24 (TV Series)

Day 7: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (2009)

Kiefer Sutherland: Jack Bauer

Quotes 

• Chloe : I'm glad you're with us.

  Jack Bauer : I'm not with anyone until someone starts answering some questions.

  [turns to Tony] 

  Jack Bauer : Let's start with you. Why the hell aren't you dead?

• [about Jack returning to the United States after his stint in Sangala] 

  David Emerson : Why'd you come back?

  Jack Bauer : Wanted to know what it was like to walk into a propeller.

  David Emerson : [unamused]  That's funny.

• Chloe : I'm glad you're with us.

  Jack Bauer : I'm not with anybody until someone starts answering questions.

  [turns to Tony] 

  Jack Bauer : Might as well start with you. Why are you not dead?

• Tony Almeida : I was "dead" Jack, for almost ten minutes: or so I was told

  Jack Bauer : [Sternly]  by who?

  Chloe : [while showing him on a computer monitor]  by him

  Tony Almeida : His name is David Emerson I don't know who he paid off at CTU but it was his people that injected my body with a hypodermic needle compound. It was able to revive me

  Jack Bauer : Who is he? And what does he want?

  Tony Almeida : He's an independent contractor: enlists ex-military and intelligence operatives, and "jobs" them out to clients. Apparently, I fit the "profile"

  Jack Bauer : [Angrily]  what "profile?"

  Tony Almeida : Former employees with grievances against the federal government. Emerson has been "keeping" tabs" on me since I left CTU. After Michelle was killed, he figured I'd make a good recruit

  Jack Bauer : And everyone else thinking you're dead? So much the better

  Tony Almeida : 'Yeah

  Jack Bauer : [Walks closer to Tony]  since then you've been working undercover to expose his operation?

  Tony Almeida : No Jack

  Jack Bauer : What?

  Tony Almeida : I was really working for him. I was angry, I hated the federal government for what it took from me. I ran Emerson's "crew" for more than three years and I did some pretty bad things

  Jack Bauer : What made you turn against them?

  Tony Almeida : The CIP device, Emerson had my "crew" stealing components to breach the firewall. I knew what that meant: innocent Americans would die and I didn't "sign up" for that

  Jack Bauer : [Raises his voice]  damn it Tony, why didn't you call the authorities?

  Bill Buchanan : He couldn't Jack

  Jack Bauer : [Yells]  why not?

  Bill Buchanan : He found out Emerson's client was Dubaku

  Jack Bauer : [to Tony]  that's who you believe that has agents inside the government

  Bill Buchanan : [Responds for Tony]  the Juma regime controls Sangala's vast diamond wealth. Dubaku hasn't been "shy" about "throwing" it around

  Jack Bauer : How widespread is the corruption?

  Bill Buchanan : Pervasive: that's why Tony came to me. We don't know how far or high up this "thing" went

  Tony Almeida : Dubaku's the key to this "thing" Jack. If we're going to "uncover" the "conspiracy", we have to get to him before he leaves the US. That's why I have to get back "under" as soon as possible, there's a new job in the pipeline for me and my "crew." I don't have all the details but I do know it'll get me in the same room as Dubaku himself

  Bill Buchanan : The "challenge" is going to be "re-installing" Tony with Emerson: we have to assume Emerson knew Tony was in FBI custody and somehow managed to escape

  Jack Bauer : Emerson's going to think Tony made a deal with the US Attorney

  Bill Buchanan : That's right

  Jack Bauer : I can help you with this

  Bill Buchanan : [Nods]  yes you can

  Jack Bauer : Outside the three of you, who else is involved in this operation?

  Chloe : It's just us: this is it

  Jack Bauer : [to Bill]  please tell me you have some "proof" of this "conspiracy" exists?

  Bill Buchanan : Yes we do but only at its lowest level. At this point, we've just begun to "scratch the surface"

  Jack Bauer : [after thinking it over]  ok I'll work with you but only because right now you are the only people that I trust. You give me one reason to question that and I swear I will turn you in you understand?

• Jack Bauer : Tell me about Emerson?

  Tony Almeida : His British: former SAS, urban warfare, snipping, closed quarter combat, saw action in Beirut, Mogadishu

  Jack Bauer : So he's good?

  Tony Almeida : Extremely. His not some "whack job" or "ideolog." His about two things: money and "personal loyalty"

  Jack Bauer : It sounds like you admire him?

  Tony Almeida : He treated me like a brother when I thought I had nobody else

  Jack Bauer : Is this going to be a problem?

  Tony Almeida : No, I know his on the wrong side of "this", I'll do what has to be done

• David Emerson : [Extends his hand for Jack to shake it]  no hard feelings

  Jack Bauer : [Shakes his hand]  forget it

  David Emerson : We have to be careful in our profession, I'm sure you understand

  Jack Bauer : Yeah

  David Emerson : We all know the drill: disagreements are fine but when a decision is made, fall in or you're gone

  Jack Bauer : I know a lot of guys who say that, it's good to know you mean it

  David Emerson : Before you were subpoenaed, you traveled the world, place to place for more than a year. Why? What were you looking for?

  Jack Bauer : Doesn't really matter: whatever it was, I didn't find it

  David Emerson : You must've known what was waiting, why'd you come back?

  Jack Bauer : [Jokingly]  I wanted to know what it was like to walk into a propeller

  David Emerson : It's funny but no, really... why?

  Jack Bauer : This my home

  David Emerson : That doesn't explain why you turned yourself in to the Justice Department

  Jack Bauer : Tony, said you were in Beirut and Mogadishu?

  David Emerson : And Afghanistan: two tours, went back a third time as a private contractor

  Jack Bauer : "Be polite, professional, and have a plan to kill everyone you meet" right?

  David Emerson : Pretty much

  Jack Bauer : That's the question, isn't it? What are the rules of engagement? And where the crimes begin? You want to know why I came back? That's why

  David Emerson : I'm not sure I follow

  Jack Bauer : I just got tired of talking to myself. You see, I actually believed everything I did was "right." That's why I wanted to start a "dialog", come clean, set the record straight

  David Emerson : First mistake?

  Jack Bauer : So I found out

  David Emerson : I don't know of someone who hasn't been to "the edge", and looked over, I could never understand

  Jack Bauer : Yeah

  David Emerson : It's good to have you on board