Concerning Jack, he and Chase seemingly had everything under control in the subway station. They were taking pictures of all men who bore even a passing resemblance to the 11th courier as described by our pal Saunders. Back at CTU, Saunders would holler back when his man was identified. But with nearly 50 minutes left in the show, you knew that there had to be more to come. As always, some uncontrollable force comes and intervenes in the neat and tidy scenarios CTU lines up to take care of problems. Today's first uncontrollable force was in the form of Mrs. Gaelle Ortega, who arrived at CTU to pick up her husband's belongings. In the first of several semi-predictable twists, Mrs. Ortega shot Saunders dead using a sidearm recovered from her husband's desk, singlehandedly adding at least 15 minutes worth of plot lines to the episode.

While all of this is going on, Wayne Palmer informs the President that his wife was shot and killed. Seeing this as an opportunity to clear away all of the political trouble they put themselves into, Wayne suggests they posit the theory that Sherry was having an affair with Alan Milliken, Julia Milliken found out, and killed both Alan and Sherry. With no Julia around to deny anything happened, it looks like their troubles were behind them. President Palmer decides this is a perfect chance to call up the doctor he was seeing and say "Hey, my spouse was shot too, how about some pizza?" . Well, he didn't say that, but you knew that was what he was thinking.

With Saunders dead, Jack sets up a search of every passenger in the subway station in an effort to flush out the last of the virus. Ravens, the final courier, slips out while waiting in line, slices a couple of police officers manning the door and hijacks a car in an effort to get away and deliver his payload. Chase and Jack finally corner Ravens in a Middle School (strangely filling at least one classroom with 8 year olds).

By this time, I had thousands of scenario endings popping into my head, especially those involving the demise of Chase. With his character probably not making it into next year's show, he seems a logical choice to be killed off in the final few minutes of the episode. Indeed, it is Chase who finally Ravens, and fights him in the school chemistry lab. Chase didn't take chemistry, so he was unable to effectively use everything at his disposal to stop Ravens. A little HF would have prevented Ravens from ever bothering anybody again. Instead, Chase decides to strap the last vial of virus to his own arm, so Ravens doesn't have a chance to move it to another location. Just as Ravens is about to leave, Jack shoots him and attends to Chase.