Mal has second thoughts after discovering that two boxes of Alliance goods his crew has been hired to steal are full of badly needed medical supplies headed for the mining town of Paradiso.
Grissom, Sara, and Greg investigate a wildfire that killed one man and badly burned a woman. Catherine, Nick, and Warrick get the case of a family of three murdered in their home.
Renegade Sloane has the secrets to a mysterious Rambaldi device; Vaughn begs Dixon to assist the CIA in rescuing Sydney.
Jack leads a raid to the Chinese Consulate to kidnap a man with information about Marwan's plan, but the resulting shootout results in deadly repercussions for Audrey's husband, Paul.
After President Logan botches up CTU's capture of Marwan, he agrees to call in an advisor who has dealt with terrorism firsthand, and Chloe's first field assignment almost ends in disaster.