9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (5 Feb. 2002)

Jack is on the run after escaping custody and rushes to intercept Ted Cofell before he leaves the city. Nina receives a phone call from Teri and tries to trace the call. Palmer still wants to go ahead with the press conference despite objections. Alberta Green temporarily takes over as Director of CTU.

Director:

Davis Guggenheim

Writers:

Joel Surnow (creator), Robert Cochran (creator),

Stars:

Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Hope, Sarah Clarke

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer
Leslie Hope	...	Teri Bauer
Sarah Clarke	...	Nina Myers
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Kim Bauer
Dennis Haysbert	...	Senator David Palmer
Michael Massee	...	Ira Gaines
Tamara Tunie	...	Alberta Green
Zeljko Ivanek	...	Andre Drazen
Daniel Bess	...	Rick Allen
Karina Arroyave	...	Jamey Farrell
Jude Ciccolella	...	Mike Novick
Zach Grenier	...	Carl Webb
Silas Weir Mitchell	...	Eli Stram
Eric Balfour	...	Milo Pressman
Currie Graham	...	Ted Cofell

Storyline

Jack is on the run after escaping custody. Nina receives a phone call from Teri and tries to trace the call. Palmer still wants to go ahead with the press conference despite objections. Alberta Green temporarily takes over as Director of CTU.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television, Real Time Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character Alberta Green is named for actress Alberta Watson, whom show creator Joel Surnow originally wanted to portray the role that eventually went to Tamara Tunie. An Agent Watson was later the recipient of a phone call. Ironically, Alberta Watson later joined the show during the fourth season as Erin Driscoll, the new head of CTU in Los Angeles.

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Goofs

When Jack hits the fire alarm at Ted Cofell's office building, a minute later he passes a group of people waiting to take the elevator in the same building. Also, the fire alarm can no longer be heard.

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Quotes

[after Teri and Kim are discovered using Eli's phone]
Eli: Who did you call? Who is this?
Jack Bauer: [On the phone] I'm the last thing you will ever see if anything happens to my wife or my daughter.

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Soundtracks

"'24' Theme"
(uncredited)
Written by Sean Callery

User Reviews

Run, Jack, run!

Day 1, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. : Having escaped federal custody, Jack follows a new lead that might allow him to find his missing wife and daughter. Back at CTU, Tony and Nina have to deal with the tragic death of Jamey Farrell, the woman who supposedly helped the conspirators organize the attempt on David Palmer's life, and the presence of Alberta Green (Tamara Tunie), who has been sent by Division to run the agency for the rest of the day and apprehend Bauer as soon as possible. As for Palmer, things don't seem to be improving, as Sherry makes a phone call to Carl Webb (Zach Grenier) and asks him to solve the family problem.

The tenth episode of Season 1 is one of the darkest, mostly at the start (CTU's attempt to save Jamey's life) and in the middle (Sherry and Carl having one of the show's trademark conspiratorial conversations), though neither scene gets close to the sheer pain inflicted by the off-screen rape of Teri Bauer in the previous hour. Less is more, someone once said, though that doesn't detract from 24's explicit moments of plotting and killing.

On the other hand, this show also continues the "Jack gone rogue storyline" that began in Ep. 9, giving Kiefer Sutherland plenty of opportunities to bring his character to new, edgier levels. The final shot, where he does his best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression (imagine the Terminator poster with Sutherland instead of Arnie and you've got it), is probably the coolest (visually speaking) moment of the season.