24 (TV Series)

Day 6: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2007)

James Morrison: Bill Buchanan

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• Bill Buchanan : [after Morris enters Bill's office]  what is it?

  Morris O'Brian : [Hands him a piece of paper]  I'd like to request a transfer

  Bill Buchanan : Why?

  Morris O'Brian : I need to get out of COMM

  Bill Buchanan : Do you want to elaborate on that?

  Morris O'Brian : Not really. No

  Bill Buchanan : You and Chloe having problems?

  Morris O'Brian : You could say that: yes

  Bill Buchanan : I'd hate to lose you in COMM, can we talk about this in the morning?

  Morris O'Brian : Nothing's going to change

  Bill Buchanan : You don't know that

  Morris O'Brian : I do. Look, figure out where you want me put me: anywhere is fine. Just get me out of COMM

  Bill Buchanan : Alright, I'll work "something" out that's good for everyone involved

  Morris O'Brian : Thank you

• Bill Buchanan : [Over the phone]  I have a minute: you wanted to talk about "something?"

  Karen Hayes : The DOJ investigator found out about Seattle, when you and Homeland had Fayed in custody

  Bill Buchanan : "Found out"? It wasn't a secret: we did everything by the book, I can deal with DOJ

  Karen Hayes : Yeah I know but the problem is they're out for blood. I can't let this "touch" me

  Bill Buchanan : "Touch" you? What're you talking about? Why is this suddenly an issue? Are you concerned I might "implicate" you?

  Karen Hayes : No, but obviously there's "guilt by association" here

  Bill Buchanan : Their looking for a scapegoat

  Karen Hayes : Yes, the pundits and the press are looking for "anything" to attack the Administration

  Bill Buchanan : What're you saying?

  Karen Hayes : I have to protect the White House and in order to do that I have to distance myself from you

  Bill Buchanan : How are you going to do that? I'm your husband

  Bill Buchanan : [after Karen doesn't respond]  you're asking me to resign?

  Karen Hayes : No, I have to fire you

  Bill Buchanan : Who's pressuring you?

  Karen Hayes : This is the only way this can "work" and it has to happen immediately or I'll be viewed as complicit and my ability to stay on as National Security Advisor will be undermined

  Bill Buchanan : Undermined? We're talking about the end of my career

  Karen Hayes : You don't think I've thought this through?

  Bill Buchanan : No, I don't

  Karen Hayes : You don't think that I don't know what this means to you?

  Bill Buchanan : [Raises his voice]  no, I don't. Because the public will make "assumptions" that don't exist: thirteen thousand American lives lost, I had the man in custody who was responsible and I released him. It won't matter that I had no evidence to "hold" him

  Karen Hayes : You know how this "works." One of us has to take the fall and it can't be me, I'm too close to the President

  Bill Buchanan : I can't believe I'm hearing this: who is pressuring you? What're you not saying?

  Karen Hayes : You have to trust me on this. We will get through this, I promise and I love you and that's all that should matter here

  Bill Buchanan : Is it?

  Karen Hayes : [Before he hangs up]  yes

• Bill Buchanan : [Talking privately]  I'm stepping down as Director of CTU

  Nadia Yassir : What? What happened?

  Bill Buchanan : All I can say is, I have to step down

  Nadia Yassir : Sir, this doesn't make any sense: why would you quit now of all days?

  Bill Buchanan : I'm not quitting, I was fired

  Nadia Yassir : By who?

  Bill Buchanan : It doesn't matter, I've contacted Division: for now you're Acting Director

  Nadia Yassir : Sir, we're in the middle of fifty different things here, why would they do this to you now?

  Bill Buchanan : I can't talk about it. You have to accept it and do the best you can

  Nadia Yassir : No, I don't understand why they would fire you. You're the most ethical, dedicated person I've ever known. There's no way you did anything to justify this. Damn it, what is going on?

  Bill Buchanan : It's just "politics." Division will be sending over an Interim Director in the next few hours. In the meantime, you can handle anything that comes up

  Nadia Yassir : What about the extra redundancies and everything else that I've had to go through today? I'm not the "right choice" to take over

  Bill Buchanan : I've lifted all the restrictions on your security clearance: you shouldn't have any trouble running CTU. You are the "right choice"

  Nadia Yassir : I don't know what to say

  Bill Buchanan : Stay on top of the situation with Jack

  Nadia Yassir : I will

  Bill Buchanan : No one else knows I'm leaving. You have to inform them before it's posted on the internal forms

  Nadia Yassir : I'll tell them