- Kim Bauer: [saying good bye over the phone] dad, finally, are you ok?
- Jack Bauer: I'm ok sweetheart, are you alright?
- Kim Bauer: yes, I'm fine
- Jack Bauer: thank God, you've had a hell of a day haven't you?
- Kim Bauer: yes, what's that noise? Where are you?
- Jack Bauer: I'm in a plane
- Kim Bauer: A plane? Why?
- Jack Bauer: sweetheart there's something I need to tell you and it's going to be hard so I need you to stick with me ok?
- Kim Bauer: [remains silent]
- Jack Bauer: We found the bomb it was wired in a way for it's possible to diffuse it. We needed someone to fly it over the desert so nobody can get killed, that "someone" turned out to be me
- Kim Bauer: how are you getting off the plane?
- Jack Bauer: I'm not sweetheart, the bomb has to be dropped in a very specific area, there's no other choice. I'm sorry.
- Kim Bauer: [starts panicking] but dad, no you can't do this to me, there has to be someone else...
- Jack Bauer: I didn't have any other choice, I need you to listen to me.
- Kim Bauer: I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
- Jack Bauer: sweetheart, there's nothing to be sorry for.
- Kim Bauer: I've been so mean and so bad to you.
- Jack Bauer: Anything that happened between us, that was never your fault. I love you just the way you are. I don't want you to ever change, do you understand that? I love you more than anything in the world.
- Kim Bauer: [remains silent]
- Jack Bauer: I want you to live your life. I want you to be happy, that's all I ever wanted for you.
- Jack Bauer: [In a Cessna plane with the bomb] What the hell are you doing here?
- George Mason: [Sarcastically] I felt like taking a ride
- Jack Bauer: how the hell did you get on this plane?
- George Mason: It wasn't hard, some people still think I'm the head of CTU.
- Jack Bauer: son of a bitch
- George Mason: [takes out a parachute] I brought something for you.
- Jack Bauer: I already told you, I'm taking this plane in.
- George Mason: That might've made sense back on the ground but let's face it, the hard part is over, you took off and cleared the city, what's left is flying straight, stay level and take dive am I right? Unless of course you want to die.
- George Mason: What are you talking about?
- George Mason: You've had a death wish ever since Terri died. The way things have been going for you in the past year and a half, to you this isn't such a bad idea, you want to go out in a blaze of glory, one of the greatest heroes of all time. This could be an easy way out. You still have a life, you want be a real hero, here's what you do. You get back down there and you put the pieces together. You find a way to forgive yourself for what happened to your wife. You make things right with your daughter, and you go on serving your country. That'd take some real guts. You got twelve minutes: what's it going to be? You want to live or not?
- Jack Bauer: You really think you can do this?
- George Mason: Yes
- Jack Bauer: [Sternly] you are absolutely sure you can do this?
- George Mason: I'm suppose to do this
- Jack Bauer: You need to maintain this heading and this air speed. The second the LED reads a minute and a half, you initiate a dive at a thirty degree angle
- George Mason: Isn't a minute and a half a little early?
- Jack Bauer: That's the point. You have to absolutely certain the bomb is in the depression when it goes off
- Jack Bauer: Thank you George
- Jack Bauer: [Jack is on the phone with the President discussing who will fly the bomb] We have a few volunteers, Sir. President. All of them good men.
- President Palmer: Whoever it is, tell him he has the undying gratitude of every citizen of this country and tell him we will take care of whatever family he leaves behind.
- Jack Bauer: Yes Sir, I will.
- [the president ends by asking to call him back when the plane is in the air]
- George Mason: Funny, huh. I don't see any volunteers, when's the last time you flew a plane?
- Jack Bauer: I can get it in the air and put it down, George.
- George Mason: So can I. I'm current, I'm instrument rated, and I'm going to be dead by the end of the day anyway
- Jack Bauer: The problem is you could be dead any minute
- George Mason: I can hang on for another half hour: that's all we need right?
- Jack Bauer: If you blacked out and this plane went down before it got to desert a lot of people are going to die and I know you don't want that
- George Mason: Come on Jack
- Jack Bauer: I know what you're trying to do. But I have to say no
- Jack Bauer: [while arriving at the airport] what're you doing here?
- George Mason: This is the thing that killed me: I kind of like to be here when they lay it to rest, you got it diffused yet?
- Jack Bauer: No, not yet. They've been looking at it for about ten minutes
- George Mason: Is there a timer?
- Jack Bauer: It's internal. We haven't been able to read it yet
- George Mason: Theoretically, it could detonate at any minute
- Jack Bauer: We've got it under control. Come on there has to be somewhere else you'd rather be
- George Mason: I promised myself that I would see this through to the end. That's what I'm going to do. That's what I'm going to do alright?
- Jack Bauer: Is there a problem?
- Steve Goodrich: I should've seen it: but it was disguised. If it's dismantled or disconnected from the main casing, it'll detonate
- Jack Bauer: Are you telling me that there is no way to dismantle this bomb?
- N.E.S.T. Tech #1: That's what I'm telling you
- Jack Bauer: [after walking over to Goodrich] this won't be able to diffuse this bomb. They're going to have to fly it out of here. I know this airport doesn't accommodate jets so I need you to find me the fastest plane you can but it's got to be reliable
- Steve Goodrich: Alright, there's a Cessna Caravan in front of hanger three. Its rock solid, cruises at 210
- Jack Bauer: Get it
- Jack Bauer: [Over the phone] Sir, when will you have a decision?
- President Palmer: We're analyzing now: when will the plane be ready?
- Jack Bauer: Ten minutes Mr. President
- President Palmer: Alright I'll get back to you before then. In the meantime prepare for the two possibilities we discussed and coordinate with the FAA
- Jack Bauer: Yes Sir
- President Palmer: Alright, we're ready to assemble. I'll get back to you in a couple of minutes with a final decision
- Jack Bauer: Yes Sir
- Mike Novick: I wish I could say I have more faith in these recommendations...
- President Palmer: [Interrupts him] as best you can
- Mike Novick: Yes Sir. I'll discuss the ten kiloton detonation in the Pacific Ocean and Lynn will do the same for the Mojave Desert: in the time available, the plane can get roughly eighty miles off shore. If it splashes down a few minutes before detonation, the bomb will off underwater. The ocean will absorb a large amount of the radiation. However prevailing winds will blow a moderate amount of fallout back over the city of Los Angeles. Overtime there will be high incidents of cancer and other radiation related diseases
- President Palmer: But there would be no immediate causalities?
- Mike Novick: We can't be certain Mr. President. The shipping lanes into the Port of Los Angeles are extremely busy. In the eighty square miles off the coast of LA, the Coast Guard counts some two dozen freighters flying flags from around the world. Plus, an unknown number of fishing or pleasure vessels. It's likely one or more will be sunk or capsized by the affect of the blast
- President Palmer: What's the impact on the environment?
- Mike Novick: The blast will wipe out a substantial pocket of bio diversity. Keystone species would be exterminated. The food chain would be contaminated and the regional ecological infrastructure would collapse. Marine resources like offshore drilling, commercial fishing, and even recreational beach usage would be hazardous or impossible for many years. The ecological economic affects will be devastating
- President Palmer: What about the desert?
- Lynne Kresge: We can designate a ground zero in the Mojave, sufficiently isolated so inhabitants won't be immediately affected. Local towns could be evacuated within hours of the immediate blast without any serious long term effects for the inhabitants. However, we can't rule out the possibility of isolated campers and hikers who would be killed or contaminated by the blast. Now if the wind shifts substantially, during the next few hours it could create fallout over Las Vegas but the best meteorological projection indicates that is a very, very slight possibility
- President Palmer: Long term effects?
- Lynne Kresge: An area of a few square miles around ground zero would be highly radioactive for decades but the truth of the matter is we don't get food or any significant resources from the desert anyway so the overall health effects is relatively small
- President Palmer: Sounds like the desert is our best option
- Lynne Kresge: Yes Sir, we do agree with that but there is one more thing" in the desert ground zero has to be a precise location, a Depression below sea level surrounded by mountains so hopefully it can contain the fallout. Potential targets are being researched as we speak
- President Palmer: Alright
- Lynne Kresge: The point is Mr. President is that the plane isn't a military craft. It doesn't have any of the equipment needed to deliver a payload accurately. To endure the necessary level of precision, the pilot will have to go down with the plane
- Lynne Kresge: [Referring to the flying the bomb into the desert] it's a suicide mission
- President Palmer: [Stands up in disappointment] why can't we push the bomb out the side door of the plane?
- Mike Novick: It's too imprecise: if the pilot is flying low enough to insure accuracy, he would be killed by the blast anyway
- Mike Novick: One man dies Mr. President, to ensure the safety of millions
- President Palmer: [Immediately calls Jack] Jack,
- Jack Bauer: Mr. President
- President Palmer: [Telling which option he chose] the desert
- Jack Bauer: Yes Sir
- President Palmer: My people tell me the pilot has to die
- Jack Bauer: CTU came to the same conclusion. The bomb has to be put down on specific coordinates. I'm sorry Mr. President there isn't another way
- Michelle Dessler: I'm going to deal with this Auda myself: if you need any help call Jacobs, he'll give you a hand
- Carrie Turner: Tony told you to "assign" someone to Auda
- Michelle Dessler: I'm assigning myself
- Carrie Turner: Your still not comfortable working with me are you?
- Michelle Dessler: [Before walking away] just do your job
- Tony Almeida: [Introducing himself] Mr. Auda, Tony Almeida: Director of CTU
- Yusuf Auda: Thank you
- Tony Almeida: You must've had some trip, you were what? Ten thousand miles away this morning?
- Yusuf Auda: I'm ready to get back to work. I understand there are still some analyses to be done on the things seized on Syed Ali's apartment?
- Tony Almeida: Yeah, we'll have to do some preliminary work first, why don't you sit down? I'll have someone get you some coffee and I'll be with you in a moment ok?
- Lynne Kresge: Sir, there's a preliminary draft of your statement tomorrow morning
- President Palmer: [to Mike] how's the plane going?
- Mike Novick: Mr. President, it's at three thousand feet and climbing
- President Palmer: Out of the city yet?
- Mike Novick: No, Sir: it's too soon for that but they say they'll clear the main population in the next ten minutes
- President Palmer: [Handing her the statement after reading it] this is a good start. I want to go over it again. In the meantime call Davidson, get Air Force One ready as soon as possible
- Lynne Kresge: Sir, do you mind if i ask, where are you going?
- President Palmer: Los Angeles
- Mike Novick: Mr. President, if I may speak frankly I'm not sure if that's a good idea. It may be too "hands on" for lack of a better term. The people want to feel your managing events, not caught up in them. In any case I doubt Secret Service would even hear of it
- President Palmer: The Secret Service works for me. I don't work for them
- Lynne Kresge: Mr. President, I do agree with Mike. Once word gets out this has bomb gone off, there's bound to be a certain amount of civil unrest and I don't think your Administration should be associated with that
- President Palmer: The whole country will be traumatized by the news of this bomb. Especially the people in Los Angeles. I'm going to do everything I can to assure them that everything is under control, understood?
- Lynne Kresge: [Before walking away] yes Sir. I'll call Davidson immediately
- President Palmer: Thank you. We'll leave for the airport now
- President Palmer: Mike, who ended up flying the plane? Did you get a name?
- Lynne Kresge: Yes Sir, Jack Bauer. I would've told you sooner but I figured you had enough on your mind already
- President Palmer: [Over the phone] what is it Mr. Almeida?
- Tony Almeida: Mr. President, we have a recording of Syed Ali collaborating with high ranking officials from three Middle Eastern countries in preparation in today's terrorist attack
- President Palmer: How long ago did this come to our attention?
- Tony Almeida: Just in the last few minutes
- President Palmer: Who else knows?
- Tony Almeida: Our Division headquarters Sir
- President Palmer: You have ties to the other agencies including the Pentagon which means everybody knows
- Tony Almeida: I tagged it a section four security but I did think it was important to keep going on the authentication process as quickly as possible
- President Palmer: And how long would that be?
- Tony Almeida: We should have initial confirmation within the hour Sir
- President Palmer: Let me ask you another question Mr. Almeida? Why would Syed Ali record a conversation like this in the first place?
- Tony Almeida: Mr. President, half the time these people don't trust each other anymore they trust us. My guess is that Ali wanted "ammunition" to protect himself. In case any of these three countries turned against him
- President Palmer: Alright. Thank you Mr. Almeida. I'll let you get back to work. Good job. Please pass on my appreciation to the rest of your staff
- Tony Almeida: Thank you Mr. President
- President Palmer: [after talking to Tony Almeida over the phone] there's evidence that there's three governments in the Middle East behind this bomb
- Mike Novick: Yes Sir, I gathered that
- President Palmer: We could be at war soon, and once it begins, there's no guarantee that it will be limited to only these three countries. I've been thinking all day about something Lincoln said during the Civil War: "I claim not to controlled events, but confess plainly that events controlled me." It's bad enough someone tried to smuggle a nuclear weapon into this country, worse that they succeeded. Once this bomb actually goes off, my options will narrow very, very quickly
- Yusuf Auda: Mr. Almeida, may I know what you found in the hard drive?
- Tony Almeida: I'm afraid you don't have the necessary clearance for that information Mr. Auda
- Yusuf Auda: Mr. Almeida, I and my country have shown good faith in helping you to find Syed Ali's safe house. I'm just asking you to do the same by giving me idea of what's going on?
- Yusuf Auda: [Before Tony walks away] you Americans...
- Tony Almeida: [Interrupts him] me Americans what?
- Yusuf Auda: Nothing
- George Mason: Come on Jack: get your parachute on and get the hell out of here
- Jack Bauer: I'm staying with you as long as possible
- George Mason: I got it together. I'm fine
- Jack Bauer: This is not negotiable. I'm bailing out four minutes before impact, that should give me far enough from the blast zone to make it
- Jack Bauer: [Over the radio] this is Jack Bauer, patch me through to CTU
- Tony Almeida: Almeida
- Jack Bauer: Tony, its Jack. I need you to get a helicopter in the air immediately. We got a change of plans up here. I'm bailing out, George is taking the plane down
- Tony Almeida: What the hell is George doing there?
- Tony Almeida: [to Michelle] I want you to send a chopper to trail Jack's plane, Mason's on board. Don't ask me how but his going to take the plane the rest of the way, Jack's going to bail out
- General Bowden: [after entering his office with Lynne standing nearby] Mr. President,
- President Palmer: General Bowden,
- General Bowden: I understand the bomb is over the Mojave now and it should detonate without causing immediate loss of life
- President Palmer: That is our hope
- General Bowden: That's wonderful news Mr. President: congratulations on a truly remarkable achievement
- President Palmer: Thank you General
- General Bowden: And now perhaps it's appropriate to begin to discuss the matter of retaliation
- President Palmer: Go on
- General Bowden: Yes Sir, up to now the Joint Chiefs have been assuming the bomb was the work of the terrorist group Second Wave, now it appears that Second Wave had the backing of at least three governments
- President Palmer: That's not definite yet General
- General Bowden: No Sir, I understand that but for planning purposes I think we should proceed as if it is. I request authority to activate plans to invade the countries in question
- President Palmer: Activate? We have plans already in existence?
- General Bowden: We have plans for every conceivable contingency Mr. President
- President Palmer: I see. So what do you mean exactly by "activate"?
- General Bowden: Putting the relevant military units on alert, beginning logistical operations, coordinating intelligence sources regarding the probable level of resistance to invasion by American forces
- President Palmer: Talk of an invasion is premature
- General Bowden: I agree Mr. President, this is only the planning stages
- President Palmer: [after looking at Lynn] activate your plan General but take no steps to implement without my direct authorization
- General Bowden: [Before leaving] of course Mr. President
- President Palmer: Lynn, we may be talking about World War Three
- Jack Bauer: [after putting on his parachute] ok I'm set: is there anything you want me to take care of?
- George Mason: Oddly enough I got everything pretty much squared away. I got to spend a little time with my son
- Jack Bauer: I didn't even know you had one. I'm glad you got to see him
- George Mason: Me too, I don't he was particularly. You know actually I wouldn't mind if you checked in on him
- Jack Bauer: [Before his hand on George's shoulder] of course I will
- George Mason: [Touching Jack's hand] it's time
- Jack Bauer: Yeah