24 (TV Series)

Day 2: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2003)

Reiko Aylesworth: Michelle Dessler

Quotes 

• Michelle Dessler : Do you know why Chappelle called this meeting?

  Michelle Dessler : I don't know but his told everybody to save their work and get in here

  Ryan Chappelle : The information you're about to receive is confidential: it'll stay inside until it's made public which should be in the next few hours. The Cabinet has invoked the twenty-fifth Amendment and removed David Palmer from Office. Jim Prescott is now the President

  Tony Almeida : Why?

  Ryan Chappelle : That isn't relevant to our charge

  Tony Almeida : Yes it is Ryan

  Ryan Chappelle : What's your problem Almeida?

  Michelle Dessler : I think we all know President Palmer was removed because he didn't want to go along with the bombings and that makes what Jack Bauer is doing relevant

  Ryan Chappelle : Bauer's "cried wolf" twice already. His come up with nothing. I've a standing order from District that disallows any further resources from being expended on him

  Tony Almeida : Why is everybody so afraid to look at all the sides of this thing? What if Jack Bauer is right? What if the Cypress recording was forged and we're about to bomb three innocent countries? And you're going to tell me that's not relevant?

  Ryan Chappelle : Tony, let me first say that your office has done a remarkable job today. There is no way that the people on The Hill are not going to reward every one of you for the role you played in averting disaster

  Tony Almeida : What does that have to do with anything?

  Ryan Chappelle : Let me finish, the success of this office today is due in a large part to the technical team. The same team that concluded the Cypress audio is untreated, un-forged, and original. There comes a time where you have to let go. Not every hunch works out. Bauer is chasing a "ghost", I can't put it any simpler than that. That's all

• Michelle Dessler : [after the meeting]  what're we going to do?

  Michelle Dessler : I don't know, I'm going to have to talk to someone in Prescott's staff: if and when Jack comes in here with the evidence, we have to have someone in place to take it to

  Michelle Dessler : Be careful Tony, if Chappelle finds out your doing an "in-run..."

  Tony Almeida : I know

• Michelle Dessler : I need you to put this in the overnight database: Chappelle's going to need them for his morning briefing

  Carrie Turner : Why are you giving this to me? This is your situation report

  Michelle Dessler : I'm on something else

  Carrie Turner : What else?

  Michelle Dessler : I don't have to explain myself to you, just please do it

  Carrie Turner : You do need to explain yourself because I think you're going behind Chappelle's back trying to help Jack Bauer

  Michelle Dessler : Do you really want to do this? Come after me? Because I've been letting you get away with a lot ever since you got here. You want the gloves to come off? Fine

  Tony Almeida : [Walking up to them]  what's going on here?

  Carrie Turner : She's asking me to take on some of her workload, I just want to know why

  Tony Almeida : [to Michelle]  why don't you want to tell her?

  Michelle Dessler : It's none of her business

  Tony Almeida : Just tell her so we can get back to work

  Michelle Dessler : Alright, District's asked me to step in as the liaison to facilitate the power shift. I'll be on the phone for the next two hours

  Carrie Turner : [Before walking away]  sounds like a promotion, congratulations

  Michelle Dessler : You think she believed me?

  Tony Almeida : No

• Michelle Dessler : You heard what Chappelle said: his not going to let us have a chopper if he knows it's for Jack

  Tony Almeida : Yeah but Jack's got Hewitt and Hewitt definitely made that recording. Chappelle can't ignore that

  Michelle Dessler : [Before Tony walks over to Chappelle]  he can do whatever he wants

  Ryan Chappelle : What?

  Tony Almeida : Jack Bauer just contacted us

  Ryan Chappelle : Really? Where is he?

  Tony Almeida : North Hollywood

  Ryan Chappelle : What's he doing?

  Tony Almeida : His got the guy who forged the Cypress recording and wants to bring him in

  Ryan Chappelle : Fine let him

  Tony Almeida : His too far away, we need to send a chopper

  Ryan Chappelle : We've been through this. I'm done with Bauer, his chasing a trail that leads nowhere. We're onto other things

  Tony Almeida : What could be more important than the US launching a war based on false information?

  Ryan Chappelle : The thing is, you've been reassigned

  Tony Almeida : Reassigned? Where?

  Ryan Chappelle : I'll let you know in a few days. For now you can go home

  Tony Almeida : You can't reassign me now

  Ryan Chappelle : This recording is real, we are going to war. We need to prepare for the domestic response. You have just made yourself a liability I can't afford. You've got fifteen minutes to clean out your desk and get out

• Michelle Dessler : [while Tony packs up his desk, referring to Ryan Chapplle]  he just reassigned you? He didn't give you an explanation?

  Tony Almeida : Chappelle doesn't want me on the job: his got his own people, and I'm not one of them

  Michelle Dessler : What're you going to do?