9:00 P.M.
At the hideout, a man named Joe Prado packs up guns and other gear into the back of several vans. McLennan orders Prado to use all of Marwan's terrorists on the CTU raid. He cannot stress enough how important it is to break Fayed out of there. Prado gets into a van and, leading two other vans, pulls out of the building.
9:03 P.M.
Chloe gets word from Jack that he is bringing Fayed to a chemical engineering plant in Santa Clarita. She transfers him to Michelle, who asks Jack if he wants backup on this operation. Jack says that Fayed may not cooperate if other agents are brought in.
9:04 P.M.
Jack asks Fayed if he knows when McLennan plans to get out of the country. Fayed doesn't know, and instructs Jack to keep driving.
9:05 P.M.
Tony asks Michelle how she has been doing since the divorce, but she irritably orders him back to work. Tony grabs Michelle's shoulder angrily, and says that he is trying to be nice to her. Michelle blasts Tony for being messed up. She quickly apologizes and tells him to stay focused on the task at hand. They have to be professional in order to find McLennan.
9:07 P.M.
Curtis asks Marwan about a chemical plant in Santa Clarita. Marwan denies any knowledge, and Curtis accuses him of lying since Fayed is a consultant there and he is connected to Marwan.
9:08 P.M.
Tony tells Audrey that Jack is on a potentially dangerous mission taking a suspect to a plant in Santa Clarita. Audrey demands that he frequently update her on the situation.
9:09 P.M.
Chloe and Edgar argue over seniority. She had assumed that she would be fully reinstated in her old job. Curtis confirms that, for the day, Edgar will be her supervisor on paper. Chloe begrudgingly accepts this even though she doesn't think it's fair.
9:10 P.M.
As McLennan gets into a van to be taken somewhere else, Prado calls to inform him that he is almost at CTU. McLennan tells Prado to call him after he gets Fayed so that they can prepare to leave the country.
9:11 P.M.
Fayed asks Jack what religion he belongs to. Jack replies that he is an agnostic, but was raised as a Protestant. Fayed scoffs, snidely remarking that Christians are trying to destroy Islam. Jack denies that Christianity is waging any kind of "crusade" against Islam.
9:12 P.M.
Edgar informs Michelle that a man matching McLennan's description was spotted not far from the limo explosion an hour ago. Suddenly, the wall to the main floor of CTU blows open and three vans come through. Prado and the terrorists get out and raid the building.
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9:18 P.M.
As the terrorists spread throughout the building, Heller grabs Audrey and leads her up to Michelle's office, where she and Tony are hiding. They presume that the terrorists are here to rescue Marwan. Heller calls for backup as Michelle takes out several rifles from her closet and hands them to the others. They shoot at the terrorists on the main floor.
9:19 P.M.
Prado leads his men through a corridor in the back section of CTU. They come upon a group of guards, and they exchange gunfire with each other.
9:20 P.M.
As gunfire flares around them, Edgar crawls to Chloe's desk. One of the attackers shoots a RPG near their areas, and they get out of the way just in time.
9:21 P.M.
As Heller, Tony and Michelle fire at the terrorists from the office, Audrey examines the security cameras and sees where the terrorists are. She then creates a battle map of the raid on the computer. Audrey shows Heller this map and he gives instructions to the CTU workers.
9:22 P.M.
Taking cover from passing terrorists in a hallway, Curtis and other men receive these instructions and kill the terrorists. They then advance onto the bullpen.
9:23 P.M.
Chloe and Edgar take refuge under the conference room table. A stray bullet hits Edgar in the hand.
9:24 P.M.
Prado and his men take position and fire RPGs at the holding room doors, destroying them all. They enter them and, to their surprise, only find Marwan. Prado angrily points a gun at a terrified guard and demands Fayed. The guard tells Prado that Fayed wasn't brought in. Prado kills the guard and orders his men to break Marwan out.
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9:29 P.M.
As he drives Fayed to Santa Clarita, Jack calls CTU. He is concerned when he gets no signal. Eyeing Fayed suspiciously, Jack asks him who he was talking to back at the house. Fayed tells Jack to keep driving.
9:30 P.M.
Prado, Marwan, and their men hide in a darkened supply room and regroup. Marwan advises Prado to get out of the building quickly. Audrey sees this on the security cameras and passes this on to her father. Heller takes Tony and Michelle down to this area to corner them.
9:31 P.M.
Heller, Tony and Michelle run down the steps and are fired on by the terrorists. Gunfire is exchanged between them. The three get down to the bullpen and crawl under another set of stairs to get to the area, shooting at the intruders as they do.
9:32 P.M.
National Guard humvees and SWAT cars pull up and send men inside to assist the CTU workers fighting for their building. Audrey calls her father to let him know that reinforcements have arrived.
9:33 P.M.
Audrey finds the positions of the terrorist invaders and relays them to the CTU workers on the ground and the reinforcements. The CTU workers either drive out or kill many of the terrorists. National Guardsmen and SWAT begin to secure the area.
9:34 P.M.
Chloe takes the wounded Edgar to the clinic, which is untouched from the raid. She watches as the doctors nervously operate on Paul.
9:35 P.M.
Heller, Tony and Michelle get to the room where Prado and Marwan were last spotted but they are gone. They run down the corridor and find the two and their gunmen about to leave CTU. They exchange gunfire. Several terrorists are taken down, and Heller, Tony and Michelle advance on them. Heller knocks Prado out with a punch to the face. Marwan runs off into a side corridor with a couple of men. Tony pursues them, and shoots the men dead. Tony runs out of ammo and jumps at Marwan, and the two struggle over Marwan's gun. Tony uses his Krav Maga training to good use. Tony knocks Marwan's gun out of his hand, and when Marwan draws a knife, Tony uses the gun to shoot Marwan dead. Heller radios that the building has been secured.
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9:41 P.M.
Jack calls Michelle to inform her that he and Fayed have arrived at the Santa Clarita chemical engineering plant. Jack is shocked to hear that there had been a gunfight at CTU. When they enter the darkened building, gunmen start firing. Jack realizes that it's a trap, but when he turns around, Fayed is gone. Jack shoots back at the gunmen.
9:42 P.M.
McLennan gets nervous when he can't reach Prado. He dispatches one of his men to see if the raid on CTU was successful. McLennan walks toward the back entrance of a downtown nightclub.
9:43 P.M.
The decimated CTU building recoils from the recent attack. Paramedics take any dead or wounded to a nearby hospital and Audrey is pleased to know that Paul's surgery hasn't been or won't be interrupted. Michelle introduces the staff to Bill Buchanan from Division. He has come in to oversee the interrogation of Joe Prado.
9:44 P.M.
In the interrogation room, Tony lets Prado know that his raid killed nearly a dozen government workers and wounded many more. Prado feels no remorse. Curtis briefs Tony that Prado is an ex-Marine who used to work for the National Security Agency, but for the last five years has been unemployed. Prado must be a criminal or mercenary.
9:45 P.M.
Jack slowly moves through the empty chemical plant, searching for Fayed. In an area where huge chemical tanks are stored, Jack spots Fayed and calls out for him. Fayed runs away and shoots at Jack, who fires back. The gunfire hits one of the tanks and a deadly chemical gas is released. As Jack scours the supply cabinets for a gas mask, Fayed runs off. Jack finds one and puts it on just in time, as does Fayed.
9:47 P.M. Joe Prado tells Tony that he's got nothing to say. Tony exits the interrogation room and warns Buchanan that Prado is a Marine who won't cave easily. Tony wants to use Richards, the torture specialist. Tony reenters the room and yells at Prado for information, who smugly refuses. Yet Prado is shocked when Richards unsheathes his torture needles.
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9:53 P.M.
Prado keeps a firm composure as Richards sticks the needles into his neck, refusing to divulge anything. Tony taunts Prado, calling him weak and that he couldn't take being a Marine. Tony claims that this is why Prado is a mercenary.
9:54 P.M.
Stationed discreetly outside CTU, a man calls McLennan to inform him that the raid was unsuccessful. The National Guard has completely secured the building and appear to have taken prisoners. McLennan is alarmed.
9:55 P.M.
Gas mask on, Jack walks into an open area of the plant and is shot at by Fayed's gunmen. Jack takes cover and shoots back, killing two men. Going back to the open area, Jack fires a warning shot. No one responds, and Jack surmises that he's taken out the gunmen.
9:56 P.M.
Jack finds Fayed at a chemical tank, securing a bomb on it. Jack aims his gun at Fayed, ordering Fayed to drop his. Jack asks if there were ever any travel papers. Fayed resignedly says no, but doesn't drop his gun. Jack threatens to shoot and Fayed says it doesn't matter if he does. Fayed is willing to die for Islam. Fayed straps himself next to the bomb and sets the timer. Jack runs quickly out of the plant.
9:58 P.M.
Tony sees that Prado is successfully resisting Richards's syringe. He orders Richards to cease the torture, and then Tony lashes out at Prado, shaking the ex-Marine fiercely, demanding information. Prado refuses, so Tony smashes Prado's head repeatedly into the table. Prado finally relents, and confesses that a high-level member of the White House is directly involved with the terrorist plot.
9:59 P.M.
Jack runs out of the building and gets to his car just as the entire chemical engineering plant explodes. Deadly gases spread into the air. Jack calls NHS and instructs them to quarantine the area and the spread of the chemical. Jack drives off.
Tony demands a name from Prado, but the man is unfocused and seems confused. Tony gets out of Prado that "just one" of Keeler's staff is involved. But before Prado can say anymore, he collapses, head banging against the table. The man is out cold.