Jack Bauer, Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit of Los Angeles, races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert, Elisha Cuthbert
Jack rushes toward his nephew and his oldest antagonist, as a Chinese sub and F-18s race for the same destination. Chloe faints. Can Jack find any peace?
To avert a war with Russia, the White House orders a trade of Jack's nephew for the circuit board, and puts Jack in custody so he won't stop the exchange.
Russia presses the White House; Jack must try simultaneously to thwart the Chinese and his oldest antagonist.
Russian ire worries the White House, while the Chinese take on CTU, and the damaged circuit board is in surprising hands.
A missing computer circuit board: the Russians get wind of Chinese espionage, the White House must find a leak, and CTU interrogates an unlikely witness.
Jack goes rogue to save a woman, and the White House needs a fall guy for Fayed's success.
The Chinese want Jack to give them Russian nuclear technology, and the President wants the Vice President's resignation.
To find the remaining suitcase bombs, both Jack and the President set up bluffs.
Jack baits Fayed with Gredenko, while the President faces a challenge to his office.
Jack and Doyle discover the true source of CTU's security leak: an autistic savant hacker named Brady who's following his brother's orders. Sandra Palmer agrees to bring President Wayne Palmer out of his coma in an effort to stop the nuclear retaliation against Fayed's country. Jack uses Brady in a sting hoping to capture Gredenko.
Jack and Doyle head to the location of the drone pilot when CTU learns that the target is San Francisco. Vice President Daniels arranges a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to talk strategy. Karen Hayes and Tom Lennox agree to work together. CTU discovers that their tracking system has been sabotaged.
Mike Doyle takes over as Head of Field Ops and his first mission is to rescue Jack after the Russian Consul issues a lockdown on the consulate. Charles Logan tries to get Martha to talk to the Russian First Lady and convince the Russian President to sanction the mission. Vice President Daniels threatens the ambassador with a nuclear retaliation strike against his country if another suitcase nuke is activated on American soil.
After Logan fails to get information concerning Gredenko from the Russian Consul Jack breaks and decides to get it the hard way and learns Gredenko plans to activate the remaining suitcase nukes via drone. Tom Lennox turns in Reed and Carson following the assassination attempt. Presidential authority shifts over to VP Daniels whose first order of business is to enact all of Tom's extreme proposals.
Jack's search takes him to the home of an old enemy, while a bomber slips into the White House.
While Jack looks for Gredenko and tries to save Josh, White House intrigue deepens.
Jack looks for a Russian national while his father plots with shadowy patriots: the President and the Constitution may be in danger.
The President meets with a known terrorist while Jack searches for Morris, Fayed seeks a trigger, and Tom Lennox makes a choice.
Family troubles: Jack with his brother and father while Morris worries about his own brother.
Jack finds himself confronting his father while the lead terrorist needs help if he's to explode the remaining bombs.
Four more "suitcase nukes" are out there, and Jack's only lead takes him to the home of his brother.
While Jack has problems with Curtis, CTU discovers a nuclear threat and raids a terrorist warehouse. A shocking explosion shakes LA.
Jack and former terrorist leader turned peacemaker track a suspicious man to a self-storage facility.
Can Jack and an unlikely ally stop a suicide bomber and track the architect of these acts of terror?
A new U.S. President has negotiated Jack's release from a Chinese prison so Jack can stop a series of terror attacks... with his life.