Day 2: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. (3 Dec. 2002)

Jack takes charge of the Nina Meyers interrogation. Sherry returns with information on the conspiracy against President Palmer.

Director:

Jon Cassar

Writers:

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

Stars:

Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer
Sarah Wynter	...	Kate Warner
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Kim Bauer
Xander Berkeley	...	George Mason
Penny Johnson	...	Sherry Palmer (as Penny Johnson Jerald)
Carlos Bernard	...	Tony Almeida
Dennis Haysbert	...	President David Palmer
Reiko Aylesworth	...	Michelle Dessler
Skye McCole Bartusiak	...	Megan Matheson
Billy Burke	...	Gary Matheson
Michelle Forbes	...	Lynne Kresge
Laura Harris	...	Marie Warner
Phillip Rhys	...	Reza Naiyeer
John Terry	...	Bob Warner
Tamlyn Tomita	...	Jenny Dodge

Storyline

Jack takes charge of the Nina Meyers interrogation after she demands a Presidential pardon. President Palmer not only has deal with the crash of the ambassador's helicopter but also the return of Sherry who informs him there's a conspiracy in the White House against him. Tony steps up his interrogation of Reza.

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Plot Keywords:

president | title ends with period | period in title | punctuation in title | digit in title | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 December 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

As of this episode, Penny Johnson Jerald joins the regular cast after having a recurring role in Season 1.

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Goofs

When Reza's mother arrives at the Warner's house, she is wearing a traditional Muslim headscarf (hijab). After she learns that Reza is being interrogated, she sits down and we can see that she has removed her hijab. The whole point of wearing the hijab is that a traditional Muslim woman will not have hear head uncovered in public. (Some might argue that perhaps Reza's parents are more liberal Muslims, but if that were the case, then his mother would not have been wearing the hijab in the first place.)

User Reviews

Sherry and Nina - a classy double act

The first season of 24 introduced two manipulative women whose equal has not been seen in any movie or show ever since: Jack's colleague Nina Myers (Sarah Clarke), actually a mole working for the Drazen family, and David Palmer's wife Sherry (Penny Johnson), whom he left at the end of the season because of her political scheming. With this episode, they both return to the series in a positively intriguing way.

Okay, so Nina was brought back two hours ago, but this is her real moment in the spotlight, as the interrogation finally gets underway: with the President willing to grant her a pardon, she feels confident enough to toy with the CTU's expectations and be as elusive as possible regarding the nuke's location. Things take a different turn, however, when Jack asks to be left alone with her: after less than a minute she has a gun pointed at her head. Mason protests, only to realize Jack has a plan: if Nina thinks he'd rather avenge his wife's death than save Los Angeles, she loses her strategic advantage. In the same time-frame, Palmer's staff has to deal with a tragic accident, while the President himself receives an unexpected visit from Sherry, who claims to have proof of a conspiracy within the administration. Is it true, or is she just aiming to regain her ex-husband's trust?

In pure 24 style, that question remains unanswered for the moment, allowing Johnson (now a series regular) to shine in a rare mix of ambiguity, (lethal) charm and faultless wordplay - her character may not be trustworthy, but it's impossible to avert the eyes from her. Clarke is equally brilliant: a pure femme fatale in the first half of the episode, she reveals Nina's more fragile side once Bauer starts having it his way, and the sight of her squaring off with Sutherland again is a delight. Who said there are no meaty parts for women in the thriller genre?