24 (TV Series)

Day 7: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (2009)

Cherry Jones: President Allison Taylor

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• President Allison Taylor : You resigned from government service and the Senate regards you as having been a renegade agent. How am I supposed to know where your loyalties really lie?

  Jack Bauer : With all due respect Madame President, ask around.

• President Allison Taylor : [Over the speakerphone, as Jack, Bill, and Renee stand close by]  this is President Taylor

  Colonel Iké Dubaku : I'll come straight to the point madam President, I have your husband: let me demonstrate

  Colonel Iké Dubaku : [to Henry as he holds the phone near his face]  say something

  Henry Taylor : Alison...

  President Allison Taylor : [Nervously]  Henry, are you alright?

  Henry Taylor : I'm fine, I'm sorry about this. For God's sake, don't let them "use" me to influence you in any way

  Colonel Iké Dubaku : [after taking the phone away from Henry]  my demands are as follows: you will have your forces withdraw from around my country of Sangala immediately and permanently. Also, Matobo must be delivered to my men who will be stationed at the east lot of Stanswick Power Plant. If his not there by 4 o'clock, or if anybody attempts to follow my men when they leave the plant, your husband will die a slow and sudden death

  President Allison Taylor : [Angrily]  you wouldn't dare

  Colonel Iké Dubaku : [to his henchmen, referring to Henry]  cut off his finger

• President Allison Taylor : [after sitting down, to Jack, Bill, and Renee]  I want an explanation and I want it now: what the hell is going on?

  Jack Bauer : Madam President, six weeks ago Bill Buchanan discovered that key members of your government were working with General Juma and Colonel Dubaku in an effort to undermine this nation's foreign policy. Your foreign policy with regards to Sangala

  President Allison Taylor : You realize that is an outrageous accusation?

  Jack Bauer : Yes ma'am, unfortunately it's the truth. It explains that during this crisis, every effort you've made to stop Dubaku failed

  President Allison Taylor : Bill, why didn't you come to me?

  Bill Buchanan : I didn't know who I could trust or if you'd even believe me: so I formed a small group to locate and "neutralize" Dubaku. Tony Almeida and ultimately Jack joined me

  President Allison Taylor : Tony Almeida was the one who put the CIP device in Dubaku's hands in the first place

  Bill Buchanan : Using the CIP device as "bait" was necessary to the undercover operation, we had to follow it back to Dubaku

  President Allison Taylor : [Raises her voice]  a lot of people died on those planes: never mind what could've happened at the chemical plant in Kidron

  Renee Walker : Madam President, if I may, I was part of the FBI taskforce assigned to recover the CIP device, and I can personally "vouch" for what they're telling you. The loss of life was tragic yes but in my opinion "everything" these men have done saved the lives of thousands

  President Allison Taylor : If I "choose" to "believe" everything you're telling me, where would you go from here?

  Jack Bauer : Dubaku is the only person with the names of the people who betrayed you within your government, its imperative we find him. We would have to work "under the radar." Any word of an investigation, people will start running for cover

  Ethan Kanin : [to Jack]  you're saying we can't even involve the FBI or Homeland?

  Jack Bauer : Yes sir, that's correct

• Ethan Kanin : [to Taylor while in the Oval Office]  we can "appear" to comply with the first part of Dubaku's demand by pulling the fleet back: then we simply launch the invasion from further out at sea. Now the second part of his demand is more "complicated." If we were really turning Matobo over, we'd be putting him in a car ride right about now

  President Allison Taylor : That's out of the question, we need him saved

  Bill Buchanan : Agreed but we can send a car with a lookalike. If we handle it "right", Dubaku won't know the deception until last minute

  Ethan Kanin : By then, "hopefully", we will have found Henry. Madam President, do we have your authorization to proceed?

  President Allison Taylor : [after thinking it over, before Bill and Ethan leave]  yes

• President Allison Taylor : [Addressing the nation]  we can confirm at this point, the tragedies that unfolded over the skies of Washington and Kidron Ohio were indeed acts of terrorists but I am here to assure you that those who are responsible are no longer a threat to our country: their "attempts" to stop us from "intervening" in the Sangala genocide have failed, we will not give in to terrorists. A short time ago, I gave the order for our troops to begin operations that will liberate the people of Sangala and that democracy will be restored under the leadership of Prime Minister Ule Matobo. Under his leadership, we are "confident" the Juma regime will collapse. Our law enforcement agencies will hunt down the people responsible and bring them to justice. I ask you now for your thoughts and prayers go to those who lost their lives today, to their families, their loved ones, and to our troops for putting their lives on the line in the name of freedom: thank you and good afternoon

• Ethan Kanin : [after she addresses the nation]  Matobo's arrived: he and the others have been brought in secretly through the underground entrance by agents I personally know and trust

  President Allison Taylor : Matobo told me these people bringing him in are responsible for saving his life and recovering the CIP device. Who are they?

  Ethan Kanin : Bill Buchanan whom I believe you've met when he headed up CTU LA, an FBI Agent named Renee Walker, and Jack Bauer

  President Allison Taylor : Bauer? He was one of Matobo's kidnappers, it doesn't make sense

  Ethan Kanin : I know

  President Allison Taylor : Matobo asked me to "listen" to what they have to say and I'm willing to do so: send them in

• President Allison Taylor : [after greeting him in the Oval Office by kissing both his cheeks]  I can't begin to tell you how thankful we are that you and Alama are safe

  Ule Matobo : Thank you, she's with Mr. Buchanan's people now: recovering

  President Allison Taylor : But you were subjected to such an ordeal on our soil is a source of shame to me personally and to my country

  Ule Matobo : Madam President, on the behalf of my chief counsel in Sangala and myself, may I ask what your timetable is for the invasion?

  President Allison Taylor : I've issued the order to our military to proceed

  Ule Matobo : I thank you with all my heart

  Ule Matobo : [Gesturing to Jack, Bill, and Renee who are standing nearby]  what you're doing may be a greater risk if you charge these people on what they have done for your country

  President Allison Taylor : Forgive me Prime Minister but I'm finding that hard to believe

  Ule Matobo : I assure you none of this is as it seems but they have to explain themselves. Now if you'll excuse me Madam President, I must meet with my people to discuss post invasion plans