⁣Terrorist leader Sheikh Ibrahim Bin-Khalid's men, seeking a "strongbox" stolen during a military operation, search for Eric Carter and Ben Grimes. Meanwhile, Rebecca Ingram arrives at CTU in Washington to discuss a trivial matter with Mullins, the new head of CTU who is replacing her so she can spend more time with her husband, Senator John Donovan, who is running for President. Eric's wife, Nicole, helps him kill the three attackers; and he calls Ingram, who supported the operation. Believing that Mullins is a mole, she tells Eric not to trust the police nor the FBI. Eric convinces his brother Isaac (Nicole's former boyfriend), now a local gang leader, to protect her until he finishes investigating the persons behind this. Ingram tells Shalowitz about Mullins and enlists his help in using CTU surveillance to help Eric find Grimes. Stiles finds out and tells Mullins, who confronts Ingram. She tasers him unconscious and continues helping Eric, who finally finds Grimes with the strongbox, shown to contain a USB drive listing Bin-Khalid's sleeper cells. They are attacked by the terrorists, whom Eric kills. However, he finds Grimes gone with the drive, then receives a call from him demanding money in exchange for it. Meanwhile at a New Jersey high school, Drew Phelps tells his teacher, Mr. Harris, about Amira Dudayev's terrorist affiliations, but Harris is later shown to be Dudayev's boyfriend and associate.