Jack must sneak out of CTU after Director George Mason orders a total lockdown. With help from Nina Myers and Jamie Farrell, he manages to escape to follow a lead on Kim's whereabouts.
Senator Palmer discovers that a reporter has damaging information regarding a past incident involving his son, Keith. He begins investigating how the leak happened while managing the pressures of the primary.
In the fourth episode of season one of , titled "3:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m." , the stakes escalate as Jack Bauer goes rogue from CTU to find his daughter while Senator David Palmer faces a potential scandal.