24 (TV Series)

Day 3: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. (2004)

Zachary Quinto: Adam Kaufman

Quotes 

• Adam Kaufman : [Briefing CTU staff on a monitor]  these are the quarantine zones that were set up an hour ago: since then two new symptomatic patients were discovered heading out of Silver Lake and one in Hancock Park. Those two new cases generated five new quarantine zone areas: that's three percent of the city. If containment isn't total, it'll grow exponentially

  Tony Almeida : We're all tired, I know that and some of you have been working twenty-four straight. I don't have to tell you how serious the situation is but we can't drift. If there ever was a worst case scenario, this is it, we're in it. Everyone has to stay on point, we switch from "prevention" to "containment." The virus is out

• Tony Almeida : [Talking privately]  can you come with me for a second?

  Adam Kaufman : I'm sitting on these satellite feeds for Jack right now, can it wait?

  Tony Almeida : No, it can't, Chloe will watch it

  Adam Kaufman : Fine, what is it? I really have to stay on this

  Tony Almeida : It's personal, just come with me

  Adam Kaufman : Whatever it is, just tell me. Did I do something wrong?

  Tony Almeida : No, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you: your sister Sarah is in one of the quarantine zones

  Adam Kaufman : What?

  Tony Almeida : You have a sister named Sarah right?

  Adam Kaufman : Yeah, how could they be sure it's her? There has to be a hundred Sarah Kaufman's in Los Angeles

  Tony Almeida : Chloe confirmed it

  Adam Kaufman : Have they kept her away from the people that are infected?

  Tony Almeida : She's infected

  Adam Kaufman : What're you saying? Are you saying Sarah's going to die?

  Tony Almeida : It looks that way, yeah. I'm sorry

  Adam Kaufman : Oh my God

  Tony Almeida : I'm going to give you a chance to talk to your sister but then I'm going to need you to stay on until the crisis passes, you think you can do that? Because we need you here

• Chloe O'Brian : Tony, you need to hear this

  Tony Almeida : What?

  Chloe O'Brian : I have to report some bad news: Field Ops lost two satellite feeds because Adam forgot to segregate the channels

  Adam Kaufman : What're you talking about?

  Chloe O'Brian : It's true, I had to reinitiate everything

  Adam Kaufman : You touched my system?

  Chloe O'Brian : Tony, let's face it, Adam shouldn't be here because his under duress because his sister's going to die

  Adam Kaufman : [Protesting]  I did not forget to separate those channels Tony

  Chloe O'Brian : Yes, you did

  Tony Almeida : Alright, look we don't have time for this. We have teams on the ground that are depending on us, now did you back up the satellite data?

  Chloe O'Brian : Yes, I re-programmed almost everything, we lost about thirty seconds

  Adam Kaufman : [while checking on his computer]  we didn't lose anything, I can prove it to you right now

  Adam Kaufman : [after realizing his mistake]  I thought I... Chloe's right, I forgot to separate them

  Tony Almeida : [to Adam]  you made a mistake, what I need to know is if you can get through the rest of the day without making another one

  Tony Almeida : [after Adam remain silent]  Adam?

  Adam Kaufman : I'm fine Tony

  Tony Almeida : [Before walking away]  ok