It's 10PM at the late Senator Mayer's mansion, which has turned into a set from CSI: DC. Larry's crew is dusting for fingerprints, and analyzing the ballistic evidence while Larry slowly walks around and takes in the scene. An agent informs him there's no sign of Bauer in the immediate area, so Big Daddy Moss gives the order to widen the search.

Larry phones Ethan Kanin at the White House, who is hoping for the good news that Bauer has been found and taken into custody. Unfortunately, Larry's news is not so sunny. He fills Ethan in on the whole "Senator Mayer: Dead. Jack Bauer: Still at large" business, and that they are operating under the assumption that Jack murdered the Senator. Ethan understandably flips his shit, and starts ripping into Larry for losing Bauer since they were supposed to keep him on a "short leash". Larry is all "whoa! Back up the truck, Chuck! You TOLD me to let Bauer interrogate Burnett and I was totally against it!" Ethan has a moment of panic/stunned-silence and asks Larry to repeat himself, which he does. Poor Ethan has no choice but to admit that, yes, perhaps he's the fall guy here. Larry, feeling bad, chills out a little and tells Kanin they are searching high and low for Bauer. Kanin says "just find him" before hanging up and slinking into his chair with an extremely pained look on his face. He is sooo screwed!

Meanwhile, Jack is speeding toward the Port of Alexandria in his stolen pickup truck while chit-chatting with his boyfriend Tony on the phone. He fills Almeida in on the WMD's at the shipping yard and the whole Starkwood/Juma/WMD/Terrorist connect-the-dots business. Tony wants to know who else knows about it, and Jack tells him that unfortunately nobody does, as he and the Senator were piecing it all together just before he was murdered. Tony has a better idea, which is cluing the FBI in and getting them involved in these crazy "WMDs at the port" shenanigans. Simple Jack doesn't think that's a good idea because Larry and crew don't have the best track record of believing the crazy stories that the fugitive brothers have been floating all day. Bauer tells his boy he really really needs his help and asks if he's with him. Tony says yes, and they make arrangements to meet at the Northern end of the port. Upon hanging up, Tony makes a face that shows he is less than enthusiastic about these new developments.

In the Oval Office, Madame Prez is on the phone with First Hubby! Yay! His 5 episode hour surgery was a success and he's awake/talking on the phone. The Prez speaks too soon and tells Henry that it's "all over" and the people responsible for the attacks, not to mention Roger's murder, are all either dead or being prepared for prosecution. Oh yeah, and there's one other bit of news! Little Lost Lamb Olivia is back in the fold! Prez Taylor tells Henry about how the attacks brought them back together and she "returned home" and is being brought on board as a special advisor. First Hubby is super happy about this news, or at least as happy as a man who was Neuro-muscularly paralyzed, attacked, kidnapped by Dubaku's men, and shot in the lung can be. They sweetly end the conversation with a promise that Mama and Daughter will visit him in the hospital as soon as they can. Henry's all: "No rush...I'm not going anywhere. It's someone else's turn to take up the imperiled loved one torch!"

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