Spoilers for this episode.
Driscoll confirms Jack's authority to the police holding him and agrees to continue tracking Kalil rather than arresting him. Jack returns to the road as CTU monitors the suspect's calls. Inside the compound, Heller fears the planned broadcast will end with his public execution. He and Audrey attempt to die together by releasing gas into their cell, but their captors discover the leak and revive them. Chloe leaves CTU after Driscoll offers resignation as an alternative to further punishment. Marianne pressures Edgar into arranging greater system access. Dina fires a bullet into Debbie's body so Navi will believe Behrooz carried out the killing.
Debbie's mother arrives looking for her daughter, and Behrooz helps maintain the deception when Debbie's ringtone nearly exposes the lie. A roadside encounter with hostile motorists brings police attention to Kalil's stolen truck. CTU intervenes to get him released, but the sudden change makes him realise he is being tracked. He deliberately crashes into an oncoming truck and dies. Jack switches to a thermal search for the equipment supporting Heller's broadcast, and CTU identifies a nearby industrial compound. President Keeler authorises an air strike rather than allow the televised execution. Jack reaches the site and proceeds toward the hostages despite orders to withdraw before the missile hits.