24 (TV Series)

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

Xander Berkeley: George Mason

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• Jack Bauer : [after shooting Goren]  I need a helicopter and a back up team ready to leave here in fifteen minutes

  George Mason : Are you out of your mind?

  Jack Bauer : You want to find this bomb? This is what it's going to take

  George Mason : Killing a witness?

  Jack Bauer : That's the problem with people like you, you want results but you never want to get your hands dirty: I'd start rolling up my sleeves

• George Mason : [Addressing the CTU staff]  alright heads up I need all department heads over here right now we have an active priority: I just got off a conference call with NSA and Division. It appears there's a nuclear bomb under terrorist control somewhere in Los Angeles and is set to go off some point in the course of the day. So from this moment we do not communicate with anybody outside our secure envelope. That means we don't call home, don't talk to friends, and we don't call relatives. Our job is to find this device and stop it. We do not want to create a panic. I know this isn't very pleasant but this is our job. This is what we do. So let's do it.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Jack Bauer : [after putting his jacket on a chair]  tell me about the regional cells

  Michelle Dessler : [while handing him a file]  the most promising one is headed by Joseph Wald

  Jack Bauer : Joseph Wald?

  George Mason : Yeah Wald's been linked to a terror group called Second Wave. That's why it had to be you, you put in time working undercover with him

  Jack Bauer : I put him in jail

  George Mason : Well, his out on appeal

  Michelle Dessler : His actually waiting trial right now on new charges if his convicted, he goes away for life

  Jack Bauer : What's Wald's connection to the bomb?

  George Mason : NSA established meetings between him and alleged members of the group behind the threat

  Jack Bauer : Why didn't you guys just pick Wald up?

  George Mason : We haven't been able to track him down yet

  Paula Schaeffer : His not at any of the addresses in his file

  Jack Bauer : Are there any key witnesses against Wald in his upcoming trial?

  George Mason : There's one

  Paula Schaeffer : Marshall Goren, apparently without him there's no case

  Jack Bauer : Good bring him in

  George Mason : Here? What for?

  Jack Bauer : You want me to reestablish my cover with Wald right?

  George Mason : Yeah

  Jack Bauer : Normally it takes six weeks you want me to do this in what? Under two hours? Where's the FBI holding Goren?

  George Mason : Right here in downtown under protective custody

  Jack Bauer : Good. Bring him in: now

• George Mason : [Over the phone with the FBI]  Goren's going to be here any minute: you have my word he'll be back in your custody within the hour

  Jack Bauer : [after hanging up the phone]  my pal's at the FBI aren't too happy Jack. Goren's the state's only witness against Wald so I suggest you get what you want and fast so I can get them off my back

  Jack Bauer : [Ignoring George, to Michelle, pointing to the computer screen]  hold on, what's that?

  Michelle Dessler : It's saying the reason you didn't do any time in California is because you were extradited to Florida on two counts of armed robbery

  Jack Bauer : No, don't make it "armed robbery", that's not how they knew me. Make it "conspiracy to transport illegal explosives"

  Michelle Dessler : Got it

  George Mason : Jack, are you going to let me in on your plan here?

  Jack Bauer : [Continuing to ignore George, to Micelle]  I also need you to get in touch with Rudy Colhed. He's a parole officer out of Hollenbeck. I want you to brief him and put him in my cover

  George Mason : Jack, look at you. You look like a bum off the street. You're not talking to me I just confiscated a witness outside my authority based on your call. Now are you going to tell me what you're doing?

  Jack Bauer : [Sternly]  no

  George Mason : Are you losing it Jack? Because I need to know. I just don't have the time and resources to clean up your mess today

  Jack Bauer : I'm not losing it

  Jack Bauer : [to security while they escort Goren in]  just put him in the chair

  Jack Bauer : Michelle, please excuse us

  Michelle Dessler : Well don't you want me to...?

  Jack Bauer : [Interrupts her]  no

  Jack Bauer : [while placing a file folder on the table]  you are Marshall Goren

  Marshall Goren : Yeah

  Jack Bauer : [Listing his criminal offenses]  eight counts: kidnapping a minor. Two counts child pornography. First degree murder

  Marshall Goren : [Amused]  yeah, they look I already made my deal. I don't need to hear this noise, all I got to do is testify against Wald and I walk