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Interesting Details Of 24’s Eighth Season!!

Published at:  Apr 15, 2009 3:04:56 PM CDT

SPOILER ALERT !!

I am – Hercules!!


It looks like Kim Bauer’s hot blonde stem cells will be enough to keep daddy Jack alive and torturing.

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello reports:

* CTU will go from Bill Buchanan’s dream to a real government agency again, but it looks like it’ll operate out of New York City for season eight.

* Chloe O’Brien will be part of the new CTU, reporting to a new manager named Brian Hastings.

* It’s been known for some time now that “Slumdog Millionaire” star Anil Kapoor will star in season eight as a Middle East leader in America on a peace mission.

Find all of Ausiello’s exclusive on the matter here.






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    Readers Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:36:20 PM CDT

    How about Alan Moore's idea...

    by kid z

    ...(Yes, THAT Alan Moore) That everything from about midway through season 1 has been Jack Bauer's dream?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:36:52 PM CDT

    Last season?

    by clw1227

    Will this be the end?

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  • Apr 15, 2009 2:37:07 PM CDT

    How about MY idea...

    by mordiceius

    ...(Yes, THAT me) That we hurry up and get a Lost talkback posted?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:39:04 PM CDT

    So, Jack's not gonna die?

    by digitalcos

    Yer kidding.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:39:07 PM CDT

    mordiceius

    by dsback

    With that kind of profound insight... you too could be a writer on 24.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:39:51 PM CDT

    Where's the Lost TB?

    by hobocode

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:41:47 PM CDT

    in American??

    by symposium

    is that like Canadia?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:43:44 PM CDT

    from best picture to yet another stereotypical 24 role

    by theseeker7

    Mr. Kapoor should be very proud! Honestly think 24 is starting to deserve getting the old line "how is this show still on the air??"

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 2:50:52 PM CDT

    Not more Chloe

    by savage lucy

    How in the hell does this chick keep coming back? She is decent in comedic roles not requiring her to show emotions, but I am sick and fucking tired of watching her and the one face she uses for every emotion. Did she go to the Derek Zoolander school of acting? Morris needs to realize what a twat she is and cut off her head in an upcoming episode.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 2:53:15 PM CDT

    CTU? That dump is rife with moles.

    by stuntcock mike

    Please include Freckles on Jack's CTU "staff".

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  • Apr 15, 2009 2:55:54 PM CDT

    wil wheaton as CTU tech. make it happen!

    by mr_x

    and alexis denisoff. i want him back on prime time tv

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 3:06:00 PM CDT

    Since I was late to Monday night's party

    by chrth

    To sum up my thoughts: no criticism on Tony until we see where it goes. Seaton is a mole. Tony is going to choke a bitch.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 3:19:12 PM CDT

    Is season eight the last.

    by skydemon

    or is it nine?

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  • Apr 15, 2009 3:27:08 PM CDT

    8 is the last ... for now

    by chrth

  • Apr 15, 2009 3:54:31 PM CDT

    I'm digging this season, but...

    by robertbaron

    ...is it a requirement that Jack always be fighting terrorists? Can't he do something else? It seems like the show always falls into the same formula: threat realized, lead found, lead tortured, bad guy revealed, bad guy caught, bad guy reveals there's an even worse bad guy. It's like level end bosses in an old NES game.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 4:07:38 PM CDT

    Anyone else bothered..

    by shogunmaster

    ..that Elisha's stem cells seem a number of lbs heavier this season?

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  • Apr 15, 2009 4:26:12 PM CDT

    Jack will fight PIRATES--wearing the Jack Sash

    by chromedome

    That's CAPTAIN Jack Bauer.He'll still say Dammit. Jack Bauer don't do "aaarggh".He'll call Chloe "Wench!" all the time, though.Rackles will need lots of sunscreen, or she'll sunburn in Somalia....

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  • Apr 15, 2009 4:38:44 PM CDT

    New York, huh.

    by drewlicious

    I'm going to assume a lot of this season's going to be on foot. It's hard enough to believe them getting anywhere in LA in 15 minutes by car, in New York that seems impossible. Love that they're going for new locations, though.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 4:41:15 PM CDT

    ShogunMaster

    by stuntcock mike

    Yeah, she looks weird. I guess sloppy seconds means she ate the second helping of mashed potatoes with her hands. Either that or it means shes a slut.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 5:19:55 PM CDT

    Sean Avery used her up

    by robertbaron

  • Apr 15, 2009 5:40:47 PM CDT

    LOL

    by omar b

    To the guy who asks why Jack is always fighting terrorists, it's called Counter Terrorist Unit for a reason bub. I'm really excited that it's moving to NY (yay for my home town!)

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  • Apr 15, 2009 5:48:41 PM CDT

    HAHA

    by celebritydave

    yea CTU are always fightint terroritsts. its boring. the bad guys are usually middle eastern too! which is just racial profiling hahaha jerk off.

    maybe jack could uncover an insider trading scam, maybe a bank has taken 80 billion in a govt bail out but has still paid executives a bonus. jack methodically goes through a paper trail for 24 hours. fun!

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  • Apr 15, 2009 6:29:12 PM CDT

    CTU: Counter Talkbacker Unit

    by chromedome

    Jack F. Bauer is coming for YOU!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 6:47:19 PM CDT

    24 is like Metal Gear Solid

    by silver_joo

    It's as brilliant, frustrating, misguided, ill-judged and exciting as the Metal Gear series of games. There are lots of parallels and while neither property always works, it's always entertaining and far better than its competitors.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 7:05:48 PM CDT

    no subject

    by rosasaks

    If Jack has amnesia will he have to torture himself to find out what he knows?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 7:34:27 PM CDT

    The show is called 24 not CTU

    by robertbaron

    I don't even see why CTU must be an integral element to the show. All the show really needs is the real time 24 hour element, Jack Bauer (even that may be debatable) and a conflict for him to solve. I guess I don't see the necessity in that conflict being a terrorist attack.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 8:11:51 PM CDT

    Jack was in the CTU for the first 6 seasons

    by chrth

    Let me make an analogy. Let's say you've worked in IT as a network administrator for 10 years. Suddenly a crisis emerges -- a development project needs help! Are they going to call you? NO. But let's say there's a network problem, well then you may be the person to call.
    Ditto Jack and terrorism. They're not going to call him to arrest a jaywalker.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 8:20:28 PM CDT

    Well, he HAS earned a day off....

    by chromedome

    He could do the tourist thing in NY, get a slice, see a show, go to a Letterman taping, drive the speed limit, sleep thru the night, and, after 7 seasons, finally get to relieve himself.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 8:21:26 PM CDT

    Maybe Chloe will

    by throwmetheidol

    Smother Brian Hastings to death Tony-style.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 8:21:42 PM CDT

    My Theory About Kim: She has been trying to find Jack

    by chromedome

    to tell him he will be a grandfather.....

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 15, 2009 9:57:12 PM CDT

    Kim is Preggers...

    by reilly

    ...with cougars!!!

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  • Apr 15, 2009 10:07:58 PM CDT

    Should move production to New York

    by nem_wan

    They're gonna need a whole lot of location shoots to sell it. So many productions have been 100% in New York everybody knows what it looks like.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 10:33:05 PM CDT

    should move 24 to Detroit..

    by malificus

    ..have Jack infiltrating the mid-west militia, realizing they're on the right track, then leading a takeover of D.C. riding on a quad-runner.

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  • Apr 15, 2009 11:34:49 PM CDT

    Should set it in San Diego

    by wayofthegun

    They should set season eight in San Diego and involve the violence on the border and drug cartels spilling over into the U.S. You could have some mad Mexican War Lord wreaking havoc all over the place.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 12:48:25 AM CDT

    "Middle East leader in USA...

    by kuryakin

    to get blowed up.

    No doubt.



    Seriously this has been the worst written series of 24 yet.

    And that's saying something

    I mean - the president has a panic room but there's no phone? or weapons?
    Just a bunch of pot plants and a toolbox??? Fucking ridiculous

    Plus, what the fuck is Jon Voight's plan? Blackmail the President to get more power? How long does he think that will last? Moronic!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 16, 2009 12:51:03 AM CDT

    Location scouts do amazing work.

    by rev. slappy

    Most of this season has shot in LA for DC. I am continually amazed by the locations they are able to film in Hawaii for lost.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 16, 2009 12:54:00 AM CDT

    Should be set in OZ

    by barmat

    Because this show is so far from reality it belongs as some fantasy of a little girl. Go ahead and flame me I've set up a hard perimiter.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 16, 2009 1:48:32 AM CDT

    Law and Order: CTU?

    by shabbyblue

  • Apr 16, 2009 2:14:59 AM CDT

    24 and the City.

    by bobbyjoe

    In Season 8, Jack, Chloe, Freckles and Janice hang around cafes and bars a lot drinking Cosmopolitans and shopping for shoes. Jack starts writing a column about relationships, but when he accidentally reveals CTU secrets in an article entitled "Ten Great Ways to Get More Bang in Bed," he becomes the target of government assassins and has to go rogue, facing not only death threats but also magazine deadlines as he must type his column on his Blackberry between gunfights. Meanwhile, Chloe discovers Morris is sleeping with another woman, Janice experiments with lesbianism, and Freckles converts to Judaism.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 2:34:25 AM CDT

    ZZZZZZZZZZ

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Who's the mole this time? Morgan Freeman?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Apr 16, 2009 4:39:06 AM CDT

    found more spoilers

    by blackjackbauer

    http://realgusto.com/

    hopefully fox didnt take them down tho, but they mention who MIGHT be coming back as well from PRIOR seasons.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 8:59:59 AM CDT

    New York for Season 8, but for Season 9...

    by boynamedsue

    Come full circle and move it back to California.......but have it be in San Francisco instead. San Francisco would be a great setting for 24.......IF there is a Season 9.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 9:02:19 AM CDT

    Every Even-Numbered Season is the same plot

    by boynamedsue

    Islamic fundamentalists with a nuclear weapon. PLEASE 24 producers, don't do that for Season 8..

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  • Apr 16, 2009 9:07:21 AM CDT

    kuryakin

    by nudeandaroused

    I agree with you completely. I also loved U.N.C.L.E. Great name.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 11:28:16 AM CDT

    CTU and the FBI of Season 7

    by dr. chim richalds

    are basically the same, anyway - same nerdy people, same moles. Whatev.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 12:28:40 PM CDT

    More info from Ausiello

    by chrth

    Rack is back.
    So is the President.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 1:25:52 PM CDT

    Why r ppl saying season 8 is the last season?

    by themcflyfarm

    That's not confirmed is it? Is that just when the contracts are up?

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  • Apr 16, 2009 1:30:28 PM CDT

    Thank you Herc!

    by cotton mcknight

    I really appreciate you giving spoilers for season 7 in a season 8 story! I have been recording the whole season so I didn't know about the dying subplot. It would have been very possible to give us the info you did without injecting that commentary.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 8:13:18 PM CDT

    Here's how to save 24: set it in 1944

    by mgmax

    On the eve of D-Day, Major Jack Bauer gets word of a plot to assassinate Ike involving top members of the Supreme Allied Command. He goes undercover in the French Resistance to find out who the mole is, and tortures a bunch of people with his field telephone, while his secretary, Chloe "Legs" O'Brien, furiously searches his filing cabinet for any info he needs in the field. No magic hacks, no magic devices, no nukes, just Nazi torture. Tell me you wouldn't watch that.

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  • Apr 16, 2009 8:20:11 PM CDT

    TheMcflyFarm: contracts a are big deal

    by nem_wan

    It's about business sustainability. Kiefer Sutherland got $40 million for seasons 6-8. $555K per episode. What comes after that? Will the ratings be as high after season 8 as they were after season 5? Probably not? Does Kiefer take a pay cut or appear in fewer episodes? When does everyone decide, nah, we're outta here?

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  • Apr 17, 2009 2:00:29 AM CDT

    Mgmax....

    by brundlefly

    I think you're onto a winner there....Bauer torturing Nazi's? I'd fucking watch the shit out of that.

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  • Apr 17, 2009 9:20:32 AM CDT

    Season 8

    by chewyou812

    Should be the end. Love the show despite it's faults but it's getting to be time. That being said, I'm just hoping Rack Bauer is back for season 8.

    That is unless Jack has already had his way with her, then she becomes useless to the show and she should spend out her days under my desk servicing me at work.

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  • Apr 17, 2009 9:06:56 PM CDT

    Jack's new torture could be...

    by banditmania

    ...forcing the perps to watch the Chloe Green energy commercial.

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  • Apr 17, 2009 9:52:31 PM CDT

    More Chesty Freckles girl FBI Agent!

    by xiphos_2

    Preferably in some sort of skimpy bathing suit and stripper heels running around and jumping.

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  • Apr 17, 2009 10:56:10 PM CDT

    Is it really a spoiler

    by adelai niska

    to say that Jack will live through the season? Did anyone really think he was gonna die? It's like being pissed that someone told you that Wolverine is going to survive into future comic books.

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  • Apr 18, 2009 10:31:27 AM CDT

    Rambo and Jack

    by alaska6

    If only John Rambo and Jack Bauer met.

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  • Apr 19, 2009 1:28:03 AM CDT

    Jon Voight has ruined me for any new seasons of 24

    by crayotic

    Whenever he's on screen I feel like I'm watching a better show. It's almost as if he said fuck "fuck your script" and improvised his own scenes. Even Dennis Hopper and Powers Booth didn't bring this level of awesomeness to 24.

    And if Tony Almeda is also gone next season then they're double fucked.

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  • Apr 19, 2009 6:38:24 AM CDT

    no subject

    by ballbag

    I think we can pretty much agreee that regardless of where they take 24, and no matter how some people may complain (Tony suffocating Larry), you will always tune in and have Jack Bauer bum you senseless for one realtime hour per week.

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