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Tony Almeida is informing Chapelle of their recent setback.
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Chapelle: So you wasted time and manpower based on a bad lead.
Tony: Yes sir. It was the only lead we had.
Chapelle: And now it's gone.
Tony: We still have the refugees to interrogate.
Chapelle: It seems unlikely that Nora would have told any of them anything she didn't need to.
Tony: We're still interrogating the diamond smuggler.
Chapelle: Keep me posted.
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After this call ended Chapelle called vice-president Gardner.
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Chapelle: CTU failed and lost their best lead.
Gardner: I see. It occurs to me that perhaps Tony Almeida might not have what it takes to resolve this situation. And I know that you have a history of doing what was neccessary. You were quite reasonable when vice-president Prescott required your assistance.
Chapelle: It was not easy, going against president Palmer, nor would it be easy to go against Logan.
Gardner: Your country needs you. Specifically, we would need your help in certain, higher levels.
Chapelle: That makes sense. What do you need me to do?
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At the prison Kimberly Bauer and Marie Warner are told to go to the "Courtroom" for the trial. Kim and Marie both hug Kate goodbye. Both know this might be the last time they ever see her again.
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Eugene is already in the "Courtroom" preparing for the trial. Eugene had studied the old soviet show trials of the 1930s. Those trials were not simply about a pretext of law, it was about convincing the world, convincing themselves, that they were doing the right thing. Hopefully these convicted murderers and rapists were as rational. Eugene wondered who had actually murdered Jane. She was a convicted child-molestor, no shortage of enemies in prison. Maybe Sherry killed her and orchestrated the riot to get herself a pardon. Maybe his bodyguard Bridget killed Jane. Eugene researched Bridget, she had been an army brat, married her childhood sweetheart, and they both enlisted. Before they were sent to Iraq, seperately, they prepared for the possibility that one or both of them wouldn't come back, or would come back unable to have children. They took her eggs, and his sperm, gave them to a clinic for safekeeping. Bridget was wounded by an IED, her injuries left her unable to have children. Her husban never came home at all. Bridget looked for a surrogate willing to carry her and her husband's baby, when the clinic was attacked. Bridget and her husband considered the possibility that neither would come home, if that happenned the clinic had permission to use their specimens for stem-cell research. A group fanatically oppossed to stem-cell research destroyed Bridget's eggs and her husband's sperm, destroying any chance of her becoming a mother. Bridget then murdered this "pastor" was sentanced to twenty years in prison. Bridget was a mother at heart, maybe she wanted to murder a child-molestor. Eugene also considered the possibility that his client, John Jackson, was actually guilty. As a teenager John's little sister was raped and murdered. The police questioned him, but eventually cleared him. John was known to be particularly hard on pedophiles. Whether that was because he was angry over his sister's death, or because he was a self-hating pedophile, they didn't know. Either was, all Eugene could do was his best effort for his client.
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Split screens show Eugene preparing for the "trial", president Logan reading about the contingencies for the possible outbreak, Megean continuing keeping a lookout for Laura and other Knight of Labor, Chapelle preparing for a possible coup with vice-president Gardner.
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Sherry palmer arrives ad the crowd rises out of respect. The Jury comes in, including Kimberly Bauer and Marie Warner. The opposing counsel, Daniella, arrives. Other begin entering, including the witnesses for the prosecution Karen and Deb, and Eugene's rebuttal witnesses Donna and Hanson. Others arrive, incluing Karen's allies Marcia and the other members of the Aryan Sisterhood. Eugene fears they are here to intimidate his witnesses, and he fears they will be successful.
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