6:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M.
Michelle kisses Tony when he returns. She feels ashamed for not putting his life before the mission, just as he did for her a few years ago. Tony assuages her guilt and puts it behind them. When Jack is the target of a covert mission, Michelle helps Tony fake Jack’s death. She and Tony drive Jack off the CTU grounds. They give Jack the resources to hide out with a new identity. Both Michelle and Tony find it hard to say goodbye to him.

5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M.
Michelle begins to freak out about saving Tony, but finally settles down. She gets a call from Mandy who is holding Tony hostage with a set of demands to save him. Doing opposite of what caused Tony to be sent to prison, Michelle immediately tells Buchanan and Jack. They try to thwart Mandy, who has set it up to make it look like she blew herself up with Tony. Michelle is distraught by Tony’s death, and Buchanan sends her home. Yet Jack figures out that Mandy used decoys in the explosion. When Tony is saved, he calls Michelle and tells her that he loves her. He promises to come back to CTU to see her.

4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M.
Michelle agrees when Tony asks her to quit CTU to sustain their relationship. They kiss for the first time since his return. When Tony is captured in the field, Michelle is fearful for his life.

3:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M.
Michelle receives a call from the Chinese Consulate requesting that an official be let into CTU for an investigation, and she is forced to allow it. Tony tenderly tells her that he misses her, and Michelle says that she never wanted them to end up apart.

2:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M.
Based on Marwan’s video, Michelle and Buchanan assume that the terrorists plan to launch a nuclear bomb on America by dawn. Michelle picks up Tony’s phone and she is shocked to speak to his girlfriend, Jen. Tony says that he doesn’t love Jen.

1:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M.
Michelle leads the tactical team that will raid Marwan’s hideout. After Marwan escapes, Michelle has the video tape found on one of the men sent back to CTU for analysis.

12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M.
Michelle receives an apology from Tony for how he reacted to the news of her relationship with Buchanan. She assures Buchanan that Tony won’t be distracted by the dynamics between them. With the pressure to find the stolen nuclear warhead, Michelle has Curtis interrogate the suspect apprehended. Yet they are stopped by a rights lawyer, who has a signed order for the man’s release.

11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M.
Michelle directs the CTU staff to make finding Marwan the top priority, but Jack is pulled away to recover the Nuclear Football. They are all relieved when the President survives the crash.

10:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M.
Buchanan yells at Michelle for allowing Marwan to escape. He later apologizes, and Tony notices the intimacy between the two. Tony confronts Michelle about her relationship with Buchanan, and she refuses to say whether she is still sleeping with him.

9:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M.
Marwan tells Michelle that he will trade Jack for Behrooz, but CTU doesn’t know why Behrooz is significant. A superior from Division is brought in to oversee the operation.

8:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
With Edgar faltering, Michelle gets Chloe to come back to CTU. Chloe’s return helps CTU work more efficiently, but they still lose track of Jack when Marwan takes him hostage.

7:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
Michelle fires Sarah for being untrustworthy and demotes Tony to a low-level analyst job because of his past drinking. Audrey lets Michelle know that Tony saved her and Jack’s life today and that he still cares for Michelle. When Tony’s judgment proves more valuable, she agrees to give him a bigger job.

6:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Michelle arrives at CTU to replace Driscoll as director.