Shot of the gold digital 24 logo, ticking slowly then faster and faster.

Cut to gold writing, black screen, says "Previously on 24", read by Tony Almeida

Screen shows Ryan Chappelle leaning in his chair looking at a file, screen splits, on right side says "Agent Ryan Chappelle."

Chappelle - "Heads up, guess what?"

Almeida - "What?"

Chappelle - "I'm sending you a full passenger list of an Asia Air flight from Tokyo to Los Angeles. One hundred and eighty on board, and one of them doesn't match up."

Cut to Tony walking down the stairs to a gathering crowd, screen splits to show on right "Agent Tony Almeida"

Tony - "Alright, listen up," he smacks his hands real loud "we have a situation." A crowd begins to gather around him, camera has close up of Michelle.

Tony - "Right now, we have a small operation going into effect, to help out local law enforcement in nabbing what could be a potential terrorist. Japanese scientist at large, landed at LAX over an hour ago. Somehow got past everyone. He needs to be caught, and no doubt when he is caught, he will be brought in here first."

Cut to Asian man walking into Smart Mart, camera shows his face and the screen splits, right side says "Izumi Masatoshi." Shot shows him enter the stall, open the toilet top and removes the cylinder.

Cut to Izumi and his partner entering motel room, camera pans inside to reveal ten more Asian men inside the room.

Cut to CTU, the shot is zoomed in close to the phone, nothing much is seen in the background. It rings a sixth time, then a seventh, then an eight. Screen splits again, Tony on the left, ringing phone on the right. Finally on the tenth ring, a hand grabs it real fast. Still zoomed in on the phone's base, we hear the voice of the man answering off screen.

Man - "Hello?"

Tony - "Jack?"

Cut to black screen, gold letters say, and voice of Tony Almeida reads -

"The following takes place between the hours of 8:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M." Screen shows the back of Jack Bauer as he talks on the phone. He is wearing jeans and a red buttoned light shirt.

Jack - "Yeah this is Jack, who is this?"

Screen splits, shows Tony on left side standing at desk next to phone

Tony - "Tony Almeida."

Jack turns around, we see his face, he isn't thrilled.

Jack - "Tony. What do you want?"

Tony - "I want you to come to CTU, I need to talk to you."

Jack, chuckles and says - "What for?"

Tony - "Well. Can I tell you in person?"

Jack - "What's this about, Tony?"

Tony - "It has to do with a situation. Please Jack, just hear me out."

Jack doesn't say anything, he looks down at the phone's base. Then he says

Jack - "Fine. When?"

Tony, looks relieved - "Now, please."

Jack, looks behind him, rubs his forehead and says - "Alright I'll be right there."

He hangs up, and Tony's screen disappears. Jack walks to grab a light jacket next to the door, stops and shouts upstairs: "Hey Kim, I'll be back in a little while."

Kim walks to the base of the stairs, she is wearing khakis and a white t- shirt.

Kim - "Where are you going?"

Jack - "Just have to take care of something real quick, I'll be back."

Kim - "What about Kate?"

Jack, pausing - "What about her?"

Kim - "She'll be over in an hour, do I have to entertain her?"

Jack - "I'll be back before then, besides, she's OUR friend, try to treat her with a little more respect."

Kim - "No, dad, she's YOUR friend. Be careful, ok?"

Jack smiles, - "Yeah."

He walks out the door.

Cut to split screen, bottom shows clock. Shot is of a private jet over the dark ocean on the right. On the left shows inside the cabin, a close up of a man's hand with a cigarette in it, smoke floating up. Camera follows the cigarette up to the man's lips. His face is cannot be seen, due to the darkness of the night. The screens become a full screen, and the shot is of another man, walking to the man smoking at the table. This man is carrying a phone, he places it down, bows and exits. The smoking man picks up the phone, which is a cell phone, and hits one button. We hear the phone dial fast as the smoking man puts the phone to his ear. As the camera pans around the man's body, we notice hanging next to the table is a black robe, the same black robe worn by the man in Tokyo. This is that very man, who was in the warehouse of worshipers. We cannot, however, hear who is on the other line.

Smoking man, in perfect English - "It is nearly time, I trust everyone is in place there? Good. Remember, we are not looking for anything big at this point. We are just going to send a message. Yes, then Los Angeles. My friend, what you and yours are doing will be looked at as heroic by Hiroheema, His Excellency. Yes, I will see you in paradise too, my friend."

Cut to black screen, digital clock in the middle loudly ticks

8:11:43 - 8:11:44 - 8:11:45

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Split screens: 3. Far left shows Jack from dashboard cam, driving. Middle shows Juan and Joe walking towards black van, far left shows Tony walking up his stairs. Clock in the middle says 8:15:21 - 8:15:22 - 8:15:23

Cut to Juan and Assassin Joe, they stop at the front of the van. From behind, the sound of a door opens from the house, camera pans to the front door,

the pretty Hispanic woman who answered the door says - "Where are you going, Juan?"

Juan - "Just stay right there, baby, I'm going to talk to Joe."

Juan gets quiet and serious now.

Juan - "Listen, we have no idea where this Z guy is, but he knows. He might know everything. He needs to be taken out, now."

Joe - "How am I supposed to find him?"

Juan - "Go to Hal Mann's house, bust in, look around. And you better hope you find his whereabouts there man, or you're out of luck."

Joe - "What is that supposed to mean?"

Juan - "No extra money."

Joe stares him down a bit, then - "Fine. I'll call you when I get there. Give me the address."

Cut to CTU, Tony on the phone in his office.

Tony, reading file over into phone - "Put out an APB for NHSA Agent Herald Mann, age fifty-five. Six foot about two hundred pounds. Drives silver 2003 Ford Focus. I want a check within five-mile ratios of CTU Los Angeles headquarters."

Tony hangs up the phone, and heads down the stairs. Michelle stops him.

Michelle - "Where are you going?"

Tony comes close to her and says quietly - "I'm going to get Jack Bauer official clearance. And temporarily re-instate him. Again."

Michelle - "Why?"

Tony - "Well, I'm hoping he takes the case, the one with the Japanese scientist."

Michelle - "But why Jack?"

Tony - "He knows this area better than all of our agents put together. But mainly because I have a feeling this is going to turn out to be more serious than Chappelle is leading on. He's the best of the best, proven that twice over."

Cut to SETI in Arizona

Shot shows John Owens spin around in his chair as Alan Miller enters the control room.

Miller - "There is only six of you down here, on the night where we have gotten the strongest signal in history. What is screwed up about that picture? Well to answer your question, I've called in the full workforce who is out on holiday leave. In the meantime, I have an announcement. It is 11:23 P-M on the East Coast, which means we are just about forty minutes away from President Prescott's New Years address. This means, I will be going public with our announcement ten minutes before the President comes on. Which means I will be making the call at midnight Eastern time, nine our time, to Fox News. With any luck, we will become the biggest news story, far bigger than even the President. So, at nine I suggest you all mingle to the TV in the press room. That'll be all, get to work."

Cut to Owens, shaking his head in disgust.

Cut to the Motel.

Izumi walks up to one of the men, and speaks in Japanese, we see the subtitles - "Here it is." Izumi removes the cylinder from inside his coat carefully, the 'suspicious music' plays quickly then ends. Close up as we see the cylinder being handed over to the other man. He unscrews it, and as he does, says (subtitles) - "Fantastic. Come, let me show you the map." They walk further into the room, to a table, in the middle of the table the camera zooms in to a map of downtown Los Angeles.

Cut to black screen clock, ticks loudly: 8:28:49 - 8:28:50 - 8:28:51

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Split screens: 3

Left screen shows Jack taking a right from the outside view, middle screen Joe driving from the dash cam, right screen shows Tony walking to the entrance, in his hand he has ID tags. Clock in the middle ticks loudly: 8:32:14 - 8:32:15 - 8:32:16

Cut to Joe, dash cam. In the passenger seat is Assassin #2, he is silent. Outside cam shows Joe pull the black van with a dented left headlight pull into a home. It's Agent Mann's house. He stops, and gets out, motioning for Assassin #2 to stay in the van. He shuts the van door and begins to walk up to the door. For the heck of it, he tries the knob. The door opens easily.

Joe, whistles - "Wow, just come on in, right?"

Camera shows from inside, Joe enter the house and shut the door. All the lights are on, and he walks over to a desk to the far left of the room. He begins rummaging through some papers. He decides to go faster, so he starts scanning pages and throwing them on the floor. After that pile, he rips open a drawer and lets the papers fall out on the floor, then he squats to rummage through those. Cut to Jack, pulling into parking garage. He is now at CTU. He stops, turns off his car, and opens the door to exit. Camera cuts to behind Jack, and follows him as he enters CTU. Cut to Tony, waiting by entrance desk. Sees Jack, they shake hands.

Jack - "How's the ankle?"

Tony - "Never better. Ok Jack here is your clearance, and I've reinstated you."

Jack - "What?"

Tony - "Just listen to what we have to show you, and then decide if that was a mistake."

Jack - "Tony for no reason what-so-ever am I going to go out in the field tonight, I thought maybe I was coming here to give some advice or something."

Tony - "Just follow me, Jack, ok?"

Tony starts to walk away, and Jack at first doesn't follow but then does.

Back to Joe at Mann's house. He has made a mess of the desk, and has found nothing. He wipes sweat from this brow as he looks around the house. Spots the hallway and starts walking down that. At the end of the hallway, he sees a room that looks like an office.

Joe - "And Bingo was his name-o."

He enters the office, yet another desk is in there, along with a filing cabinet. Joe spots the phone number Rolodex on the desk, heads right for that. He takes a seat in the desk chair, and the camera shows a shot over his shoulder. He goes right for the end.

Joe - "Zimmerman, Zellers. Z!"

Camera close up of the card that says, just plainly "Z" on it. There is a phone number, that is it. He rips it out of the Rolodex and hurries out of the room.

Back to CTU, Jack is following Tony into the main room. People recognize Jack and start clapping. Jack ignores it. Michelle comes running up to them with a folder in her hand.

Michelle Dessler - "We just got word of a murder down Olm Street, not more than two miles from here. Witness says it was Mafia style, right outside in the street. Car was forced off the road, witness says he saw everything."

Tony - "Alright we need someone over there now."

Jack - "Why?" Tony - "Follow me."

Michelle goes back to her desk, and Jack follows Tony up the stairs.

Split screen, left shows Jack entering office behind Tony, right shows Tony taking a seat at the edge of his desk. Full screen now.

Tony - "An agent from Homeland Security called me a couple of hours ago and told me he received information about something big happening tonight. His name is Herald Mann, and he wouldn't tell me unless we were in person. He was on his way here at the time, and he's over an hour late."

Jack - "You think someone got to him first?"

Tony - "Looks like it. You want to go to Olm street and check it out?"

Jack looks down at the floor, then around the room and says - "Damn it, Tony, this better be important."

Tony - "Alright, we'll get you cleaned up and into uniform in no time. You know where the changing rooms are, call me when you get there."

Jack gives Tony a mean look, and Tony smiles to loosen up the tension - "Oh and, Happy New Year."

Cut to black screen, clock in the middle ticks loudly - 8:46:59 - 8:47:00 - 8:47:01

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Split screens: 3

Left shows Joe in Van, dial a cell phone. Middle shows Jack driving in his car. Screen on the right shows an elevated view of Times Square in New York. Clock in the middle ticks loudly: 8:51:14 - 8:51:15 - 8:51:16 Cut to Joe.

Joe, dashcam, other man still in passenger seat, into cell - "Get a location for this number: 555-7320."

He hangs up and puts the phone in his pocket.

Cut to aerial view of Times Square, jam packed with on lookers and celebrators. Cut to ground view, screen splits five times: top left shows a skinny white man with a shaved head exit an apartment building, real bundled up, his breath can be seen coming out of his mouth as he walks into the crowd of people. Bottom left shows young white woman with black hair streaming from under a heavy winter hat; she too is exiting another apartment building and walking through the crowd. Bottom right shows another woman, blonde, bundled up and taking a left from a packed street, emerging near a security check point. Top right shows an Arabic man with a big winter hat on, he is real bundled up and is walking near a security checkpoint, just out of reach from Times Square. Middle shows yet another man, this one a black man with long dreadlocks. He is shivering slightly, as he walks into a pack of crowded people just outside the checkpoint.

Cut to Arabic man meets up with blonde woman. All around them you can hear people blowing horns, streaming floating, and a few snow flurries.

Arabic man, in Arabic accent - "I hate snow!"

Blonde woman smiles, looks to her right as the black man comes up to her and puts his arm around her. We see a front view of the three, looking all around at the people in line to get onto Times Square, past this security checkpoint. They too are in line, as the shaved headed white man joins them, pulling out a cigarette. The young black haired woman follows behind

Black haired woman - "Can I have a cigarette too?"

He passes her one and lights it. The five of them are grouped together, in line, waiting to get to the security checkpoint.

Blonde woman says to Arabic man - "Happy New Year." She then bursts into laughter. They all laugh.

Over their heads, we can see from down the end of the street, the New Years Ball. It is small from this vantage point. The buildings around it have the clock on it, along with flashing lights.

Cut to CTU Los Angeles, Jack is seen fully dressed in CTU uniform. He straps a holster around his belt and we see him stick a pistol in the hold. He looks at his watch, shakes his head, and exits the room.

Cut back to the New York City celebration, our group of five.

The huge crowd, half a million, begin to chant the countdown.

Blonde - "Look! Twenty second until the New Year!"

Black man - "Ready?"

Camera goes from person to person, as they smile and shake their heads. Zoom into black man's sleeve, as something slides down and into his hand. Fast paced music starts.

Crowd as a whole - "12 - 11 - 10"

The five group together real tight, each of them now appear to have a handheld trigger in their hands, they start busting through the crowd towards the security checkpoint.

Crowd - "9 - 8 - 7"

The black man is in the lead, he bursts away from the group and heads left, into a pack of people. An NYPD officer notices this and breaks away after him, shouting - "HEY!" The Arabic man, holding the Blonde woman's hand, breaks away to the right. Another NYPD officer breaks away, gun drown.

Crowd - "6 - 5 - 4"

Brunette woman and shaved head man run directly into the check point, and the woman is grabbed by another cop. All at once the five push their hand held devices. Aerial shot of the security checkpoint area shows five simultaneous explosions, bodies flying in every direction, fire ripping through the crowd, burning people alive.

Cut to black screen, clock ticks loudly in the middle:

8:59:58

8:59:59

9:00:00

Next week on "24"

We see images of mayhem in New York in the aftermath, a woman bleeding from her forehead sitting in the street, children crying, smoke thick within the crowd, with a voice over of President Prescott - "At midnight local time, in New York City, five homicide bombers detonated themselves outside a main security checkpoint, in an apparent terrorist attack."

Cut to scene with Jack driving, dash board cam shot, he is saying into a cell phone - "Tony, It's Jack. We are looking for a black van with a dented right front bumper and or headlight. Agent Mann's dead."

Cut to a scene with someone kicking a door open, can't tell who

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