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After a brief intermission, the curtain pulls back on Act II. Madame Prez is in the waiting room at "West Arlington Hospital." While she belts out a verbatim cover of LeAnn Rimes 'How Do I Live Without You', Ethan Kanin is updating her on the progress of the invasion of Sangala. Unfortunately, she's totally wrapped up in her performance and stares forlornly into space with tears in her eyes. Her final flourish ends just as Kanin delivers the last piece of info, that Kasanga province and it's refuge camp has been liberated, saving thousands of lives! He realizes she's not paying attention and says "Madame President?" She snaps out of it and tells him that the Kasanga Province stuff is very good news, but still has a mopey face and tears in her eyes. He asks if he can get her anything, or if she wants to "talk" about it. She's having a pity party, and blames herself for not believing Henry about her son's murder sooner. She thinks that, if she'd only listened to him, he wouldn't be all shot up, they might've exposed the conspiracy, and the government wouldn't be paralyzed. Damn! Beat yourself up much, lady? Kanin tries to make her feel better by saying he didn't believe Henry either, that "no one did." Madame Prez counters that she was his wife, and he deserved her trust.

The pity party is interrupted by Bill Buchanan, who comes in to tell them that Dubaku has been apprehended by Bauer and Walker, but that his condition is critical and he's non-responsive at the moment. Kanin's facial reaction to the news that Dubaku was captured was highly suspect, and I still think he's a giant slime ball somehow involved in what is going on. The President asks if any hope of uncovering the conspiracy would be lost with Dubaku's life, and Buchanan confirms that is the case. Given the current circumstances, Bill thinks it's wise to high tail it back to the White House because she's too "exposed" at the hospital. She of course, doesn't want to leave Henry, but Kanin jumps on the Buchanan bandwagon and tells her Henry will be in surgery for many more episodes hours, and that she's needed in the Oval Office. She finally relents and Bill takes off to make the arrangements and have her daughter re-directed to the White House. After Bill leaves, she wonders aloud how they are possibly going to run a government that has been so horribly corrupted, and Kanin says they'll just have to hope that Bauer/Walker can get the names from Dubaku. (While, I assume, secretly hoping that Jack and Renee fail miserably.)

Speaking of Bauer/Walker, they're still at the crash site. As Walker stares forlornly at Marika's body covered in a yellow tarp, Bauer is barking at the paramedics that he needs to speak to Dubaku NOW because has information vital to national security. One of the paramedics relents and tells the other to give him a milligram of epinephrine, or "Wakey Wakey Eggs and Bakey" drugs, as it's known on the streets. They administer the shot, and Zombie Dubaku (complete with eyes rolled back in his head) gasps to consciousness just as Renee did earlier this season! Jack starts hounding Dubaku. The gist of it is: The jig is up...give me the names, from one soldier to another! When Dubaku doesn't respond, Jack threatens the life of his son in Sangala. Old torture habits die hard with Jack! This prompts Dubaku to say "don't hurt my family." If you weren't already convince he really is a sentimental sort of terrorist, after all the Marika nonsense, this pining over his family stuff should do the trick. Zombaku starts to tell Jack about the list, but his eyes roll back in his head and the paramedics shout that his BP is spiking! Jack screams "Where is the list!?" It's all super dramatic, and giving me a bit of a headache! He's lying right there, Jack...stop screaming!

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