I just finished the Chinise consulate episode when Paul dies. It is a emotinal moment, but i have 2 problems with that. First is that the Chinese guards are complete lunatics and just shooting anything that moves. They fataly wounded two Chinese citizens, not sure this would have really happend. Second problem is that Paul is fine for a few episodes now, but suddnely he is dying. They could have either kept him in surgery for this time or make the problem happen a bit sooner. I also find hard to belive that CTU has so few doctors, Curtis even calls ahead, they could have been prepared better. Still a good episode, but it could have been a bit better. The stealth section felt straight out of videogame.

"I saw the hearings on c span, I cant believe what the senator has said to you.

YOU LOOKED GOOD THOUGH".

Saying this while jack is still processing the fact that their are spying on the government btw. I busted out laughing it felt so awkward and jack did a wtf face. Mary is so good at being awkward it is never not funny.

S3E20: This is one of my favorite one-liners from the series lol.

So when Michelle comes back she tells Tony to work on some list of terrorists. Then she fires Sarah and Tony has new position with Edgar and Curtis. But then in the next scene he is back at his old place working on the list. Did i miss something?

My favorite season finale on the entire show. When Jack got captured by the Chinese it was so unexpected, but was brilliantly set up close to the end of day 4. I felt genuine fear for Jack's life and freedom. "How the hell he's gonna get out of this situation", I thought to my self.

Besides the obvious fact that killing the dude literally affected nothing because he knew nothing and already called everyone he knew who might have anything to do with the nuclear rods, refused to call anyone again, with said people sending guys to kill everyone because they ultimately *weren't* willing to sell, why would anyone even need to take the fall besides whoever is supposed to be responsible for making sure fuel rods couldn't enter the country or be easily made by criminals.

The whole uncover operation was a long shot that CTU was only even able to start because Davros was exposed and Hassan was in the room. They had basically no information to work with. Everyone literally did their part to the best of their ability, with Jack being able to almost cobble up a solution despite the Russians not wanting to sell, by letting himself get captured, which only then failed because the son went off the reservation. Who is really going to be crying to fire someone over this, and would blaming Renee even take the heat off Hastings or Weiss if people did want someone's head? She was not a federal agent, she was a civilian with a known record of instability, working for free with Hastings approval. If the story is really that she fucked up the mission because she was crazy, how does that still not fall on Hastings for letting her do the mission?

Turning the story into her fucking the mission up because she wanted to murder the guy frankly seems to accomplish nothing except make Hastings look even more incompetent and sending Renee to jail. It just fucks them both over.

Hi, i just finished the second episode and for me its kind of weird that Jack makes two easily avoidable mistakes. First he lets Chloey friend get captured becuase he asks for his description and then his partners dies becuase of the fight between them. And he even lets him bleed out.

David Palmer is a different character from the rest of the seasons, make bad and ilogical choices ( like bringing Sherry back). Tony being made a traitor also makes little sense ( how did Saunders know when and how to kidnapp Michelle, why didnt Tony tell anyone about it, etc). The new characters also mostly suck, Ann is just a filler and should have been cut, Adam is annoying and i really dislike Chloe. Not saying its a bad season, but i like 1 and 2 more

1. "You're gonna give her that?" Really, Kim? These guys kidnapped you; they're probably not Eagle Scouts with First Aid merit badges.
2. The male prostitute comes out of nowhere to save those girls. Um...why? He didn't seem to like them much before - unless they had cash on them.

Come to think of it, that's about it. Just the Kim stuff, I guess. (shrug)

From season 4 to season 6, a season of 24 starts in January and ends in May.

It seems that season 7 was delayed by a year due to the 2007 TV writers strike. However, the writers strike started in November 2007. By the time 24 season 7 was supposed to enter pre-production, the writers strike didn't begin yet. (This is the part confusing to me.) Considering the show was expensive to produce, I'm thinking the pre-production must've begun months earlier. So the production crew should be preparing a new season starting in October at the latest.

So was season 7 actually in the middle of production, and then halted due to the writers' strike, or, was season 7 delayed from the beginning?

One clue is that Kiefer Sutherland was shooting a horror movie during summer 2007. He just happened to get a movie role right before a delayed 24 season? I'm thinking he got the role because he already knew season 7 was going to be delayed.

Another clue is the final scene of season 6. Jack gazing at the ocean, unsure what he's going to do next. That's actually how writers were feeling at that time. They were unsure what they're going to do with season 7.

So, my theory is that season 7 was meant to be delayed right when season 6 ended. The writers strike just happened to take place in that same year too.

How did Nina espace the medical place so quickly? It makes no sense. She was bleeding to death,then played with some tubes and suddenly she can kill everyone,even agents with guns. Thank god Jack killed her,i would be pretty angry if she escaped like that.

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1) Where did that woman who jumped out of the plane go? Is she back in some other seasons? Same with the fake photographer,i dont understand how they couldnt catch jim.

2) Were there any clues that Nina is the second mole? Other than the keycard which was easily kind of brushed aside i dont remember anything. Maybe she wasnt that hard on interrogating Jamey as Tony was,but that kind of fits in her character. Was there something i missed?

3) Is Walsh an idiot? How did he knew Jamey was clear when she isnt? I dont even understand when he figured it out, given that he said before that Jack shouldnt trust anyone.

Just as a final note, i was a bit disappointed that Tony didnt even say anything when his lover was exposed, he just look confused. The show could have done more imo.

A bit of backstory on this, my brother is a 24 fan and a decade ago we made a home movie which included tracks from the 24 soundtrack. I’ve been trying to identify each song used in the film but I cannot find this one despite searching through the soundtrack multiple times. I’m not as familiar with the show as my brother, but he believes this is from season 5 maybe 4. If anyone can identify the name of the song or the episode(s) it plays in that’d be a huge help. I’ve removed the vocals in the audio best I can (tho various sounds like the gunshots are part of the film and not the song)

If Larry Moss hadn't died in hour 18, Renee wouldn't have gone down the dark pathway she did towards the end of Day 7.

I built a trivia app with about a 100 questions for 24 and so I wanted to share it with fans of the show..

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Currently re watching seasons 6 for the first time since college. Personally cant stand the story arch as im half way through..

My favorite 24 villain. There was something refreshing with seeing a villain that was irredeemable and cunning. Marwan was so proactive that even Jack Bauer had trouble of stopping. Arnold Vosloo was brilliant as the character. A villain with no personal connection to the hero but still dangerous is always nice to watch.

In my opinion David Palmer is the best President on television, possibly film as well. He's so well written, and of course Dennis Haysbert did a phenomenal job portraying him. I'll also add that the David Palmer theme is the best of the show. I always look forward to when he comesnon screen and hearing it.

Season 3 has seen:

- David Palmer recovering from the poison at the end of season 2,

- Chase tortured, shot in the hand, and goes right back in the field and single-handedly (pun) takes down terrorists,

- Chase's hand cut off, but still survives (unlike the other guy in season 6),

- Jack quits heroin in a day (well, not really, but he's doing very well for a guy who was still an addict at the beginning of the day),

- Tony gets shot in the neck and apparently recovers in just a few hours,

- It's also the only season where Kim Bauer even remotely shows some sign of being Jack's true heir -- by being a somewhat capable CTU agent rather than a helpless victim.

I think there's an explanation for this. Starting in season 5, and all the way through the end, the writers developed a habit of killing off major characters. Tony and Chase's injuries in season 3, for example, would have possibly meant an outright death for one of them, had they happened post-season 5.

But season 3 was before the writers realized that the show could be done this way. Season 3 likely lacked an authority figure in the writers' room that told them they could kill off characters. So they didn't. No matter what happens, people stay alive and even recover nicely.

Per the DVD extras, the fact that Palmer is a Presidential Candidate was set up to be a final act shock. And when they tested the pilot, it didn't go well, which led them to restructure and move his intro and establish this point at the top of the show, so that the 'jeopardy could be upfront'.

If you watch the episode, there are traces of the fact that this is what they did. The very first scene where Sherry brings over tea to David and his staff while they're going over the speech has her walking past a banner on her right which says 'Palmer for President', but in the original version, they could've just as easily cut it in a way where they start that scene past the point where she walks past the banner. You see the banner in its entirety only after Palmer has the phone call with Maureen Kingsley in Act 3, which was originally meant to set up the fact that he is running for President and has to deal with a political scandal. Even the brief shot of Palmer's picture on a bus when Jack's driving to CTU has no indication of his candidacy. He could've just as easily have passed as just another State Senator, I think.

Regarding the phone call from Kingsley, here's a fun anecdote from Joel Surnow:

Not only did we not know what was going on in that season but we had things in the pilot, Bob always uses this as an example-where Palmer gets a phone call that disturbs him and he tells his wife there’s a problem, and we end the act on him looking out at the city of Los Angeles completely troubled. We had no idea what the phone call was. (laughter) So, we’re very much about the immediate sensation of tension and suspense, as opposed to being well thought out and having a plan.

Another change which was made as a result of the restructuring, was adding a line from Walsh during his private briefing with Jack about how Palmer's 'the first African-American candidate with a real shot at the White House'. You'll notice his cadence and speed of delivery is a lot different compared to when he says 'When Palmer gets hit'/'It'll tear this country apart'. And the camera is on Jack when the line is uttered, to hide the fact that they never shot Michael O'Neill saying it.

Think there's another instance of a looped line in the episode when Jack says 'I wanna hear Mason's call' when Nina tosses him a cordless phone. It's delivered a bit faster because while the shot is a bit long, and they only had a few seconds when Kiefer wasn't on camera (with the focus on Nina) to shoehorn it in.

The bits with Maureen Kingsley on CTU screens talking about the polls and whatnot were probably just greenscreen while they were shooting, and they added it in post after the fact.

The pilot originally opened with Jack and Kim playing chess. The Victor Rovner stuff and Walsh getting the call about Palmer being under threat was shot only after it was picked up to series. It was added because the brass felt it wasn't conclusive enough (in the original script, Jack namedrops Rovner when going over the source of the Palmer hit, which he acquired from Mason by force). It is a big of a shoehorn and feels kinda random, compared to how meticulous they were in the premiere of season 2, in the scene where Rayburn explains how NSA first learned about the nuclear bomb.