The ins and outs of Season 3

Day 3 sees CTU deal with a deadly virus threat that would be released in Los Angeles.  We again see the return of Jack’s nemesis Nina Myers just as he is trying to overcome a heroin addiction after his undercover operation with the Salazar’s, as others feel he still has not got over the death of wife Teri at the end of the first day. Jack has a new partner in Chase Edmunds, but things take a turn for the worst when it is revealed Chase is seeing his daughter Kim, and it causes tension between the three of them.

President Palmer is seeking re-election against Senator John Keeler, but his campaign turns sour after one of his major backers Alan Milliken discovers Palmer’s brother, Wayne has been sleeping with his wife, Julia.  As well as this controversy his campaign suffers a major blow when revelations come out about his girlfriend, and personal physician Anne Packard.   So the president turns to  his ex-wife Sherry to deal with Milliken. But she takes it all a step too far as she kills Milliken, not allowing him his medication he needs to stay alive. Despite his best to cover this up Keeler uses it as leverage in the campaign and basically forces Palmer to abandon his re-election bid. Towards the end of the day, Julia kills Sherry before taking her own life.

Back at CTU, it turns out that Tony Almeida. Gael Ortega and Jack have been working undercover on a sting operation but Chase is totally unaware of the situation and goes to “rescue” Jack after he has been held captive by the Salazar’s.  Tony recovers from gun shot wounds to return as head of CTU, with many doubting his ability at head of CTU.

Nina comes in just as Jack and the Salazar’s are trying to get hold of the virus from Michael Amador, but he plays them all for fools. After Nina is captured by CTU and interrogated she then tries to commit suicide but fails. She then escapes CTU only to be found by Kim, before Jack comes in and finally gets revenge for the death of Teri.

Amador meets with his accomplish Marcus Alvers, who has planted some of the virus in a hotel ventilation system and the man behind the terrorist strike, Stephen Saunders.  Gael is killed trying to prevent the virus from entering the system and Michelle has to deal with the threat at the hotel.

Saunders contacts President Palmer and gives him a series of assignments, one he carries out successfully but the other is to kill Regional Division Director Ryan Chappelle as Jack and Chase try desperately to capture Saunders, but in the end Jack is forced to kill Chappelle and hand over his body as proof.

Once Saunders is captured by CTU Jack uses all means possible to stop the threat of the remaining vials which eventually leads to Chase making an incredible sacrifice, his hand as he makes sure the vial is not released.

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