Eric and Andy are still held captive by Jadalla and his men, their ultimate goal being for Andy to repair the flash drive. Eric wants to ensure that Andy stays calm enough to carry out their own mission of destroying the flash drive with a virus, they realizing this being a suicide mission. Eric's mission takes on more urgency with the arrival onto the scene of an unexpected person. Meanwhile, Tom has gotten word back to CTU headquarters as to Eric and Andy's plan, Keith directing Mariana and Theo to locate Jadalla's hideout so that Tom and his troops can carry out a rescue mission. Keith may have to answer to a higher power. As Isaac and Nicole drive away from Jadalla's hideout, Nicole in particular has remorse about leaving her husband behind to die. What Isaac and Nicole decide to do is based partly on an event that happens as they are driving away. And John has arrived at the interrogation site, Rebecca ensuring him that they will not proceed unless he gives his okay. As Rebecca tries to ensure him that Henry will not be injured in their less than painless interrogation, Henry tries to talk his way out of his situation with Sidra. John has to balance his feelings for his father against the potential threat that Jadalla poses in making his decision about the interrogation.
—Huggo