Previously on 24, President Estrogen tried to shoot down Jack's plane, but they landed in time. Rico Suave helped Jack escape. Bierko got onto a transfer van where he will wreak havoc and escape. Mr. F, Bill, Chloe, and Jack worked together, and Chloe worked on the recording but didn't bother to copy that. Miles the Weasel decided to intervene and erased the recording to help the president. Jack kissed Audrey's knee when they reunited, SarahK vomited in massive quantities. Estro was just about to kill himself when Miles called him.

Mr. F, Jack and Bill go to meet Chloe in the situation room. Chloe has a T1 to the Attorney General, someone in the House, and someone in the Senate. Chloe realizes something's wrong with the recording that no one copied, ever, and they all freak out. Chloe finally remembers that Miles came into the room when she was working on the recording. And that's all Jack needs.

Jack makes a beeline for Weasel, and Mr. F tells security, kinda half-heartedly, "Security, stop him." Jack turns around and punches Security in the chest. Security falls. Security is having a bad day. Miles is gonna have one too. Jack grabs Miles by the throat and calls him a bad word. Mr. F tells Jack to let Miles go, and Mr. F asks where Miles is going (he was packing). He's been transferred. Mr. F asks where, and Jack says the White House. Mr. F slaps Miles. I was really hoping for some bullet action with Miles.

Estro calls Mr. F and asks what's up with the conference call with the Attorney General. "Oh nothing, it was a mistake, I... uh... wanted to ask who does his hair. He has such nice hair. But then Chloe told me who she uses, so I don't need to talk to him anymore." Estro tells Mr. F that the evidence he had on Jack turned out to be not so good, so she could let him go. She reminds him of the millions of dollars he wasted (on fuel alone) in order to bring in Jack. "Yeah, well, you know my staff. Unreliable little idiots they are. They were on crack with the evidence they gave me, so I changed my mind. No harm no foul." Mr. F has by this time sent Chloe to the basement to try to get the recording off the microchip in a way that their super-high-tech computers can't. Chloe says, "Yeah, ok, I hate these old Trash-80 computers. They're so worthless. But I did write a program that tells me hello whenever I hit Enter."

Jack tells Mr. F that Estro's letting him go because he knows he's won, and that Jack will be killed. Jack thinks it must be timed with something else. And then they get word that Bierko's van was ambushed. The one survivor says he overheard Bierko talking about having one last thing to do and said something about a nerve gas canister. Mr. F gets very serious and tells Bill that Chloe's in charge, and their first priority is finding Bierko.

Bierko's goon tells Bierko that they can't do much with one canister of nerve gas, and Bierko says yes they can. He dramatically rips off his bandage.

Back at the ranch, Marty is taking more drugs. She sees Aaron's cellphone on the mantle and picks it up and caresses it. She goes and finds an agent. She asks him to return Aaron's phone to him, you know, since he's been transferred to Washington. She gets a little weird.

Estro walks into a special room where they've been keeping Aaron and beating the crap out of him. Estro says he's sorry and sits down for a chit chat. How sweet. Estro tells Aaron he doesn't know what's going on. Aaron says, then you tell me. Estro says, the recording Jack told you about doesn't exist, and Aaron says, that's not what I've been told. Estro says he needs to know they can put this behind them. He says if Aaron says they're cool, he'll transfer Aaron anywhere he wants except the White House. Is that acceptable? Aaron says that there is nothing that the President has done or said today that is acceptable. "You're a traitor, and it's my duty to see that you're brought to justice. Is there anything else, Charles?" BOO! YAH! OWNED!

Estro and his agent walk out, and the agent tells Estro that Aaron will be a problem. Estro gives him the come out swinging signal with his eyes, and the guy goes back to Aaron's secret beating room.

Estro calls Halliburton and tells him that the situation is contained, that Marty is not going to be a problem, and Aaron is being taken care of. I'm hoping that Aaron is excaping and putting the hurt on that one guy.

Mike comes out looking for the pres frantic-like. Mike tells Estro that Bierko's escaped and talking nerve gas attack. Estro wants constant apprisal of progress. Copy that.

Mr. F and Jack ask Chloe about her progress. Chloe's looking, and Mr. F carries a HUGE one for Chloe. "Chloe, it's really important that we find that car Bierko's in." Chloe flips her off with, "I know." Jack and Bill confirm that they have nothing. Mr. F offers up Henderson and wants to offer Robo a deal. Jack brings up the obvious. "Um, he killed an ex-president and tried to kill the SecDef." Jack is very against the deal but would LOVE to be the one to present it. Please let me alone with him. Can I lock the door even?

Jack tells Robocop that the recording is gone and Bierko is setting up an attack. Jack tells him if he's a patriot he'll prove it. Jack says help me put out the fire that you started. Robo says, "It was always burning since the world's been turning." Robo asks if he's getting immunity. Tells Jack that even immunity will kill Robocop. He says there's these guys who will kill me. You can't touch them, but they can touch you. But Jack doesn't like being touched. Jack wants names and Bierko's head on a platter. Robo says, "But you didn't even dance for me. Dance, Salome, dance!" Robocop says that he doesn't want immunity. He wants to disappear out of the country with his wife and needs contacts, because all his contacts are loyal to Estrogen.

Jack wants Chloe working out of the situation room and gives her 14 priority names that Robocop gave her. Audrey walks down the hall, and Jack has to go to him. She heard about the recording and Bierko, because those docs in the sick bay are such gossipers. Audrey's not happy about Robocop being given immunity.

CONTINUITY ERROR? Um, I swear last week, Chloe was wearing a black sweater. I remember commenting that Chloe got to change clothes, and thank goodness. And now she's back in that sweater. Thank badness. ???

Chloe found only one name with an active cell, and Robo says he's an arms dealer. Half hour ago, the guy got a 12 second call. !!! Robocop says don't bring him in, you can't crack him. Robo says send me in to talk to Molina. He says you can't even get into his system, which is blah blah blah, and Chloe confirms that they can't get through that firewall. Jack says Robocop can't be trusted, and Mr. F says, that's why I'm sending you in with Robocop. Jack says he'll kill him if he has to.

Marty's outside for some nice breezy nicotine-filled air, and she sees a car pull up in a garage. Ooh, cars in garages, better check it out! So she goes over. Meanwhile, the unnamed agent comes out hauling Aaron and tells him to get into the trunk, which is covered in a sheet. Yeah, I'll get right on that. Aaron tries to reason with him, and Marty comes up to ask what's up. The guy points the gun at her, she's like really? Think you're gonna shoot the first lady? He starts calling Estrogen for permission, and Aaron kicks him. He kicks Aaron, they wrestle and the agent loses his gun, he hits him on the back of the head, Aaron's hurt, Marty gets the guy's gun and shoots the unnamed redshirt agent (don't worry, there's a suppressor on the gun!). Aaron is seriously injured, so Marty's panicking. Now y'all run off together to Mexico!

Rico is in the car with Jack and Robocop! Yay Rico Suave! Curtis is setting up a perimeter at Molina's place when they park. Rico gets everyone in position, and Jack gives Robocop 10 minutes to do his thing. Hey, Molina's that guy! He's played a cop in something or other. So we'll call him Previous Cop, for lack of something clever. Robocop goes inside, and Molina scans him for wires and weapons. Jack's on the roof.

Previous Cop pulls a pretty gun on Robocop. Robocop tells him that CTU and Jack are there. He tells Previous Cop to secure his important files and trash everything else. Curtis and Jack move in right away, because you know, they've been listening. Robocop asks for Previous Cop's weapon, which is fully auto. They have a shootout. RICO SUAVE HAS BEEN HIT!! But he's so pretty! You can't shoot Rico Suave! Previous Cop has been shot in the hip. Robocop lets Jack in on what would have been the plan, which involved getting Molina to lift the firewall and segregate his important files. That's what I was assuming.

Jack sends Chloe the files, SarahK worries about Rico Suave, and Jack wants Previous Cop saved. Bill is very distraught that the very pretty Rico Suave has been shot. And has anyone found Wayne Palmer yet? Chloe found her sweater, surely someone can find Wayne!

Marty is dressing Aaron's wounds. Aaron tells her he needs to lay low, because the president needs to think Aaron's dead. Meanwhile, they have a dead body to hide. Marty wants to do it, but Aaron says to tell Mike to meet Aaron there so he can do it. He says they need to tell Mike everything. Marty wants Aaron's word that he'll find a way to live if Estro finds him. Because you know, I love you, my love. She doesn't say it, but you know she's thinking it.

Chloe hacks the files and finds that there's a schematic for a Russian sub that just happens to be docked in L.A. for inspection by the U.S. Navy, because part of the treaty is that we get to share technology with the Russians now. Now that Robocop has gained Jack's trust, Jack wants him uncuffed and all that so Robo can easily do bad stuff. Robo says that there are 12 spider missiles on the sub that could easily take out several city blocks.

Jack calls the sub from the helicopter and tells the sub commander about Bierko coming for his ship. He goes hunting, has Jack on the phone, and Bierko shoots the guy in charge. Then they drop a nerve gas canister into the sub to kill everyone. After a minute or so, Bierko and his men put on masks and go through the sub. Bierko enters codes they got from Molina and takes control of the weapons system. Bierkos men are loading the missiles.

On the next 24, which is a two-hour season finale, a bunch of crazy stuff happens, and Jack comes face to face with Estro and tells him he's gonna face justice the Jack Bauer way right now. Should be fun. Assuming Chloe figures out what she's supposed to wear.

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