24 (TV Series)

Day 5: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (2006)

James Morrison: Bill Buchanan

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• Lynn McGill : [after entering the situation room]  Mr. Buchanan, I assume they told you I was coming?

  Bill Buchanan : [while shaking hands]  Lynn, please call me "Bill"

  Lynn McGill : If we were having a beer or something but if we're at work its better if we maintain a more "formal" mode of address

  Bill Buchanan : Whatever makes you feel more comfortable. Look, we're in the middle of a final prep here

  Lynn McGill : I know, I understand President Logan wants us to go into the terminal as soon as possible

  Bill Buchanan : Yes, before the treaty is signed

  Lynn McGill : Is Curtis Manning ready to send his teams in?

  Bill Buchanan : [Points to communication monitor with no signal]  he is, but we're "flying blind"

  Lynn McGill : My briefing sheet says we have Jack Bauer on the inside

  Bill Buchanan : And we haven't heard from him for close to twenty minutes now

  Lynn McGill : That's interesting

  Bill Buchanan : I read the bulletin from Division but I still don't know why your here?

  Lynn McGill : District was getting "heat" from the White House

  Bill Buchanan : "Heat" about what?

  Lynn McGill : Jack Bauer, they just want to know things are running smoothly

  Bill Buchanan : We're on track

  Lynn McGill : Oh, I'm sure you are: that's my assignment. Is your tactical wired through all the servers?

  Bill Buchanan : Yes it is, you can go ahead and plug into station four

  Lynn McGill : I prefer to work from your office Mr. Buchanan, I hate to displace you but I think I should have a central vantage point and just want to make sure your ok working from another station

  Bill Buchanan : Fine

  Lynn McGill : Good, and it's not a big deal but just so everyone's clear on the chain of command I think you should address me as "Mr. McGill" in front of the others

  Bill Buchanan : You know, I'd rather not

  Lynn McGill : Just a suggestion, anyway I need your office and that's not a "suggestion"

• Bill Buchanan : What is it Lynn? I'm up to my ears with this operation

  Lynn McGill : Sit down Mr. Buchanan

  Bill Buchanan : Can you stop it with the "Mr. Buchanan"? We need to get this assault in motion now

  Lynn McGill : Sit down Bill

  Lynn McGill : I informed the White House the rescue operation is back on track

  Bill Buchanan : [after sitting down]  thank you

  Lynn McGill : I must admit though I feel real inappropriate talking about an operation I didn't personally review so before you send your men into the terminal, I'd like to see the "playbook"

  Bill Buchanan : [Stands up]  I can't have you micromanage my work, if you want to do my job, let me know and I'll go home

  Lynn McGill : Please don't be defensive. I'm not challenging you, I'm just trying to do my job

  Bill Buchanan : I'll have Chloe send it to your laptop, anything else?

  Lynn McGill : That's all for now

  Lynn McGill : [Before he leaves his office]  Bill, fighting me isn't going to increase our chances of saving those people's lives

• Bill Buchanan : Lynn, I owe you an apology

  Lynn McGill : For what?

  Bill Buchanan : If you hadn't recognized the duress code, Jack transmitted...

  Lynn McGill : Bill, you're the reason I figured out what he was doing

  Bill Buchanan : What'd you mean?

  Lynn McGill : I admit I was suspicious of Mr. Bauer, but you were so adamant about his integrity that I looked for a way to reconcile the contradiction: so thank you. I assume Mr. Bauer's been taken into custody?

  Bill Buchanan : We'll have time to debrief him here but not as a suspect

  Lynn McGill : Well, he hasn't been officially cleared in the deaths of David Palmer, Tony Almeida, or Michelle Dessler

  Audrey Raines : Well, based on mitigating evidence, and Chloe O'Brian's testimony: we're confident Jack was framed for murders

  Lynn McGill : I appreciate that but it still doesn't change our "entangled" situation. We have surveillance footage of places Jack Bauer at the site of David Palmer's as assassination

  Bill Buchanan : Clearly, it was doctored

  Lynn McGill : Not according to preliminary tests. If we're going to get to the bottom of this, Jack Bauer has a lot to answer for. Bring him in: now

• Lynn McGill : [Rushing into the conference room]  stop the assault

  Bill Buchanan : [to Audrey]  get Curtis on the horn

  Bill Buchanan : [to Lynn]  what're you talking about?

  Lynn McGill : Their walking into a trap: look at the transcript

  Lynn McGill : [after opening his laptop]  when Jack issued the command directive, he used the term "flank two"

  Bill Buchanan : Yes, he was trying to give us his position inside the terminal

  Lynn McGill : No, he wasn't, "flank two" is a duress code used to indicate the agent is communicating under duress

  Bill Buchanan : We ran Jack's calls through a protocol filter: if there'd been a duress signal in there, we would've found it

  Lynn McGill : You filtered it through the current codes. When Jack was active, "flank two" is a duress code

  Bill Buchanan : [to Chloe]  run that

  Lynn McGill : Jack's trying to tell us his being used to send misinformation. If Cutis Manning's team goes in now, they'll be ambushed

  Chloe O'Brian : [after checking their filters]  his right

  Bill Buchanan : [Over the speakerphone]  Curtis, abort the countdown, repeat, abort, abort

  Curtis Manning : Stand down, all teams stand down. We're aborting entry, confirm we're standing down. What's wrong Bill?

  Bill Buchanan : We detected a duress code in Jack's call: we have to assume the terrorists are feeding him the information he gave us. Redeploy your men to the original assault plan, and do not contact Jack, if Jack contacts you, buy time