Empty your bladders, gas up your black SUVs, and make sure your cell phone is fully charged because in honor of 24's return to form this season (to say nothing of Moustachioed Hostelkeeper's inexplicable, ancient promise of a list-heavy blog), your three contributors would like to share their favorite recurring lines and catch-phrases from a show that adeptly combines high drama, unintentional comedy, and subtle jingoism almost as routinely as I write run-on sentences. Feel free to add your own!
- "Within the hour."
- "That's the wrong play!"
- "Trust me."
- "Just tell me what the hell is going on."
- "____ has gone rogue."
- "Nucular."
- "Millions of lives are at stake!!!"
- "WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?!?!"
- "Don't fight it" - Jack Bauer, in a whisper, as he puts someone he cares for in a sleeper hold.
- "Put me through to the President!"
- "You have my word."
- "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
- "Copy that."
- Subpoena-waving goon squads.
- "It's a trap!"
- "We're going to have to do this my way."
- "System-wide reformat."
- "There's no time!"
- "Don't tell me what to feel."
- First Gentleman.
- "This is real."
- "Report you to Division."
And of course - "DAMN IT!!!"
Only five hours left! Godspeed, Madame President. Godspeed.
