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- This article is based on the first seventeen minutes of Season 7 which were included on the 24: Redemption DVD.
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| Written by: | Howard Gordon & Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff | |||
| Directed by: | Jon Cassar | |||
| Production number: | 7AFF01 | |||
| Original airdate: | January 11, 2009 | |||
Episode guide
The following takes place between 8:00am and 9:00am.
Events occur in real time.
08:00:00
Michael Latham is kidnapped
On a street in Washington, DC a man and his young daughter are in a car; out of the blue their vehicle is slammed by a full size van. Another van plows into their car, and heavily armed, masked gunmen exit and kidnap the motorist. As the vans peel away, the man tells his kidnappers that he will pay them and begs them not to hurt his daughter. One of the masked men says he doesn't want his money. Instead, he is needed to "fix" something for them.
Jack Bauer in the Senate hearing
A Senate hearing is being conducted to examine human rights violations committed by the disbanded Counter Terrorist Unit. Senator Blaine Mayer, the speaker, calls Jack Bauer and questions him about his torture of Ibrahim Haddad in 2002. The two men have a tense verbal back-and-forth until FBI Special Agent Renee Walker interrupts. She informs the Senator that the FBI needs Bauer on a matter of urgent national security, and Jack is excused.
08:07:13
Jack and the two FBI agents are heading to a car, and Jack is told he will be briefed at the FBI office. Agent Walker speaks on the phone with Janis Gold, and learns that their investigation has taken an unexpected turn. Janis has an uncomfortable exchange with Sean Hillinger, who is delaying his responsibilities.
FBI head Larry Moss is briefing a room of agents, and informs them that Michael Latham was the man who was abducted ten minutes earlier. Latham not only worked on Homeland's firewall project, but he designed it. The kidnappers are the same people they have been investigating.
Latham is fixing a device for the terrorists so they can hack past Homeland's Firewall as Renee prepares to brief Jack.
08:11:55
Jack discovers that Tony Almeida is still alive
Renee briefs Jack about a matter of national security that has gone critical. She also reveals that one of the men behind the attack is someone he knows. She shows him a surveillance photo which slowly loads to show the face of Tony Almeida. Jack simply doesn't believe that Tony is alive, but Renee states that she had the body exhumed from Tony's grave and its DNA was not Tony's.
Tony Almeida gives Masters instructions
In a darkened room, two men try to hack into airport coordination computers. Their hardware fails. Latham is told by Tony that the device they forced him to work on has stopped functioning, and if he doesn't fix it, they won't need him anymore
08:16:55...08:16:56...08:16:57...
Memorable quotes
- Blaine Mayer: So basically what you are saying Mr. Bauer, is that the ends justify the means and you are above the law.
- Jack Bauer: When I am activated, when I am brought into a situation there is a reason. And that reason is to complete the objectives of my mission at all costs.
- Blaine Mayer: ...even if it means breaking the law.
- Jack Bauer: The difference between success and failure is your ability to adapt to your enemy. The people that I deal with, they don't care about your rules. All they care about is a result.
- Jack Bauer: I am more than willing to be judged by the people you claim to represent. I will let them decide what price I should pay. But please do not sit there with that smug look on your face and expect me to regret the decisions I have made. Because, sir, the truth is I don't.
- Renee Walker: We have a subpoena for Jack Bauer. I need him remanded into my custody immediately.
- Blaine Mayer: I'm not surprised that anyone has a subpoena for Mr. Bauer. But right now you're going to have to wait your turn.
- Jack Bauer: Agent Walker, right? I'm not active. The DOJ is about to file criminal charges against me. I'm not exactly in a position to help you with your situation. As much as I understand how dire it is --
- Renee Walker: No, I don't think you do. One of the men behind this threat is someone you know. (she presses a button on a computer screen which reveals the face of Tony Almeida)
- Jack Bauer: That's not possible. Tony Almeida is dead.
- Jack Bauer: No, no. If Tony was still alive I would know. He would've contacted me.
- Renee Walker: I had Almeida's grave exhumed. DNA tests confirmed that it was not his body that was buried there. The evidence is right here. If you want to leave without looking at it, go ahead.
- Tony Almeida: You're gonna want to move faster than that. See 'cause if you can't make this work in the next few minutes, I won't need you anymore. You understand what that means? (Latham nods) Good. Now fix it.
Dramatis personae
Starring
- Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
- Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor
- Annie Wersching as Renee Walker
- Colm Feore as First Gentleman Henry Taylor
- Bob Gunton as Ethan Kanin
- Jeffrey Nordling as Larry Moss
- Rhys Coiro as Sean Hillinger
- with Janeane Garofalo as Janis Gold
- and Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida
Special guest star
Guest starring
- John Billingsley as Michael Latham
- Tommy Flanagan as
- Mark Derwin as
- Frank John Hughes as
- Nick Chinlund as Masters
- Maximiliano Hernandez as
- William O'Leary as
- Ryan Cutrona as
- Warren Kole as
- John Rosenfeld as
- Murphy Guyer as
- Chris Williams as
- Vic Chao as
- Dameon Clarke as
Background information and notes
- This is the first season premiere since Day 3 1:00pm-2:00pm to include the "Events occur in real time" title card.
- This episode was originally supposed to air in January 2008, but due to the 2007-08 Writer's Guild of America Strike, FOX decided to delay the airing until January 2009 so that the whole season could air together.
- The first seventeen minutes of this episode were included as a special feature on the 24: Redemption DVD.
- Despite the surprise of Tony Almeida's reappearance, Carlos Bernard is credited, likely due to the fact that his character's reappearance was spoiled in a press release issued by the show in the summer of 2007, over a year prior to the actual airing of this episode.
- Tony appears just over one minute into the episode, but his name is not given until the twelfth minute.
- This episode displays one of the rare events where a year is given in 24: 2002.