Season 1, Episode 23

10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.

8.3/ 10May 14, 200242 min

Jack arrives at Palmer's hotel with a phone on which Drazen will call and ask Palmer to unfreeze $200,000,000 of his assets. When Palmer tells Jack that Drazen knows that's impossible, Jack grabs the phone and throws it off the balcony. It explodes seconds later. Realizing Drazen will never give up, Jack suggests having the television report that Palmer died in the explosion, leaving Jack to offer himself up in exchange for Kim.

Directed by
Paul Shapiro
Written by
Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon

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