Day 3: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m. 

Regional Director Chappelle forces Jack to undergo a medical evaluation for his heroin addiction. Tony interrogates Nina Meyers. Julia Milliken confronts Sherry after Alan dies while Wayne and President Palmer prepare for the fallout. Nina tries to escape custody after collapsing during the interrogation.

Director:

Bryan Spicer

Writers:

Joel Surnow (created by), Robert Cochran (created by)

Stars:

Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Carlos Bernard

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Kim Bauer
Carlos Bernard	...	Tony Almeida
Reiko Aylesworth	...	Michelle Dessler
James Badge Dale	...	Chase Edmunds
Dennis Haysbert	...	President David Palmer
Penny Johnson Jerald	...	Sherry Palmer
Lothaire Bluteau	...	Marcus Alvers
Greg Ellis	...	Michael Amador
Paul Schulze	...	Ryan Chappelle
D.B. Woodside	...	Wayne Palmer (as DB Woodside)
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Chloe O'Brian
Zachary Quinto	...	Adam Kaufman
Albert Hall	...	Alan Milliken
Gina Torres	...	Julia Milliken

Storyline

Regional Director Chappelle forces Jack to undergo a medical evaluation for his heroin addiction. Tony interrogates Nina Meyers. Julia Milliken confronts Sherry after Alan dies while Wayne and President Palmer prepare for the fallout. Nina tries to escape custody after collapsing during the interrogation.

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Plot Keywords:

episode title ends with a period | murder of a security guard | punctuation in episode title | period in episode title | man murders a woman | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Greg Ellis stated in an interview that Amador was supposed to get his throat slit in this episode, but the writers liked him and decided to keep him around a while longer, opting to kill off another villain instead.

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Goofs

At the top of the hour, the air transport lands at what is described as the airbase at Pt. Mugu, which is near Oxnard in Ventura County - at least 45 miles from what would be the downtown LA headquarters of CTU. But Jack and Nina arrive at CTU as the clock ticks up to 2:09 AM. No way that truck made the transfer in 8 minutes or so.

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Quotes

Chase Edmunds: [about Kim finding out about his daughter] How did she take it?
Chloe O'Brian: Well, gosh Chase, I think she's kinda pissed.

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Soundtracks

24 Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Sean Callery

User Reviews

The Interrogation Hour

This is the second week in a row that things were pretty quiet, action-wise, but I'm not complaining. These shows are never boring.

"Interrogation" seems to be the theme of this show: Nina, being interrogated by Tony, for what she knows about this Alvers character that seems to be friends with Amador. (Those two meet, with Amador bringing the virus.) Jack is given a medical exam and is interrogated for his heroin habit. He explains the hows and whys he got addicted (to gain the trust of the Salazaar family, drug lords that were in, I am assuming, from the previous year.

In the meantime, there is a baby issue and Chase explains why he is the father of that baby in the office that Chole has been helping out with, and we see a very small bit in which the President is lied to by his ex-wife, who seems to be an expert in that department.

You can see the ending to this episode coming as Jack warned everyone; keep an eye on Nina. I have to say Sarah Clarke as Nina Myers is one of the most interesting villains I've ever seen.