24 \u2013 Two Days Later \u2013 Hour 4 <\/p>\n
The following takes place between 10 pm and 11 pm <\/p>\n
10:00 pm \u2013 A voice says, \u201cYes, EVERYONE is here\u2026just pipe down! I think he\u2019s here.\u201d Chloe looks over and can see a light shining underneath a door. The door opens and the figure in the doorway turns on the lights in the room. It\u2019s Jack. <\/p>\n
10:01 pm \u2013 The room is full of people who yell, \u201cSURPRISE!\u201d Jack pulls out his gun, and points it at everyone. Chloe sees that she\u2019s standing in an office, which is packed with many other people. They\u2019re all wearing party hats. A short, dark-haired pregnant woman wearing a waitress apron pulls Jack by the arm, and says, \u201cNo water pistols in Sammy\u2019s office! Now get in here.\u201d She slaps his hand, removes the pistol from his hand, and shoves it in the waistband of his pants. Jack is stunned because he has never seen someone move that quickly before. He glances over to see Chloe, who shrugs. <\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cYou\u2019re going to have to show me how to do that.\u201d The waitress says, \u201cGet pregnant eight times and try and keep your kids from getting into trouble. That\u2019s the crash course!\u201d She goes to the door, looks into the next room, and says, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you guys? Get in here now!\u201d Bill and Morris go into the room. The woman closes the door, and says, \u201cSammy will be here any minute. Now quiet down!\u201d She turns off the light. <\/p>\n
10:03 pm \u2013 Jack says, \u201cChloe, where are\u2026. YOW!\u201d <\/p>\n
We hear the woman\u2019s voice, \u201cSay anything else and I\u2019ll find a real gun and shoot you with it! Now quiet down!\u201d <\/p>\n
10:04 pm \u2013 Somewhere out in the city, the group of terrorists stands around listening to a walkie-talkie. A voice which sounds like it has been disguised by some sort of electronic device says,. \u201cThe next objective is several blocks from here. This should be very simple. Just go in, grab it, and get out. If you see Bauer or any of the rest of them, I want you to kill them!\u201d <\/p>\n
10:05 pm \u2013 Back in the dark room, everyone\u2019s quiet. We hear some footsteps outside the door again, and it opens. The lights go on, and everyone yells, \u201cSURPRISE!\u201d Everyone in the room goes up to the tall handsome man that just opened the door and tells him \u201cHappy Birthday, Sam!\u201d <\/p>\n
10:06 pm \u2013 Sam is very surprised. Everyone in the room leaves the office to go into the next room, which turns out to be a bar. Jack, Chloe, Morris and Bill all move to a table off to the side to figure out what\u2019s going on. <\/p>\n
10:07 pm – Sam tells the dark-haired woman, \u201cCarla, I thought we\u2019d been shut down! The bar is never empty at this time of night!\u201d <\/p>\n
A young man behind the bar interrupts, \u201cWell, there was that time that Mr. Peterson and Mr. Clavin had that baked bean eating contest\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cOh yeah Cliff, I remember that. I thought you guys were going to explode!\u201d <\/p>\n
Cliff says, \u201cNorm and I were conducting highly scientific experiments! We wanted to find out how much gas we could hold in.\u201d <\/p>\n
Carla says, \u201cClavin, if we let all that gas out, you\u2019d completely deflate!\u201d Cliff seems nonplussed. <\/p>\n
10:09 pm \u2013 Over at Jack\u2019s table, they talk about what\u2019s been happening to them. Jack says, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to figure out what\u2019s going on. We\u2019ve been transported from that warehouse to that house, then to a tropical island, and now into this bar.\u201d <\/p>\n
Chloe says, \u201cIt must have been that computer setup in the warehouse. Whatever that archway was, it must have been some kind of gateway to allow people to transport to different places around the world.\u201d <\/p>\n
Morris says, \u201cThat doesn\u2019t make any sense! We walked through that archway once. We haven\u2019t walked through any other archways since, and yet we find ourselves transported for no apparent reason. That\u2026\u201d Morris stops talking as Carla walks up to their table. <\/p>\n
Carla says, \u201cWhat would you like?\u201d Jack says, \u201cFour beers.\u201d Carla leans over to Bill and asks, \u201cOk, I have his order. Do you see anything you like, hon?\u201d Bill tells her that he\u2019s pretty sure Jack ordered for everyone. Carla mutters, \u201cNo one takes hints anymore.\u201d She leaves to get the beer. <\/p>\n
10:10 pm – Chloe says, \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about this. It\u2019s like we\u2019re in some kind of weird time-space warp. It\u2019s the only reasonable explanation for this.\u201d <\/p>\n
Morris rolls his eyes, \u201cThat\u2019s your explanation for everything lately: \u2018Ooo! I can\u2019t find my car keys! It must be a time-space warp! I bought serial cable instead of Cat5! It must be a time-space warp!\u201d <\/p>\n
Chloe says, \u201cYOU\u2019LL be in a time-space warp if you don\u2019t shut up!\u201d <\/p>\n
Jack intervenes, and says, \u201cStop it, you two! Chloe, I agree with you.\u201d Chloe smirks at Morris. Jack continues, \u201cYou have to stop fighting. We shouldn\u2019t draw attention to ourselves. The less attention we draw and the more we blend in, the better.\u201d <\/p>\n
Bill says, \u201cJack\u2019s right. The best thing for us to do is just observe what\u2019s happening to see if we can get some kind of clue about what\u2019s happening. We\u2019ll just lay low and see what we can think of.\u201d <\/p>\n
10:11 pm \u2013 The door to the outside of the bar opens, and a heavy-set man walks in and says, \u201cEvening, everybody!\u201d Everyone in the bar yells, \u201cNorm!\u201d <\/p>\n
The young man at the bar says, \u201cWhat can I get for you, Mr. Peterson?\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm replies, \u201cAn intravenous beer drip, Woody, and make it snappy!\u201d <\/p>\n
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10:16 pm \u2013 Norm and Cliff start telling jokes to each other. Norm says, \u201cA man with three ducks walks into a bar\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n
While this is going on, Jack approaches the bar. He flashes his badge and tells Woody in a low voice, \u201cI\u2019m from CTU Los Angeles. I need to use your phone.\u201d <\/p>\n
Cliff overhears this, and says, \u201cHelp the man out, Woody.\u201d He turns to Jack, \u201cCliff Clavin. Good to see another man in the service here to visit. I might be able to take you around and show how we do it here in Beantown.\u201d<\/p>\n
Woody asks, \u201cWhat\u2019s CTU?\u201d <\/p>\n
Jack starts to tell him, and Cliff interrupts, \u201cThat would be Cargo Transport Unit, one of the branches of the Postal Service of these United States! Why, they haul more cargo before 6 am than most people do all day!\u201d <\/p>\n
Carla walks by and says, \u201cYou carry around more cargo behind you than most people do in a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cliff says, \u201cWhy, thank you Carla! That wa\u2026. HEY!\u201d <\/p>\n
10:18 pm \u2013 Woody hands Jack a phone, and Jack dials the CTU number. He only gets a message that says the number is not in service. <\/p>\n
10:19 pm \u2013 Outside of the bar, a Chinese terrorist drives away in a Corvette as a severe-looking woman and a dignified-looking man enter the building. <\/p>\n
10:20 pm \u2013 Cliff says, \u201cOk, a psychiatrist and his wife walk into the bar\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm says, \u201cI\u2019ve already heard this one\u2026 \u2018Yeah, but I didn\u2019t count on the marbles\u2019\u2026 really funny, Cliffy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cliff replies, \u201cNo, really\u2026 Frasier and Lilith just walked in\u201d. <\/p>\n
Frasier says, \u201cGood evening, everyone! Sam, you must thank Rebecca for us when you see her.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cWhat for?\u201d <\/p>\n
Frasier replies, \u201cI had no idea Cheers was attempting to raise its status amongst your wealthier clientele!\u201d He looks right at Cliff and Norm, \u201cNo offense, men.\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm looks up, \u201cNone taken.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cWhat are you talking about, Frasier?\u201d <\/p>\n
Lilith replies, \u201cWhy the attendant you employed at the street side. I have to say you\u2019ve picked up on that trend quiet nicely. It was only last week when little Fredrick\u2019s academy started using them.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam thinks a minute, and then starts to laugh. \u201cFrasier\u2026 I think you\u2019ve been had. I don\u2019t have an attendant. You fell for the oldest trick in the world. You gave your car keys to a car thief!\u201d <\/p>\n
Frasier starts to laugh and so does Lilith. \u201cAs if I\u2019d drive here!\u201d More people start to laugh. Frasier continues, \u201cWe took a taxi here! I was talking about the Corvette that the attendant just went to park.\u201d <\/p>\n
10:22 pm \u2013 Sam continues to laugh\u2026 for a split second until he realizes what Frasier just said. \u201cMy \u2018vette? Someone just stole my Corvette?? You didn\u2019t throw yourself in front of the guy so he couldn\u2019t get away???\u201d Sam hops over the bar, runs out the door, and up the stairs. We can\u2019t see him, but we can hear him scream. He runs back downstairs. Sam asks, \u201cWhat did he look like? Which direction did he go?\u201d <\/p>\n
Frasier says, \u201cWell, I believe he was Taiwanese. He was headed north of here as he drove away.\u201d <\/p>\n
Lilith interrupts, \u201cNo, you\u2019re wrong, Frasier.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sam is becoming more agitated, \u201cWell, which way WAS he going?\u201d <\/p>\n
Lilith says, \u201cHe was definitely from Mainland China. I could tell by the clothes he was wearing.\u201d Everyone at Jack\u2019s table stops talking when they hear the words \u201cMainland China\u201d. <\/p>\n
Lilith sees the look on Sam\u2019s face and realizes that wasn\u2019t what he asked. \u201cOh, um, yes\u2026 he was going north\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n
Carla says, \u201cThat\u2019s in the direction of Gary\u2019s Olde Towne Tavern!\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cGary must still be mad for the last prank we pulled on him! He must have had my car stolen. We have to get it back!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack decides this is the right time to step in and goes to speak with Sam. \u201cI\u2019m with CTU Los Angeles. We have to go after that guy. He\u2019s a wanted terrorist!\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cFriend of yours, Cliffie?\u201d Cliff nods. Sam continues, \u201cIf that guy gets one little scratch on my \u2018vette, I going to beat him senseless! Who has a car I can borrow? Norm? Carla? Cliff?\u201d <\/p>\n
Carla tells Sam, \u201cMy kids dropped me off. This time they even slowed down.\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm says, \u201cI walked here.\u201d <\/p>\n
Cliff says, \u201cBut that\u2019s thirty-seven blocks!\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm replies, \u201cWell, it was either that or walk one block home and get the keys from Vera to drive here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cCome on guys! We need a car!\u201d <\/p>\n
Cliff says, \u201cNo can do, Sammy! All I have is the official U.S. Postal Service vehicle that is for official use only!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jack says, \u201cBut it\u2019s after 10 pm! What official business can you have at this time of night? You\u2019re in here drinking!\u201d Carla sneaks up behind Cliff. <\/p>\n
Cliff fidgets, \u201cWell\u2026 you do have a point there.\u201d <\/p>\n
Carla grabs the keys from Cliff\u2019s pocket and tosses them to Jack. She immediately starts making retching noises and tries to wipe her hands off on her apron. \u201cYou owe me, Sam Malone! I touched Clavin! Do you know how much soap I\u2019m going to have to use to get this stench off of me?\u201d She runs to the bathroom. <\/p>\n
Jack tells Chloe and Morris to stay put, and to let him know if anything happens. Bill and Jack run off, and Chloe yells after them, \u201cHow are we supposed to do that, if our cell phones don\u2019t work?\u201d Norm, Sam and Cliff run out of the bar. Cliff pleads, \u201cAt least let me drive!\u201d <\/p>\n
Morris says, \u201cThis must be what he meant by \u2018We shouldn\u2019t draw attention to ourselves.\u2019\u201d. <\/p>\n
10:26 pm \u2013 Cliff jumps into his mail truck. Sam and Jack are standing next to him, and we can see Bill is the back of the truck with Norm. Sam tells everyone that Gary must have had his car stolen because of the \u201cHair Club For Men\u201d sign they put in place of the \u201cGary\u2019s Olde Towne Tavern\u201d sign. They start heading for Gary\u2019s bar. <\/p>\n
Bill asks Norm, \u201cSo, do you go chasing after people in mail trucks often?\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm says, \u201cLet\u2019s see\u2026. This is Thursday\u2026. Yeah, that\u2019s about right.\u201d <\/p>\n
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10:32 pm \u2013 An elderly Chinese couple enter the bar, and Woody directs them the restaurant upstairs. Chloe and Morris are immediately suspicious of this, and follow them upstairs. A young Chinese man wearing workman\u2019s coveralls comes into the bar. He tells Woody that he\u2019s here to install a new cooling motor in the pool table. Woody can\u2019t get over the fact that pool tables now have cooling motors in them, and he directs the workman to the back room. The guy starts heading to the back room, looks around, and sidesteps into Sam\u2019s office, closing the door behind him. <\/p>\n
10:34 pm \u2013 The mail truck pulls up outside of Gary\u2019s Olde Towne Tavern. Cliff says, \u201cI have a great plan. I\u2019ll just need a stack of those occupant postcards. Yeah, you never know when these things are going to come in handy.\u201d Bill hands Cliff small stack of postcards and asks, \u201cWho\u2019s Evelyn Woodooski?\u201d <\/p>\n
Cliff nervously says, \u201cJust hand me the cards\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm interrupts, \u201cIsn\u2019t she the woman that got that restraining order against you to stop delivering mail to her house?\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cYeah, I think it was\u2026 What are those for, Cliff?\u201d <\/p>\n
Cliff blurts out, \u201cJust never mind that. Aren\u2019t you worried about your car? I\u2019m going to go in there and pretend to deliver the mail, and I\u2019ll see what I can find out.\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm says, \u201cDon\u2019t you always pretend to deliver the mail?\u201d Cliff gives him a dirty look. <\/p>\n
Sam says, \u201cJust let him go.\u201d <\/p>\n
Jack tells everyone, \u201cI\u2019m going to go around to the back to see if I can find anything. Bill, get behind the wheel in case we need to get out of here fast.\u201d <\/p>\n
10:36 pm \u2013 Jack gets out of the truck with his gun drawn and heads towards the back of the building. He sees a dumpster, but there\u2019s no sign of Sam\u2019s Corvette. There\u2019s a loud scream from the front of the building. Jack goes running back to front of the building, and he sees Cliff with the back of his underwear stretched over the top of his head. Cliff tells everyone that his plan didn\u2019t work as well as he hoped. <\/p>\n
10:37 pm \u2013 The maintenance man who went into Sam\u2019s office finds what he was looking for: A baseball. He leaves Sam\u2019s office and tells Woody that he\u2019s all done with the repair, and that they\u2019ll send a bill. As he leaves, Chloe and Morris come back downstairs, arguing about whether or not they should have frisked the couple that went upstairs to dinner. Morris says, \u201cWe were fine until you tasered that woman!\u201d <\/p>\n
At the same time, Sam uses a very large cell phone to make a phone call to Carla. Sam tells her to call the police because Gary doesn\u2019t have the Corvette and it needs to be reported as stolen. Carla tells Sam, \u201cAfter I washed the Clavin off of me, I called the most connected people I know, to see if they knew of any Chinese auto theft ring. They didn\u2019t have any idea where to look. I guess my kids aren\u2019t on top of this sort of thing as they used to be.\u201d <\/p>\n
10:38 pm \u2013 Woody asks to talk to Sam. He says that the pool table repair man just left, and that they\u2019re going to invoice for the services rendered. Sam tells Woody that there was nothing wrong with the pool table and that he\u2019s told him a million times not to let people repair things that aren\u2019t broken. <\/p>\n
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10:46 pm \u2013 Cliff drives back towards the bar, and while Sam keeps talking to himself. \u201cWhat did my car ever to do anyone? And now I have people fixing things that aren\u2019t broken! This is going to cost me a fortune! If they got one scratch on it\u2026\u201d They stop at a light.<\/p>\n
10:47 pm \u2013 A Corvette from the cross street drives past them. Sam yells, \u201cTHAT\u2019S MY CAR!\u201d Cliff makes a right turn and starts to go after it. He says, \u201cEveryone hold on!\u201d He flips a cover on the dashboard, and presses a button. The mail truck really starts moving really fast. <\/p>\n
Amid all the shaking and rattling around as the car accelerates, Cliff says, \u201cI made a few modifications to the truck to deliver mail more quickly.\u201d They rocket up to and then past the Corvette, which makes a left turn behind them, and is gone. <\/p>\n
10:48 – Jack tells Cliff, \u201cYou better let me drive.\u201d Cliff is hesitant at first, but then regains his composure, telling Sam, \u201cIt\u2019s a professional courtesy to let members of the Cargo Transport Unit to drive any vehicles they need to. It\u2019s in the union rules.\u201d <\/p>\n
10:49 pm \u2013 Jack slams on the breaks, spins the truck around 180 degrees and floors it. Cliff screams. Jack makes a turn to follow the Corvette without even slowing down, narrowly missing other cars as he does so. Jack yells to Bill to come up to the front to drive, and orders everyone else to the back. <\/p>\n
10:50 pm \u2013 Jack pulls out his gun. Norm tells Cliff, \u201cThis guy is really serious!\u201d Jack starts to shoot at the Corvette, and Sam yells for him to stop before something happens. Right about this time, something does happen: one of Jack\u2019s bullets meets up with the gas tank of the Corvette, and it explodes! The Corvette goes flipping end over head, and lands on its roof. <\/p>\n
10:52 pm \u2013 The driver of the Corvette is dead, and the passenger frantically talks on a walkie-talkie to someone. Jack and Bill go running out to the car. Sam staggers out of the mail truck, followed by Norm and Cliff. Sam mutters, \u201cMy car! My car!\u201d <\/p>\n
10:53 pm \u2013 Traffic has stopped all around them. Jack has his gun drawn and orders the man out of the car. The man yells something in Chinese and a baseball goes rolling out of the driver\u2019s side window. Jack is still yelling at the guy in the car to get out, and ignores the baseball. <\/p>\n
10:54 pm \u2013 While this is going on, a car slowly drives up across the street. The driver\u2019s side door opens, and gloved hand grabs the baseball as it rolls up to the car. The window behind the driver rolls down, and a machine gun comes out and starts to shoot at Jack and the Corvette. Everyone runs back to the mail truck, which takes a few bullets in the side. <\/p>\n
10:55 pm \u2013 Jack starts to return fire. Norm swears that if he gets out of this alive, he\u2019s going to spend more time with Vera. There\u2019s a bright flash, and the shooting stops. Sam, Norm and Cliff look around, but don\u2019t see Jack and Bill. The occupants of the car that were shooting are gone, and so is the man that was still alive in the car. Norm looks at Sam and Cliff, \u201cYou\u2019re not going to hold me to that promise, are you?\u201d <\/p>\n
Sam slowly walks out to his Corvette to assess the damage and says, \u201cHow am I going to explain this?\u201d <\/p>\n
Norm asks Cliff, \u201cHow are you going to explain on the damage to your mail truck?\u201d <\/p>\n
Cliff replies, \u201cThis sort of thing happens all the time in the line of duty.\u201d <\/p>\n
10:59 pm \u2013 Instead of the street they were standing in, Bill and Jack are now standing in a curved hallway. There\u2019s a siren going off and a large red rectangular panel is flashing on and off. <\/p>\n
11:00 pm \u2013 Time\u2019s up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"