Day 8: 4:00am-5:00am

CTU New York struggles after its systems are destroyed in the aftermath of the EMP explosion, forcing Chloe O'Brian to take drastic actions to get it back up and running. Jack Bauer and three CTU agents, are pinned down by sniper fire and are unable to radio for backup. Kayla Hassan is finally reunited with her parents.

Previously on 24

 * Dana Walsh is confronted by Bill Prady over security camera footage of Kevin Wade.
 * Samir Mehran tells Kayla Hassan, whom he has kidnapped, that her father is the traitor.
 * Kayla Hassan escapes with the help of Tarin Faroush, who is killed in the process. She drives toward CTU.
 * Jack Bauer learns that Tarin is alive and Kayla is unknowingly being used to attack CTU.
 * At CTU New York, Kayla pulls up and an electromagnetic pulse bomb is revealed to be in the trunk; it promptly detonates.

The following takes place between 4:00am and 5:00am.

04:00:00


04:06:15

04:08:12

04:12:25...04:12:26...04:12:27...

04:16:23


04:18:32

'File:04:21:37'

04:23:53...04:23:54...04:23:55...

04:28:14


04:30:04

04:32:33

04:35:22...04:35:23...04:35:24...

04:39:43


04:42:52

04:46:02...04:46:03...04:46:04...

04:50:22


04:52:06

04:56:23

04:59:57...04:59:58...04:59:59...05:00:00

Starring

 * Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
 * Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian
 * Anil Kapoor as President Omar Hassan
 * Annie Wersching as Renee Walker
 * Mykelti Williamson as Brian Hastings
 * Katee Sackhoff as Dana Walsh
 * John Boyd as Arlo Glass
 * and Freddie Prinze Jr. as Cole Ortiz

Guest starring

 * Stephen Root as Bill Prady
 * Nazneen Contractor as Kayla Hassan
 * Mido Hamada as Samir Mehran
 * Julian Morris as Agent Owen
 * Necar Zadegan as Dalia Hassan
 * T.J. Ramini as Tarin Faroush
 * Chris McGarry as Frank Haynam
 * Matt Yang King as Agent King
 * Ethan Rains as Ali
 * John Eric Bentley as Phil Holden

Co-starring

 * Justin Alston as Agent Beck
 * Kaitlyn Bensen as CTU Agent #1
 * D. Kevin Kelly as CTU Worker
 * Naomi Morales as CTU Worker #2
 * Steve Lanza as CTU Tech
 * Michael Hilow as Sniper #1

Memorable quotes

 * Brian Hastings: We've been knocked down, but we will get back up.


 * Chloe O'Brian: I'm not good with praise.

Background information and notes

 * Annie Wersching returns as Renee Walker after a two episode absence.
 * This episode is in second place for the longest final split screen ever at 33 seconds. In first place is 24 Redemption.
 * This is the first and only time that Jack Bauer has killed someone between 4:00am-5:00am. Prior to this episode, 4:00am-5:00am was the only hour of the day in which Jack had never killed anyone (when counting across all seasons).