By M. Giant
NSA satellites are tracking the yellow cab carrying the nuclear rods -- until Dana sabotages them from CTU for just long enough for Chloe to lose track of them. With the rods loose in Manhattan, President Taylor reassigns Kiefer to President Hassan's evacuation detail. While they're setting that up, Taylor gets a call from Samir threatening to detonate the dirty bomb in an hour unless she hands over Hassan. Taylor refuses, against the advice of her national security team. But a general approaches Chief of Staff Rob Weiss to authorize Hassan's kidnapping by American forces behind Taylor's back. Ethan (remember him?) busts them at it, then has a heart attack before he can warn anyone -- other than by pocket-dialing Kiefer. While this is going on, Dana is feeding roadblock data to Samir while Tarin drives the dirty bomb into position. Kiefer calls off the evacuation, but too late to avoid a firefight. Which Kiefer wins, of course, with some help from Walker and Hassan himself. All Samir knows is that the president isn't playing ball, so against Dana's advice, he orders Tarin to activate the bomb. The countdown starts at 15 minutes. Which, if luck is with us, should at least put the detonation in the middle of week's first commercial break.
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