We all know that Jack can be extremely convincing but he had his work cut out for him last night as he spent most of the episode trying to negotiate with young terrorist Marcos.

Jack is back to his old position as head of field ops and doesn’t miss a beat while President Taylor orders an evacuation of the UN after learning about the threat.

Plans change for Dana and Farhad while Jack tries to stop CTU from throwing Renee under the bus for the failed undercover operation.

Jack finds himself in a familiar but not very pleasant situation when he comes face to face with Sergei and his men.

Things reach a boiling point during Jack and Renee’s undercover operation and President Hassan grows more and more paranoid.

The peace talks are in jeopardy as Hassan continues to purge his country of his brother’s supporters while Renee and Jack go deeper undercover to recover the nuclear material.

Jack and Renee continue to try and infiltrate the Russian mob while Hassan starts taking drastic measures back home.

Jack gets into some trouble with the law and reteams with Renee in the second half of the 24 premiere.

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