24 (TV Series)

Day 7: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. (2009)

Bob Gunton: Ethan Kanin

Quotes 

• Ethan Kanin : [after entering the Oval Office]  madam President, I have some "troubling" news: am I speak to you alone?

  President Allison Taylor : You may speak "freely" in front of Olivia

  Ethan Kanin : Just after the attack on the White House, Jack Bauer came forward with a disturbing "claim." He said there were people still at large who were involved in the conspiracy: persons unknown who had helped Juma plan and execute the attacks

  President Allison Taylor : Did Bauer have any evidence of this?

  Ethan Kanin : Nothing "concrete", but he "promoted" the notion that Ryan Burnett was our best chance to identify these people and Bauer asked to be "allowed" to question him. This was supposed to be a "controlled situation." A "ploy" to intimidate Burnett into giving up intel. So I granted Bauer's request. It was a terrible mistake

  President Allison Taylor : [Sternly]  what happened Ethan?

  Ethan Kanin : Burnett is dead

  President Allison Taylor : My God

  Ethan Kanin : The evidence "suggests" he was killed by Bauer

  President Allison Taylor : I don't believe it

  Ethan Kanin : His "claim" of another "party" being "involved" in the attacks appeared to have been a "fabrication"

  President Allison Taylor : A "fabrication"?

  Ethan Kanin : It may have something to do with Bill Buchanan's death: no one knows but madam President, I take full responsibility. I was trying to "insulate" you to provide you with deniability in case anything went wrong

  Olivia Taylor : Or was it because you thought the President would say no?

  President Allison Taylor : [Implying to her not to start an argument with Ethan]  Olivia...

  President Allison Taylor : [to Ethan]  where's Bauer now?

  Ethan Kanin : At large. The FBI is devoting its full resources to the manhunt

  President Allison Taylor : Let me know the minute they find him

  Ethan Kanin : Yes ma'am. Madam President... I'm sorry

• Ethan Kanin : [Whispering to each other during President Taylor's press conference]  I see your up back to your old "tactics"

  Olivia Taylor : What?

  Ethan Kanin : You "leaked" the story of Burnett's murder and my involvement to the press

  Olivia Taylor : I don't know what you're talking about

  Ethan Kanin : Don't bother denying it, I can count on one hand the number of people who knew I had authorized Bauer's release

  Olivia Taylor : So another one of your "errors in judgment" bites you on the ass and you think you can lay the blame on me?

  Ethan Kanin : Do you realize what you've done? In trying to hurt me, you have done tremendous damage to your mother. The President has gone on record that torture is unacceptable under any circumstances. When this gets out, it'll look like Bauer was going against exactly that: it'll be a political disaster. You've gone too far this time

  Olivia Taylor : I'm not listening to you anymore

• Ken Dellao : [Whispering to each other during President Taylor's press conference]  I was wondering if you can confirm some information I received a short time ago?

  Ethan Kanin : This is clearly not the time...

  Ken Dellao : [Insistently]  I'm going to be reporting in this evening's broadcast that a rogue ex-federal agent named Jack Bauer is the prime suspect in the murder of Ryan Burnett

  Ethan Kanin : Where did you get this?

  Ken Dellao : So it's true then?

  Ethan Kanin : I'm not confirming anything

  Ken Dellao : I'll also be reporting that you authorized Bauer's release from custody and "arranged" for his "access" to the victim

  Ethan Kanin : I said "no comment"

• Olivia Taylor : [to her mother after entering the Oval Office]  you wanted to see me?

  President Allison Taylor : [while Ethan stands next to her]  yes, Ethan's just come to me with "something" very disturbing

  Olivia Taylor : I assume it's regarding the press and Jack Bauer?

  President Allison Taylor : Ethan seems to think you had "something" to do with it?

  Olivia Taylor : I didn't, I already told him that

  President Allison Taylor : Well, given the past experience between the two of you: his not "convinced"

  Olivia Taylor : And what do you think?

  President Allison Taylor : I think... I have to hear what you have to say

  Ethan Kanin : There's nothing she can say madam President, she was one of the few people who "knew" all the details

  Olivia Taylor : [to Ethan]  it was more people knew than you think, I just got off the phone with the White House segment producer at CMB, he won't give me the source's name but his willing to confirm the leak came from someone inside the Federal Marshall's Office: who guarantee it didn't come from the White House or from me

  Ethan Kanin : This is verifiable?

  Olivia Taylor : The producer's name is Charlie Isaacson. Here's his number. You can call himself if you'd like?

  Olivia Taylor : [to her mother after Ethan doesn't take the piece of paper]  I offered Isaacson some exclusive time with you if he "killed" the story and he agreed. So as long as we get Bauer in custody, we should be able to keep the fallout "contained"

  President Allison Taylor : Ethan, I think under the circumstances, you were mistaken, I'm "satisfied", are you?

  Ethan Kanin : Yes madam President, I'm sorry Olivia, if I "misjudged" the "situation" and "you"

  President Allison Taylor : I want to know if the FBI is any closer in finding Bauer

  Ethan Kanin : Yes ma'am

  President Allison Taylor : [to Ethan before he leaves]  that's all

  President Allison Taylor : I'm sorry, I put you "on the spot" like that

  Olivia Taylor : I understand, Ethan didn't give me much of a choice. I just hope they find Bauer before this gets any worse