24 (TV Series)

Day 4: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. (2005)

Carlos Bernard: Tony Almeida

Quotes 

• Michelle Dessler : The situation with the Consulate is dragging us down: we shouldn't be diverting resources away from finding that warhead

  Tony Almeida : Hopefully this will just be a formality and get rid of him quickly. If we don't get information from Lee, Audrey's husband will have died for nothing

  Michelle Dessler : What is she still doing here?

  Tony Almeida : I think she wants stay busy so she won't have to think about it

  Michelle Dessler : It's funny when I met Audrey this afternoon, it seemed like she and Jack were totally together. A few hours later, everything's changed

  Tony Almeida : [Holds her hand]  I hate being without you

  Michelle Dessler : I never wanted it to be this way

• Tony Almeida : Michelle says the head of security for the Chinese Consulate just called

  Jack Bauer : What?

  Tony Almeida : He made it sound like he has evidence linking CTU to the abduction of Lee

  Jack Bauer : What kind of evidence?

  Tony Almeida : He didn't say but he wants to come down here and talk to us

  Jack Bauer : They don't have any evidence: their bluffing. We don't have time to deal with them right now

  Tony Almeida : I agree but we don't have much choice, I need you to help me figure out how to deal with this

  Jack Bauer : I need you to check on Lee's condition first and I'll get back to you

• Curtis Manning : [Briefing CTU staff on a monitor]  the warhead was stolen here: in eastern Iowa, we don't know yet how it's being transported

  Bill Buchanan : Are we monitoring air traffic?

  Curtis Manning : Yes, so far nothing's been picked up

  Tony Almeida : If they have to stay on the ground, how far could they have gone?

  Curtis Manning : Based on our latest information, a three hundred mile radius which includes three metropolitan cities

  Tony Almeida : Have those cities been alerted?

  Bill Buchanan : The President wants to keep that information restricted for the time being

  Curtis Manning : We have raised local alert levels, we haven't mentioned specifics

  Bill Buchanan : Marwan and his people have control of a nuclear warhead. We have to figure out when and where he'll set it off. I want you to look at everything: from satellite to local police, we have a small window. It's still in the middle of the night, if Marwan leaves a trail, it's going to be a hell of a lot easier to follow it now than in two hours when people start going to work. Let's get to it

• Bill Buchanan : Tell me the latest on Lee?

  Tony Almeida : He just got out of surgery: Dr. Besson thinks he'll be able to respond to questions soon

  Bill Buchanan : [Before entering Michelle's office]  alright, when that happens, I want everyone from COMM on standby. Whatever Lee gives us I want it worked up without any time lags

  Michelle Dessler : [after hanging up the phone]  that was Secretary of State Taylor: he just authorized the head of security at the Chinese Consulate to come here and question us about the raid

  Tony Almeida : What? In the middle of all this?

  Bill Buchanan : Alright, this breaks down very simply, they want to prove we attacked the Consulate tonight, we have to make sure they can't do that

  Tony Almeida : That ambush is going to land on someone

  Bill Buchanan : Mike Novick's working on that from Washington. We just have to make sure all of our bases are covered over here. Finding that nuclear warhead is our number one priority. I'm going to go over the strategy with Jack, when Cheng gets here, send him to the situation room, make sure all of our visible screens are masked