Unlovely Rita
Updated 2007-02-15 16:00:00
Kiefer's not too broken up to hear about the death of his brother because he's too busy tracking a captured Morris. Not that it helps; McCarthy gets away, only to be double-crossed and killed by his girlfriend, who delivers Morris to Fayed. CTU traces Fayed's location, but it takes so long that Fayed succeeds in torturing Morris into compliance. When CTU bursts in, Fayed escapes the ensuing firefight. But he leaves behind an unconscious Morris and a ticking nuke. In the White House Bunker, Wayne convinces Assad (who got there awfully quickly) to make a televised address appealing for help from the American Muslim community. Tom's about to quit in a righteous conniption over having his ideas shot down, but Chad Lowe suggests that there are other options. Options that involve mysterious phone calls to shadowy conspirators, but options nonetheless. Kiefer defuses the nuke with seconds to spare, but he's not happy to learn that Morris gave Fayed what he wanted. Neither is Tom; he decides he wants to hear more about what Chad Lowe has in mind regarding how to deal with Wayne.