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A Google search for “Where is CTU?” yielded no good results, so I’m going to go ahead and assume (definitely probably incorrectly) that I am the first person ever to mine this question for its comedic ore. With 5+ seasons of “24,” in which every minute is accounted for, even when driving on the streets of Los Angeles, it should be relatively easy to figure out where exactly the CTU headquarters are located by triangulating travel time from various locations as revealed throughout the series.

In the first hour of last night’s 2-hour special, it took 12 minutes for the car carrying an abducted agent to reach the address 4332 Florence Avenue, which doesn’t appear to exist, but Google maps thinks is closest to 3298 West Florence Ave, which is just north of the Inglewood Park Cemetery. It’s also almost precisely in the center of the 10, 405, 110 and 105.

That info puts Downtown, Culver City, Marina Del Rey, El Segundo, Gardena, Compton and South Gate as possible starting points. I think it would be cool if CTU was in El Segundo but I guess Downtown is the most likely choice. Maurice (see previous post) was in his car for a short period of time before he was picked up by McCarthy so that changes things slightly. We’ll know more every hour as Bauer traverses the Southland to catch the baddies and bring them to Bauerjustice.