24 (TV Series)

Day 4: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. (2005)

Carlos Bernard: Tony Almeida

Quotes 

• Tony Almeida : The report says Dina's been dead for less than thirty minutes: we can only assume that's when Marwan grabbed Jack

  Michelle Dessler : [sighs]  what's the search range on Jack and Marwan?

  Tony Almeida : Fifteen hundred square miles but it's increasing by the minute

  Michelle Dessler : What about chatter?

  Tony Almeida : I've filtered through everything that came from Langley, NSA, and Interpol. None of it is correlating right now

  Michelle Dessler : Volume?

  Tony Almeida : It's actually slowing down which may mean we've incurred all the damage we will today

  Michelle Dessler : Or it could be the "calm before the storm?"

  Tony Almeida : Yeah, the one thing we know for sure if Jack's alive, he'll find a way to contact us

  Michelle Dessler : We'll just have to wait until we pick up thread on Marwan

  Tony Almeida : Yeah

  Michelle Dessler : So, I heard Jack called you earlier today?

  Tony Almeida : Yeah

  Michelle Dessler : And that you saved his life?

  Tony Almeida : We both know I owed him one right?

  Tony Almeida : [Intentionally changing the subject]  Audrey's been waiting for her husband to get out of surgery, I think we should tell her about Jack

  Michelle Dessler : Why?

  Tony Almeida : Their involved

  Michelle Dessler : She's married

  Tony Almeida : Separated

  Michelle Dessler : I prefer not to tell her anything

  Tony Almeida : Why?

  Michelle Dessler : Because we may have to make a very tough call on how Jack's capture plays out

  Tony Almeida : She's a professional, she knows it may be a possibility, I think it'd be wrong to keep it from her

  Michelle Dessler : I don't want her interfering

  Tony Almeida : I think she has a right to know, but hey, you're the boss: it's your call

• Tony Almeida : [Over the phone]  I've got Michelle and Buchanan here, I'll put you on speaker

  Jack Bauer : Ok

  Tony Almeida : You ok?

  Jack Bauer : Yeah, I'm fine, I need you to pick up a phone matrix within a twenty mile radius on the dam

  Tony Almeida : What're you thinking?

  Jack Bauer : I managed to short circuit some phone lines in the building I was being held. If you can find two service obstructions at the same coordinates, we can get to Marwan

  Tony Almeida : I'm opening an interface with the phone company now

  Jack Bauer : We don't have a lot of time: Marwan was in the building but his not going to stay there for long

  Tony Almeida : We have tactical teams ready to go. Once we get a location, I'll reposition them for assault

  Jack Bauer : Ok, I know the layout, I'll run point

  Tony Almeida : Copy that

• Tony Almeida : [after Audrey walks up to them]  how's Paul doing?

  Audrey Raines : His still in surgery, I won't know until he gets out

  Tony Almeida : [to Tony]  have you heard anything from Jack?

  Michelle Dessler : [Answers for Tony]  Jack is missing

  Audrey Raines : Missing?

  Michelle Dessler : We think he was taken by Habib Marwan

  Audrey Raines : My God: what're we doing to get him back?

  Michelle Dessler : Everything we can

  Audrey Raines : How did this happen? I thought we were tracking him? He was suppose to be protected

  Michelle Dessler : No one is "fully" protected in the field

  Audrey Raines : Who is in charge of this operation?

  Michelle Dessler : I was

  Audrey Raines : Get him back Michelle

• Tony Almeida : Any word on Paul?

  Audrey Raines : They still don't know yet

  Tony Almeida : I thought you wanted to know: we decided to go ahead with the exchange, we're getting Behrooz right now

  Audrey Raines : It's not going to be that "simple" is it?

  Tony Almeida : These things are never "simple" but if Marwan really wants the kid, his got no reason to hurt Jack

  Audrey Raines : And if he doesn't? And it's just a trap?

  Tony Almeida : We'll be prepared. Our fields will have the area fully covered

  Audrey Raines : Will you be there?

  Tony Almeida : No, I'll be running point from here but Curtis will be on the ground

  Audrey Raines : Is the operational objective to get Jack?

  Audrey Raines : [after pausing]  no, it isn't. We have to consider Jack expendable: this whole thing is about creating an exposure point for Marwan

  Audrey Raines : I know, thank you for being straight with me

  Tony Almeida : Look, Jack's about the only friend I have left. So I'm going to do everything I can to keep him safe alright?

• Michelle Dessler : [Briefing CTU staff]  Marwan wants to exchange Jack Bauer for Behrooz Araz, the obvious question is, why?

  Tony Almeida : The way I see it there are two possibilities: one, there's a personal connection. Two, Behrooz has information that can damage Marwan

  Michelle Dessler : I agree, Edgar, have your team sift through everything on Behrooz Araz. go back as far as you can, see if there's a family link between him and Marwan

  Michelle Dessler : [to Tony]  did the initial interrogation reveal Behrooz knew anything might make him valuable to Marwan?

  Tony Almeida : No but the main focus was on the mother: we really didn't push him very hard

  Michelle Dessler : [to Curtis]  push harder, see what you can find but do it now, my guess is Marwan will want to make this exchange within the hour. Tony, monitor him from the observation room. Chloe, what'd we have on audio?

  Chloe O'Brian : I was able to get some voice memos from McLennan-Forrester through voice print match: it was Marwan's

• Tony Almeida : [During a briefing meeting]  alright everyone listen up, this is Bill Buchanan from Division: he'll be overseeing the operation. All department heads run everything through him

  Bill Buchanan : In less than half an hour Habib Marwan wants to make an exchange at the Union Conduit Damn. Behrooz Araz for Jack Bauer now before we decide to move "forward", I need to know a few things: why does Marwan want the boy? What's his value?

  Tony Almeida : We were unable to find any evidence that Behrooz had any critical information

  Bill Buchanan : Did you push him?

  Tony Almeida : Yeah, I don't think the kid knows anything

  Bill Buchanan : Who's doing background?

  Chloe O'Brian : Me, there's nothing specifically that ties these two people together. The parents? Yes, Behrooz? No

  Bill Buchanan : Could Behrooz have "something" implanted in his body? "Something" neither he nor his parents knew about?

  Tony Almeida : No, we had him scanned when he was brought in

  Bill Buchanan : Did you do an MRI?

  Tony Almeida : Yeah

  Bill Buchanan : I don't like giving up something unless I know its value: let's talk about what happens if we don't agree to the exchange?

  Chloe O'Brian : We don't get Jack Bauer back for one thing

  Bill Buchanan : That can't be the deciding factor here

  Michelle Dessler : Well, most importantly if we don't go through with this exchange, we may lose an opportunity to trap Marwan

  Bill Buchanan : Marwan has to know what we're thinking, the chances of him being at the exchange are small

  Michelle Dessler : I agree but we could put a tracer on Behrooz, he might lead us to Marwan

  Bill Buchanan : We tried to trace Jack and Dina Araz an hour ago, they grabbed Jack and killed Dina

  Edgar Stiles : We'll take a different approach: use tracers, two of them. One for Marwan to find, the other one subcutaneous

  Bill Buchanan : There's no guarantee he'll find that one too

  Michelle Dessler : No, sir, there are no guarantees period. The fact is we have no viable leads on Marwan, we have to run with every chance we get

  Bill Buchanan : Have tactical finish up the profiles in five minutes, let's get field teams on their way to the dam now