The Making of '24: Redemption' Page #3

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I'm not going back.

I'm not saying you should.

But a year's a long time

to spend looking

over your shoulder.

A lifetime of that's

gonna drive you

out of your mind.

Whatever I've done

I've paid for in full.

All I've got left

is my freedom. I'm not lettin'

them take that away from me.

Freedom. What kind

of freedom's this, Jack?

You're runnin' away.

What do you want

from me, Carl?

What do you want?

I want you to trust me, Jack.

I am your friend.

I'm sorry.

Look.

I can't remember

the many times

you saved my life.

But I do know

that I owe you.

You've lost a lot, Jack.

I know that.

I know that.

When you called me up

for the first time in--

What? Ten years?

I hoped you were maybe

looking for more than

just a place to stay.

I'm trying to

find a way to make

some sense of it all.

It's a normal impulse,

especially for people

like us.

Yeah, except you found

what you were looking for.

Yeah.

[ Hammering ]

Damn it.

Carl.

Carl!

I just meant

it's different for me.

You never asked me

why I quit.

I figured

you would have told me

if you wanted me to know.

While I was in Beirut--

a counterinsurgency

operation.

I was holding a suspect.

The attack window was open.

Our time was limited.

I was sure I had the right guy,

but he wasn't giving me

the information I needed,

so I kept pushing.

Pushed him hard...

until he finally told me

what I wanted to hear...

right before he died.

He wasn't the right guy, Jack.

The intel was bad.

- I lost 14 men

and 21 civilians that day.

- Carl, that's the job.

People like you and me, Jack--

We don't--

We don't keep score

by counting how many lives

we've saved,

but by how many we've lost.

You know, I'm not so sure

I have found what

I was lookin' for.

But I have found a way

to live with myself.

It took a long time.

The first thing I had to do

was stop running.

I meant what I said, Jack.

You can stay here.

We'll fight this thing

together.

Sorry.

Don't worry about Tramell.

The state department's

not the only place

with money.

I appreciate what

you're trying to do, Carl,

but this is my problem.

I'm not gonna

let it become yours.

Remember what the lieutenant

used to say about trouble?

"Comes cheap,

leaves expensive."

Yeah. Yeah.

What you've done

with this place.

The school, what you've

done for the boys--

It's worth protecting.

You and I both know

it'd be better for everyone

if I leave.

I'm sorry, Jack.

Me too.

[ Chuckling ]

Me too.

Thank you, Carl.

I mean that.

Thank you for everything.

Always.

Yeah.

- Where is he going?

- I'm not sure.

But he's leaving.

Yeah.

He is.

You are just a boy.

You do not know what you

are talking about.

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