24 (season 7)

24 season 7
DVD cover art
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Original run	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11) – May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18)
Home video release
DVD release
Region 1	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)[1]
Region 2	October 19, 2009 (2009-10-19)[2]
Blu-ray Disc release
Region A	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)
Region B	October 19, 2009 (2009-10-19)
Season chronology
← Previous 24: Redemption Season 6 Next → Season 8
List of 24 episodes

Season Seven, also known as Day 7 of the American serial television series 24, was to premiere on January 13, 2008, but was delayed for one year due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.^[3] On November 23, 2008, Fox aired 24: Redemption, a two-hour TV movie set between seasons.^[4] Season seven began in the U.S. with a four-hour premiere over two consecutive nights, following the format of the previous three seasons, with the first two hours airing on Sunday, January 11, 2009, and the third and fourth hours airing on Monday, January 12. Fox aired the remainder of the season without interruption on Mondays. Sky1 presented a two-hour premiere special on Monday, January 12. Another two hours were broadcast the following Monday, and a single episode on every subsequent Monday, meaning that the UK remained one week behind the U.S. Unlike all of the other seasons, this season's DVD set was released one day after the season finale.

Cherry Jones, who played President Allison Taylor, won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the second Emmy Award winner of the show, after Kiefer Sutherland in 2006.

The season's storyline began and ended at 8:00 a.m.

24: Redemption

Main article: 24: Redemption

Fox aired a two-hour TV movie on Sunday, November 23, 2008 that bridges the gap between seasons 6 and 7.^[4]

The storyline takes place during Inauguration Day for the next U.S. President, Allison Taylor, and is shot partially in South Africa.^[4][5] "[Jack] is a soul in turmoil and has been moving from place to place trying to find somewhere he can be at peace," says co-executive producer, Manny Coto. "But he winds up in Sangala, an imaginary country in Africa in the middle of a military coup." While at Sangala, Bauer is subpoenaed to appear before the Senate hearing, but he doesn't want to go.^[6] Redemption takes place approximately 42 months after Day 6 and Day 7 takes place 65 days after Redemption.

Production

Producers were determined to reinvent the series after receiving criticism over the sixth season.^[7] They initially devised a storyline which would have Jack Bauer traveling to Sangala trying to find himself, and becoming caught up in a coup with Black Hawk Down-style results.^[8]

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"The fact is, it was a mutual issue," explains Gordon. "We struggled to do something new this year. We sent Jack Bauer, to Africa and I wrote a script that honestly did not work. Before the network even saw it at the studio level, we were getting kick-back from the idea, especially once we budgeted what Africa would cost. It was a combination of the studio was not enthusiastic to shoot there for budgetary purposes and creatively, it didn’t feel like it warranted pushing our case. One day, at the IHOP, I sat across Joel and Bob and we all agreed this story wasn’t working and retooled it two weeks ago."[8]

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The decision to scrap the storyline and start over delayed production from July to late August.^[9][10] Filming was delayed a second time (from August 27 to September 10) in order for writers to complete additional scripts.^[11]

Howard Gordon said that 24 cares about the issue of global warming and takes fighting climate change seriously. Measures were taken during the filming of season 7 to make the show carbon neutral. These measures include increased energy efficiency (hybrid vehicles), burning of cleaner fuels (natural gas, biodiesel), and purchase of renewable energy. Through these efforts, the crew was able to reduce the carbon emissions of the show's production by 43%. The remaining emissions will be eliminated with the purchase of carbon offsets.^[12] In addition, a series of PSAs with Kiefer Sutherland and other main cast members were produced to educate the public on what they can do to help with the issue, and, when appropriate, applying the issue of global warming and reducing carbon emissions to the storylines.^[13]

The crew was scheduled to film scenes with Kiefer Sutherland at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro on Monday October 22, 2007; however, filming was canceled for health reasons due to raging wildfires in the area. Cast and crew had blurry vision and difficulty breathing from the smoke.^[14] United States Navy SEALs helped battle fictional terrorists at Camarillo Airport during filming of an episode on August 12–13, 2008.^[15]

After completion of the 18th episode, production was temporarily shut down on September 15, 2008 for two weeks in order to perform script rewrites for the final six episodes. In an Entertainment Weekly interview, Howard Gordon responded "We just couldn't get this direction to work, and we found another one that we liked better, so we wound up retooling it."^[16]

Writers Guild of America strike

On October 25, 2007, Fox premiered the first trailer and announced the return date for season 7 as January 13, 2008.^[17] Just eleven days later, on November 5, 2007, the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike began. Rather than airing the eight completed episodes, Fox executives immediately postponed the season to ensure that it "can air uninterrupted, in its entirety."^[3] Fox scheduling chief, Preston Blackman, admitted "It's not a decision we wanted to make, but it's one based on how we feel the viewers expect us to schedule the show."^[18]

Following the conclusion of the writers strike, production resumed on April 22, 2008.^[6]

Kiefer Sutherland claims the strike was beneficial to the show: "The time allowed us to do something that has never been done before — create a map of the entire season before we started shooting. So I can tell you without hesitation, I know for a fact, that season 7 is going to be the best season yet."^[19] Sutherland, reiterated this in an interview with TV Guide on August 18, 2008.

Crew

Executive Producers

• Joel Surnow (Episodes 1–8)
• Robert Cochran (Episodes 1–12)
• Howard Gordon
• Evan Katz
• Jon Cassar
• Kiefer Sutherland
• Manny Coto
• David Fury
• Brian Grazer

Co-Executive Producers

• Michael Loceff (Episodes 1–8)
• Stephen Kronish
• Brad Turner
• Alex Gansa
• Brannon Braga
• Juan Carlos Coto (Episodes 9–24)

Producers

• Michael Klick
• Paul Gadd

Consulting Producer

• Chip Johannessen (Episodes 17–22)

Co-Producers

• Jon Pare (Episodes 1–8)
• Joseph Hodges

Notes

• Jon Cassar directed the first two episodes of the season and he directed six more episodes. This was his final season as executive producer and director.
• Brad Turner who was promoted to co-executive producer directed the third and fourth episodes and he directed ten episodes in total this season.^[20]
• Brannon Braga, Alex Gansa, and Juan Carlos Coto joined the writing crew and are credited as co-executive producers.^[21][22]
• Executive producer and 24 co-creator Joel Surnow left the series on February 12, 2008. His contract with 20th Century Fox was due to expire on April 30 but he requested an early release.^[23] "I did some soul-searching. I took [the strike] as an opportunity to write on my own and do other things. After doing 24, I don't know if I want to do a mainstream show again. I like what's going on in cable; there is an opportunity to stretch dramatically there, which is something I'm trying to do."^[24] The position held by Surnow was filled by showrunner Howard Gordon.
• Season 7 was dedicated to the memory of Larry Davenport, who was the assistant editor and editor since the first season. He died January 19, 2009.

Characters

The main cast of Season 7.

For a more thorough list, see List of 24 characters#24: Redemption & 24: Season 7.

Stars

• Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer (24 episodes)
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian (13 episodes)
• Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor (23 episodes)
• James Morrison as Bill Buchanan (10 episodes)
• Annie Wersching as Renee Walker (24 episodes)
• Colm Feore as First Gentleman Henry Taylor (12 episodes)
• Bob Gunton as Ethan Kanin (18 episodes)
• Jeffrey Nordling as Larry Moss (19 episodes)
• Rhys Coiro as Sean Hillinger (10 episodes)
• Janeane Garofalo as Janis Gold (21 episodes)
• Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida (20 episodes)

Special Guest Stars

• Kurtwood Smith as Senator Blaine Mayer (6 episodes)
• Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer (5 episodes)

Special Guest Appearance By

• Jon Voight as Jonas Hodges (10 episodes)

Recurring

• Frank John Hughes as Secretary of Homeland Security Tim Woods (16 episodes)
• Sprague Grayden as Olivia Taylor (14 episodes)
• Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce (10 episodes)
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Colonel Ike Dubaku (9 episodes)
• Rory Cochrane as Greg Seaton (7 episodes)
• Warren Kole as Brian Gedge (7 episodes)
• Ryan Cutrona as Admiral John Smith (6 episodes)
• Isaach De Bankolé as Ule Matobo (6 episodes)
• Amy Price-Francis as Cara Bowden (6 episodes)
• Christina Chang as Dr. Sunny Macer (5 episodes)
• Ever Carradine as Erika (5 episodes)
• Carly Pope as Samantha Roth (5 episodes)
• Peter Wingfield as David Emerson (5 episodes)
• Will Patton as Alan Wilson (5 episodes)
• Eyal Podell as Ryan Burnett (4 episodes)
• Gabriel Casseus as Robert Galvez (4 episodes)
• Mark Kiely as Edward Vossler (4 episodes)
• Enuka Okuma as Marika Donoso (4 episodes)
• Carlo Rota as Morris O'Brian (3 episodes)
• Tony Todd as General Benjamin Juma (3 episodes)
• John Billingsley as Michael Latham (3 episodes)
• Sebastian Roché as John Quinn (2 episodes)

Trailers

Jack Bauer testifying.

The debut trailer aired on October 25, 2007.^[17] In the trailer, Jack, is seen testifying before Congress concerning his past extralegal activities, including the torture of terrorist Ibrahim Haddad. The international version of the trailer is largely identical but features an additional line where Bauer implies personal enjoyment from torturing a suspect. This line is cut from the US version.

A second trailer emphasized the plot concerning the United States losing control of its power lines, water supplies and air traffic control.

Jon Cassar, confirmed on the Fox message board that the 24: Redemption DVD would have a new alternate trailer for the season as an extra feature and that it contains scenes from the first fourteen episodes.

Episodes

Series #	Season #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
145	1	"Day 7: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m."	Jon Cassar	Howard Gordon, Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11)	7AFF01	12.61[25]
Four years after Abu Fayed's reign of terror, CTU has been disbanded by the government. Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is being questioned in a Senate hearing led by Senator Blaine Mayer (Kurtwood Smith) regarding his illegal use of torture to prevent terrorist attacks. The FBI discovers a plot to infiltrate the nation's computer infrastructure when they learn that security expert Michael Latham has been kidnapped. Jack is enlisted to help the investigation because of his personal history with the believed-deceased Tony Almeida (Carlos Bernard), who is very much alive and is believed to be one of the terrorists. While Latham is forced to repair a "CIP device" for the terrorists, Bauer and Renee Walker (Annie Wersching) question a broker with connections to Almeida. However, the suspect is killed by a sniper during the interrogation.
146	2	"Day 7: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m."	Jon Cassar	Story: Howard Gordon & Evan Katz Teleplay: Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff	January 11, 2009 (2009-01-11)	7AFF02	12.61[25]
To demonstrate that the repaired CIP device can infiltrate the nation's computer systems, Tony briefly takes control of an air traffic control tower. President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) meets with Ule Matobo (Isaach de Bankole) to discuss US assistance in Sangala, and First Gentleman Henry Taylor (Colm Feore) pursues a lead regarding the circumstances of the death of his son. Meanwhile, a mole within the FBI helps the sniper escape custody. Jack and Renee trail the sniper to a yacht, where they apprehend Tony; however, the CIP device is delivered to David Emerson's (Peter Wingfield) team before the assault.
147	3	"Day 7: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m."	Brad Turner	Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12)	7AFF03	12.31[26]
While being questioned at the FBI, Tony discreetly provides Jack with a contact number to Bill Buchanan (James Morrison), who reveals that Tony is undercover; they, along with Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), are attempting to expose a government conspiracy involving the CIP device. Henry meets with Samantha Roth (Carly Pope), the ex-girlfriend of the deceased First Son. Colonel Ike Dubaku (Hakeem Kae-Kazim), having received the CIP device, demands that the United States government abort the invasion of Sangala. To protect Tony's cover, Jack breaks him out of FBI custody with help from Chloe and Buchanan, incapacitating Renee along the way.
148	4	"Day 7: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m."	Brad Turner	David Fury & Alex Gansa	January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12)	7AFF04	12.31[26]
Tony regains his cover with Emerson's cell, bringing Jack with him. Dubaku orders Emerson to kidnap Matobo. Henry learns from Samantha that the First Son was killed because he was uncovering the conspiracy. Renee tortures the sniper, despite possible negative consequences to her career; the sniper discloses Emerson's next move, the kidnapping of the Matobos. Renee contacts the FBI who manage to warn Matobo just as Jack, Tony, and Emerson raid the Sangalan embassy, forcing the Matobos into a safe room.
149	5	"Day 7: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m."	Jon Cassar	Howard Gordon & Evan Katz	January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19)	7AFF05	12.10[27]
Jack flushes the Matobos out of their safe room. Renee investigates the situation at the embassy, but is captured by Emerson. Jack is ordered by Emerson to kill Renee, but he fakes her shooting by grazing her neck; however, he and Tony are then ordered to bury her. Agents Larry Moss (Jeffrey Nordling) and Janis Gold (Janeane Garofalo) deal with an Attorney General investigation into the sniper's interrogation and subsequent death. Henry learns that Brian Gedge (Warren Kole), his Secret Service guardian, is a co-conspirator; Gedge paralyzes Henry with a drug, and then hatches a plot with Edward Vossler (Mark Kiely) to kill both Henry and Samantha before they can unravel the conspiracy.
150	6	"Day 7: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m."	Jon Cassar	Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)	7AFF06	12.22[28]
Emerson suspects a double motive and pulls a gun on Jack, forcing Tony to kill Emerson. Jack and Tony reveal their true allegiances to the Matobos and convince them to be handed over to Dubaku's men so that Jack and Tony can track them to Dubaku. Buchanan and Chloe rescue Renee and bring her into their operation. Nichols, one of Dubaku's co-conspirators, arrives to collect the Matobos in exchange for diamonds. Nichols deems Tony a loose end and orders him killed, but Jack kills Nichols' men from a vantage point. Forced to accept the exchange, Nichols leaves with the Matobos. Colonel Dubaku causes two airplanes to collide near the White House, killing at least 271 people, but Allison still refuses to withdraw her forces from Sangala. With the help of Vossler, Gedge lures Samantha to her apartment and kills her in front of a paralyzed Henry. Gedge attempts to stage a murder-suicide, but he is killed when Henry regains mobility.
151	7	"Day 7: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m."	Milan Cheylov	Story: Michael Loceff Teleplay: Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)	7AFF07	11.34[29]
Jack, Tony, Buchanan, Chloe and Renee track the Matobos to Dubaku, who is attempting to sabotage a chemical plant remotely with the CIP device. Jack's team rescues the Matobos, kills all of Dubaku's team, and destroys the CIP device before the attack can succeed. Latham, the CIP programmer, is killed during the raid. Dubaku escapes and manages to have Henry kidnapped, through Vossler, who enters Samantha's apartment after using a jammer to intercept a police call out. Jack and his allies, now exposed, decide to collaborate with those in the government least likely to be corrupted. As the team arranges a meeting with Allison, Tony stays at Bill's house to follow up another lead and also because he fears he will be arrested for his illegal activities while with Emerson's group.
152	8	"Day 7: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m."	Milan Cheylov	Story: David Fury Teleplay: Robert Cochran & Evan Katz	February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09)	7AFF08	10.61[30]
Jack and the team arrive at the White House, where they gain the support of Allison. Dubaku threatens to kill Henry if Allison does not withdraw from Sangala. Jack and Renee, with Moss' cooperation, locate Vossler and his family. Jack interrogates Vossler while Renee threatens his family; he learns of Dubaku's whereabouts, but is forced to kill Vossler in self defense. Dubaku is forced to leave the hideout to deal with a matter involving his girlfriend, Marika. Jack and Renee infiltrate the hideout and kill Dubaku's men, but not before one of them shoots Henry in the abdomen.
153	9	"Day 7: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m."	Milan Cheylov	David Fury	February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16)	7AFF09	11.22[31]
Henry is sent into surgery while Jack and Renee trace a money trail to Marika Donoso (Enuka Okuma). Dubaku convinces Marika to leave the country with him and organizes transportation for her. Jack and Renee confront Marika at her apartment and show her evidence of atrocities committed by Dubaku; shocked, Marika agrees to wear a tracking device. When Dubaku obtains passports and tickets from his American co-conspirators, he warns them that their names will be exposed to the Justice Department if he is killed for being a "liability". At the FBI, Chloe and Moss help Jack and Renee track Marika to Dubaku. Sean Hillinger (Rhys Coiro), revealed to be one of Dubaku's co-conspirators, stalls Jack and Renee by issuing an arrest warrant. Upon President Taylor's request, Bill sends Aaron Pierce (Glenn Morshower) to fetch Allison's estranged daughter, Olivia Taylor (Sprague Grayden).
154	10	"Day 7: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m."	Milan Cheylov	Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)	7AFF10	11.68[32]
After an argument in an alley, Marika and Dubaku head to the airport. Moss rescinds the arrest warrant, allowing Jack and Renee to close in on Dubaku; Marika causes an accident to prevent Dubaku from escaping. Marika dies, but Dubaku provides Jack with a disc containing the database of co-conspirators. Moss and Chloe begin analyzing the disk, but Sean and his accomplice, Erika (Ever Carradine), wipe the servers to erase it. Sean kills Erika and wounds himself to cover up his involvement; however, Chloe recovers the database via a mirrored server, and Sean is arrested. When Allison returns from the hospital, Buchanan asks her to consider Jack's case in Mayer's hearings. Afterward, Olivia and Allison share a bitter reunion. Tony informs Jack of an imminent attack at the hands of Dubaku's boss, General Benjamin Juma (Tony Todd), and that someone on Mayer's staff is involved. The President summons Mayer to the White House to discuss Jack; Mayer's chief of staff, Ryan Burnett (Eyal Podell), is notified that Juma's operation is on schedule.
155	11	"Day 7: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m."	Brad Turner	Alex Gansa	March 2, 2009 (2009-03-02)	7AFF11	11.140[33]
As Allison meets with Mayer to discuss Jack's situation, Jack enters the White House to extract the location of Juma's impending attack from Burnett. Chloe erases Burnett's name from Dubaku's list to allow Jack enough time to torture him; however, Janis discovers the deletion, Chloe is arrested, and the Secret Service interrupt the interrogation. Jack is arrested, and Burnett refuses the President's offer of immunity in exchange for the information regarding Juma's target. Meanwhile, Dubaku is discreetly murdered at the hospital. Renee follows the killer to a warehouse on the Potomac, where Juma's strike force is preparing to take a boat to their target. Renee stows away on Juma's boat, damaging her cell phone in the process. She learns that Juma's plan is to invade the White House via a hidden sewer duct accessible from the Potomac. However, she is spotted by one of Juma's men and flees, searching for a way to alert the White House in time.
156	12	"Day 7: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m."	Brad Turner	Story: Manny Coto & Brannon Braga Teleplay: Evan Katz	March 2, 2009 (2009-03-02)	7AFF12	11.14[33]
Renee is rescued by Moss and informs him of the attack as Juma begins his subterranean assault. Jack is released to help guard the President en route to the nearest safe room. Bill realizes that Juma is locating the President via her tracking bracelet; he takes it and leads Juma and his men away from the President so that Jack will have enough time to escort her to the safe room. Bill is consequently captured with the rest of the White House staff. Jack and President Taylor reach the safe room while the Secret Service and Marines close in on Juma's men. Juma bluffs by announcing he has the President, forcing the federal agents to withdraw and surround the White House. The Vice President refuses to authorize a rescue attempt, fearing political consequences for himself if Allison dies because of his order. Juma finds Olivia and threatens to mutilate her, compelling the President and Jack to leave the safe room.
157	13	"Day 7: 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m."	Brad Turner	Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09)	7AFF13	11.37[34]
Jack informs Buchanan that he released enough natural gas in the safe room to create an explosion. As the President reads a statement apologizing for the invasion of Sangala, Buchanan tells Jack that he saw Juma on the phone with another co-conspirator; Buchanan then grabs a guard's weapon and sets off the explosion, killing himself and several of Juma's henchmen. In the chaos, Moss orders an assault against the Vice President's wishes, and Jack and Aaron secure weapons and eliminate Juma and his men. Allison appoints Olivia to an advisory position in an act of reconciliation. Jack informs Moss of the other co-conspirator and asks to interrogate Burnett again without using torture. Moss refuses and orders Agent Powell (Ed Ortega) to arrest Jack, but Renee convinces Ethan Kanin (Bob Gunton), the President's chief of staff, to override Moss. Consequently, Moss suspends Renee for insubordination and accompanies Jack to the hospital. As Jack begins the interrogation, an assassin sent by Juma's co-conspirator, Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight), briefly disables the camera and audio feed to the hospital room and immobilizes Jack and Burnett with nerve gas before slitting Burnett's throat, framing Jack for the murder. After recovering, Jack steals the security tapes and escapes the hospital with the FBI on his tail.
158	14	"Day 7: 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m."	Brad Turner	Evan Katz & Juan Carlos Coto	March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16)	7AFF14	11.36[35]
Jack sends a photograph of Burnett's killer to Renee. She identifies the man as John Quinn, an operative for a private security company called Starkwood, which is being investigated by Mayer. Jack travels to Mayer's residence, and they discover that Starkwood helped Juma attack the White House in exchange for an unmonitored area in which Starkwood could develop and test a biological weapon. Moss discovers that Renee contacted Jack, and orders her arrested. Morris O'Brian decrypts Renee's messages to Jack in exchange for immunity for Chloe. Meanwhile, Quinn arrives at the house, kills Mayer, and pursues Jack to a construction site. Jack kills Quinn, whose cell phone messages reveal that the weapons have arrived at a nearby shipyard. The FBI arrives at Mayer's residence to find him dead; Moss assumes that Jack is the culprit.
159	15	"Day 7: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m."	Jon Cassar	Story: David Fury Teleplay: Alex Gansa	March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23)	7AFF15	10.37[36]
At the shipyard, Jack and Tony question a port authority guard and discover that a group has arrived to collect the bioweapon. They follow the operatives to a container, but Jack starts a firefight when they attempt to kill the guard. Jack commandeers the truck carrying the weapon, but Tony is captured by the operatives. Moss finds evidence of a third person at Mayer's house, and Renee tells him about Jack's investigation of Starkwood. At the White House, Ethan resigns to shoulder the blame for Jack "murdering" Mayer, as well as in response to threats from Olivia. Henry leaves surgery and expects to make a full recovery, while Olivia leaks information about Ethan's resignation to the press. Jack tells Moss to send a team to rescue Tony and to retrieve the weapon before the operatives catch up to Jack. However, Jack is forced to stop a leak in the weapon, giving the operatives time to catch up and recover it. Jack notifies Moss that Starkwood has reclaimed the weapon and that he has been exposed to it.
160	16	"Day 7: 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m."	Jon Cassar	Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	March 30, 2009 (2009-03-30)	7AFF16	11.27[37]
Jack is placed in quarantine due to his exposure to the bioweapon. Allison appoints Olivia temporary Chief of Staff and is briefed on the situation with Starkwood. Allison concludes that a direct assault on the Starkwood compound would yield the fewest casualties. Jack's blood work confirms he is infected; he is placed in a medical room and debriefed by a sympathetic Renee. At the compound, Hodges obtains the bioweapon and attempts to extract information from Tony regarding agency knowledge of the weapon. Hodges' adviser, Greg Seaton (Rory Cochrane), shoots the operative interrogating Tony and offers to reveal the bioweapon's location for immunity. With that, FBI tactical units and U.S. Navy SEALs, with Moss, travel to the compound. However, the weapon is not at the provided location; Seaton bluffed to buy Hodges time to prepare the bioweapon. A battalion of Starkwood operatives, including the one supposedly killed by Seaton, surrounds the FBI/Navy team with Humvees and threatens to fire if they move.
161	17	"Day 7: 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m."	Brad Turner	Chip Johannessen	April 6, 2009 (2009-04-06)	7AFF17	10.96[38]
Before retreating from the compound, Moss creates a diversion by punching Seaton so that Tony can sneak off and remain on the compound covertly while the FBI and Navy SEALs teams pull out. Jack becomes symptomatic and must decide whether to involve his daughter, Kim Bauer (Elisha Cuthbert), whose stem cells could cure him. Olivia blackmails a reporter to keep the crisis from going public. Tony locates the bioweapons with the help of a Starkwood insider, Doug Knowles, who had been assisting Senator Mayer's investigation into Starkwood's activities. This prompts Allison to order an air strike with three F/A-18s on the facility. Knowles is subsequently captured and taken to Hodges, who bottles him to death. Hodges learns of the strike and threatens to launch the pathogen, forcing the President to abort.
162	18	"Day 7: 1:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m."	Brad Turner	Story: Howard Gordon Teleplay: Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	April 13, 2009 (2009-04-13)	7AFF18	10.86[39]
Allison meets with Hodges and Seaton, who declare that they will release the pathogen if Starkwood is not given a greater role in US military operations. As part of a covert operation deniable by Allison, Tony destroys the compound holding the pathogen and missiles, prompting Allison to arrest Hodges and Seaton. Kim reunites with her estranged father, Jack, when he reveals his exposure to the bioweapon. Moss and his teams secures the Starkwood compound, but an operative named Robert Galvez (Gabriel Casseus) escapes with a canister of the pathogen. During the ensuing chase and firefight, the Starkwood operative shoots and wounds Moss. Tony betrays and smothers Moss before checking the canister and ordering the operative to take it somewhere safe.
163	19	"Day 7: 2:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m."	Michael Klick	David Fury	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20)	7AFF19	10.34[40]
Galvez hides inside the FBI perimeter while Tony shoots himself to mask his involvement. Renee and Jack are informed of Moss's death and join the FBI team searching for Galvez. Tony plans to trap the FBI team in an empty apartment building and use C4 to demolish it, creating a diversion so Galvez can escape. Meanwhile, an unknown figure, Cara Bowden (Amy Price-Francis), impersonates Hodges' lawyer to lecture him that the bioweapon was not meant for Hodges' personal use, and threatens his family unless he commits suicide to preserve the identity of his co-conspirators. Galvez poses as an FBI agent and lures the team into the building. Jack realizes via tracking devices that the agent Galvez is impersonating is away from the building; Jack warns Renee, but the building explodes before the team can escape. Walker is unharmed, but a suspicious Jack learns that Tony lied to him regarding his source on the White House raid. With all evidence pointing to Tony's involvement, Jack confronts Tony, but has a seizure, allowing Tony to escape. Hodges consumes the suicide capsule handed him by Cara and is rushed to the hospital. Tony escorts Galvez and the pathogen to an ambulance, which Galvez promptly hijacks.
164	20	"Day 7: 3:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m."	Michael Klick	Story: Juan Carlos Coto Teleplay: Alex Gansa & Chip Johannessen	April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)	7AFF20	10.43[41]
Jack reveals to Renee that Tony is working with Galvez and was involved in Moss's death. Tony pays Galvez for the canister, but he refuses to deliver it and instead pulls a gun on Tony. Galvez demands the name of the buyer but Tony manages to overpower and kill him. Tony meets up with Bowden who posed as Hodges' attorney and they set up a video conference with their conspirators. The anonymous conspirators reveal that they had planned to use the bioweapon six months later, at which point the country would be thrown into disarray and the group could assume control of the government. Realizing that Hodges' ill-timed action actually made this plan viable immediately, they decide to use the last canister to launch another attack on the US and frame a Muslim terrorist cell. Hodges, stabilized at a hospital, brokers a deal for witness protection, much to Olivia's disapproval. In return, Hodges tells Jack about the impostor and the shadow conspiracy. Allison authorizes the use of decommissioned CTU servers and Chloe is asked by Jack to manage the servers. Meanwhile, Tony, Bowden and a team kidnap a Muslim scapegoat for their operation while Jack begins to display signs of dementia.
165	21	"Day 7: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m."	Brad Turner	Manny Coto & Brannon Braga	May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04)	7AFF21	10.11[42]
Jibraan, Tony's scapegoat, is coerced into helping Tony with the terrorist attack and take the blame for it after his younger brother Hamid, is threatened. Meanwhile, Chloe gets emotional when she learns of Jack's condition. Chloe helps the FBI using the CTU servers and manages to link a money trail to Jibraan, but is unable to find a valid address, yielding only the location of his mosque. Jack and Renee travel there to "question" the Imam, Muhtadi Gohar; when he refuses to yield information, they take him hostage. Olivia arranges through a contact to have Jonas Hodges assassinated, but has a change of conscience and cancels both the transfer of funds and the operation. At the hospital, a guard comes to take Hodges away for witness protection. The guard then escorts him to the transport car, that was rigged to blow, killing Hodges in a fiery explosion. Jack and Renee discover where Jibraan lives through local police who recognized him and head over to his address; Chloe further discovers that Jibraan has been framed, and Jack expresses regret for his haste, winning Gohar's respect. Jack leads a team to raid Jibraan's house and free Hamid, but are too late: Tony and his team have already left with Jibraan, and their one remaining henchman is wounded by Hamid during the raid. By this point, Tony and his team are in the final stages of preparing their attack - on the Washington Metro.
166	22	"Day 7: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m."	Brad Turner	Evan Katz	May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11)	7AFF22	9.79[43]
Jack and Renee race to locate Jibraan, who is being coerced into helping Tony to launch a bio-attack on Washington Metro. Due to some timely hacking by Chloe and Janis, Jack and Renee are able to locate Tony, ramming his van before capturing him. Despite their rivalry, Chloe and Janis also recover Tony's data which was damaged before it could be secured. With this they contact Jibraan, who helps them intercept the canister; he is reunited with his brother after Jack manages to isolate the canister before the bioweapon is released. Olivia meets with her contact, who reveals that he forced Hodges' murder through; she tries to cover her tracks, but Pierce calls Ethan for help in accessing an electronic recording device in her office, with which he plans to uncover her misdealings. Finally, Jack is contacted and threatened by Tony's accomplice, Bowden, who has a pair of operatives covertly shadowing Kim at the airport; Bowden will have Kim killed unless Jack helps Tony escape.
167	23	"Day 7: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m."	Jon Cassar	David Fury & Alex Gansa	May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18)	7AFF23	9.65[44]
Jack has no choice but to help Tony escape, but informs Renee of the nature of his betrayal. He and Tony break out of FBI custody and Jack is taken hostage: since he is infected with the bioweapon, the pathogen can be reverse engineered from him. At the airport, Kim becomes suspicious about the couple she got acquainted with; while receiving her boarding pass, she receives a call from Renee warning her of the threat. Ethan recovers the audio recording which proves Olivia's involvement in Hodges' death. Olivia attempts to destroy the recording, but Ethan pulls a bait and switch, leaving Olivia with a blank recording. Back at the airport, FBI agents are closing in to save Kim and apprehend the hired accomplices; the man escapes, but Kim follows him, radios in his location, and singlehandedly secures the laptop he used to surveil her, which she, Chloe and Renee use to pinpoint Bowden's location. Tony continues to negotiate for a higher role with a major anonymous conspirator as he reveals his plan of launching another attack. Alan Wilson (Will Patton) says a face to face meeting with Tony "seems a bit, premature", but reluctantly agrees. Jack manages to escape from the doctors who were working to extract the pathogen from his body.
168	24	"Day 7: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."	Jon Cassar	Story: Manny Coto & Brannon Braga Teleplay: Howard Gordon	May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18)	7AFF24	9.65[44]
To locate Jack, Chloe tries to backtrace the communications from the operatives' laptop recovered by Kim at the airport. Meanwhile, Jack flees to a garage and attempts to escape or, in lieu of that, immolate himself, but is recaptured by Tony. At the White House, Ethan reveals to Olivia her failure to destroy the audio recording. With Agent Pierce behind him, Ethan confronts Olivia and gives her the option of admitting the truth to her mother on her own. Alan Wilson, the mysterious man at the head of the conspiracy responsible for the terrorist attacks as well as Michelle's death, finally decides to meet Tony in person. Tony reveals to Jack that his plan all along was to get revenge for the death of his wife. As Wilson arrives and meets Tony and Cara, FBI agents invade the complex. Bowden and Wilson flee from the scene, but Tony catches them. He kills Bowden, but is prevented from killing Wilson by Jack and Renee. Before Jack and Renee intervene however, and just as he's about to shoot Wilson down, Tony reveals to Wilson the OTHER reason why he wants him dead - that in killing Michelle, he had also killed his unborn son. Wilson, now in custody, denies all involvement, prompting Renee to take drastic measures to keep him from getting away with his crimes. At the White House, Olivia confesses to her mother and father. As President of the United States, President Taylor decides she can't cover up her daughter's mess, much to the dismay of her husband. Jack's rapid health deterioration weakens him and, after turning to Gohar for spiritual guidance, he accepts his fate. Kim, however, decides she cannot allow him to die, and volunteers to undergo the stem cell procedure that could save her father's life while risking her own.

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External links

• List of 24 episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of 24 season 7 episodes at TV.com
• Season 7 on 24 Wiki