Day 5: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (13 Feb. 2006)

Jack poses as a terrorist and hundreds of lives are at risk in a shopping mall. Meanwhile, the President must manage a high-profile suicide.

Director:

Brad Turner

Writers:

Joel Surnow (creator), Robert Cochran (creator),

Stars:

Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Raver, Mary Lynn Rajskub

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer
Kim Raver	...	Audrey Raines
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Chloe O'Brian
Gregory Itzin	...	President Charles Logan
James Morrison	...	Bill Buchanan
Roger R. Cross	...	Curtis Manning (as Roger Cross)
Louis Lombardi	...	Edgar Stiles
Jean Smart	...	Martha Logan
Sean Astin	...	Lynn McGill
Jude Ciccolella	...	Mike Novick
Sandrine Holt	...	Evelyn Martin
Mark Sheppard	...	Ivan Erwich
Timothy Omundson	...	Polakov
Robert Maffia	...	Andrei
Alla Korot	...	Suzanne Cummings

Storyline

Posing as Rossler, Jack goes under cover with the terrorists in the hope that they will lead him to Erwich, even at the expense of hundreds of lives in a shopping mall. Meanwhile, President Logan, Martha Logan and Mike Novick debate how best to deal with the suicide of Walt Cummings.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Real Time Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the shopping mall, when Jack enters the room before the ventilation room (through the food court), he kicks open the door. In the next shot, he is seen letting go of the door which has somehow changed its swinging angle to face the mall food court, where Jack came from.

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Quotes

Lynn McGill: Jack, this is a direct order from the President. Now enter the correct code and let them release the gas. Now!

User Reviews

Jack Becomes A Terrorist

Jack poses as Rossler, the programmer, and manages to trace one of the Sentox nerve gas canisters. Two of Erwich's henchmen take Jack to the target — a shopping mall and prepare to release it into the ventilation system. Buchanan and McGill advise Logan to allow this canister to be released to maintain Jack's cover, in order to track the terrorists back to the remaining 19 canisters which Logan authorizes. However Jack goes against the President's orders and attempts to intervene. Some of the gas is released, inflicting casualties but Jack is able to evacuate the mall and kill one of the terrorists. The other one manages to escape as CTU track him back to Erwich. However Erwich takes evasive actions and spots CTU moving in, before ordering his henchman to commit suicide to avoid capture. Logan and Martha argue when she learns that he intends to cover up the real reason for Cummings's suicide.

In summary,here the events that happened during that hour:

1.President Charles Logan is convinced by Lynn McGill to allow the terrorists to release nerve gas in a crowded shopping mall. However, Logan insists to Lynn that it better lead them to find the other canisters.

2.At the Counter Terrorist Unit, Audrey Raines tries to talk Lynn out of releasing the gas, without success. Lynn argues that allowing the attack will eventually save more lives, as it might lead them to the other canisters.

3.Jack Bauer (posing as Jacob Rossler) hands the reprogrammed trigger to Polakov and Komar, but they decide to take Jack with them. When they are about to detonate the canisters, Bill Buchanan gives Jack the code, but Bauer tells Polakov the wrong code instead, despite Lynn's orders. Bauer tells Polakov there's nothing he can do, and Polakov knocks him out. Ivan Erwich tells Polakov that they've found another way to release the gas. Some of it is released into the mall, but Jack is able to take out a terrorist. Polakov escapes and calls Erwich, who tells him to come back to him.

4.Curtis Manning and Bauer close in on the mechanic shop where Polakov has gone. Erwich spots them from afar and informs Polakov that he was followed. Polakov commits suicide as Bauer enters, realizing that they lost their only lead.

The fun and excitement does not slow down in this episode after Jack poses as a terrorist to track down the terrorists who possess the 19 cannisters of Sentox Nerve Gas.

Also,things get a little more dangerous as the President Logan and CTU allows the release of one canister of Sentox Gas Nerve that would certainly kill many people.And Walt Cummings makes that suggestion whom we know right now does as a shady character and commits suicide before he is discovered.

Things definitely don't slow down in Day 5.