24 (TV Series)

Day 5: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (2006)

Sean Astin: Lynn McGill

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Quotes 

• Lynn McGill : Jack, this is a direct order from the President. Now enter the correct code and let them release the gas. Now!

• Lynn McGill : What's the situation?

  Bill Buchanan : Rossler's dead: shot by his female companion

  Lynn McGill : What does that do to our plan?

  Bill Buchanan : We intended to use Rossler to lead us to Erwich and the Sentox

  Lynn McGill : How?

  Bill Buchanan : Rossler was going to Erwich a chip that would enable him to activate the canisters and release the Sentox

  Lynn McGill : And put a tracker on the chip?

  Bill Buchanan : Yes, and follow Erwich back to the canisters: obviously that plan has to change

  Lynn McGill : Has Erwich set a time and place to meet?

  Bill Buchanan : No, we've also picked up increased chatter related to the canisters

  Lynn McGill : Related, how?

  Bill Buchanan : Erwich's been putting out "feelers" to terrorist organizations with sleeper cells established here. His asking for help to launch an attack on larger targets in the country

• President Charles Logan : [Over the speakerphone with Mike Novick standing nearby]  yes?

  Lynn McGill : I know this not what you ordered stipulated: that's why I thought it important to let you know what was happening

  President Charles Logan : What's "happening" is I sent you over there to make sure CTU is running smoothly in a time of crisis and you seem to be incapable of doing that

  Lynn McGill : Sir, Bauer refused the order, there was nothing I could do

  President Charles Logan : [Before hanging up]  now I don't want excuses, just do your job and if you can't do it, I'll find somebody that can

  Mike Novick : Estimates from the mall are lower than what we originally anticipated: it "appears" the fatalities will be limited to ten and twenty people

  President Charles Logan : Thank God, so what are we telling the media?

  Mike Novick : Nothing yet, CTU is maintaining a "black out" on the ground and air until we can give them a cover story

  President Charles Logan : What about the nineteen canisters?

  Mike Novick : CTU has a terrorist under surveillance as we speak. They believe there's a good chance he'll lead them to Erwich and the rest of the canisters

  President Charles Logan : Alright, good

  Mike Novick : There's something else Sir: Suzanne Cummings has arrived to claim Walt's body. Martha is on her way to speak with her now

  President Charles Logan : Thank you Mike

• Lynn McGill : [Over the speakerphone with Jack patched through]  this is Lynn McGill. You also have Bill Buchanan, Audrey Raines, Chloe O'Brian, and Edgar Stiles in the room

  President Charles Logan : [Over the speakerphone as Mike Novick stands nearby]  go ahead

  Lynn McGill : Sir, we're calling for your decision on a critical operational matter

  President Charles Logan : What is it?

  Lynn McGill : Jack Bauer is currently undercover with some of the terrorists: their expecting Jack to help them release a single canister Sentox nerve gas in the Sunrise Hills Shopping Mall, where they are right now

  President Charles Logan : Well then arrest them, what's the problem?

  Lynn McGill : Sir, the problem is if we don't maintain Jack's cover, there's no guarantee they'll lead us "back" to the other nineteen canisters

  President Charles Logan : [Raising his voice]  do you mean actually let them release the Sentox? Are you out of your mind?

  Bill Buchanan : This is Bill Buchanan, I had the same initial reaction then I looked at our updated scenarios: with the help of other terrorists organizations, the remaining nineteen canisters can be deployed at other more crowded public areas such as subway stations, hospitals, and sports arenas Sir. The loss of life could exceed hundreds of thousands of people

  President Charles Logan : My God

  Mike Novick : What kind of casualties are you predicting at the mall?

  Lynn McGill : We don't have exact numbers but based on video surveillance, our best guess is between eight and nine hundred

  Audrey Raines : Sir, many of them are children

  Mike Novick : Can't you evacuate the mall?

  Lynn McGill : Not without the terrorists knowing

  President Charles Logan : The public will not tolerate the government's complicity in this

  Lynn McGill : They wouldn't know Sir, this would be a covert decision. We're monitoring the terrorists, we know with a hundred percent certainty that when they leave the mall, their going back to the remaining canisters

  President Charles Logan : What's your recommendation?

  Lynn McGill : Bill Buchanan and I agree that the "greatest good served" would be to allowing them to release this single canister of Sentox nerve gas

  Audrey Raines : And I believe Sir that we have no right to sanction the lives of innocent people: we should take our chances, interrogate these men and find the location of the other canisters

  Lynn McGill : We're running out of time. We need your decision Sir

  President Charles Logan : This is a field operation, it's up to you

  Bill Buchanan : With all due respect, it's not. We don't have the legal authority to make this decision, only you do

  President Charles Logan : [Before putting them on hold to talk privately to Mike]  you're putting me in a terrible position, Mike?

  Mike Novick : CTU has laid out the facts well, you have to make the call

  President Charles Logan : [after reconnecting with CTU]  alright, the terrorists are forcing us to make a tragic choice. I'll go along with your assessment, let them release the Sentox but you better find those other canisters or those people would've died in vain