Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Jack takes the bearer bonds recovered from Alexis's room to the meeting with his contact, Alan Morgan. Nina supports the operation, but backup officer Teddy Hanlin resents Jack for exposing his former partner. Morgan explains that he has been paid to shut down electricity to a particular grid for five minutes. He notices Jack's missing accent and runs. Despite Jack's order to hold fire, Hanlin shoots him in the leg, causing a fatal fall and ending their chance to question him.
Mason conceals the attack on the safehouse because he wants Jack to stay focused on the operation. Tony continues searching for Teri and Kim, while Nina still believes the women are resting under guard. Teri remains with Phil Parslow, unable to remember her family or explain her fear of going to hospital. She persuades him to take her home. Myovic reaches the Bauer house first and kills the agent sent there to check for her.
Kim and Rick search for information that might help locate Teri, but Dan's brother Frank arrives demanding money. Without knowing Dan has been killed, he insists that nobody can leave before an approaching drug deal. Palmer decides Keith's recording should reach the authorities, while Sherry steals and destroys the tape she finds in the safe. David reveals he kept the original and used a copy to test her. He orders a press conference after discovering how far she will go to suppress the story.