24 (TV Series)

Day 5: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2006)

Jude Ciccolella: Mike Novick

Quotes 

• Jack Bauer : [Phone Conversation]  Yeah?

  Mike Novick : The President has just notified Secret Service he's going to be delayed.

  Jack Bauer : How long?

  Mike Novick : He didn't say, but Mrs. Logan knows we need as much time as possible. Jack... if Logan doesn't confess... how far are you actually willing to go?

  Jack Bauer : As far as I have to.

• Mike Novick : We're generating a list of "potential" targets but frankly we have no idea where Bierko plans to hit

  President Charles Logan : Are we evacuating these "potential" targets?

  Mike Novick : We don't have time: the missiles will strike before we can even mobilize a small number of people into the safe zones

  President Charles Logan : How could this happen? How could these people even "access" a submarine in the first place?

  Mike Novick : The sub was attacked when it was being serviced at a civilian port: not at a naval base where security would have been more "substantial"

  President Charles Logan : There has to be a way to destroy that sub before Bierko can launch these missiles

  Mike Novick : [while pointing to a monitor]  the F-18's are scrambling as we speak. According to the latest estimates, they're not going to get there in time

• President Charles Logan : We're certain the missiles are no longer a threat?

  Mike Novick : Yes, we have complete control over the boat: Vladimir Bierko and all of his known associates are dead or in custody

  President Charles Logan : So then it's all over?

  Mike Novick : It's over

  President Charles Logan : I need to make a statement before I go back to Washington

  Mike Novick : About the successful resolution to this crisis?

  President Charles Logan : Yes, and about David Palmer

  Mike Novick : Sir?

  President Charles Logan : David's casket is being flown to Arlington, I would like to say a few words along side of it at the airfield, and then I'll fly back to Washington

  Mike Novick : I'll get to work on it right away

  President Charles Logan : Good, thank you... for everything. It's been a hell of a day

  Mike Novick : Yes Sir, it has

• Aaron Pierce : Mike, over here

  Mike Novick : [Seeing him bloodied]  Aaron, what happened to you?

  Aaron Pierce : Agent Adams just tried to kill me: President's orders

  Mike Novick : It doesn't make any sense. Where's Agent Adams?

  Martha Logan : [after Aaron opens the trunk to a car and reveal the Adams' body]  Mike, we need your help

  Mike Novick : [to both of them]  my God, the hell's going on here? The President had something to do with this?

  Martha Logan : Everything, he was involved in everything that's happened today. Supplying the terrorists with the nerve gas, the murder of David Palmer

  Mike Novick : Walt Cummings?

  Martha Logan : Walt was their scapegoat. He didn't commit suicide, he was murdered by a man that works for Charles. Charles told me to be quiet for the good of the country: keep my mouth shut, I can't do that anymore

  Mike Novick : Do you have proof?

  Aaron Pierce : Jack Bauer was in possession of a recording that implicated the President. That's why Logan was willing to go so far to shooting a plane full of people down because Jack was on it

  Mike Novick : Where is this recording?

  Aaron Pierce : It's been destroyed. I didn't want to believe it either but it's the truth so help me God

  Mike Novick : Alright, if this is true, we're going to need to find another way to make a case against the President

  Martha Logan : Your right, first we have to get Aaron off the ranch. There can't be a record of it

  Mike Novick : We need to move fast, I know the man at the western gate well, he won't stop and inspect the vehicle if I'm driving

  Martha Logan : Thank you Mike

• Jack Bauer : [Over the cell phone]  I know this is an unusual request but I've been trying to reach Aaron Pierce, I've been trying to reach him on his cell but his not answering

  Mike Novick : [after turning the phone on speaker]  Aaron's here with me right now

  Mike Novick : It's alright Jack, you can speak freely in front of Mike: he knows what I know

  Jack Bauer : Aaron, where are you?

  Aaron Pierce : Few miles from the ranch

  Jack Bauer : What happened?

  Aaron Pierce : The President tried to have me killed but Mrs. Logan saved my life. She and I decided to bring Mike into this

  Mike Novick : I'm still trying to process everything they told me: it's a real mess Jack

  Jack Bauer : Mike, I'm calling Aaron because I need his help, I need yours too

  Mike Novick : Help with what?

  Jack Bauer : Bringing President Logan to justice

  Mike Novick : Aaron said the recording you had implicating the President has been destroyed, is that true?

  Jack Bauer : Yes

  Mike Novick : Without it, you can't mount a case

  Jack Bauer : Not if I can get a direct confession from Logan. I'm working with someone inside CTU, their setting up a digital uplink, if I can get Logan to acknowledge everything that he's done today, it's going to be all the evidence we need

  Mike Novick : Jack, if you intend to physically coerce the President of the United States...

  Jack Bauer : [Interrupts him]  Mike, we need to do this now. The longer we wait, the more vulnerable we are, President Logan tried to take me out, just like he did Aaron. I don't need to remind you that he was responsible for David Palmer's assassination and a terrorist attack on this country's soil. He cannot be allowed to remain in Office, not for one more day

  Mike Novick : How long will it take for you to get here?

  Jack Bauer : Twenty minutes

  Mike Novick : That's too late: President Logan will be gone. His leaving for Washington around that time

  Jack Bauer : You have to try to delay him

  Mike Novick : I'm not sure I can do that

  Jack Bauer : Mike, just tell me you'll try

• Martha Logan : Is Aaron safe?

  Mike Novick : Yes

  Martha Logan : Thank God

  Martha Logan : [while watching news coverage of the preparations for Palmer's funeral]  I can't believe Charles is going to do this: he has David's blood on his hands, he has the audacity to eulogize him in front of the whole world

  Mike Novick : I said earlier there was no case to be made against your husband, I was wrong. Jack Bauer, a former CTU agent, contacted Aaron and me, his on his way here now

  Martha Logan : What for?

  Mike Novick : His going to confront your husband directly

  Martha Logan : Confront him? Will he hurt him?

  Mike Novick : Jack Bauer will do whatever it takes to compel your husband to confess the truth, he's the only one I know who can do this

  Martha Logan : When will he be here?

  Mike Novick : Fifteen minutes

  Martha Logan : But Charles is leaving for the airfield: immediately

  Mike Novick : I know, I tried to delay him myself but he wouldn't change his schedule, that's why I'm coming to you. I need you to keep him here. If you want your husband brought to justice, this is our only chance. You have to find a way to stall him