By M. Giant
Juma has a statement for President Taylor to read on-camera, but Kiefer has a plan: he opened some natural gas valves in the lockdown room, and plans to run in and get someone to shoot at him and set it off. But Buchanan knows that Juma's working with someone on the outside, so in order to let Kiefer survive to track down Juma's accomplice, Buchanan sacrifices himself. He gets the silent clock and everything. That gives Larry Moss the balls to override the Veep's orders and order an attack on the White House that ends with the president safe, and Juma and all his men dead. When Kiefer asks Moss to let him follow through on Buchanan's lead, Moss would rather follow his orders to have Kiefer arrested. But when Walker goes over Moss's head to Ethan, he gets new orders to let Kiefer at Ryan Burnett, and petulantly suspends Walker.
Meanwhile, Taylor insists that Ethan offer Olivia a job, which he does after Olivia has a brief talk with Aaron about Martha Logan, but Olivia's got it in for Ethan in a big way after the day's events. Meanwhile, Hodges is also disappointed in the hour's developments, but intends to proceed with whatever his evil plans are, and he sends a hit man to take Burnett out before Kiefer can get to him. He not only kills Burnett but frames Kiefer for the murder, forcing Kiefer to pursue the case on the run. Which is right in his comfort zone anyway.