24- Season 4
Date: July 4, 2004
Start Time: 2:00 AM
The following takes place between 2 AM and 3 AM.
LOCATION: Washington, D.C. Outside of the White House.
WEATHER: Calm wind, nighttime.
(A middle-aged Caucasian man wearing a long, brown trench coat and sunglasses is walking along the gate in front of the White House. He stops to look at the home of President David Palmer, and then his cell phone rings. He answers it without even looking at who called.)
MAN: Yeah.
(The voice over the phone is a woman's voice.)
VOICE: You ready to go?
MAN: Not yet. I haven't gone in yet.
VOICE: Well, what the hell are you waiting for? We don't have all day, dammit.
MAN: Alright, calm down. I'm going in, but I have to warn you, security is pretty damn tight today.
VOICE: Okay, I know. Just be careful.
MAN: You know me.
VOICE: That's why I'm worried.
(She hangs up, and the man puts away his cell phone, and then continues to walk.)
LOCATION: CTU, Counter-Terrorist Unit, Los Angeles, California.
02:05:15
(Tony Almeida sits in his office on the phone with his wife, Michelle Dessler.)
TONY: So, you're doing okay?
MICHELLE: Yeah, honey. Don't worry about me.
(Michelle is shown at the hospital in a bed. She is pregnant.)
TONY: Ok.
(Chloe walks into Tony's office, with a worried look on her face.)
TONY: Michelle, hold on.
CHLOE: Tony, he's here.
(Tony looks over at his clock on the wall.)
TONY: Already?
MICHELLE: Tony, what's wrong?
TONY: Nothing, I'll call you later.
MICHELLE: Okay honey, I love you.
(Tony Smiles.)
TONY: I love you too.
(Tony hangs up the phone, and then sits there for a moment thinking. While he was thinking, he forgot that Chloe was there.)
CHLOE: Tony?
TONY: Oh yeah, sorry. Will you send him in here?
(Chloe walks out and down the stairs to the front room, where Wayne Palmer, the president's secretary of state and brother, was waiting. He stood up to greet Chloe.)
CHLOE: Okay Mr. Palmer, he's ready. Follow me please.
WAYNE: Let's go.
(The two walk up the stairs and into Tony's office, where Tony has cleaned off his desk to make it look presentable. He stands up and shakes hands with Tony.)
TONY: Hello, Mr. Palmer.
WAYNE: Mr. Almeida.
(The two men sit down and get ready for a conversation.)
WAYNE: So, Mr. Almeida—
TONY: Call me Tony, please.
WAYNE: Okay, Tony. Is everything in place?
TONY: Yes. We are ready for the speech later.
(Tony reaches into a desk drawer and pulls out a cell phone.)
TONY: This is the president's new phone for today. It is equipped with a GPS system and a trace system, for every call made on this phone.
(Wayne nods, agreeing.)
LOCATION: CIA Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters, Langley, Virginia
02:08:34
(Chase Edmunds walks down a hallway, looking at room numbers. He finally walks into room 232. A man is sitting at the desk and Chase sits down.)
CHASE: Mr. Ralken, I am sorry that I'm late. Traffic.
(Mr. Ralken has a British accent.)
RALKEN: Yes, of course, Mr. Edmunds. Such things cannot be prevented. But anyway, we don't have much more time before he gets here.
CHASE: I understand.
RALKEN: Ok, listen. I don't want you making any deals with him unless absolutely necessary. This man is very dangerous and he is a fugitive.
CHASE: Who is he?
RALKEN: We cannot disclose that information to you right now. You'll know when you see him.
CHASE: If he's so damn dangerous, why'd you choose him to protect the president?
(Ralken pauses for a moment. He then takes a deep breath and continues.)
RALKEN: His personal relationship with President Palmer. The president feels that he can trust only this man in his protection.
(Chase seems to choke up for a moment. A look of horror falls upon his face.)
CHASE: (whispering) Oh my god.
(Ralken's phone rings. He waits a second then answers it, knowing what the call was about. On the phone was his secretary.)
RALKEN: Jill?
JILL: Yes, sir. He's here.
RALKEN: Maybe I should leave.
(Chase decides not to stop him, knowing who was coming. Ralken gets up and walks out of the room. Chase stands, very nervously. A few seconds later a man walks into the room. His voice is cold as well as his actions. He stands in front of Chase for a moment, and Chase looks surprised, yet he knew who it was.)
MAN: Chase.
(Chase pauses and speaks slowly.)
CHASE: Jack.
02:16:57
LOCATION: White House, Washington, D.C.
02:20:21
(The mysterious man creeps up on a guard and silently cracks his neck. He then takes the officer's gun. He hears talking so he runs for a corner where he can hide. When the two guards finally come around, he trips one of them and knocks the other one out with the butt of his gun. When the tripped one stands up, the guard engages in a short fistfight, in which he loses. The man then returns to his corner, dragging the bodies with him. He pulls out his cell phone and calls back the woman.)
WOMAN: What? Are you in yet?
MAN: Close enough. If I place the camera here, it would give them coverage of the entire front lawn.
WOMAN: No, it won't work. It has to be inside. Why the hell would we want to look at the front lawn?
(The man sighs heavily and hangs up.)
LOCATION: CTU
02:26:32
WAYNE: Are you sure this is okay?
TONY: Yeah, we've got one of our men in there now.
(The two men stand up and shake hands.)
WAYNE: Thank you, Tony. Now I really must be getting back before David wakes up. He'll be looking for me.
TONY: Then you should go.
(Tony leads Wayne out of the office and down the stairs, where an assistant shows him out of the building. Kim Bauer, Jack's daughter, then walks up to Tony,)
KIM: Tony.
TONY: Yeah, Kim?
KIM: Have you heard anything from Chase yet?
TONY: Yeah, Ralken just called while I was with Mr. Palmer. He is meeting Jack now.
KIM: Okay, thanks.
(Adam, Kim's partner at CTU, then walks to Kim.)
ADAM: Kim, we got a lot of work to do.
(Kim pauses for a moment.)
KIM: Yeah, let's go.
LOCATION: Unknown
02:29:56
(A black car slowly pulls up in front of a house. Two men get out and shut the doors behind them. They walk up to the house, which looks pretty close to a mansion. They knock on the door and a man opens it. A very dangerous man. Michael Amador.)
AMADOR: Hello, boys. You're right on time.
(The two men walk inside and Amador closes the door behind them.)
02:31:23
LOCATION: CIA Headquarters
02:37:15
(Chase and Jack are still standing there talking. They are in the middle of a conversation. They are yelling at each other.)
JACK: And what the hell did you expect me to do?!?!
CHASE: Well, you could have told the truth for one!
JACK: You don't know anything about this! Just get your own life!
(Chase's voice is lower now.)
CHASE: I'm sorry, Jack. I just can't do that.
(Jack knew what he was talking about, but he hoped it wasn't true. His eye shoots over to Chase's left hand. There was a wedding ring. Jack then storms out of the room and goes into a restroom. He gets out his cell phone and hits a number on speed dial. Kim picks up.)
KIM: Hello, this is Kim.
JACK: Kim.
KIM: Oh, hi dad.
JACK: Don't give me that, Kim.
KIM: What's wrong, dad?
JACK: You know exactly what's wrong. How could you lie to me?
(Kim looks surprised to hear that. She tries to stall him in hopes that she would get called away. She obviously doesn't want to talk about the situation.)
KIM: About what?
JACK: About Chase.
KIM: I'm sorry, dad.
JACK: Listen to me. We'll talk about this tomorrow.
(Jack hangs up as Chase walks in. Chase's voice is very calm.)
CHASE: Dammit, Jack. How could you do this to her? After everything that she's been through over the past six years. She's finally happy. Please, Jack --
(Jack looks up at Chase, with a very unhappy look.)
JACK: We've got work to do.
02:45:34
LOCATION: Unknown
02:51:54
(Michael Amador and a group of ten seated men are in a large room, the basement of the house. Behind him is a large screen, with the Chinese symbol for jade on it. Under it read the words Apex Corp.)
AMADOR: Welcome, everyone. Tonight I will introduce to you something, which if successful, will change the world forever. But before we begin, shall we have a role call??
(A man sitting at a computer in the corner of the basement stands up. His name badge reads J. Stanford. He begins to call out the names of countries.)
STANFORD: Vietnam.
(An Asian man, a representative at the meeting, stands up.)
STANFORD: Russia.
(Another representative stands, and as Stanford reads the other countries the other men follow.)
STANFORD: Iraq. Iran. Ecuador. Nigeria. Canada. Yemen. Turkmenistan.
(He pauses for a moment then reads the last country.)
STANFORD: The United States.
(A man stands up. He and Amador exchange looks. Then Amador continues.)
LOCATION: Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
02:55:06
(Michelle Dessler lies in her hospital bed waiting for her doctor to arrive. An man in his early 50's walks in with a name tag that reads F. Hendrix. He smiles as he greets Michelle.)
DR. HENDRIX: Hello, Mrs. Almeida. How are we doing?
MICHELLE: I'm fine, thank you.
DR. HENDRIX: Well, whenever you need me remember to call. He'll be coming along anytime now.
MICHELLE: Thank you.
(Dr. Hendrix walks out when a repairman stops him right outside of Michelle's room. Michelle watches their conversation although she cannot her it.)
REPAIRMAN: Dr. Hendrix, would you follow me? I think there is a problem with the equipment in Operating Room 4.
DR. HENDRIX: Sure, let's go.
(The two men walk down the hallway as Michelle closes her eyes to return to her sleep. They walk into OR 4. Dr. Hendrix walks in behind the repairman, and from behind the door jumps out another man dressed as a repairman, who looks almost exactly like the doctor. He takes a big flashlight and knocks Dr. Hendrix in the back of the head, which renders him unconscious. The first repairman runs and locks the door as the double for Dr. Hendrix changes into his clothes.)
DOUBLE HENDRIX: Are we ready?
REPAIRMAN: Let's go.
(The two men drag the doctor's body and lifts him into a tall cabinet, then close and lock it up. Double Hendrix then opens the door and leaves the repairman alone. Double Hendrix walks until he gets to Michelle's room, and then walks in. Trying not to wake her, he walks over to a computer and starts typing. He then goes over to her, and gives her anesthesia to put her to sleep.)
03:00:01
Date: July 4, 2004
Start Time: 2:00 AM
The following takes place between 2 AM and 3 AM.
LOCATION: Washington, D.C. Outside of the White House.
WEATHER: Calm wind, nighttime.
(A middle-aged Caucasian man wearing a long, brown trench coat and sunglasses is walking along the gate in front of the White House. He stops to look at the home of President David Palmer, and then his cell phone rings. He answers it without even looking at who called.)
MAN: Yeah.
(The voice over the phone is a woman's voice.)
VOICE: You ready to go?
MAN: Not yet. I haven't gone in yet.
VOICE: Well, what the hell are you waiting for? We don't have all day, dammit.
MAN: Alright, calm down. I'm going in, but I have to warn you, security is pretty damn tight today.
VOICE: Okay, I know. Just be careful.
MAN: You know me.
VOICE: That's why I'm worried.
(She hangs up, and the man puts away his cell phone, and then continues to walk.)
LOCATION: CTU, Counter-Terrorist Unit, Los Angeles, California.
02:05:15
(Tony Almeida sits in his office on the phone with his wife, Michelle Dessler.)
TONY: So, you're doing okay?
MICHELLE: Yeah, honey. Don't worry about me.
(Michelle is shown at the hospital in a bed. She is pregnant.)
TONY: Ok.
(Chloe walks into Tony's office, with a worried look on her face.)
TONY: Michelle, hold on.
CHLOE: Tony, he's here.
(Tony looks over at his clock on the wall.)
TONY: Already?
MICHELLE: Tony, what's wrong?
TONY: Nothing, I'll call you later.
MICHELLE: Okay honey, I love you.
(Tony Smiles.)
TONY: I love you too.
(Tony hangs up the phone, and then sits there for a moment thinking. While he was thinking, he forgot that Chloe was there.)
CHLOE: Tony?
TONY: Oh yeah, sorry. Will you send him in here?
(Chloe walks out and down the stairs to the front room, where Wayne Palmer, the president's secretary of state and brother, was waiting. He stood up to greet Chloe.)
CHLOE: Okay Mr. Palmer, he's ready. Follow me please.
WAYNE: Let's go.
(The two walk up the stairs and into Tony's office, where Tony has cleaned off his desk to make it look presentable. He stands up and shakes hands with Tony.)
TONY: Hello, Mr. Palmer.
WAYNE: Mr. Almeida.
(The two men sit down and get ready for a conversation.)
WAYNE: So, Mr. Almeida—
TONY: Call me Tony, please.
WAYNE: Okay, Tony. Is everything in place?
TONY: Yes. We are ready for the speech later.
(Tony reaches into a desk drawer and pulls out a cell phone.)
TONY: This is the president's new phone for today. It is equipped with a GPS system and a trace system, for every call made on this phone.
(Wayne nods, agreeing.)
LOCATION: CIA Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters, Langley, Virginia
02:08:34
(Chase Edmunds walks down a hallway, looking at room numbers. He finally walks into room 232. A man is sitting at the desk and Chase sits down.)
CHASE: Mr. Ralken, I am sorry that I'm late. Traffic.
(Mr. Ralken has a British accent.)
RALKEN: Yes, of course, Mr. Edmunds. Such things cannot be prevented. But anyway, we don't have much more time before he gets here.
CHASE: I understand.
RALKEN: Ok, listen. I don't want you making any deals with him unless absolutely necessary. This man is very dangerous and he is a fugitive.
CHASE: Who is he?
RALKEN: We cannot disclose that information to you right now. You'll know when you see him.
CHASE: If he's so damn dangerous, why'd you choose him to protect the president?
(Ralken pauses for a moment. He then takes a deep breath and continues.)
RALKEN: His personal relationship with President Palmer. The president feels that he can trust only this man in his protection.
(Chase seems to choke up for a moment. A look of horror falls upon his face.)
CHASE: (whispering) Oh my god.
(Ralken's phone rings. He waits a second then answers it, knowing what the call was about. On the phone was his secretary.)
RALKEN: Jill?
JILL: Yes, sir. He's here.
RALKEN: Maybe I should leave.
(Chase decides not to stop him, knowing who was coming. Ralken gets up and walks out of the room. Chase stands, very nervously. A few seconds later a man walks into the room. His voice is cold as well as his actions. He stands in front of Chase for a moment, and Chase looks surprised, yet he knew who it was.)
MAN: Chase.
(Chase pauses and speaks slowly.)
CHASE: Jack.
02:16:57
LOCATION: White House, Washington, D.C.
02:20:21
(The mysterious man creeps up on a guard and silently cracks his neck. He then takes the officer's gun. He hears talking so he runs for a corner where he can hide. When the two guards finally come around, he trips one of them and knocks the other one out with the butt of his gun. When the tripped one stands up, the guard engages in a short fistfight, in which he loses. The man then returns to his corner, dragging the bodies with him. He pulls out his cell phone and calls back the woman.)
WOMAN: What? Are you in yet?
MAN: Close enough. If I place the camera here, it would give them coverage of the entire front lawn.
WOMAN: No, it won't work. It has to be inside. Why the hell would we want to look at the front lawn?
(The man sighs heavily and hangs up.)
LOCATION: CTU
02:26:32
WAYNE: Are you sure this is okay?
TONY: Yeah, we've got one of our men in there now.
(The two men stand up and shake hands.)
WAYNE: Thank you, Tony. Now I really must be getting back before David wakes up. He'll be looking for me.
TONY: Then you should go.
(Tony leads Wayne out of the office and down the stairs, where an assistant shows him out of the building. Kim Bauer, Jack's daughter, then walks up to Tony,)
KIM: Tony.
TONY: Yeah, Kim?
KIM: Have you heard anything from Chase yet?
TONY: Yeah, Ralken just called while I was with Mr. Palmer. He is meeting Jack now.
KIM: Okay, thanks.
(Adam, Kim's partner at CTU, then walks to Kim.)
ADAM: Kim, we got a lot of work to do.
(Kim pauses for a moment.)
KIM: Yeah, let's go.
LOCATION: Unknown
02:29:56
(A black car slowly pulls up in front of a house. Two men get out and shut the doors behind them. They walk up to the house, which looks pretty close to a mansion. They knock on the door and a man opens it. A very dangerous man. Michael Amador.)
AMADOR: Hello, boys. You're right on time.
(The two men walk inside and Amador closes the door behind them.)
02:31:23
LOCATION: CIA Headquarters
02:37:15
(Chase and Jack are still standing there talking. They are in the middle of a conversation. They are yelling at each other.)
JACK: And what the hell did you expect me to do?!?!
CHASE: Well, you could have told the truth for one!
JACK: You don't know anything about this! Just get your own life!
(Chase's voice is lower now.)
CHASE: I'm sorry, Jack. I just can't do that.
(Jack knew what he was talking about, but he hoped it wasn't true. His eye shoots over to Chase's left hand. There was a wedding ring. Jack then storms out of the room and goes into a restroom. He gets out his cell phone and hits a number on speed dial. Kim picks up.)
KIM: Hello, this is Kim.
JACK: Kim.
KIM: Oh, hi dad.
JACK: Don't give me that, Kim.
KIM: What's wrong, dad?
JACK: You know exactly what's wrong. How could you lie to me?
(Kim looks surprised to hear that. She tries to stall him in hopes that she would get called away. She obviously doesn't want to talk about the situation.)
KIM: About what?
JACK: About Chase.
KIM: I'm sorry, dad.
JACK: Listen to me. We'll talk about this tomorrow.
(Jack hangs up as Chase walks in. Chase's voice is very calm.)
CHASE: Dammit, Jack. How could you do this to her? After everything that she's been through over the past six years. She's finally happy. Please, Jack --
(Jack looks up at Chase, with a very unhappy look.)
JACK: We've got work to do.
02:45:34
LOCATION: Unknown
02:51:54
(Michael Amador and a group of ten seated men are in a large room, the basement of the house. Behind him is a large screen, with the Chinese symbol for jade on it. Under it read the words Apex Corp.)
AMADOR: Welcome, everyone. Tonight I will introduce to you something, which if successful, will change the world forever. But before we begin, shall we have a role call??
(A man sitting at a computer in the corner of the basement stands up. His name badge reads J. Stanford. He begins to call out the names of countries.)
STANFORD: Vietnam.
(An Asian man, a representative at the meeting, stands up.)
STANFORD: Russia.
(Another representative stands, and as Stanford reads the other countries the other men follow.)
STANFORD: Iraq. Iran. Ecuador. Nigeria. Canada. Yemen. Turkmenistan.
(He pauses for a moment then reads the last country.)
STANFORD: The United States.
(A man stands up. He and Amador exchange looks. Then Amador continues.)
LOCATION: Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
02:55:06
(Michelle Dessler lies in her hospital bed waiting for her doctor to arrive. An man in his early 50's walks in with a name tag that reads F. Hendrix. He smiles as he greets Michelle.)
DR. HENDRIX: Hello, Mrs. Almeida. How are we doing?
MICHELLE: I'm fine, thank you.
DR. HENDRIX: Well, whenever you need me remember to call. He'll be coming along anytime now.
MICHELLE: Thank you.
(Dr. Hendrix walks out when a repairman stops him right outside of Michelle's room. Michelle watches their conversation although she cannot her it.)
REPAIRMAN: Dr. Hendrix, would you follow me? I think there is a problem with the equipment in Operating Room 4.
DR. HENDRIX: Sure, let's go.
(The two men walk down the hallway as Michelle closes her eyes to return to her sleep. They walk into OR 4. Dr. Hendrix walks in behind the repairman, and from behind the door jumps out another man dressed as a repairman, who looks almost exactly like the doctor. He takes a big flashlight and knocks Dr. Hendrix in the back of the head, which renders him unconscious. The first repairman runs and locks the door as the double for Dr. Hendrix changes into his clothes.)
DOUBLE HENDRIX: Are we ready?
REPAIRMAN: Let's go.
(The two men drag the doctor's body and lifts him into a tall cabinet, then close and lock it up. Double Hendrix then opens the door and leaves the repairman alone. Double Hendrix walks until he gets to Michelle's room, and then walks in. Trying not to wake her, he walks over to a computer and starts typing. He then goes over to her, and gives her anesthesia to put her to sleep.)
03:00:01