Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Jack apologises to Nina and brings her into the investigation with Jamey. They recover a San Fernando Road address from Walsh's key card before Mason places CTU under lockdown. Jack slips outside to follow the lead, leaving Nina and Jamey to face questions about his whereabouts. Tony admits he called Mason because he thinks Jack has lost control. Nina refuses to give Mason what he wants, even when he uses her former relationship with Jack against her.
At the industrial complex, Jack encounters an armed man and pursues him with police officer Jessie Hampton. The suspect takes Hampton hostage, forcing Jack to approach without a clear shot. Jack rushes him during a distraction and subdues him, but Hampton is shot during the struggle and dies. As police take the prisoner away, he warns Jack that getting him released is the only way Jack will see his daughter again. Jack follows the police car.
Kim persuades Rick that Janet might still be alive, but Dan wants to return only to silence her. An approaching ambulance prevents him from reaching her. The men deliver Kim to Gaines and claim they killed Janet and hid her body. Teri and Alan lose time at a police traffic stop before reaching the scene and learning that an injured girl has been taken to hospital. At the hotel, Palmer tells Sherry about the allegation against Keith and learns that Keith's therapist is the apparent source.