24 (TV Series)

Day 2: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2003)

Jude Ciccolella: Mike Novick

Quotes 

• Mike Novick : The Vice President is going to want you to authorize him to inform the Ambassador of our deployment

  President David Palmer : He told you that?

  Mike Novick : He didn't have to: you know where Jim stands on this. His going to want let everyone know we're going to war over this, especially the British

  Lynne Kresge : What's your position Sir?

  President David Palmer : Once we bring our allies in on this, it'll make it much harder to recall those planes

• Mike Novick : [Talking privately]  I want you to get a hold of Jack Bauer

  Lynne Kresge : Last I heard he was debriefing at CTU, why?

  Mike Novick : The President's hesitating on this operation based solely on a conversation he had with Bauer. I want to talk to him myself

  Lynne Kresge : Behind the President's back? That is so dangerous

  Mike Novick : If I can get some concrete information, I can support the President more effectively

  Lynne Kresge : And if you can't?

  Mike Novick : Then I'll have the conviction to talk him through the situation. Right now I'm in the "dark."

  Lynne Kresge : I'm not sure...

  Mike Novick : [Interrupts her]  this is my call. Your recommendation not to go around the President is duly noted

• Mike Novick : [Over the phone]  I need to reach Jack Bauer

  Tony Almeida : We're trying to locate him ourselves: sorry

  Mike Novick : What'd you mean? What's the problem?

  Tony Almeida : Jack was here earlier debriefing today's events when he grabbed a material witness and took her off the premises illegally. He also assaulted CTU personnel

  Mike Novick : Why on earth would he do something like that?

  Tony Almeida : Jack's working on a hunch that the Cypress recording was fabricated sir

  Mike Novick : This is what I wanted to talk to him about. The President is not giving his complete support to the military action until he hears from Bauer

  Tony Almeida : I understand sir

  Mike Novick : What about the witness his taken? How does it factor in?

  Tony Almeida : Her name's Kate Warner. Her sister Marie was connected to the Second Wave terrorists. We're trying to connect the dots but it's the other reason we need to find Jack sir

  Tony Almeida : The second you make contact with Bauer, you put him through to me. We're at District

  Mike Novick : Yes sir

• Mike Novick : Jack Bauer took a material witness from CTU and assaulted an agent in the process: I know how much this country owes him Sir, but his obviously suffered some kind of "emotional collapse." It would be understandable given everything he's been through

  President David Palmer : Well, we don't know that. What he did might have been necessary under the circumstances

  Mike Novick : We already have incontrovertible proof that the Cypress recording is authentic. Finding Jack Bauer isn't going to change that. The country needs your energy and attention on what happens after those bombs are dropped. We need to prepare for this war

  President David Palmer : If this recording is not authentic, then Jack Bauer turns out to be right, we'll have made a mistake of historic proportions

  Mike Novick : Mr. President...

  President David Palmer : [Interrupts him]  that's all Mike. Find Jack Bauer

• Mike Novick : You ready?

  Lynne Kresge : Yes we are

  Mike Novick : [Through video conference]  Mr. Vice President, you're on with me and Lynn because the President is being briefed by Ryan Chappelle: he asked we go without him

  Vice President Jim Prescott : Fine

  Mike Novick : How did it go with the British Ambassador?

  Vice President Jim Prescott : Not well. He knows we're planning a retaliation against the Middle East and his frustrated we're not coordinating with them

  Mike Novick : I'm sure he'll understand once he gets all the facts

  Vice President Jim Prescott : What are the facts? We've got planes in the air. Either we're committed or we're not

  Mike Novick : If the evidence shows the Cypress recording was falsified, the President wants the option of calling those planes back

  Vice President Jim Prescott : You know what it sounds like to me? An excuse to call this off. Do you believe the President is capable of doing the "hard thing"? The right thing?

  Mike Novick : Yes Sir, I do. His committed to this action. All his doing is making sure every base is covered

  Vice President Jim Prescott : I hope so

  Mike Novick : The President will be contacting you as soon as anything develops

  Vice President Jim Prescott : [Before hanging up]  alright

  Lynne Kresge : You think the Vice President is right, don't you?

  Mike Novick : If the President turns those planes around, his done the unconfirmed speculation of a single CTU agent. It'll be a disaster

  Lynne Kresge : So, what we do about it?

  Mike Novick : I don't know