Edgar Stiles

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Edgar Stiles
Gender:	Male
Jobs held:	Senior Internet protocol manager
Affiliation:	CTU
Family:	Lucy Stiles (Mother) (Deceased)
Spouse:	NA
Current status:	Deceased
Portrayed by:	Louis Lombardi
Seasons:	4, 5

Edgar Stiles was a fictional character played by Louis Lombardi in the American television series 24.

1 Biography
2 Day 4
3 Day 5
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

EXPERIENCE: CTU – Intelligence Analyst, Los Angeles Domestic Unit CTU – Internet Protocol Manager, Los Angeles Domestic Unit

EXPERTISE: Operating systems, distributed systems, informational retrieval and wireless networks.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Computer Applications with honors – New York University

PERSONAL: Single

[edit] Day 4

Edgar was known to have a photographic memory, as seen in the season premiere of Day 4, and was friends with analyst Chloe O'Brian, who described him as "a geek, but a good guy."

Edgar was at first seen as the patsy of Chloe O'Brian, though as Day 4 went on, Edgar took his own stand. Even so, the two remained good friends.

Edgar was the agent who realized that fellow agent Sarah Gavin was innocent of conspiring with the enemy, and that fellow agent Marianne Taylor was in fact guilty. Edgar would eventually prove this all to Driscoll, who would fire Taylor and re-establish Gavin.

Edgar was the main hero behind the Nuclear Plant Meltdown Crisis, managing to stabilize 98 Plants without the ever-crucial Dobson Override. A few hours later, all but one plant (located at St. Gabriel Island) was stabilized, but ironically that one plant eventually killed his mother.

Stiles was shown as a competent, although slightly stodgy, technical analyst. Virtually nothing is known about his life outside of CTU except that his mother died when a nuclear reactor melted during Day 4.

Edgar looking at his
co-workers sealed off in a safe room as he takes his last breath

After Chloe was forced to resign and Gavin was fired, Edgar had complete control of the Analyst department of CTU and when Chloe was rehired by Acting-Director Michelle Dessler, Chloe was "technically" working for Edgar, much to his approval.

In truth, they both shared the same post after Chloe was rehired, but according to Curtis Manning, "It's just on paper, it has look that way." To stop further squabbling, he reassured Chloe that she would be given a promotion of two pay grades and a higher clearance.

[edit] Day 5

Edgar was still working at CTU: LA at the start of Day 5, shocked like most CTU staff that Jack Bauer was still alive, and potentially a suspect in the murder of former President David Palmer. He was particularly irked at Chloe for not telling him that she knew about Jack's true whereabouts, to which she claims it was a matter of National Security and that next time "we'll go out to lunch and I'll tell you all my little secrets." This confrontation, along with the fact he was surprised to realize that Chloe was seeing fellow CTU Techie Spenser Wolff, made Edgar feel generally strained by someone he considered a good friend.

At 6:59 p.m. in Day 5, during a Sentox nerve gas attack on CTU, Stiles was returning to the main room after trying to check on a colleague, Carrie Bendis, who had gone to check a ventilator system that set off a "trouble flag." He did not make it back in time, and failed to enter the situation room before it was locked down. He died quickly thereafter from inhaling the nerve gas. He receives the Silent Clock in tribute, at 6:59:56.

His last word was "Chloe", in a tone that suggested confusion.

At the conclusion of Day 5, a picture of Edgar & Chloe was found among Edgar's possessions, which Bill Buchanan gives to a still-saddened Chloe.

[edit] Trivia

Edgar's death was honored with a Silent Clock at the end of the episode. He was the fourth to be honored in this fashion, the first three being Teri Bauer in season 1, George Mason in season 2, and Ryan Chappelle in season 3. He is also the first character on 24 to be given the Silent Clock who was not a veteran of Season One.

His character nickname on the website Television Without Pity was "Lispy Skip," a reference to a character he played on the HBO hit show The Sopranos.