Karen's on the phone with Bill who tells her that Jack's a stowaway on that plane and that Chloe's leaving his house. As she's talking that little rodent Miles comes in with his stupid frakkin' lisp. She tells him to go down to the situation room to run the ambush on Bill, and this confuses him. He leaves and Karen lets Bill know that he's going to be arrested, and that when Chloe's gone, to call her on a "dry" line. I'm not really sure what the hell a "dry" line is but I guess it's better then a "wet" line. Bill writes the number down and sends Chloe off to a hotel down the street just as the Homeland Security team gets there. He takes off his shirt and messes up his hair, as if he was asleep at 2am, yeah right. They ask if she's there and he denies it. They push past him and realize she's not there. The team wants to question him but he says that he'll only talk to Karen. Karen orders them to bring him in and to search for Chloe's car. Miles questions her and she insists that she wants to do the questioning.
I'd like an aisle seat on the wing please, thank you.
Chloe's made it to that hotel and sets up her computer in the bar. Okay, this is LA and anyone who knows anything about bars in LA knows they close earlier then my Grandma goes to sleep. Usually around 130 or 2. I guess since it's a hotel bar and most people in America think bars stay open longer this is okay, but just for you guys that were curious, in LA this wouldn't happen. Well, most of it wouldn't happen anywhere, anyway, but hey, that's just splitting hairs. She calls Karen and tells her that she's unable to get into the passenger manifest and Karen does some techie thing and makes it possible for Chloe to see it. At the bar is a drunk guy who I'm sure will hit on Chloe sooner or later.
"What? What? He was sleeping when I sat down."
After Chloe hangs up with her she calls Jack who's sitting patiently in the baggage hold. Chloe tells him that Karen's now on their side and he asks that she get the name and seat number of the Air Marshal. She tells it to him and Jack goes to the door in the plane floor. Lucky for him no one is around or watching and he's able to hop out of the hole into the plane cabin. He sits down next to the Air Marshal, saying he's switching seats. The Air Marshal is completely inept and believes him. That's until Jack's elbow hits him in the face and knocks him out. Jack lovingly puts a pillow under his head so he can rest comfortably. He takes his gun and badge and goes back to the galley. Chloe finds who she thinks is the guy Henderson may have passed the recording to. His name is Hans Meyer and he works for Omicron. Jack approaches the man, sits down and poses as the Air Marshal, saying something is wrong with Meyer's luggage. The man follows him to the galley and Jack knocks him out and dumps him down the cargo hold door. He gets it closed and locked right before the stuart- oh, I'm sorry, flight attendant comes in.
At the Presidential compound, Martha's pissed because she can't have her pills. She tries to complain to the Secret Service agent at her door, but he's an ass, nothing like our dear sweet Aaron who's been absent for too damn long. She calls Mike Novick and he comes over so she can complain to him how pissed she is that she can't have her medication. He says he'll try to help her.
Logan's on the phone with Graham (Paul McCrane) who tells him that Jack hasn't found the recording yet. Mike comes in to talk to Logan about Martha. He tells her that she's really off her rocker now. He wonders if there's something going on that he should know. What, you mean like the President being involved in the assassination of another President? Yeah, like that. Logan says that it's a personal matter, nothing to do with national security. He also admits that he and Martha's relationship is over at which point Mike says, "Thank God, that bitch is crazy." Mike gives his sympathies and Logan approves him giving Martha some of her pills.
Jack is in the cargo hold with Meyers and wakes him up. He claims he hasn't seen or heard from Henderson in months. Not counting the minute or two they were together earlier. Jack demands to see his luggage.
Cue the man in the bar to approach Chloe. He wonders if she's a student. Yeah, she's a student... of "get the hell away from me". She rebuffs him and he leaves. I'm sure this isn't the last we've seen of dear drunk patron. Chloe calls Airport Customs and asks to speak to someone who cleared the passengers.
In the plane cabin, the flight attendant wants to passengers to prepare of some turbulence. When she turns around it's clear someone is missing. They hit a patch of mild turbulence and the poor Air Marshal flops over into the seats next to him. The flight attendants approach him and he wakes up. He says that a man attacked him. One of the flight attendants calls the captain, Cotter, and he tells his copilot to lock the door. Shouldn't the door have already been locked? The Air Marshal tells them that the man also took his gun. If I was on this plane I'd be sh*tting in my pants right about now.
Mike's made it back to Martha with her crazy pills. He wonders if something more's going on then they're telling him. He's a pretty smart guy that Mike Novick. She says that no, it's just marital problems. Yeah, the problem is her husband's a d*ck.
As Jack's looking through Meyer's luggage, the guy pleads his innocence. Chloe tells him that she may have made a mistake. Apparently Meyers was in customs for the last three hours and there was no way Henderson could have slipped him the tape. Huh, I bet Jack feels dumb now. Just as Jack gets this information he can feel the plane's being turned around. He tells Chloe that he thinks he's been found out. He tries to open the cargo hold door in the floor and it won't budge. The Air Marshal locks the cargo door and tells the flight attendant to tell the captain they have they guy in the cargo hold. She's worried about the passenger he has with him but the Air Marshal is only slightly concerned.
Jack and Meyer hears the sound of air being sucked out. He realizes the captain is letting all of the air out, in hopes that it'll knock Jack and the man out. I'm thinking it'll kill them, but that's just me. He tells Chloe what's going on and she calls Karen. Jack wants her to connect him with the captain. As she does that, the drunk bar patron approaches Chloe again. She's agitated for a moment and then smiles, offering him to sit down. He sits down and she hits him with a stun gun. He passes out and she goes back to work. I love this girl. Karen is able to connect Jack with the captain of the plane.
Jack talks to the captain and explains what's going on, that it's a matter of national security. Cotter's not convinced. Hey buddy, he didn't use the yellow pages to get you. Jack does bring that up. Cotter asks his copilot for some advice and he tells him that it's better to be safe then sorry, and they should just land the plane. I kinda agree with that. Can't fault him for wanting to be safe. Cotter refuses to let him up. In the BAD ASS moment of the week, Jack finds a panel on the plane and pulls it off. He then takes a luggage strap and pulls on the wires inside. This causes the plane to jar and go into a dive. Jack warns Cotter that if he cares about the lives of the passengers he'll turn the air back on. Damn, I do love him. And I feel so sorry for the people on this plane who don't understand what a hero Jack is. Cotter relents and they turn on the air and let Jack back up. Jack dumps the Air Marshal in the hole. The passengers do flip out when they see Jack with a gun. He goes up to the front of the plane. Jack wants Cotter to circle to give him enough time to search the plane. Cotter says he can't do that it's against regulations. Well so is stowawaying on a flight and holding it hostage but it didn't stop Jack now did it?
Logan finds out that Jack's on that plane and freaks out, since this probably means he's close to or has gotten his hands on the recording. He calls Graham who tells him he needs to order the plane down immediately.
Karen also learns that the secret of Jack hijacking the plane is out and worries that as soon as Logan knows, he'll have the plane swarmed the moment it lands and the tape will be confiscated, along with Jack. Before she orders anything, she wants confirmation that Jack actually has the recording. Bill comes in around now, in handcuffs, and she orders him into one of the interrogation rooms, telling them that she'll be questioning him.
Miles and his stupid self calls Novick to complain about Karen's behavior. Mike tells him that he doesn't have time for his issues. Neither do we Mike, trust me. He says that Karen's in charge and what she's done doesn't sound that bad. Yeah you tool. Miles is watching the feed from the interrogation room and watches as Karen hits some buttons. Suddenly the feed stops and Miles is confused.
Karen tells Bill that they're clear. She says that until she actually sees or hears the evidence against Logan she's going to be skeptical. She updates him on what's going on with Jack and then gets a phone call. It's Logan and Mike. They want to know what's going on with the hijacked diplomatic flight. Logan says that it's Jack trying to escape prosecution and that he wants Jack brought in, dead or alive. For some reason this shocks Mike. Karen also finds it a little suspect, but agrees to the order. Bill says that Logan will do whatever he can to get that evidence from Jack. Unfortunately, Karen can't really do anything to stop the plane from landing. Mike questions Logan about his "dead or alive" decision and Logan claims that Jack's been lying to them all day. If that ain't the pot callin' the kettle black.
At the bar, the drunk patron wakes up and Chloe zaps him again. She calls flight operations and asks them why the copilot didn't board the plane. Copilot Evans replaced him last minute. She quickly looks Evans up and learns that he used to fly the private jets for Omicron.
She calls Jack and tells him. A passenger tries rushing Jack, but silly passenger, he has a gun. Jack holds back killing him, for now. He asks Chloe to patch him into the pilot only and explains the situation, that Evans is associated with a known terrorist. Cotter's suspect but doesn't say anything. Evans wonders what that was all about and he plays it off. He makes small talk about how sh*tty it is they got stuck with this flight. Cotter fakes a leg cramp and stands up. Evans is weary and when Cotter goes for the door he grabs a flashlight and knocks him out. Fortunately, Cotter got to the door in time and unlocks it. Jack barges in with the gun and orders Evans to give him the tape, which he does. Can't really argue with a gun in your face. He tells Evans to get back in the pilots seat and land the plane. He calls Chloe and tells her that he'll be landing soon.
Martha calls Logan and mumbles to him incoherently about how she wishes he would have told her about what's going on. He reminds her that she's been on the brink of a nervous breakdown and has had multiple trips to the looney bin. He hangs up on her when he gets a call from Graham. They intercepted a call from Chloe to Karen and learned that Jack's not only in control of the plane, but he has the recording. He orders Logan to have the plane shot down. Either that or go to prison for treason and murder. That bastard!