound. Nick has scattered things all over the floor. He pulls a handgun on Kevin and demands the money. He pulls the trigger, and it turns out he's just holding a very realistic water gun. Nick giggles. They're finally about to leave when they hear a buzz. The security guard is coming. Kevin calls Dana, who breaks off a briefing with Arlo and Chloe to try to help Kevin out of this mess. However, Nick grabs a baseball bat and attacks the guard, as Dana, observing on a security camera, frantically tells Kevin to stop him. Kevin pulls Nick away from the prostrate guard, and they finally leave. Dana is horrified.

Tarin talks to Kayla. He knows her father went behind his back to order the arrests. He asks Kayla to talk to him before he destroys himself and all they've worked for. There is a knock at the door. It's Nabeel coming to arrest Tarin. Kayla tries to cover for him, claiming he is not there, but Tarin voluntarily leaves her suite and tries to talk sense into Nabeel. However, Nabeel says his hands are tied, and places Tarin under arrest. Kayla asks to talk to her father, but Nabeel says he's given orders not to be disturbed by anyone... not even his family.

At Vlad's chop shop, he's called his last contact. Nobody knows anything about the nuclear rods. Renee insists he call them all again, but he refuses. Renee says the deal is all she has; why does he think she came back here? For him? Vlad, enraged, strikes her... and Renee, pushed beyond endurance, grabs a knife and stabs Vlad in the eye. Jack comes running, but it's too late; Vlad's dead, and Renee is stabbing him in the chest over and over until Jack pulls her off of him. Renee lashes out before seeing who it is, and stabs Jack in the side of his stomach. Jack falls to the ground. Lugo enters; before he can react, Jack grabs the knife and flings it into Lugo's throat. Vlad's other men have heard the commotion and come running, but Jack can see their shadows through the semi-opaque walls and shoots them all before they can enter. Jack holds a shaking Renee as she begins to cry.

Jack bandages himself, then calls CTU. He covers for Renee, saying that Vladimir attacked her, but Hastings isn't buying it; he wants an autopsy run on Vlad's body. Jack says they've still got a lead if they follow up on Vlad's phone calls and examine his files and computers. Dana is distracted, and Hastings snaps at her to pull it together.

When Jack gets off the phone, Renee, devastated, apologizes. She thought if she could do this, she could get her life back. Jack gently tells her that all she needs to do is want it, but Renee says she doesn't know how. She has nobody. "You have me," says Jack. They hear footsteps, but it's not CTU; the voices are Russian. Jack has Renee hide in a closet while he gives himself up to them to try to get them to take him to the nukes. He tells Renee to have CTU track him from the air, then presents himself to the Russians, who are led by a man named Dimitri. He tells them if they shoot him, their boss will lose a lot of money. They take him away. Soon after, Cole's team arrives at the chop shop. Renee tells them about the Russians who have Jack, but Cole says that no vehicles have left the area. They haven't seen anything from the air. Where did they go?

The Russian gunmen put a black hood over Jack's head and lead him into an underground tunnel. They emerge near the East River, the Manhattan skyline in the distance. They bundle Jack into a waiting van and drive away, destination unknown.

24 has been forced to halt filming after Kiefer Sutherland suffered a ruptured cyst.

The cyst near Sutherland's kidney reportedly ruptured earlier this week, but production continued until Friday without him.

The actor, who plays Jack Bauer in the drama, is now preparing to have minor surgery. However, filming on the show is expected to begin again within a week.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Sutherland's publicist said: "While Kiefer Sutherland is frustrated to miss even one day of work, he and Fox decided together that it would be best to complete this minor elective procedure now as a precaution as opposed to six weeks from now when production wraps. He looks forward to returning to work next week."

Meanwhile, in a statement Fox said that they support Sutherland's decision to take a break.

"We are temporarily suspending production of 24 while our friend and colleague Kiefer Sutherland undergoes a medical procedure," the network said.

"We hope to resume production shortly and do not anticipate any disruption in the broadcast of this season's episodes."

DS