Jack is set up, Renee makes a sacrifice, Dana sends her ex into a police warehouse, an arms trader deals with his sons, and the President buys time.
President Taylor pressurises CTU and Jack's plan has operatives panicked. Meanwhile, as the looming threat intensifies, events take a turn for the worse.
The nation remains vulnerable, but President Taylor presses on with the peace process. Then, as CTU faces failure, the search begins for someone to blame.
Jack makes a breakthrough by closing in on a significant individual. Meanwhile, a meeting between President Taylor and Hassan yields surprising results.
An eighth day of pulse-pounding action begins as a retired Jack Bauer is unwillingly entangled in an assassination plot against visiting president, Omar Hassan.