Theres not one cougar to be found in 24s dynamic third season, and thats good news for everyone. After Jack Bauers daughter Kim Elisha Cuthbert survived hokey hazards in season 2, shes now a fulltime staffer at CTU, the L.A.based intelligence beehive thats abuzz once againthree years after the events of Day Twowhen a vengeful terrorist threatens to release a lethal virus that could wipe out much of the countrys population. Jack Kiefer Sutherland attempts to broker a deal for the virus involving drug kingpin Ramon Salazar Joaquim de Almeida, whose operation Jack successfully infiltrated at high personal cost: to maintain his cover, he got hooked on heroin. That potentially deadly triangledrug lords, addiction, and bioterrorism on a massive scalesets the 24hour clock ticking in a tight, actionpacked plot involving a potential traitor in CTUs midst the return of TVs greatest villainesses in Nina Meyers Sarah Clarke and former First Lady Sherry Palmer Penny Johnson Jerald a troubled romance between Kim and Jacks new partner Chase James Badge Dale and a scandalized reelection campaign by president David Palmer Dennis Haysbert, who monitors CTU as they struggle to literally save the day.