[OOM: The crisis is over, but there are still a few things Jack needs to wrap up at CTU and elsewhere, but finally he's able to go back to Michelle's place for some catch-up with Chris and some well-deserved sleep.

Eighteen hours and a lot of sleep later, Jack wakes, with another awkward conversation to get through, this time with Chris' sister, ( Read more... )

[OOM: July 17, 2012; Logan Ranch, Santa Barbara, CA.

Everything must come to an end.

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

--"Masters of War", Bob Dylan]

[OOM: July 17, 2012; 11:48am

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks.

--Bob Dylan, "Masters of War"]

[OOM: July 17, 2012, 11:14am: With terrorists determined to destroy CTU and downtown L.A., there are groups  who are determined to not allow that to happen. They're outnumbered and have fewer weapons, but facing that or the detonation of another suitcase nuclear bomb, there's no other decision to make.

It's time to fight back, but not everyone's ( Read more... )

[OOM: Division has ordered all CTU agents not trapped inside the building to gather at a command post and plan an attack.  Naturally, Jack, Kim and Agent Doyle decide to not follow orders.]

[OOM: CTU gets a lead on where the last nuke and the people behind it might be. Unfortunately, they're wrong.]

[OOM: In the Northwest Operations Complex, Mike Novick hears and has a difficult conversation with President Logan.

Meanwhile, at CTU, someone has to interrogate Henderson, and Jack's determined to be the one.  It's debatable which of the two is going to break first.

Warning in the second thread for torture.]

[OOM: Jack and Chris go to meet Henderson and get Caiti back. Naturally, nothing is quite that easy.]

[OOM: Just before dawn, Chris receives a call she never expected.]

[OOM: July 17, 2012; 3:06am: Jack gets the name of the person in charge of the nukes, and it's someone very familiar to himself and Kim.]