Spoilers for this episode.
Jack Bauer asks Brian Hastings to pull Renee Walker out of the undercover operation, fearing that she no longer cares whether she survives. Hastings refuses, but Jack offers to replace her once he reaches Vladimir as the buyer. Renee describes Jack's cover identity, German dealer Ernst Meier, and promises Vladimir a share of the uranium sale. Vladimir demands five million dollars up front before he will use his contacts to find the rods.
Renee removes her communications equipment and endures Vladimir's advances while Jack prepares the payment. Vladimir also plans to double-cross the supposed buyer, but Jack and Cole turn the ambush against his men. Jack keeps the deal alive and gains a route back to Renee. At CTU, Dana identifies impounded drug money in a police warehouse and prepares access for Kevin Wade and his partner, using the security systems she can manipulate from her desk.
Hassan's suspicions spread to members of his own staff as Taylor faces resistance from other countries involved in the talks. Josef's attempt to save Oleg also collapses when Bazhaev's men arrive at the clinic, kill the doctor and staff, and take the brothers back. Bazhaev treats Josef's disobedience as a danger to the sale. To punish him, he shoots Oleg himself, killing the son whose radiation sickness had already threatened the operation.