24 (TV Series)

Day 2: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2002)

Carlos Bernard: Tony Almeida

Quotes 

• Tony Almeida : I still haven't been able to reach Jack

  George Mason : Don't worry about it. NSA got a hold of him.

  Tony Almeida : [Referring to the terrorist threat]  is this why they wanted him? I mean his been out of play for over a year

  George Mason : I don't have all the details yet but I'm guessing it has something to do with one of his previous covers

• Tony Almeida : Paula, I need you to open another socket for me and Mason wants to see you in the conference room

  Paula Schaeffer : [Nervously]  I don't know if I can do this

  Tony Almeida : Of course you can do it

  Paula Schaeffer : No, I mean I'm just a programmer and I don't I work very well under this pressure so maybe they just want to bring somebody else in?

  Tony Almeida : Look, there is no one else. You're the best at what you do, that's why you were called in here. Just take it one task at a time, right now all I need you to do is open a couple sockets and then get to the conference room alright?

  Paula Schaeffer : Ok

• Tony Almeida : [Greeting him]  hey Jack

  Jack Bauer : Hey Tony, how you doing?

  Tony Almeida : Fine, how you been?

  Jack Bauer : Alright, where's George?

  Tony Almeida : His waiting for you in the conference room

  Jack Bauer : Been briefed?

• George Mason : [Attempting to introduce them to each other]  Jack Bauer, this is Michelle...

  Jack Bauer : [Interrupts him]  what am I doing here George?

  George Mason : There's a rogue nuclear weapon here in Los Angeles. Intel says it's going off today

  Jack Bauer : How good is your Intel?

  George Mason : Very. NSA did the ground work. We have high probability leads on regional cells that might be involved

  Jack Bauer : How close are you to ID-ing a prime suspect?

  George Mason : Not close at all, that's what your here for

  Tony Almeida : [after jack leaves the room]  George, let me talk to him

• Tony Almeida : Jack, wait a minute

  Jack Bauer : I don't have time for this, I'm sorry

  Tony Almeida : Jack listen to me, the reason you were called is because it's a background match. You're the only one who can run on this

  Jack Bauer : I don't care

  Tony Almeida : Look, it's not like before alright? We can get to Kim before you can. We can get her out of the city and we can keep her safe, I promise you. The best you can do is to help us find that bomb

  Jack Bauer : I trusted everybody here at CTU to protect my wife and I lost her. I'm not going to lose my daughter I'm sorry

  Tony Almeida : I know, I was there

  Jack Bauer : Look, I know you did everything you could: I do. I just can't lose my daughter I'm sorry

• George Mason : [Sarcastically]  great Almeida, now what?

  Tony Almeida : Back off George I did the best I could

  George Mason : I guess your best isn't very good

  Michelle Dessler : Look, maybe there's another way to find Wald

  George Mason : Gee, why didn't I think of that? Your right. I bet NSA just had us bring in a burnt out agent for the challenge of it. If there were any number of guys who could've done the job...

  Tony Almeida : Settle down George alright? Let's just sit down, re-group, and figure out what we're going to do

  George Mason : What we're going to do? We're going to call NSA now

  Jack Bauer : [Suddenly appears at the door of the conference room]  here's the deal: I want Nowell or Grothy to take my daughter to a safe distance outside the city

  George Mason : Done

  Jack Bauer : I also want to be kept up to date on their status at all times by Tony. I'm sorry George I just don't trust you

  George Mason : Well, you're going to have to start, what we're up against today none of us can walk away from. Tony and I will both take care of Kim

  Tony Almeida : [while nodding]  I'll do it now