Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Jack flies toward downtown Los Angeles with Ramon, using the crowded city to complicate the military pursuit. Ryan Chappelle takes control at CTU and regards both fugitives as expendable now that Kyle is in custody. Chase pushes him to consult Palmer before authorizing lethal force. The President interrupts the debate to consider the request, then reluctantly permits the aircraft to be shot down. Jack reaches the buildings before the pilots can safely fire and lands in a street.
Chase follows Jack and Ramon through the Metro station, but they escape through an emergency exit and steal a car. CTU finally reaches the helicopter's radio after its occupants have gone. Jack arranges a rendezvous with the Salazars' private plane while Gael prevents the call from being traced. At Health Services, Kyle says goodbye to his parents under the belief that he is dying. Later test results overturn that fear: he is not infected with the virus.
Michelle learns that Tony has survived surgery and is expected to recover. Kim keeps working despite the threat to her father, then notices surveillance feeds on Gael's computer in the IT room. One shows Jack being knocked unconscious and carried onto the Salazars' aircraft after the rendezvous. Ramon had wanted to kill him, but Hector's instructions keep him alive. As Kim tries to alert someone, Gael returns to the room and draws a gun on her.