24
Day One
Episode#16
3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Transcript by Daniel Smith
JACK BAUER: {Voice Over} The following takes place
between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the day of the
[
JACK BAUER: Bob? What just
happened I can't hear you.............Bob can you hear me?
...................Bob. Pick up the phone. Somebody pick up the phone.
[The man takes papers out of
Ellis's jacket and walks over to the cell phone on the ground.]
JACK BAUER: Whoever's there
pick up the phone............Bob?
[The man turns off the cell
phone and leaves the bathroom]
INT. C.T.U. JACK'S OFFICE
[Jack hangs up the phone he
presses the redial button only to get a voice message]
ROBERT ELLIS: {Voice over}
At the beep leave a message for Bob Ellis.
[Jack hangs up]
JACK BAUER: Oh God no. [Puts his hands on his face] Just think Jack
think. [He picks up the phone and calls
C.T.U. New Orleans office]
ROUTING OPERATOR: Routing
operator.
JACK BAUER: Yes this is Jack
Bauer I want you to transfer me to agent Watson in our New Orleans office.
ROUTING OPERATOR: One moment
please. [She connects him.]
AGENT WATSON: C.T.U. New
Orleans. Watson speaking.
JACK BAUER: This is Jack
Bauer in Los Angeles. You've got a floating NSA operative in your region. His
name is Robert Ellis. I think something terrible has happened to him.
AGENT WATSON: All right what
would you like us to do?
JACK BAUER: I'm going to
transfer you to our comm link. I'll get you an address I want you to check it
out. Phone me back as soon as you got anything.
[Milo enters]
MILO: Jack?
JACK BAUER: I'll transfer
you now. [To Milo] Not right now Milo
I'm busy.
MILO: Jack you got to see
this.
JACK BAUER: WHAT?
[Milo sets three photos on
the desk]
MILO: Look. These are
surveillance shots of all three backup shooters. I cross referenced the files
Ellis sent us with our Interpol records.
JACK BAUER: How long ago?
MILO: Just now. Any or all
of them could still be targeting Palmer. Or you.
JACK BAUER: Right.
MILO: I sent the photos to
Secret Service.
JACK BAUER: Make sure they brief
Palmer's staff. I want them to keep their eyes open.
MILO: Right. Look there's
one more thing. Johnny cool guy here. His name is Alexis Drazen. He's Victor
Drazen's son.
JACK BAUER: Good work. [As
he stares at the photo]
MILO: He was trained in Belgrade,
Special Forces.
***FADE OUT***
EXT. ALEXIS DRAZEN WALKING
BACK TO HIS CAR
[His cell rings]
ALEXIS DRAZEN: Hello?
ELIZABETH NASH: It's me. I
wanted to tell you we're not leaving town today after all.
ALEXIS DRAZEN: What made the
Senator change his mind?
ELIZABTH NASH: He didn't say
and I didn't ask. I was just happy I would get to see you again so soon.
ALEXIS DRAZEN: Well I'm
leaving a meeting right now but I can be back at the hotel by four thirty.
ELIZABETH NASH: I know where
to find you. [Hangs up]
***FADE OUT***
EXT. THE SAFE HOUSE
[An extra team has been
sent. One agent is disguised as a phone line operator and is sitting in his
van. Another agent is cutting the house's front lawn.]
AGENT BREEHER: Daniel's is
in position 10-98 can you give me a data check.
AGENT DANIEL'S: This is
Daniels. I'm in position. Touch your ear if you can hear me.
[The agent cutting the grass
touches his ear.]
AGENT DANIEL'S: Paulson can
you hear me?
[Agent Paulson is inside the
house]
AGENT PAULSON: Yeah. Breeher
talk to me. How you looking?
AGENT BREEHER: It's quiet on
my end.
3:05:23......3:05:24......3:05:25......
[Paulson answers a ringing
cell phone]
AGENT PAULSON:
Hello?.......Hey Jack, yeah hold on.
[Paulson knocks on Teri's
door]
AGENT PAULSON: Mrs. Bauer?
It's Jack.
TERI BAUER: Thank
you......Jack?
JACK BAUER: How you doing?
TERI BAUER: I'm doing okay.
Just trying to get some rest.
JACK BAUER: I couldn't help
but feeling after I hung up.....I don't know that something was wrong.
TERI BAUER: No I'm fine. A
lot has happened and I really need to talk to you.
JACK BAUER: Fine then let's
talk.
TERI BAUER: No now is not
the time.
JACK BAUER: Why not?
TERI BAUER: You do what you have
to do and we'll talk when this is all over okay?
JACK BAUER: Okay. I'm here
at C.T.U. if you need me.
TERI BAUER: I know.
JACK BAUER: Okay bye. [Hang
up]
***FADE OUT***
INT. PALMER HOTEL
AGENT PIERCE: Folks I know
you’re all busy so I'll be as brief as I can.
SHERRY PALMER: Good. You’re
just in time.
SENATOR PALMER: What's going
on?
SHERRY PALMER: Bauer sent
over photos of the people targeting you.
AGENT PEIRCE: The threat
against Senator Palmer remains a high probability. We have gotten a significant
piece of heads up intelligence. These three men are the suspected shooters.
[Elizabeth Nash sees
Alexis's photo and freaks out as she runs out of the room]
SENATOR PALMER: Elizabeth
what's wrong?
***FADE OUT***
INT. THE SAFE HOUSE
NINA MYERS: Okay Kim but the
fact is Rick ran away before we could talk to him
KIM BAUER: He was scared.
NINA MYERS: Apparently.
Whatever explanation he has doesn't change the fact that he's a fugitive and if
you know where he is and aren't saying anything, that in itself constitutes for
a serious....
KIM BAUER: I don't know
where he is.
NINA MYERS: Are you sure?
KIM BAUER: What I'm sure of
is that he helped us escape and if it wasn't for him we would have never gotten
out of there.
NINA MYERS: Kim. When people
are taken hostage it's not uncommon for them to feel a certain bond with their
kidnappers.
KIM BAUER: Rick isn't a
kidnapper. Anyway I don't know where he is.
TERI BAUER: Sorry Nina.
Whenever your ready we can pick up were we left off.
NINA MYERS: Ah..Sure. Kim,
why don't you take a break and your mother and I can finish up here.
[Kim walks out of the room]
NINA MYERS: Sure you’re okay
to do this?
TERI BAUER: Yes. Are you
sure?
NINA MYERS: Yeah.
TERI BAUER: Listen Nina, I don't
want you to have to tiptoe around me. Jack and I were separated when you slept
with him. I'm not going to hold that against you.
[Nina gets herself together]
NINA MYERS: Okay um, you and
Kim have both said that Rick helped you. Talking to Kim I get the sense that
she's withholding something.
TERI BAUER: Based on what?
NINA MYERS: She's protecting
Rick. She seems to have feelings for him from what I can tell.
TERI BAUER: There may have
been an attraction when she met him last night but if Kimberly knew anything
she'd tell you.
NINA MYERS: Sure about that?
TERI BAUER: She's my
daughter I think I know her better than you.
***FADE OUT***
INT. C.T.U. JACK'S OFFICE
[Phone rings]
JACK BAUER: Bauer.
SENATOR PALMER: It's David
Palmer.
JACK BAUER: Sir, Is
everything all right?
SENATOR PALMER: I'm not
sure.
JACK BAUER: What's going on?
SENATOR PALMER: A member of
my advance team Elizabeth Nash, She recognized one of the assassins in the
photos you sent Secret Service. Victor Drazen's son Alexis.
JACK BAUER: Does she know
where he is?
SENATOR PALMER: There in
contact.
JACK BAUER: Contact? What do
you mean? In which context?
SENATOR PALMER: Intimate.
JACK BAUER: Senator, Is this
person in a position to endanger your security?
SENATOR PALMER: I'm afraid
so. Look she's pretty shaken up but she wants to help.
JACK BAUER: Good. We have to
bring her into C.T.U. and question her. I'll get a helicopter to you in a few
minuets.
SENATOR PALMER: I'll have
her ready. Jack? What about Ellis? Did
he retrieve the missing file on Operation Nightfall?
JACK BAUER: I lost contact
with Ellis.
SENATOR PALMER: Lost
contact? What do you mean?
JACK BAUER: We got
interrupted in the middle of our phone call. Sir I have to be honest with you
I've got a very bad feeling about this.
SENATOR PALMER: So what are
you saying to me?
JACK BAUER: I'm telling you
that for right now we have to assume that Ellis is dead.
[The Senator is shocked]
SENATOR PALMER: Keep me
posted.
JACK BAUER: Yes sir.
[HANG UP]
JACK BAUER: Milo? Get me
chopper command.
3:11:24......3:11:25......3:11:26......
COMMERCIAL BREAK
[Kim calls Rick for the
second time]
RICK: Yeah.
KIM BAUER: Rick it's Kim.
RICK: Hey.
KIM BAUER: This woman here, she’s
really pushing me hard.
RICK: What did you tell her?
KIM BAUER: The truth. I told
her that you helped us escape.
RICK: That's really going to
save my ass. I'm sorry. I'm a little edgy right now.
KIM BAUER: Look I just think
that if you tell her what happened it'll work out.
RICK: She won't believe me.
KIM BAUER: I don't know how
much longer I can keep covering for you.
RICK: Okay okay. Can she
prove anything?
KIM BAUER: I don't think so.
RICK: That's all that matters.
Listen I appreciate what you’re doing and all but you probably shouldn't call
here. Least not for a while.
KIM BAUER: How long?
RICK: I don't know. I got to
go. [HANGS UP]
[Rick's Girlfriend enters
the room]
MELANIE: Who's that?
RICK: Don't know. Just a
wrong number.
[Rick lies on his bed]
RICK: I'm worked. I'm gonna
crash for a while okay?
[Melanie gets up and leaves
the room]
***FADE OUT***
INT. THE SAFE HOUSE
[Nina still questioning Teri
Bauer]
NINA MYERS: So is there anything
else you can tell me about Gaines? Maybe a conversation you overheard?
TERI BAUER: Who's Gaines?
NINA MYERS: Ira Gaines, The
leader of the group.
TERI BAUER: Right.
NINA MYERS: Teri.
TERI BAUER: No I'm fine.
NINA MYERS: Maybe we should
take another break.
TERI BAUER: Maybe you should
do your job Nina. Don't you have a job to do?
NINA MYERS: I wish it were
that simple.
TERI BAUER: Things tend to
get complicated when you screw your boss.
NINA MYERS: Look this
obviously isn't working.
TERI BAUER: No it's not. I'm
sorry. I thought I could stay calm and rational about this but I can't do it.
NINA MYERS: There's no
apology needed but I think Paulson should finish up here.
***FADE OUT***
INT. C.T.U. JACK'S OFFICE
[Jack puts on some new cloths
when George Mason walks into Jack's Office]
JACK BAUER: George. What are
you doing here?
GEORGE MASON: I'm the new
quarterback.
JACK BAUER: Since when?
GEORGE MASON: Since right
now?
JACK BAUER: What about
Alberta Green?
GEORGE MASON: Back at District.
JACK BAUER: So Chappelle
thought you'd do a better job keeping an eye on me than she would.
GEORGE MASON: I don't know
Jack something like that.........So it’s really Drazen's boys that are after
Palmer?
JACK BAUER: This whole day
has been a revenge plan for killing their father.
GEORGE MASON: I know why
they're gunning for you but why are they after Palmer?
JACK BAUER: [Sighs] Senator
Palmer was head of the subcommittee that authorized the mission.
GEORGE MASON: You got Ellis
tracking down the missing file on that operation right?
JACK BAUER: I had Ellis. I
lost contact with him twenty minuets ago.
GEORGE MASON: You think they
took him out?
JACK BAUER: Yes I do. We got
a break on another front though. [Jack walks over to his computer.] A Miss
Elizabeth Nash, part of the Senator's Advance team identified one of the
shooters from the photos I sent over. She's been dating him. She had no idea
who he was. She's pretty shaken up but she's on her way here for a debriefing.
GEORGE MASON: Which one was
she seeing?
JACK BAUER: Alexis Drazen.
She's supposed to meet him in his hotel room in an hour.
GEORGE MASON: Good, That
will give us time to stage an arrest.
JACK BAUER: George think
about this. What if she keeps her date? We would have the upper hand in this
thing for the first time. See what we could learn.
GEORGE MASON: Don't know
Jack it's a little risky.
JACK BAUER: I'd have a squad
across the hall ready to go before anything could possibly happen. George? I
think this a big opportunity just to pass up.
GEORGE MASON: What time is
she getting here?
JACK BAUER: Ten minuets.
GEORGE MASON: We'll talk to
her then make up our minds.
JACK BAUER: Absolutely.
***FADE OUT***
INT. PALMER HOTEL
[The Senator is on his cell]
SENATOR PALMER: She's going
to the CTU office right now.
DAVE: Why are they taking
her there?
SENATOR PALMER: Well they
what to find out everything they can about Alexis Drazen.
DAVE: Is that the brother?
SENATOR PALMER: No it's his
son.
[Keith enters]
SENATOR PALMER: Dave let me
call you back.
[Hangs Up]
3:20:26......3:20:27......3:20:28......
SENATOR PALMER: Keith come
here.
KEITH PALMER: What's up?
SENATOR PALMER: I know we haven't
had a chance to talk since last night and it seems like every time we do we're
at each others throats.
KEITH PALMER: Everything's
okay between you and me dad.
SENATOR PALMER: I guess you
noticed that we haven't been on the same page today.
KEITH PALMER: It's been hard
to miss.
SENATOR PALMER: The
pressure's on. It's testing all of us.
KEITH PALMER: For sure.
SENATOR PALMER: That's what
I wanted to talk about. It stayed in my head what you said about of hours ago.
About how Dr. Faragamo has always been there for you when you needed someone
and I wasn't.
KEITH PALMER: I'm sorry but
that's just how it was then.
SENATOR PALMER: That's all
going to change. Starting now. I know I can't earn your trust overnight. If you
just come to me when you need to talk, I promise you son I'll always be there.
KEITH PALMER: [Smiles]
Thanks dad. So what about Faragamo? Did the police say anything?
SENATOR PALMER: We haven't
called yet.
KEITH PALMER: What are we
waiting for?
SENATOR PALMER: We're not putting
anything off Keith. It's just something else has come up. Listen to me. We have
a security breach in our staff. We have to deal with that first.
KEITH PALMER: What kind of
security breach?
SENATOR PALMER: I can't tell
you.
KEITH PALMER: [Upset] Dad.
You can't tell me anything.
SENATOR PALMER: Look Keith I
have to be able to make decisions around here without you challenging me.
KEITH PALMER: Look
everything your feeling, now’s the time I need you dad. Not just to talk to me,
but to do the right thing.
SENATOR PALMER:
Keith.........I will do the right thing at the right time.
KEITH PALMER: I'm sure you
will.
***FADE OUT***
EXT. OUTSIDE THE SAFE HOUSE
[Jovan, one of the backup
shooter's is in a car on his cell talking to Andre Drazen.]
JOVAN: I found Bauer's wife
and daughter. They were moved to a safe house.
[Andre Drazen is sitting
down still at the cafe]
ANDRE DRAZEN: Where are you?
JOVAN: I'm almost in.
ANDRE DRAZEN: How many men
are guarding them?
JOVAN: I'm handling the situation
Andre.
[Jovan has a dead agent next
to him in his car]
JOVAN: Rest assured, the
women will be dead soon.
ANDRE DRAZEN: Call me the
minute it is done.
3:23:55......3:23:56......3:23:57......
COMMERCIAL BREAK
3:28:49......3:28:50......3:28:51......
INT. CTU WORK STATION MAIN
FLOOR
JACK BAUER: Milo can you
help me with something?
MILO: Yeah.
JACK BAUER: What's wrong
with the system? My terminal is locked. I just downloaded all my files to here.
Now I can't..........DAMNIT.
MILO: Hold on a sec let me
see here.
JACK BAUER: Why can't I log
in?
MILO: What do you mean?
Mason didn't tell you?
JACK BAUER: Tell me what?
MILO: They downgraded your
privileges to 3-w. You’re the same as everyone else here.
JACK BAUER: I see.
MILO: Here, This should get
you into anything you need. [Punches in a code]
JACK BAUER: Thanks. [Sighs]
MILO: Jack, don't worry your
going to be back up in your office by tomorrow.
JACK BAUER: By tomorrow I'm lucky
I'm not in federal custody. I'm only on provisional status until the end of the
day. As soon as Senator Palmer leaves the state I have to face these charges.
MILO: I'm sorry
Jack........Look your all set up here.
JACK BAUER:
Thanks.............Milo?
MILO: Yeah.
JACK BAUER: Have you noticed
anyone accessing anything unusual on the servers?
MILO: What do you mean by
unusual?
JACK BAUER: I don't know,
anything received or relating to sensitive Intel?
MILO: No. I mean I haven't
been looking for it.
JACK BAUER: Start looking.
MILO: Wait, You think
there's another mole inside CTU?
JACK BAUER: I don't know
just let me know if you mind anything okay?
MILO: Okay.
***FADE OUT***
INT. PALMER HOTEL LIVING
ROOM
[Keith is on the phone with
Carl]
KEITH PALMER: All I'm saying
is don't test me.
CARL: I'm not testing you.
KEITH PALMER: I will do what
I said.
CARL: Keith.
KEITH PALMER: I'm serious
because I have nothing left to loose. Not anymore.
CARL: I know you’re upset.
KEITH PALMER: That's right.
CARL: Okay we should talk.
KEITH PALMER: I'm glad you
understand.
CARL: You know the Griffith
Park Observatory?
KEITH PALMER: Yeah.
CARL: Can you meet me there
now?
KEITH PALMER: Yeah I can be
there. Fifteen minutes. [HANGS UP]
NICOLE PALMER: Be where?
KEITH PALMER: Nowhere.
NICOLE PALMER: Keith.
KEITH PALMER: I'm trying to
protect you.
NICOLE PALMER: The last time
you tried to protect me someone died.
KEITH PALMER: Nicole,
please.
NICOLE PALMER: I'm sorry.
That was a terrible thing to say.
KEITH PALMER: The less you
know----
NICOLE PALMER: What's going
on? Who were you talking to on the phone?
KEITH PALMER: You trust me,
don't you?
NICOLE PALMER: Trust goes
both ways Keith.
KEITH PALMER: Carl.
NICOLE PALMER: Why?
KEITH PALMER: Because I
don't want to spend the rest of my life with the regret I've been living with
for years.
NICOLE PALMER: You didn't
kill Gibson intentionally.
KEITH PALMER: Yeah but I kept
the truth from coming out. Now with Faragamo dead, I can't do that again
Nicole. I won't. I need your help.
NICOLE PALMER: For what?
KEITH PALMER: This Secret
Service guy has been dogging me all day. I need you to help me get past him.
NICOLE PALMER: He's here to
protect us Keith.
KEITH PALMER: Everything
that has been happening today, everything that's still happening. It's not too
late to change the way this all plays out. Now do you trust me or not?
[Nicole shakes her head yes]
KEITH PALMER: Okay good.
[Nicole walks up to the
Agent as a distraction for Keith to exit the room]
***FADE OUT***
INT. CTU JACK'S OFFICE
JACK BAUER: Victor Drazen
had two sons. We know that Alexis Drazen is here. I think we should assume that
Andre Drazen is here as well.
GEORGE