Day 8: 5:00am-6:00am

Samir Mehran demands that the United States government hand over President Omar Hassan within one hour or face a radiological attack in the heart of Manhattan. Defiantly, President Allison Taylor instead orders Jack Bauer to escort Hassan to Fort McGuire Air Force Base, while members of her inner circle conspire to subvert her decision.

Previously on 24

 * Jack Bauer calls the NSA and tells them that CTU New York is offline and that they must shut down bridge and tunnel traffic.
 * Renee Walker receives a phone call from Chloe O'Brian saying she can't locate Jack.
 * Chloe O'Brian pulls a gun on Frank Haynam after he rejects her plan to restart CTU.
 * Samir Mehran loads the nuclear fuel rods into a boat for transport across the East River.
 * Dana Walsh strangles Bill Prady after he refuses to drop his inquiry into Kevin Wade's whereabouts.
 * Dana calls Samir and promises to help him escape CTU's surveillance, proving herself to be a mole.

The following takes place between 5:00am and 6:00am.


 * Unit Production Manager: Craig West
 * First Assistant Director: Nicole Burke
 * Second Assistant Director: Scott Remick
 * Costume Designer: Jim Lapidus
 * Production Sound Mixer: Bill Gocke
 * Property Master: Randy Gunter
 * Script Supervisor: Anne Melville
 * Art Director: Carlos Osorio
 * Costumes Supervisor: Jean Rosone
 * Set Decorator: Cloudia Rebar, S.D.S.A.
 * Gaffer: David St. Onge
 * Key Grip: Anthony Vietro
 * Special Effects Coordinators:
 * Stan Blackwell
 * Scott Blackwell
 * Set Designer: Marco Miehe
 * Key Make-up Artists:
 * Dee Mansano
 * Stephanie Fowler
 * Key Hair Stylists:
 * Michael Marcellino
 * Audrey Futterman-Stern
 * Transportation Coordinator: Hal Lary
 * Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Cadiente
 * Camera Operators:
 * Guy Skinner
 * Jay Herron
 * Assistant Camera Operators:
 * Jon Sharpe
 * Bruce DeAragon
 * Boom Operator: Todd Overton
 * Unit Publicist: Mariana A. Galvez
 * Location Manager: KC Warnke


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 * Construction Coordinator: Phil Stone
 * Addl. 2nd Assistant Director: Aaron Penn
 * Key Assistant Location Managers:
 * Leo A. Fialko
 * Clay Dodder
 * Production Coordinator: Kimberley Barnhart Posly
 * Computer Graphics Supervisor: Mark Marcum
 * Graphic Artist: Olivier Benamou
 * Playback Operator: Tim Whittet
 * Script Coordinator: Shauna McGarry
 * Extras Coordinator: Jason Gutierrez
 * Production Accountant: Tony Pacheco
 * Post Production Supervisor: Amanda Mace
 * Assistant Editor: Melanie Goldstein
 * Post Production Coordinator: Joe Lindquist
 * Post Production Assistant: C'Jay Shaw
 * Sound Supervisor: William Dotson
 * Re-Recording Mixers:
 * Michael Olman, C.A.S.
 * Kenneth Kobett, C.A.S.
 * Music Editor: Jeff Charbonneau
 * Music Mixer: Larold Rebhun
 * Visual Effects Supervisor: James Riley
 * Producer's Assistants:
 * Jose Cabrera
 * Adam DaSilva
 * Sabira Khan
 * Jessica Petelle
 * Kim Reynolds
 * DGA Trainee: Lisa Zugshwerdt
 * Assistant Production Coordinators:
 * Teo Dell'Amico
 * Drew Bryden
 * Production Assistants:
 * Scott Koche
 * Patrick McDonald
 * Matt Price
 * Dialect Coach: Joel Goldes
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Memorable quotes

 * President Allison Taylor: Now we have sixty minutes to find these bastards, and I believe we will. But if we don't, and the worst happens, we will deal with it. We will pick ourselves up off the floor and deal with it. Why? Because that's what we do. Americans don't stay down. We rise up together in times of crisis. We carry on! Is that clear?


 * David Brucker: "The primary role of a government is to protect its citizens." Your words, Mr. Weiss. It's time to decide whether or not you meant them.


 * Ethan Kanin: This...This is beyond madness.


 * Jack Bauer: Son of a bitch just hung up on me.
 * Renee Walker: He's under a lot of stress, they all are.
 * Jack Bauer: I don't give a...


 * Jack Bauer: I don't take orders from anybody other than the President of the United States, now move.

Background information and notes

 * Series regulars Cherry Jones and Chris Diamantopoulos return after a three episode absence.