6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M.
Even though the woman who knows Marwan’s location is the same person who tried to kill Palmer two years ago by putting a virus on his hand, Palmer urges the President to sign her pardon. When Jack loses Marwan, President Logan blames Palmer. After the nuclear threat is diverted, Palmer lets Jack know that China demands to take him into custody for the raid on their Consulate. Palmer learns of a secret White House operation to kill Jack and prevent him from spilling secrets to the Chinese. He tries to get Logan to stop it, but Logan ignores his plea. Palmer warns Jack, which allows him to fake his own death and escape. Palmer speaks to Jack one last time, thanking him for his service to the country. Jack is officially considered deceased.

5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M.
Palmer assures Logan that CTU will take care of the agent that was photographed at the Chinese Consulate. With no solutions to stop the missile emerge, Palmer prepares for the worst. President Logan is afraid of being the target, and he blames Palmer for causing the nuclear missile to go off. Palmer can’t believe Logan’s ingratitude.

4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M.
The Speaker of the House questions whether Palmer is in control instead of President Logan. By rules of succession, he should be the next in line. Palmer concocts a scheme to show the Congressman that he has dismissed himself in order to allow Logan to take the driver’s seat. Yet Palmer really runs the operation behind the scenes.

3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M.
To hide the United States’ involvement, Palmer and Novick leak that an anti-Chinese group was responsible for the raid on the Consulate. When President Logan is furious with Palmer for allowing such a covert mission on a fragile ally, Palmer is defiant that what he sanctioned was the only solution at the time. Logan then accuses Novick and Palmer of working together to take control of the country from him, but Logan backs down and acquiesces to Palmer’s decisions.

2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M.
Palmer goes to the White House, where President Logan asks him to assume the task of finding the nuclear warhead. Palmer jumps into action. After the Chinese Consular cannot turn over a suspect hiding in the Consulate building, Palmer asks Jack to conduct a covert mission to bring the man in for questioning. When the Consular is accidentally killed in the raid, Palmer is concerned that the ramifications from China will be severe if they find out that the American government was involved.

1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M.
Former President David Palmer is called at home by his ex-aide Mike Novick, who now works for the recently sworn-in President Logan. Although Palmer has been given intelligence briefings on the day’s events, Novick brings him up to speed on the missing nuclear warhead. Novick says that Logan is unsure of his own decision-making, and he wants Palmer to help him get through this disaster. Palmer wants to speak to the President himself, and he agrees to come to the White House.