Bazhaev and Jack, with CTU listening in, call Josef and manage to convince him to return the nuclear rods. However, Farhad and his men have been watching from a rooftop.
Josef is shot and killed, and Farhad takes possession of the rods. Chloe traces the call to Central Queens. Samir, Farhad's sniper, crushes Josef's cell phone, but not before Farhad's voice is heard by CTU.
As Bazhaev is brought to CTU for interrogation, Jack calls Renee, who affirms that she's sticking with her story that she acted in self-defense. Jack confirms that he'll be there for her. Meanwhile, Rob Weiss calls and tells Hastings that somebody needs to take the fall for today's mistakes, and it can't be Hastings. Weiss got Hastings his job, so if Hastings goes down, so does Weiss. Over Hastings' objections, Weiss suggests that Renee take the fall. He's sending over Kristin Smith from the Justice Department and tells Hastings to stay out of her way.
Cole and his field team have no leads. Dana's still missing, so Cole has Arlo send him her coordinates using her phone's GPS. Meanwhile, Dana, a gun in her purse, has followed Kevin and Nick, who are having sex with strippers in the back of their van. Hastings tells Arlo to track Dana down and let him know when she's found. Arlo says nothing. Kristin Smith arrives, and she has no time for Hastings' reservations about selling Renee out. So far as Kristin is concerned, there are discrepancies between Renee's statement and the forensic evidence, and she's here to set the record straight. She asks for access to the interview to be restricted, but wants a record of it for herself in case of legal proceedings. Chloe is upset that she can't be in the room, but Hastings orders her back to work.
Samir brings Farhad and the rods to a boat warehouse and meet with another man, Ali. They can't get the rods out of the country, so Ali suggests using them here, against the Americans. Farhad is initially aghast. This would bring on an American invasion of their country. However, he appears to be persuaded by Samir's argument that America will always be their enemy, and that the peace process was just another method of American invasion, with Hassan kept in power with American guns and money.
Kristin interrogates Renee. Though Renee insists she acted in self-defense, Kristin points out that she stabbed Vladimir fifteen times. The first blow alone would have been enough to subdue him. Kristin accuses Renee of using the mission simply to seek revenge on Vladimir, and brings up her near-murder of Alan Wilson, which got her fired from the FBI in the first place. Renee begins to cry, as Kristin exhorts her to do the right thing. Finally, she relents, and begins signing a confession, while a conflicted Hastings watches on the monitor screen.
Jack arrives. When Chloe tells him that Renee's being interrogated, he immediately realizes that she's being set up. He attacks the security guard outside the interrogation room, knocking him out and using his palm print to gain access. Jack grabs Kristin and pins her to the wall by her throat. "How dare you," he snarls, "After everything she's sacrificed. After everything she's lost." He warns Renee that they're setting her up. Renee says it's too late. Jack grabs her arm and says they're getting out of there. He opens the door to leave, but the guard has recovered and is pointing a gun at him. Jack tells him to put it down before he gets hurt. The guard appears to comply, but the moment Jack passes him, he tasers Jack into submission. He and Renee are apprehended.
Farhad finds that Samir does not yet have a detonator, and offers to call a professor he knows who will help. Ali leads him to a secure phone he can use, but en route, Farhad ambushes Ali, grabbing a winch handle and slamming him off his feet. Ali manages to stab Farhad in the thigh, but Farhad manages to escape his reach, and begins to run.
Jack is brought before Hastings. Jack asks if it's now procedure for CTU to hang their own. Hastings insists they're just asking Renee some questions, but Jack knows he's covering his own ass. He wants to take this to the President. Hastings wishes him luck with that. The President doesn't condone murder; she even prosecuted her own daughter. Chloe interrupts: Farhad Hassan is on the line. He warns Hastings of the impending attack on New York, and begs for Hastings to have CTU rescue him before he is hunted down. Hastings asks Chloe to put Cole on the rescue team, but Chloe says he didn't come back; he's following a lead. Hastings tells her to put Owen in charge. Chloe is dubious.
The strippers finally leave Kevin's van, which is just what Dana's been waiting for. Dana draws her gun and exits her car with steely determination, but just then, Cole pulls up and demands an explanation, making it quite clear he thinks she's sleeping with Kevin. Dana, cornered, gets in his car... and finally begins to tell him her secret. "My name isn't Dana Walsh. It's Jenny Scott."
As Ali hunts Farhad, Samir arranges to travel with the rods to a secure location. At CTU, preparations are made for Farhad's rescue. Owen, the team leader, is quite young and inexperienced. On the theory that the rods are still in proximity to Farhad, he's sending two teams to locate the secure the rods, while a third team is tasked with evacuating Farhad. Standard procedure, in and out. Jack interrupts, saying there's nothing standard about it. He points out that the rods will be long gone by the time they arrive, and that makes the situation dicey.
Jack offers to lead the team to bring Farhad in, on the condition that all charges against Renee are dropped. Hastings says he can't help; the investigation of Renee was instigated by the White House. Jack says that as director of CTU, he has more juice than he thinks he does. Especially with a nuclear weapon on play. Hastings considers this, then accepts Jack's offer - but only if Jack's in play until today's entire situation is resolved. Jack agrees.
Dana confesses everything to Cole, including the robbery and blackmail. He sees her gun and realizes what she was going to do, and is horrified and angered. Cole takes Dana's gun, and grimly gets out of the car and stalks towards Kevin's van, Dana following him, pleading with him not to do this. Cole yanks open the van's side door and takes their shotgun. He gives them two choices. The first: go to jail for grand larceny and aggravated assault. Kevin says if he goes to jail, so does she. Cole says he's guessing she's prepared to live with that. Second choice: he lets them go, they keep their money, and if he ever sees either of them again, they're dead. Kevin agrees.
As Cole closes the van door, Nick reaches under a mattress and pulls out a knife and a gun. Kevin tells him to give it up, they're done... so Nick stabs him in the belly, wounding him grievously. He exits the van in pursuit of Cole, but Kevin yells out a warning just in time: "JENNY!" Cole whirls around and shoots Nick dead. Dana runs to Kevin and cradles him in her arms as he apologizes. "I shouldn't have come back." Cole watches, conflicted, as she comforts him.
