William Bumiller

The remains of a teenage runaway are discovered and his parents think he was murdered by his "wrong side of the tracks" girlfriend.  When it becomes apparent that she is interested in tragic love stories, i.e., addicted to Romeo and Juliet, Bones and Booth are about to concur, but new evidence leads them to believe a man helping runaways may be involved.

When a naval commander is murdered, an old friend contacts Gibbs; his friend, now a senator, believes he's being framed because of his connection with the commander.

When Fran and Brighton are mugged in Central Park, the perpetrator gets more than a purse.

Dr. Greene gives up his dream of joining NASA; Carter releases Lucy from mentorship.

Rush and Valens reopen the 1985 case of a wealthy stockbroker killed during an apparent carjacking gone awry.

As a presidential press conference nears, President Palmer calls a staff meeting and unites two unlikely and influential people. Meanwhile, savvy politicos Tom Lennox and Reed Pollock encounter yet another tense situation as CTU copes with an unexpected weakness. A surprising development has Jack Bauer dealing with a familiar foe.