Alexander Trepkos

Alexander Trepkos acted as an intermediary between Peter Kingsley and Max during Day 2.

Day 2

When the nuclear weapon failed to blow up Los Angeles, Trepkos paid a visit to Kingsley’s office to relay the news that Max was not happy. They conversed on whether Jack Bauer would be able to stop the war or not. Later on, Trepkos found out from his government intelligence sources that Kingsley had been killed and that the Cyprus recording had been found to be false. When he told Max that the war had been called off, Max decided to resort to a previously undisclosed Plan B. Trepkos was confused, but Max only said that it would start that day, and hung up. Mandy soon attacked President David Palmer with a dangerous chemical or biological weapon.

The Game

The game, which is set in-between Seasons 2 and 3, does feature Max, but not Alexander Trepkos. In the game, Trepkos is mentioned to be an associate of Peter Kingsley. (The Game) This proves that he was definitely exposed for his involvement in the plot and was probably also arrested, since he isn't seen. Kingsley was also known by the authorities to have been responsible for the conspiracy, so it is likely that this connection between the two is how Trepkos was caught.

Day 3

At the start of Season 3, when Wayne speaks to his brother David about Mandy's assassination attempt (of which Alexander Trepkos had been ignorant), he makes the comment quoted below, referring to David authorized a manhunt for the masterminds behind Day 2's events and arrested the man behind it:

...and you remind everyone that it was your administration that not only arrested the man behind the attempt on your life, but you also exposed his organization and put his top tier people away as well, all this while you were in this so-called weakened state." ("Day 3: 1:00pm-2:00pm")

Trepkos worked under Max as his second-in-command but above Kingsley. And since Kinglsey died during the events of Day 2, Max was killed in 24: The Game and Mandy remained at large until Day 4, Trepkos was likely the man who was arrested. The manhunt was unsuccessful at arresting Mandy, but it did clearly expose her role in Palmer's assassination, as seen in Season 4. ("Day 4: 6:00am-7:00am") Trepkos is not seen in either the game or in later seasons, and it is a distinct possibility that he has been incarcerated since Day 2.

Background information and notes

• In 2007, Jon Cassar listed Alexander Trepkos as a character that could 'potentially return' along with Carl Webb, Teddy Hanlin, Lynne Kresge, and Behrooz Araz in a Feb. 12, 2007 TV Guide interview with Bill Hochman. Ultimately, none of these characters reappeared.
• This character's name was never used on the show but appeared on the fox.com episode guide for Day 2: 3:00am-4:00am. His surname was also mentioned in 24: The Game.

See also

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