10:00 P.M.
Buchanan admonishes Tony for causing Prado, their only link to the whole extent of the terrorist plot, to go unconscious. Tony defends his actions.
10:01 P.M.
Jack calls CTU to report that the chemical plant has blown up. NHS is en route to try to contain the chemical spread. Chloe brings Jack up to speed on Tony's discovery. She then patches him to Audrey.
10:03 P.M.
Audrey tells Jack that the doctors think Paul will recover. Jack says they need to talk about how he interrogated Paul. He promises to call her after they contain the leak in Keeler's administration.
10:04 P.M.
Tony and Michelle brief President Keeler, who has been circling in Air Force One for twenty hours. The President is horrified to hear about this security leak, and instructs them to find the turncoat and if he's on the plane. Keeler still wants to land in Los Angeles in an hour to give a televised speech to the nation.
10:05 P.M.
Michelle assembles the CTU staff for an emergency meeting. Prado, broken by torture, has made the claim that a member of President Keeler's staff participated in the meltdowns. This person could pose a serious risk to the President. Since Air Force One is near Los Angeles, Jack proposes that a tactical team be assembled in case the traitor is onboard. The plane can land at the Los Alamitos Army Airfield, and the leak can be taken out. Heller agrees, and orders Curtis to gather a team of SWAT and CTU.
10:07 P.M.
McLennan finds out that Fayed's chemical plant exploded a few minutes ago. He comes up with an idea of what happened and is angered that the CTU raid was for nothing. McLennan agrees with an aide when he says that Joe Prado could expose their high-level contact in the White House.
10:08 P.M.
McLennan calls a man named Mitch Anderson, who is on Air Force One. Anderson confirms that Keeler recently got off with CTU and appears to be quite concerned. McLennan advises Anderson to take actions to make sure he isn't caught.
10:09 P.M.
In a panic, McLennan calls Alexander Trepkos, Stephen Saunders s partner from two years ago. He complains that in addition to Marwan's failure, Anderson might be captured. Trepkos reminds McLennan that this was his own plan from the start and that he warned it was not going to work. McLennan bitterly responds that Anderson could incriminate Trepkos, even though he had no involvement in the meltdowns. "I can protect myself," Trepkos answers. "You didn't."
10:10 P.M.
Michelle orders a recovering Edgar to come up with a list of top Keeler aides that have ties to McLennan-Forster. She also wants to know if they are on the plane.
10:11 P.M.
Tony informs Michelle that Prado still hasn't woken up. He may have a concussion. Tony feels bad for smashing Prado's head and not getting a name. Michelle says that without beating Prado up, they would not have gotten this key information.
10:12 P.M.
Anderson enters a dark closet in the belly of the plane. A female aide is there, checking the wires. Anderson shoots the worker in the head.
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10:16 P.M.
The surgeon lets Audrey know that Paul has become paralyzed from the waist down. It's too early to tell if it will be permanent. Audrey goes in to see her husband.
10:19 P.M.
Edgar gives the list of potential turncoats to Buchanan, who criticizes Michelle for not expanding the list. All of these people's connections to McLennan-Forster are circumstantial. Tony defends Michelle's search.
10:20 P.M.
An NHS representative phones Tony to tell him that the city of Santa Clarita needs to be evacuated due to the chemical leak. He relays this information on to Heller.
Buchanan privately apologizes to Michelle for snapping at her. He gently touches her shoulder. Seeing this, Tony asks Chloe about Buchanan's background. Buchanan had served in Seattle, where Michelle had been posted while Tony was in jail. Tony formulates his own conclusion.
10:21 P.M.
Heller calls Keeler on Air Force One for authorization to evacuate Santa Clarita, but has trouble getting through. Heller can barely hear the President order the mandatory evacuation. Concerned, Heller conveys his suspicions to Michelle.
10:22 P.M.
Air Force One's pilot radios the escort fighter jets for a regular status check. But all he gets is static. The pilot tries other frequencies, but gets nothing. He calls Keeler with this alarming development. Back at CTU, Heller has the same trouble getting in touch with Air Force One. Tony concludes that a jamming signal has been set up around the plane. The leak inside Keeler's staff is on to them.
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10:28 P.M.
On a secure phone, Anderson tells McLennan that he jammed Air Force One. McLennan warns Anderson that this is very risky. Anderson replies that it should give him enough time to parachute off the plane and escape.
10:29 P.M.
Aide Robert Franklin informs Keeler that the source of the jamming signal is still unknown, but that they're still proceeding to land at the airfield. The President asks his nineteen year old son, Kevin, for help in preparing his speech to the nation. Kevin thinks his father should tell the truth.
10:31 P.M.
A Secret Service agent finds the female worker's body in the closet. He radios that a hostile is aboard.
10:32 P.M.
Anderson walks toward an emergency exit. He has a parachute strapped on. But before Anderson can get to the door, a Secret Service agent emerges from a corridor and asks him what he is doing. Anderson immediately pulls out a silenced pistol and shoots at the agent. He shoots back, and Anderson flees. The agent runs after him and alerts the rest of the plane that Anderson is the hostile.
10:33 P.M.
Anderson hides, and the Secret Service agent loses him. Taking off his parachute, Anderson calls McLennan to alert him that he's been discovered. McLennan is angry, but Anderson assures him that he'll find a way to escape once the plane lands.
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10:38 P.M.
Chloe lets Edgar know that OSHA will not be able to get into the area where his mother died because of radiation. He tries to hide his feelings.
10:39 P.M.
Tony surprises Michelle by mentioning her relationship with Buchanan. He asks if she slept with Buchanan while married to Tony. Michelle says no, and refuses to answer whether she's still sleeping with him.
10:41 P.M.
Chloe notices that Edgar has made a mistake. She immediately tells Michelle that she was the one who made the error. Edgar knows that it was his fault and suggests that she would have had her job back if she told the truth. Chloe dismisses him.
10:42 P.M.
McLennan tells Trepkos that Anderson was unable to get off of Air Force One. Trepkos refuses to worry about McLennan's own mess. Shaking his head, Trepkos says that he told McLennan it would take many years for their organization to recover from Saunders's betrayal and the destruction of the Cordilla virus. Trepkos calls McLennan greedy for not waiting for a more secure opportunity to create the chaos they seek in order to seize power. McLennan begrudgingly tells Trepkos that he learned his lesson. He's going to cut his losses and flee to Turkey with his wealth. Hopefully, Anderson will join him. But Trepkos informs McLennan that it's worse than that for him. Government sources are telling Trepkos that in his speech to the nation, President Keeler is planning to name McLennan-Forster as the perpetrators of today's attacks and that he will be dissolving the company and seizing all of its assets immediately. Enraged, McLennan calls Trepkos a liar and hangs up.
10:45 P.M.
Franklin is informed that Secret Service has still not been able to locate Anderson, who is armed and poses a serious risk to the President.
10:46 P.M.
A Secret Service agent searches Anderson's hiding spot and finds him. However, he is shot in the chest by Anderson before he can send the alert. Anderson checks to make sure no one else has seen the shooting and then drags the agent's body into the enclosed area.
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10:51 P.M.
Jack arrives at the airfield and watches as Air Force One approaches the runway. Curtis and his tactical team pull up to the base, and Jack tells them that the plan is to enter the plane and attempt to flush out the traitor. Curtis notes that this will only work if the man is onboard. They need confirmation of the hostile.
10:52 P.M.
Tony goes back to the interrogation room to question a revived Prado. The woozy ex-Marine tells Tony that the traitor is a man named Mitch Anderson. Tony calls Edgar to run a search on the name. Heller recognizes Anderson as the Deputy National Security Advisor. Edgar confirms that Anderson was a co-founder of McLennan-Forster.
10:54 P.M.
As Air Force One lands at the base, Anderson furtively emerges from his position and walks down the corridor. Tony phones Jack to tell him that the traitor is Mitch Anderson and gives him a description. It is very likely that Anderson suspects he's been found.
10:55 P.M.
Franklin tells Keeler that they are close to finding a way to circumvent the jamming signal. Outside, Curtis flashes the pilot in Morse code to open the doors. The pilot tries to, but none of the doors will budge. Jack gives the order to raid the plane.
10:56 P.M.
Keeler urges his Vice President, Charles Logan, to stay the course if he is killed.
10:57 P.M.
As Jack, Curtis and a full tactical team approach the plane, Anderson walks into Kevin Keeler's room and tells him that they are leaving the plane together. Kevin is confused, and Anderson pulls out his gun. Jack and Curtis shoot the door open and enter the plane. Holding a gun to Kevin's head, Anderson is charging toward the back exit when a SWAT team enters. They spot Anderson and Kevin. His escape cut off, Anderson screams out that he has a hostage and moves up the plane toward the front. The tactical team fires around Anderson, desperate to avoid Kevin. Anderson shoots back as he pulls the terrified Kevin with him toward the center of the plane.
10:59 P.M.
Secret Service corners Anderson near the conference room where the President is. Trapped like a rat, Anderson barges his way into the room. Keeler is horrified to see his son being held hostage. Jack and the rest of the tactical team storm in. Jack advises Keeler to remain calm. Curtis threatens to shoot Anderson unless he releases Kevin. Anderson refuses, ordering Keeler to have the plane take off. Keeler lashes out at Anderson, proclaiming that McLennan-Forster will be dissolved. Anderson coldly shoots Kevin in the head and then points the gun at the President.