24 (TV Series)

Day 4: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. (2005)

Roger Cross: Curtis Manning

Quotes 

• Curtis Manning : [after walking into her office]  what'd you need?

  Erin Driscoll : I just got off the phone with Marianne Taylor

  Curtis Manning : Whatever she told you, it's coming from a very "disturbed" place

  Erin Driscoll : That may be but she's as qualified as any of the others you've brought in today

  Curtis Manning : I'm not comfortable working with her: that should be enough for you

  Erin Driscoll : Normally it would be however she mentioned your pillow talk included a synopsis of the new data mining protocols

  Curtis Manning : That's a lie, if she got that information, it was from someone else. Now she's using it against me

  Erin Driscoll : She knows details about the new UVX system, that's classified information. She can force us into a Section One security reboot and drag us in a six month long investigation

  Curtis Manning : I don't believe this

  Erin Driscoll : I asked her to come in: deal with it. Do you have the results of Secretary Heller's son yet?

  Curtis Manning : Yeah, polygraph makes it clear he didn't have any "knowing" involvement in his father's kidnapping

  Erin Driscoll : But?

  Curtis Manning : His still insisting he didn't tell anyone his father was coming to his house this morning. The polygraph was inconclusive on that claim

  Erin Driscoll : You think his lying?

  Curtis Manning : It's possible. Richard is the only one who knew where his father would be this morning, he may have told someone about it

  Erin Driscoll : Why would Richard protect someone who's betrayed him?

  Curtis Manning : Because his too arrogant to believe that's what happened

  Erin Driscoll : It'll take days to go through his phone records, I want you to see if you can get a name out of him "another way"

  Curtis Manning : What'd you mean?

  Erin Driscoll : [Referring to torturing him]  you know what I mean

  Curtis Manning : We're not even sure if his guilty of anything

  Erin Driscoll : This is how we'll find out. Get started

• Richard Heller : [In an interrogation room]  when can I get out of here?

  Curtis Manning : Who else knew your father would be at your house this morning?

  Richard Heller : I told you, no one

  Richard Heller : [after seeing Eric prepares an injection needle]  what're you crazy?

  Curtis Manning : It works on the neurotransmitter level: it makes every nerve ending on your body feels like its on fire

  Richard Heller : Your bluffing, you know you can't get away with this

  Curtis Manning : By the time you're released the mark on your arm will be gone. It'll be just your word against mine

  Richard Heller : My father's the Secretary of Defense for God's sake

  Curtis Manning : I thought you hated him? Now his "dear old dad"

• Curtis Manning : [while in an interrogation room]  how long do you think it's been?

  Richard Heller : What?

  Curtis Manning : How long do you think you've been sitting here like this?

  Richard Heller : Three, four hours

  Curtis Manning : It's been less than thirty minutes: time is the first thing you lose track of in sensory disorientation then it only gets worse

  Richard Heller : This is illegal, you can't keep me here

  Curtis Manning : You'll be here until you tell me what I need to know

  Richard Heller : I told you everything I know

  Curtis Manning : Your father's been kidnapped by terrorists, our polygraph analysis tells us your hiding something that might help us find him, just tell me what it is and all this stops

  Richard Heller : You're not going to do this

  Curtis Manning : [Before continuing the sensory disorientation torture]  if you don't care enough about your father, tell me what I need to know, I'll get it out of you this way

• Marianne Taylor : [after greeting Erin]  I'm very excited to have this opportunity to help you here

  Marianne Taylor : Hello Curtis

  Curtis Manning : Marianne,

  Erin Driscoll : Curtis, take Marianne to an empty station and get her started on the data sorts

  Curtis Manning : Let's go

  Curtis Manning : [Showing her where her station is]  you'll be working over here

  Marianne Taylor : You know Curtis, I didn't want to go over your head but you left me no choice

  Curtis Manning : Is that so?

  Erin Driscoll : I'll let it go if you will

  Curtis Manning : [Sternly]  get to work Marianne