| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Jack Bauer | |
| Mary Lynn Rajskub | ... | Chloe O'Brian | |
| Anil Kapoor | ... | President Omar Hassan | |
| Mykelti Williamson | ... | Brian Hastings | |
| Katee Sackhoff | ... | Dana Walsh | |
| Chris Diamantopoulos | ... | Rob Weiss | |
| John Boyd | ... | Arlo Glass | |
| Freddie Prinze Jr. | ... | Cole Ortiz | |
| Cherry Jones | ... | President Allison Taylor | |
| Elisha Cuthbert | ... | Kim Bauer | |
| Nazneen Contractor | ... | Kayla Hassan | |
| Clayne Crawford | ... | Kevin Wade | |
| Doug Hutchison | ... | Davros | |
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Akbar Kurtha | ... | Farhad Hassan |
| Paul Wesley | ... | Stephen | |
CTU detains a reporter it suspects of helping assassins, while Jack and Chloe start their own investigation.
Once again, Jack has to override incompetence and shortsightedness. Once again, saving billions doesn't seem to matter. A pretty reporter is having an affair with the President of that Arab country. She has been arrested for digging into documents. Jack knows someone else is behind this. Good setup episode, including a close look at the bad guy.