SCENE:  Dingy warehouse in seedy neighborhood.  Five dead terrorist – three shot, one head-butted, and one with a head bitten clean off – lie just to the left of the establishing shot.

BAUER is frantically working on a nuclear weapon, whose digital clock is ominously ticking below 1:00 minute.  He’s talking on a cell phone with one hand, using a pocket knife with the other.

BAUER:  I’ve got under one minute, or this thing’s gonna blow.

BUCHANAN:  Jack, the President called.  He said to get the bomb defused.

BAUER:  I understand.

BUCHANAN:  No, Jack.  He said to defuse it now.

BAUER.  Er, yeah.  OK, I cut the red wire.

MORRIS:  OK, Jack.  Now, wrap the wire from the “544C” socket around the neutral pole at least 34 times to create enough resistance…

BAUER: Dammit, Morris, there’s no time!

CHLOE:  Actually, Jack, if you hit the big green “reset” button, it’ll give you an entire ‘nother 24 hours.

BAUER: (Shakes head in disbelief).  Say again!

CHLOE:  The clock has a big green reset button.  If it’s not going well press it once, and it’ll put 24 more hours on the clock.  We can send a truck and a NEST team.  It’ll be a piece of cake.

BAUER:  Really?

CHLOE:  Pinkie swear.

(BAUER presses button.  Clock resets to “24:00:00”)

BAUER:  Ow.  Wow.  Cool.

CHLOE:  You’re welcome.