Tony Almeida on Day 2

Day 2


Tony Day 2



Tony greets Jack Bauer at CTU Los Angeles.

During Day 2, Tony was working as the Chief of Staff at CTU Los Angeles, working under George Mason. When CTU learns that a nuclear bomb is set to go off in Los Angeles sometime during the day, President David Palmer is contacted with this information, and it is soon revealed that Jack Bauer may be the only one who can help the investigation.

Both George and Tony call Jack and request for him to come in, but Jack ignores all of their calls. President Palmer decides to call Jack and he requests for him to work with CTU on a provisional basis. Jack finally agrees, as a favor to President Palmer and Tony. After learning about the National Security crisis, he tells George and Tony he will work with them if they get his daughter, Kim Bauer, out of Los Angeles.

When Mason sends an agent to investigate some foreign passports, that may be connected to the terrorists, Tony is furious to hear Mason sent the agent who was supposed to pick up Kim. CTU is unable to locate Kim, and Tony claims that George broke the promise he kept to Jack. Tony also begins that George is ignoring his job and worrying about his own being, when Mason goes to leave LA. With Mason out of the CTU office for the next several hours, Tony becomes in charge, and Michelle Dessler serves as his second-in-command.

After receiving orders from District, Tony sends Mason to a location that may have some possible terrorism connections. Tony then receives an order from NSA, to transfer all of CTU's files on the current investigation to NSA servers. When Tony learns other CTU units didn't receive this order, he relays this with Mason, who informs Tony about finding the production site of the bomb. Tony then learns from a telephone programmer that their is a bomb inside CTU, and the worker got the information from Jack. Tony then orders an evacuation and has everyone run out of the building.

When Tony realizes that Paula Schaeffer is still in Mason's office, finishing the transfer of files to NSA, he runs upstairs in an effort to save her. The building then explodes, but luckily the bomb only did minor damage to CTU. Unharmed, Tony digs to find Paula and he finds her unconscious under a girder. Tony then calls Mason and requests for him to return to CTU and do his job, but Mason refuses to return. Tony lashes out at George, feeling he is being selfish by trying to save his own ass.

Tony and Michelle Dessler have a moment.

Eventually George returns to CTU, and he disagrees with Tony's decision to send Paula immediately to the hospital. Paula has a low chance of survival and Mason makes the decision for her to remain at CTU, and finish retrieving the case files, as she is the only one qualified for the job. Though Tony does not like the idea of putting Paula's life in their hands like this, he admits to Michelle that Mason made the best decision for the country.

Paula is able to retrieve all of the files, but she dies shortly after. Tony feels responsible and expresses his guilt to Michelle, as he was the one who brought Paula into CTU in the first place.

While Jack works on an undercover operation, he eventually meets with ringleader Joseph Wald and tells him he killed their partners. Wald looked himself in a panic room, in order to prevent Jack from obtaining information, but he eventually opened the door and gave Jack the information he need. Jack learned that the person to sell him the schematics of CTU was no other than Nina Myers.

Nina was brought to CTU and George Mason decide to interrogate her, though Jack requested to see her first. Nina taunted Tony, over her deceiving him during their relationship in Day One. With Mason back in charge of CTU, Tony decides to leave the building and follow up on a lead. Tony makes a connection between a Middle Eastern businessman and the terrorist CTU has been tracking, Syed Ali.

Tony is lead to the Warner home, and Bob Warner insists for Tony to leave and come back another day, as it is his daughter's wedding day. Tony refuses to leave, and he interrogates Reza Naiyeer, who is engaged to Bob's daughter, Marie. Although Reza claims his innocence, Tony is reluctant to believe him, as Ali's name is all over Reza's computer files.

Tony shows up at Warner's house to question Reza

When Reza claims he is being racially profiled, Tony threatens to walk Reza handcuffed in front of Reza's parents if he does not cooperate. When Reza tells Tony that he only confirmed the money transfers for Ali, and that he was covering for Bob Warner, Tony is forced to interrogate Warner. When Tony briefs Mason about what he discovered at the Warner house, he asks Tony to bring them in. Kate Warner and Marie decided to accompany their father and Marie's fiance to CTU.

Tony brings Reza and Warner into CTU, and Warner requests to speak with Tony in private. Warner claims that he is innocent and is working as a consultant for the CIA. When it is confirmed that Warner is working for the CIA, Tony doesn't know who to believe, as he has interrogated Reza several times and believes in his innocence. When George physically attacks Reza, Tony is forced to pull him off and he then has a heart-to-heart conversation with Michelle, assuring her everything will be all right in the end.

When Tony learns that Mason put Reza and Warner in the same room, he questions Mason on his change of attitude. Tony realizes something bigger is going on, and Mason confuses he was exposed to radiation when following up a lead earlier. Tony asks if anyone else knows about this, and Mason reveals only Jack knows. Though Tony has the authority to force Mason to step down, he is convinced Mason is fit to run CTU for the rest of the day.

When Jack informs Tony that he rescued Kate Warner at her home from terrorists, Tony begins to speculate that Warner's ties to the CIA might have something to do with it. Tony asks Michelle to open up a search of all of Warner's employees, as he tries to find out the connection between the Warner company and Ali. Michelle then confesses to Tony about her feelings for him, and Tony does the same. Due to his experience with Nina Myers, Tony agrees to go on a date if they survive the nuclear bomb crisis.

When Reza and CTU agents are found dead, Tony shares his suspicions with Jack that Marie Warner may be the one who is connected to Ali. Tony tells Jack to be more cautious, as Kate may also be involved in the conspiracy. Tony breaks the news about Marie killing Reza to Bob, and he lashes out at him, claiming Tony made up the story in an effort to get Bob to confess to something.

When Mason learns that Tony is working on Kim's location, Mason becomes furious and doesn't want Tony to divert attention from the terrorist threat. Tony insists he is keeping his promise to Jack and after Mason walks away, Tony continues on his search. Tony contacts Jack and tells him he still hasn't found Kim, and Jack pleads for him to do everything he can.

Tony watches the nuclear blast from a monitor.

Jack and Kate are able to capture Ali in an undercover operation, and asks Michelle to round him up. When Mason directs all units to Northern Airfield, Tony's order to Michelle is overruled and Tony is annoyed over the fact Division is trying to shut down the operation. After tech is able to uncover a number from burned files, Tony is able to give the location of a plane to Jack, with the nuclear bomb attached to it.

Realizing he is growing to sick to continue working as the director of CTU, Mason gives his walking papers and access cards to Tony and he is promoted to Special Agent in Charge. Once Mason leaves, Tony gives a speech of the new chain of command and about George's condition. Tony requests for all of CTU's employees to mourn for Mason once the current crisis is solved.

As the new head of CTU, Tony receives a suitcase full of Ali's belongings, that were found at his safe house. One of the objects is an encrypted hard drive, that holds conversations between Ali and officials from three Middle Eastern countries. Tony calls President Palmer and tells him that the three countries may of been responsible for funding the nuclear bomb to Ali. A liaison is then brought to CTU, and Tony is reluctant to trust Yusuf Auda, as he is of Middle Eastern descent.

When Jack decides to fly the plane, that holds the nuclear bomb, over the Mojave Desert, Jack begs for Tony to find Kim's whereabouts so he can say good-bye to her. When Tony gets Kim on the phone, he patches her through to Jack, and the two have an emotional farewell. Jack then contacts Tony again and tells him that Mason stowed away on the plane and decided to fly it, as he will be dead by the end of the day anyways. Tony has Michelle send a helicopter to pick up Jack, and moments after Jack parachutes out of the plane, the bomb goes off.

Tony tells Mason's staff of the gratitude he has for their work, and then Yusuf requests to be apprised of the investigation, but Tony differs with this. While Michelle interrogates Ali on the audio recordings, Tony has Carrie Turner confirm the recordings are legitimate. When Michelle claims that Ali confirmed the conversations never happened and they were fabricated, Carrie scolds her and Tony gives President Palmer both sides of the story.

Tony in CTU.

Michelle begins to pressure Tony to dig deeper into Ali's claims, but Ali is being deported to Guantanamo for more investigation and Tony is unable to comply. When Ali is assassinated when being escorted out of the building, Michelle feels this is proof the records were faked, but Tony is convinced the assassin was working for one of the countries. When Jack takes Michelle's side, Tony warns him to back off, as he is in charge of the investigation.

When Tony learns from Carrie that Jack is escorting Kate Warner out of the building, Tony tries to stop him by holding Jack at gunpoint. Jack manages to get a hold of the gun, and knocks Tony out, and escapes from the building. Tony injures his ankle and he informs Mike Novick, President Palmer's Chief of Staff, that Jack is on the run with their witness. Carrie then shares her suspicions with Tony about Michelle aiding and abetting Jack in the escape.

When Tony confronts Michelle about Carrie's theory, Michelle denies working with Jack and is convinced Carrie is making a career move. When Tony confronts Carrie and asks if she was lying, she tells him she saw Michelle and Jack speaking conspiratorially before he fled. Believing her, Tony agrees to have Carrie monitor all of Michelle's outside communications.

Carrie manages to find out that Michelle had access to satellite images and received a call that was not logged in. Tony asks Carrie to monitor what Michelle is working on, as he is convinced Michelle's satellite coverage will give him Jack's location. Michelle pulls over 100 different satellite images, and Tony confronts her about it. After more evidence arises, Tony confronts Michelle again and she confesses to working with Jack. Michelle connects Tony to Jack, and Tony asks Jack to bring Jonathan Wallace in, as he knows about the fabricated recordings. Jack refuses and is convinced he needs to do this investigation outside of CTU perimeter.

Tony argues with Ryan Chappelle.

Jack contacts Tony and tells him he has access to a microchip, that proves the Cyprus recording was fabricated with. Jack requests for Tony to contact the president and after talking with Michelle, and Tony does, but he is not able to confirm if the chip is authentic. When Tony continues to see tension between Michelle and Carrie, Tony calls Michelle into his office and learns about their past. Michelle reveals her brother Danny left his wife for Carrie, and she ended up leave him and breaking his heart. When Danny comes to CTU and attacks Carrie, Michelle is comforted by Tony and the two share a passionate kiss.

When Ryan Chappelle comes into CTU and takes over things, he tells Tony not to waste time locating Jack and the chip, as the military will strike against the three countries. Chappelle warns Tony to follow this order, or he will not remain in his current CTU position. Tony has Michelle locate Jack's movement and Carrie finds out. She threatens to tell Chappelle about it if she doesn't receive Michelle's job as CTU Chief of Staff. Tony calls her bluff when he tells Chappelle about Carrie's extortion attempt. Tony insists on Chappelle firing him, but he insists on keeping Tony in the position, as he has nobody else to fill it in such a short notice.

When Tony learns the country is still in war mode, despite the president calling off the strike, Chappelle reveals that the order may be reversed when the 25th Amendment is put into play. Jack then contacts Tony and tells him that Peter Kingsley may be responsible for the recordings. Jack then provides whatever he can find on the damaged chip to Tony. After Tony tells Chappelle that Jack found the chip, Chappelle notifies President Jim Prescott. Tony and Michelle are unsuccessful in pulling data off the chip, but they learn Alex Hewitt was the programmer and they give his address to Jack.

When Jack finds Hewitt, he also learns that President Palmer's ex-wife, Sherry Palmer, was working with Hewitt and Kingsley. Tony has a helicopter sent to Jack's location to pick them up, but Chappelle overrules that order and has the helicopter come back. President Palmer then contacts CTU and asks Tony were Jack is. Tony realizes he may need to get dirty to help Jack and Palmer, and he has Michelle bring Chappelle to a holding room. There, Tony sedates him and orders for the helicopter to pick up Jack.

Tony takes over as Special Agent in Charge.

Brad Hammond from Division calls and becomes suspicious when Tony tells him that Chappelle left the building. Tony then gives Michelle access cards and has her leave the building, so she can help Jack on the field. When Hammond arrives at CTU, he orders a lockdown and is convinced someone in CTU is working against Division's orders. Agents find the drugged Chappelle and they then find Michelle in her car. Hammond places both of them under arrest, but Tony insists Michelle was only following his orders, but she insists on taking the heat with him.

After regaining his strength, Chappelle asks for Tony and Michelle to put him back in contact with Jack. Tony only agrees to follow Chappelle's orders, if charges are dropped against him and Michelle. With a lot of pressure from high-ranking agents, Chappelle is forced to agree.

Tony is able to contact Jack and helps arrange the live feed and voice authentication. It is finally proved that the Cyprus recording was fabricated, and CTU agents were able to gun down Kingsley before he was giving the change to execute a injured Jack. After the crisis ends, Tony orders for Chappelle to leave his office and he thanks Michelle for doing what she felt was best, even if it was against his orders. They both left the office, and Tony told her he was looking forward to seeing her in the office tomorrow.