12:00 A.M.
The CTU staff learns that Logan was sworn in as President. Jack calls from the desert as a chopper comes to pick him and Curtis up. Heller guesses that McLennan will most likely go after nuclear warheads traveling between checkpoints.
12:04 A.M.
Lee uploads the contents of the Football to McLennan's nightclub office. McLennan cross-references the coordinates in the Football to find one warhead being shipped to Iowa. He and his associate figure out where they can intercept the warhead in transit, and they contact their people to get in place.
12:05 A.M.
Jack gives Chloe the transponder signal so that she can track Anderson's location. Chloe gets a lock on Anderson's Jeep. She alerts Michelle and Tony that Anderson is heading south toward Los Angeles.
12:06 A.M.
Jack calls Audrey from a helicopter as he tracks Anderson. She explains that a lot of the weapons being shipped were to be dismantled, but that many of them were re-routed after the morning's train bombing. Through tears, Audrey admits to Jack that the doctors are having a hard time keeping Paul's condition stable.
12:07 A.M.
Anderson calls McLennan and informs him that he is back on the main road. Since he blew up Air Force One, Anderson needs to get out of the country. McLennan instructs Anderson to go to Agua Dulce Airpark where someone named Reed can meet him to make arrangements for his escape.
12:08 A.M.
As President Logan heads to the Bunker, Novick tries to convince him that by remaining in the Oval Office he will exhibit a greater sense of confidence. Logan doesn't listen.
12:09 A.M.
Logan seems eased that he will be safe in the Bunker if the White House gets hit. Heller and the CTU chiefs call the President with an update on McLennan. Logan is frustrated that CTU has no assurance that McLennan will be caught. He says that he is not going back upstairs until it is safe. Novick interrupts and tells the President to let the CTU team get back to work.
12:11 A.M.
After hanging up, Tony voices his concern about Logan's leadership based on the fear he exhibited in the call. Heller gives Logan the benefit of the doubt and suggests they give the man more time to adjust to his new position as President.
12:12 A.M.
Chloe informs the bosses that they have found Anderson's Jeep on the satellite. Heller wants Jack and Curtis to know who Anderson is meeting before he picks him up.
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12:16 A.M.
Tony apologizes to Michelle for what he said about Buchanan. He asks if they can leave all the tension from the past behind so they can do their jobs.
12:17 A.M.
Michelle asks Tony to stay on the floor while she and Buchanan run tactical with Curtis. Buchanan tells Michelle that he doesn't think Tony can stay focused with the interpersonal dynamics between them. Michelle is confident that Tony will be fine.
12:18 A.M.
Jack, Curtis and a team arrive at Agua Dulce Airpark and see Anderson waiting alone in the parking lot. A man approaches. Anderson greets Nicholas Reed but says that there is someone else there. Yet it is only a local security guard on detail. Reed assures Anderson that everything will be fine.
12:21 A.M.
Reed takes Anderson onto a plane for privacy. Anderson looks around suspiciously. Jack confirms to CTU that the man who just arrived is not McLennan, and he orders his teams to move in.
12:22 A.M.
Reed looks out from the Learjet and sees the impending raid. The agents announce that they have surrounded the plane. Anderson calls McLennan to tell him he's been found. McLennan orders Anderson to kill Reed because he knows too much. Anderson reaches for his gun, but Reed kills him. McLennan hears this over the cell. Reed exits the door to the throng of agents. McLennan listens as Reed claims he shot the man inside because he was trying to steal the plane. Jack captures Reed and radios this into CTU. Curtis has Anderson's cell phone, but McLennan has been disconnected.
12:23 A.M.
McLennan wants to contain Reed so that he doesn't talk to the police. He calls an attorney named Daniel Chambers. McLennan wants him to go CTU to be Reed's counsel and to prevent him from being tortured.
12:24 A.M.
Everyone at CTU watches the television as Logan addresses the nation. Audrey interrupts with news that one of the convoys headed for Iowa is missing and hasn't called in at its checkpoint. The convoy was carrying a nuclear warhead.
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12:30 A.M.
Edgar gets Reed's photo and fingerprints from Curtis for a background check. Michelle has the rest of the staff focus on finding the warhead. After learning about the missing nuke, Novick complains to Heller that the President won't be happy that the statement he just made has become invalidated.
At the site of the torched, ambushed convoy, a group of men put the crated warhead onto their flatbed truck and throw a tarp over it. They drive off.
12:31 A.M.
Logan questions Novick about the missing warhead, and he becomes agitated when there are no answers about stopping McLennan. Logan suggests that he is the next target. Novick remains calm.
12:32 A.M.
Jack and Curtis lead Reed into CTU. Edgar makes a comment to Chloe that he'd like to get Reed in a room alone. Chloe dismisses this bravado as his desire for revenge for his mother's death. Meanwhile, Tony briefs Jack and Curtis that Reed is the head of sales at McLennan-Forster. Reed definitely has a deep connection with McLennan.
12:33 A.M.
Chloe gets word that the Iowa highway patrol discovered the convoy that was ambushed. The drivers are dead and the warhead is gone. Tony has her find out what kind of vehicle could transport the nuke. She will also set up perimeters and check for local airstrips.
Heller tells Jack and Curtis that Walt Cummings wants to debrief them on what went down on Air Force One. Jack lets Curtis take over the Reed interrogation and goes to meet with Cummings. Curtis assures Michelle that Reed will be easy to break.
12:34 A.M.
Reed tells Curtis that he will stay silent. Curtis rolls up his sleeves threateningly. Suddenly, Michelle gets a call from Heller to halt the interrogation. She asks Curtis to step out.
12:35 A.M.
Michelle and Curtis meet with Heller who is accompanied by Daniel Chambers. The prestigious attorney claims that CTU has no right to question Reed without counsel. Heller tells Curtis to take Chambers to see Reed while he calls the Justice Department for help.
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12:40 A.M.
Edgar is furious that Reed is getting off because of some lawyer when his mother had to die for no reason. Heller urges Edgar to put his emotions aside and get back to work.
12:41 A.M.
After Edgar leaves Heller's office, Chloe pushes Edgar to focus on doing his hourly reports.
12:42 A.M.
Chloe interrupts Jack's meeting with the news that a lawyer got the interrogation on Reed suspended. Ignited with anger, Jack goes to Heller, who explains that Chambers believes that Reed cannot be held because he is not a known terrorist. Jack is furious and goes to leave. Heller warns Jack not to make it worse.
12:43 A.M.
Jack enters the interrogation room and pulls Chambers aside. He points out that millions of lives are at stake, but the lawyer won't budge. Jack asks how he found out about the prisoner so quickly. Chambers refuses to say who told him about the arrest.
12:45 A.M.
Curtis confirms that Reed would have had no time to call anyone. Heller notes that Chambers has a history of working for McLennan-Forster. He is probably working on McLennan's behalf. Jack says they need to contact the President.
12:46 A.M.
Logan and Novick take the call from CTU. Heller explains that the prime suspect cannot be questioned because of Chambers's interceding. Logan can't grasp what CTU is asking for, and Novick interjects with the assumption that the questioning needs to be done behind closed doors.
12:48 A.M.
Logan surveys his aides. Novick wants to let CTU do whatever is necessary, but Walt Cummings is worried that this will taint Logan's Presidency. Logan compromises by calling for a special session of the Justice Department. He tells CTU that it will take at least twenty minutes. Jack begs for the chance to do their jobs properly without intervention, but Logan says he will get back to them as soon as he can.
12:49 A.M.
Jack asks Heller to make a judgment call without the President. Jack wants to resign and let Reed go free. He plans to take him on as a private citizen, and then no agency will be held liable.
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12:54 A.M.
McLennan speaks to the driver of the truck holding the nuclear warhead. The man the truck is to meet will have the bomb's detonation codes.
12:55 A.M.
Audrey comes upon Jack, who hurriedly packs up a taser gun. Jack walks away from her in a rush and refuses to answer where he is going.
Tony and Curtis let Reed out of custody. Although Reed is suspicious, Chambers assures him that CTU knew their backs were against the wall. Fearing for his life, Reed refuses to leave. Curtis threatens to arrest him for trespassing on a government building.
12:56 A.M.
Edgar is incensed that Reed is being released. Heller won't give him answers.
12:57 A.M.
Outside CTU, Chambers leaves Reed and tells him he will be fine. A U.S. Marshall accompanies Reed to a government car.
12:58 A.M.
After Chambers pulls out of the lot, Jack tasers the Marshall and slaps handcuffs on Reed. "Now we're gonna talk," Jack says as he slams the door of the car.
12:59 A.M.
When Reed claims that he doesn't know McLennan, Jack breaks the man's fingers one by one. Reed finally relents, and confesses that McLennan is at a nightclub just east of downtown. "This will help you with the pain," Jack says as he knocks Reed out with a punch.