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‘We Can Still Make A Deal!!’ 24 8.8!!

Published at:  Feb 15, 2010 1:47:33 AM CST

SPOILER ALERT !!

I am – Hercules!!


There’s a lot of talk about this being “24’s” last season, even though it’s doing a whole lot better next to “House” than “Lie To Me” was. I’m guessing Fox has to bring it back for a ninth season, even if it has to do so without the expensive Kiefer Sutherland.

At the moment “24” is tied with “Bones” as Fox’s 5th highest rated series, behind “Idol,” “House,” “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Glee”:

Fox 18-49 finals (Prior weeks in parentheses; repeats in gray):
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Fox says of tonight’s installment:

President Taylor pressures CTU for progress while Jack's perilous plan has operatives panicked. As the scope of the looming threat expands, the dynamic at CTU changes and the ongoing crisis worsens. Guest Cast: Akbar Kurtha as Farhad Hassan; Nazneen Contractor as Kayla Hassan; Mido Hamada as Samir; Jergen Prochnow as Sergi Bazhaev; David Anders as Josef Bazhaev; Gene Farber as Oleg Bazhaev; Jordan Marder as Dimitri; Thomas Fiscella as Luka; Julian Morris as Agent Owens; T.J. Ramini as Tarin Faroush; Hrach Titizian as Nabeel; Clayne Crawford as Kevin Wade.


If you missed last week’s news, screenwriter Billy Ray (“Shattered Glass,” “Flightplan”) has been hired to script a big-screen Jack Bauer movie.

9 p.m. Monday. Fox.


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    Readers Talkback

  • Feb 15, 2010 1:20:18 AM CST

    How the hell

    by fasteddie8139

    would they bring it back without Kiefer? Freddy Prince Junior? Holy shit would that suck.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 15, 2010 1:24:22 AM CST

    If Theo Stoller isn't in the movie...

    by shermdawg

    I won't watch it, brotha.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:26:55 AM CST

    Also, say what you will about this season...

    by shermdawg

    ...but the knife sequence last week is easily a top ten greatest moment contender.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:28:13 AM CST

    Potential Kiefer replacements:

    by hercules

    James Purfoy, Kevin McKidd, Ray Stevenson, Tim Olyphant

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:28:13 AM CST

    You know damn well that toss was a result of...

    by shermdawg

    ...one of the writers playing MW2.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 15, 2010 1:31:09 AM CST

    Tim Olyphant?

    by shermdawg

    Justified is lookin' like it's gonna be a hit from the previews, Herc. Doubt he'll be the guy.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Feb 15, 2010 1:33:11 AM CST

    Just focus season nine on Aaron Pierce.

    by shermdawg

    Hell, Supernatural will be over by then, have him and Jim Beaver saving the country showing terrorists that old guys can kick ass.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:37:47 AM CST

    Even if the entire cast of Rome replaces Keifer

    by ides

    Katie Sackhoff's arc has been the only truly awful part of this season, on par with Kim vs the cougar. Season 6 is the only thoroughly terrible season. Seasons 1,4, and 5 were great, the others were pretty decent. That said, it's hard to be surprised by 24 anymore. I would love this show to go out on a high note, but I'm not sure there's any to do it at this point.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:49:11 AM CST

    I always thought...

    by shermdawg

    ...someone like Wesley Snipes would be a good replacement for Kiefer. But throwing him in there with the show's current setup wouldn't be a good move. The shit's tired. They really need to move away from the widescale threats and have a more personal conflict going on. If you're gonna reboot/continue the show with a new guy....or even Jack, reboot everything but the real time premise. Everything could still exist in the same universe, for potential cameos, but the formula really needs to be shaken up at this point, and no, moving things to New York isn't shaking things up.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:09:06 AM CST

    This season...

    by dirkd13"

    ...is quite subdued action wise so far. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, in fact I'm genuinely loving this season so far as it seems to be building nicely towards something (even if ides comment about Katie Sackoff's arc is spot-on) with minimal subplots and extraneous characters. That said, I really cannot wait for Jack to unleash some full-on Bauer Power (TM), as glimpsed briefly in ep 1 with the axe and last ep with the knife. Suspense is quite high on the agenda this season and that I can fully get behind.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:19:00 AM CST

    Remember the two minute man discussion?

    by shermdawg

    Looks like someone outlasted Russian Guy and Daniel Jackson.....how long has Slumdog Millionaire guy's brother been cavorting with those Russian whores?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:32:39 AM CST

    Replacing the main star of a show

    by amazing maurice

    Always works out well. =)

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:49:03 AM CST

    potential replacements

    by xiphos_2

    Abe Vigoda, Rachel Ray, The gay kid from Glee, Jim Belushi, Dustin Diamond, Urkel and lastly everybody's favorite tomboy bean pole.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:50:43 AM CST

    Or bring back Nurse Paul Flowers

    by xiphos_2

    as the DareDevil like blind CTU agent

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:51:50 AM CST

    OR Focus on Agent Pierce of S.H.I.E.L.D

    by xiphos_2

    Now THAT would rock.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:53:33 AM CST

    didnt keifer sign some huge deal?

    by celebritydave

    like 80 mil for four years?

    Reply to Talkback

  • They may have thought it was a ticking clock gimmick to get a full season at the start, but Jack has been through enough and been at practically the centre of 90% of the show's big emotional twist that it's as much about him as it is about fighting bad guys. Yes, there are awesome tertiary characters and some very memorable bits, but it's Jack's struggle and his emotional (or sometimes lack thereof) reaction to it. The show is about *him*. It's not really like on X-Files how they tried (and didn't quite succeed) to do the show without Scully and Mulder, but that concept is sound. 24 is more than just the gimmick and while there is mucho bloodletting, it's Bauer who really keeps the show ticking from each DEET-DOOM-DEET-DOOM-DEET-DOOM-DEET-DOOM!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:57:07 AM CST

    -er

    by tall_boy66

    My emotionally heartfelt appeal that Jack Bauer is the core of the show, stymied by a cut off subject header. Why, God, why?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 3:00:08 AM CST

    Seriously, look at 24: Redemption

    by tall_boy66

    Lots of crazy shit and scheming in that, but the core of the story is how Jack has to give a shit and save somebody even if it means sacrificing his freedom. That's where the emotional payoff is, through Jack. Without him, it's got no soul. And basically every season is wrapped around his personal arc. A lot of it has to do with Kiefer Sutherland's performance which is great Action Movie Acting, where he's emotionally closed off and terse, but there are actually layers there. Shit, the ending of Season 3? One of the best endings ever. And it's just him and it's unexpected and raw. Guy's a good actor, which is hard to pull off in an action role.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 3:20:56 AM CST

    24 production shut down due to medical emergency

    by titus05

    true story...I heard that production was shut down for a week because Keifer had to undergo some sort of emergency surgery...apparently a cyst ruptured near his kidney

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  • Feb 15, 2010 4:12:15 AM CST

    What i want to see..............

    by ballbag

    .........by some crazy twist of fate, is Jack back at the helm of CTU by the end of season 8. How much of a cool ending would that be? Jack sitting in the office overlooking CTU NY as it fades out to the final ticks of the clock.

    Awesome ending which would be a good position to start a movie from of season 9 if it happens.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 5:00:55 AM CST

    Kiefer wants to do more

    by the mcpoyle clan

    He's repeatedly said he'll stick around as long as they'll have him. But personally, I think this teat is almost dry, so if they can find a graceful end with S8, all the better.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 5:25:33 AM CST

    the movie will

    by emeraldboy

    wrap up 24.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 6:36:50 AM CST

    24 without Kiefer just won't work

    by photoboy

    Fox are insane if they even consider trying that.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 7:25:50 AM CST

    Let Rack Bauer take over.

    by mojoman69

    AS let we can watch her twins as she has a meltdown and kicks ass.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:02:56 AM CST

    24 really went off the rails

    by inactionman

    after Jack was literally Shanghaied by the Chinese at the end of what I think was the 4th season. The obvious direction the writers were going in was Jack's escape from a Chinese prison.

    This plot was apparently scrapped because it would be: A) prohibitively expensive, B)Piss off the Chinese so they might ban Murdoch's satellite channels from China. C) Too similar to the plot of "Prison Break" which was premiering that season.

    Instead we got the lamest season of all with Jack miraculously returned by the Chinese and the show blowing its wadd by blowing off a nuke in hour 3 or so and a lame plot about Jack's Father and Brother.

    I therefore propose the following fan wank plot for the next season of 24:
    Jack is retired and Married to Rack (Sure she's crazy but, Jack loves her.)

    They are on a plane on their way to India for a terrorism conference where Jack is going to present a paper.

    On the plane they meet an Indian counter terrorism agent. (I vote for Naveen Andrews now free from his "Lost" commitment. 24 loves to stunt cast from genre shows.)

    The plane encounters mechanical difficulty and is forced to land in Myanmar (Burma).

    Jack's Chinese nemesis is doing consulting for the evil Myanmar government, recognizes Jack and has the Myanmar authorities arrest Jack and Rack.

    Jack asks Naveen to get word to Chloe at CTU.

    Chloe needs to get Jack out. There are no American agents in Myanmar so Chloe hacks into the MI-6 computer system and sends a false message to a deep cover British MI-6 agent (I vote for Ray Stevenson) who is posing as a missionary in Myanmar to rescue Jack. Naveen who is also a stand-up guy decides that he too must try to rescue Jack and Rack. (You could also add a subplot of Naveen being a former lover of Rack if you want more character motivation.)

    Fill the first 12 hours with the requisite "24" car chases, gun battles, torture, hand to hand combat and Chloe trying not to get caught doing something she isn't supposed to do to help Jack. In hour 12 Stevenson and Andrews free Jack and Rack from the prison and begin trying to make their way out of the country.

    It the second 12 hours Chloe gets caught and the President has to deal with a pissed of British ambassador and an international incident.

    While escaping Jack and his friends encounter an Aung San Suu Kyi like resistance leader under house arrest in Myanmar. The President decides that freeing the resistance leader is a priority and that Jack and Company must take the resistance leader with them. CTU then begins actively assisting Jack and company.

    Eleven more hours of mayhem until in the last hour Jack reaches the Thai boarder. Rack gets killed by his Chinese nemesis. Jack has his mano-a-mano with the Chinese guy and of course kills him. End of Season.

    The above plot has the following benefits:
    1) Keefer still on show but, with him in prison for first half of season you could focus on him for maybe 10 minutes out of a 40 minute episode. Less shooting days for Kiefer equals less salary.

    Starts the hand off process to other actors who have the gravitas to carry on after Kiefer is tired of doing it.

    Gets the show out of the rut of terrorists are going to release a chemical, biological or nuclear weapon rut that it has been in for years.

    Producers please feel free to steal my plot in whole or in part. I promise not to sue.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:08:00 AM CST

    End it, don't mend it!

    by boynamedsue

    Three years have passed, and We STILL don't know what deal the United States made with China to bring Jack back in Season 6.....and I thought we were going to find out!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:41:14 AM CST

    If they replace Keifer

    by throwmetheidol

    They should pick this guy. http://tinyurl.com/ygha58c

    Assuming he can do an American accent well enough.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:52:36 AM CST

    Fucks sake

    by kwisatzhaderach

    Kiefer Sutherland isn't going anywhere.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:10:06 AM CST

    Well Jack is a granpa now

    by throwmetheidol

    And they need their rest.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:30:18 AM CST

    "The dynamic at CTU changes"

    by mascan42

    Does that mean somebody figures out that Bubba has no idea how to run the office and sends in a replacement?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:50:27 AM CST

    InActionMan

    by el cimarron

    somebody give this guy a job. this premise was better than a few seasons of 24. i like the rambo 4 angle, and to put pullo in there is a plus. you forgot, however, the little tidbit of naveen having been the one who sabotaged the plane and being a merc on the take, and part of the plot all along to deliver jack to the chinese. you know each season has to have one of those.

    but yeah, good treatment. i'd watch this

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:51:09 AM CST

    The Jack Bauer Power Hour

    by masteryoda007

    Without Keifer there would be no 24.....simples.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:02:33 AM CST

    They Could Do it Without Keifer

    by crow3711

    If they let Rack take over, but first she needs to get her fucking head on straight. I don't know if the character can handle it, or if they can make her believably handle it all after today...but the show could survive with her in the lead. Renee Walker is the best thing to happen to 24 since it started. A real coup for the writers to introduce a character so seemingly universally accepted and beloved, especially considering shes a product of the worst season of 24. I think bringing in a "new guy" to take over for Jack is a huge mistake..but letting Renee could be awesome. I'd watch that show.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:18:49 AM CST

    Here's how I'd do it...

    by i hope you die

    End of this season: Jack is (seemingly) dead. Season 9: Rack Bauer is independently investigating Jack's death against the wishes of everybody. A new threat is unleashed and it turns out Tony's behind it. Rack is brought in because of her work in Season 7. In the last 6 episodes it turns out Tony is working for... EVIL JACK. (That way they only have to pay him for 6 episodes. Alternatively, they can piece his scenes together from old footage.) And Evil Jack is like, "You don't understand what the Chinese did to me!" And Tony's all, "Shit, Jack, I totally forgot about that. How come you waited all this time to bring it up?" And then Rack butts in with, "You know, sometimes you don't talk about these things, like I never talked about going deep undercover with the Russian mob and being subjected to physical and sexual abuse, and then acted like I was really squeamish and surprised about everything Jack did in Season 7... girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, y'know?" And then Tony's like, "Yeah."

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:27:43 AM CST

    nice "myanmar" idea... I could go there

    by altoandando

    but this season has been the pits, I feel embarrassed even downloading this. compelled or something, I want to stop but I can't. it's descended into full-blown parody and I feel like an idiot for watching

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:42:45 AM CST

    I would hang in for a Rack Bauer season sans Jack

    by smackfu

    but trying to replace Jack would be a terrible idea. If only they hadn't done the 'bad Tony' thing, I could have dealt with a Tony Almeida Power Hour pretty easily.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 11:20:10 AM CST

    i still love this show, but...

    by lopan

    this season has been MEGA boring. literally none of the subplots are any good. President Boring? Boring. Hassan's sham marriage and his boring daughter dating the boring secret service dude? Extremely boring. Starbuck's "I married a redneck who's terrible at being a criminal and all I got was this sweet job at CTU where they never, ever do background checks on their employees" subplot is so fucking stupid that actually it IS mildly entertaining, but still has nothing to do with anything. The show has been so god damn stingy with parceling out Jack awesomeness this season which, let's be real here, is the only reason we are watching. And they have so far wasted the potential of NYC as a setting (recognize ANY of the city? I don't. This makes me think of Jason Takes Manhattan which was very obviously filmed in fucking Vancouver.) TRIM THE FUCKING FAT GUYS. Jack doing his thing = good. Rack Bauer going postal = good. Anything else NEEDS TO GO. I will dutifully continue watching the whole season but so far I am thinking this rivals season 6 for sheer directionless boredom. I had such high hopes after last season that they were back on their game. Maybe not. Please please get in gear, 24 writers. Drop the stupid subplots, cut your losses and make the next 16 hours about Jack knifing people in the throat. Thanks and cheers. Love, lopan.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 11:31:15 AM CST

    24 without Jack

    by amazing maurice

    is like tits without nipples!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 11:51:42 AM CST

    Need to stop all these "events" happening in a 24hr period..

    by thanos0145

    if there is a ninth season. Have a shorter amount of episodes so the storyline is more tighter. Then there is no more need for filler crap like the REDNECK STORYLINE with Katee Sackhoff's character.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 12:55:32 PM CST

    Support "Human Target" instead!

    by raymar

    Its the best action thrill ride on television right now!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:14:46 PM CST

    raymar

    by el cimarron

    i thought i was the only one enjoying HT...

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:14:49 PM CST

    24 IS Kiefer

    by tomdolan04

    Purely because even when it was in it's Season 6 doldrums, he was immensely watchable and his passion for the show on a personal level does come through.

    I'd hope this seasons first 12eps are build up, then for the final 12 we get a pure Jack vs.everyone leading to a culmination of Season 1's hinted on 'what was going on in Germany' with Naked Mandy being an assistant to the big bad - with Jack going out riding a nuclear bomb or something in a blaze of glory (oh wait Mason already did that six seasons ago). Hmm. I don't know then - just something badass but LET THE SHOW DIE WITH DIGNITY WHILST IT STILL HAS GOODWILL GOING FOR IT!!!

    I've enjoyed the ride but we've gone from political espiange and stealth Jack to 'whose the next mole to breach CTU's shitty H.R department'. I rewatched most of Series 1 and 2 recently - they really REALLY still hold up and even the plots that have become staples (i.e. going dark, betrayal, moles, the 25th amendment) hold the impact for 'HOLY SHIT' moments.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:40:59 PM CST

    I could maybe maybe maybe watch a Freckles/Tony "24"

    by tall_boy66

    But it would kinda be a bit redundant. "I'm angry!" "I'm crazy!" "I'm angry!" "I'm crazy!" "Wait, which one am I again?"

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  • Feb 15, 2010 1:57:31 PM CST

    Bring back Aaron Pierce!

    by themarinebiologist

    And where the hell is Mike Novick?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:21:47 PM CST

    laura harris on 24 hrs..

    by emeraldboy

    was phenonemal. that was the best performance by an actress on that show in its entire history.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:24:48 PM CST

    a lot of the reason for watching this show...

    by emeraldboy

    have now been discarded. the actress who played palmers wife sherry was also great.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:33:52 PM CST

    the show went downhill..

    by emeraldboy

    when the the writers realised that real time concept was dead and buried. I loved also president logan. I great way to end season 8 would be if mandy turns up and you realise that rennee walker has been working with her and tony all along. mandy kills kim bauer. or has tony do it. jack will have lost everything. at some point there will be a major shock. something you dont see coming. which will test jack emotionally. chloe dies. and just when think he still has family. the writers that bang off a finale. jack goes after mandy and tony. that is where the movie will pick up.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 2:51:58 PM CST

    emeraldboy

    by tomdolan04

    but thats the thing - the real time concept isn't dead and buried. When respected it lead to logical pacing and anticipation in the earlier series, and appreciation of good pacing in these serials is perhaps the most criminally undervalued virtue.

    I did laugh with the rest last week though when Vlad literally stripped, slipped in, slipped out and flopped in the space of an ad break. That was probably intentional - god bless that Rack ;) Theres no way she could carry the show though.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 3:49:08 PM CST

    Chloe...

    by brigon

    I've waited six or seven series waiting for her to get killed off.

    You just know Fox are planning to kill him off in the movie, and reboot 24 for season 9 with no Jack.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 4:10:48 PM CST

    The entire Taylor subplot is a complete joke

    by yackbacker

    When would a US President tell a leader from the Middle East "Do me a favor, stop cracking down on those radicals trying to take over your country- you know, the guys with weapons-grade Uranium. Cut them some slack!" Are you fucking kidding me writers? Seriously? Stop trying to write politics, you're barely able to pull off basic physics, but this shit is intolerable. And my other gripes with Season 8 are best articulated by Hitler (from DOWNFALL): http://tinyurl.com/yjvln64

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  • If they want to play it safe and smart...put a couple of episodes that last 2 hours together to tie in the series to the movie plot..
    This would keep the momentum but not risk damage to the movie if Keifer doesn't want any part of the tv series anymore...just sayin

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  • Feb 15, 2010 6:19:54 PM CST

    OF COURSE THEY'D BE STUPID ENOUGH!

    by shermdawg

    It's FOX!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 6:46:09 PM CST

    Herc, Rat Stevenson is an awesome pick.

    by stuntcock mike

    The tv would implode.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 6:48:25 PM CST

    Get rid of Chloe and promote Crazy Rack to Premium ass kicker.

    by stuntcock mike

  • Feb 15, 2010 7:01:30 PM CST

    They need to take 24 back to being personal

    by chimpjnr

    The saving the city/world plot had just got too tired. It's difficult to care about individuals when the fate of the world is at stake. At that point, the end will ALWAYS justify the means. Taking it back a notch like they did in Season 1, makes it far more interesting. Season 2 worked because (a) the timing was impeccable coming so soon after 9/11. Talk about tapping into the zeitgeist, and (b) the characters (i.e. the family about the get married) were genuinely interesting. I know I bang on about this every week, but the sqauandering of NYC as a location is a travesty. Last season, we least felt like we were in DC for real all the time. I remember having postback discussions with Shermdawg about the specific entry-ways into the White House which made it feel real (in as much as 24 can ever feel real, of course). This season though...have they even been to fucking Manhattan Island? The opportunties for epic scenes around iconic building and locations is unlimited, but no, they prefer to hang out in Queens. Still, on the bright side - CTU will make a wicked nightclub when they're done with it.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 7:20:23 PM CST

    She is a Manirack! A Manirack I tells ya!

    by dirk_the_amoeba

    But I would still slide a pseudopod into her!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 7:22:41 PM CST

    Manirac or Manirack?

    by dirk_the_amoeba

  • Feb 15, 2010 7:23:20 PM CST

    Replace Sutherland with...

    by cc0n99

    Johnnie Drama and his pet cougar from season 2.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 7:30:09 PM CST

    24 has been shitty for years now....

    by jaysin420

    season one was incredible, 2-4 were great but it's been pretty dumb ever since. I'm not even shocked at how terrible this season is since I fell asleep midway through Redemption.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 7:52:42 PM CST

    Soulpatch: Redemtion

    by nemov

    Soulpatch can be redeemed this season and take over for next season.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:03:27 PM CST

    The Manirac!

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    I love it Dirk!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:06:11 PM CST

    Have you lost your fucking minds?

    by amazing maurice

    There's no 'taking over'.The show is about Jack. That is all.It'd be like trying to make Buffy the Vampire Slayer without Buffy the Fucking Vampire Slayer being in it!Fuck sake man.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:06:25 PM CST

    What the fuck up with the stalker dude?

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    As fucked up as the Dana storyline is, having that creep ass CTU stalker turn up every time she sneaks off to take a shit -or plan a robbery, is getting annoying.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:09:03 PM CST

    Jack gonna end up as Borcht!

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    My grandma made some great borscht - but I hate beets. I hate em!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:09:20 PM CST

    Yeah, this show ends at season 5 as far as I'm concerned

    by bullet3

    The reason the first 4 seasons worked was largely because of much stronger writing. It was genuinely tense. I remember Palmer and all of his storylines being just as intense as all the stuff with Jack. Also, the people at CTU felt at least remotely real and likable (Michele and Tony come to mind).
    Season 5 basically killed everyone we liked off, but at least it was a badass season to end all seasons. Everything since then has been mindnumbingly awful. Even Renee, who was the only decent and competent character they managed to write these last few seasons, they've now gone and made her mopey and boring. Fucking Freddie Prinze Jr is the closest to a compelling character right now, how the fuck does that happen!!!? I think the show really should just end at season 5, with a 2 hr movie to show Jack's escape from China.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:16:49 PM CST

    Why is Hastimodo called Mr. Hastings by everyone?

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    Including the fucking President?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:17:59 PM CST

    Maybe a drinking game every time Hastimodo is called Mr?

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    Five dollar a shot?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:28:23 PM CST

    JACK getting TORTURED?!?

    by mr_macphisto

    What is this, bizarro world?!? Also, for whatever reason, that Russian's calm and subdued "WHO ARE YOU WORKING FORs" really made me laugh.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:32:04 PM CST

    Well it's about time.

    by mr_macphisto

    It seems like it's been months since I've seen Bauer break a dude's neck with his thighs.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:32:38 PM CST

    Jack is Back!

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    Hear the Necks Crack...

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:36:44 PM CST

    Sweet "Die Hard" homage.

    by mr_macphisto

    He was even barefoot and (borderline) shirtless!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:37:22 PM CST

    Dude passes out after a table rolls over?

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    Russians are pussies!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:38:25 PM CST

    Homage

    by joe mannix jr.

    And broken glass too!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:38:31 PM CST

    Knife to the heart!

    by jubs

    I love Jack

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:57:59 PM CST

    Man...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...Evil Neil Patrick Harris is EVIL.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 8:58:29 PM CST

    Also...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...minus Jack McClane, that episode was boring as fuck.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:04:50 PM CST

    Wow

    by nudeandaroused

    So, it takes 9 hours before Jack, once again, goes rogue. Seriously, what was in this episode that hasn't been in other season?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:21:26 PM CST

    Die Hard in a Restaurant

    by shabbyblue

    That was an awesome highlight of the season, paying homage to Die Hard.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:21:32 PM CST

    The Jack Sack got electrocuted for real that episode

    by chimpjnr

    Taser to the balls has to hurt. Was it just me (and my wife) but did the cut between the taking out of the Russian boss and the next scene after the commercial break where Jack is being treated for injuries feel like at least 15 minutes was missing. We actually rewound to make sure that we weren't missing something. I know if sounds like I'm quibbling, but once you get away from the whole real-time concept, then the show falls apart. That was what so wrong about the Redemption "film" (BTW, what exactly did he feel the need to redeem himself from. He'd saved Los Angles numerous times over).

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:25:18 PM CST

    I thought Jack was doing a Martin Riggs impersonation ala LW1..

    by thanos0145

    (torture scene)other than that, a BORING episode. Freckles Bauer had 2 minutes of screen time.Bathroom break everytime Redneck storyline is on screen for me. Hopefully, Starbuck ends their miserable lives next week.At least Jack and Freckles go rogue together next week.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:28:32 PM CST

    It started off as Martin Riggs and ended as John McClane

    by shabbyblue

  • Feb 15, 2010 9:34:18 PM CST

    Rip off all the 80s actioners you want, "24"- it worked!

    by yackbacker

    Finally, Season 8 showing signs of life!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:46:59 PM CST

    Sup Yackster?

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    It was a good ep. Some good Jack kills plus it had The manirac running down the stairs all heaving and hoeing!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 9:55:31 PM CST

    Hey Kobes, agreed

    by yackbacker

    This was a solid episode. I damn near fell out of my chair when I heard Hastings say "I defer to Jack Bauer" and President Cankles goes "Yeah, ok!" Are these bags of bureaucratic poop finally catching onto the truth that is Jack Bauer?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:00:17 PM CST

    Amazing how Chloe can break into a Presidential call!

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    And no one says WTF?

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:02:40 PM CST

    Cheri Palmer

    by crow3711

    I miss that crazy bitch. She could make a far-fetched subplot full of lies and sex and murder seem believable. It's hard to come up with another character who is that believably fucking insane. Crazy ass bitch. Gotta love her.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:02:49 PM CST

    Well, Chloe said the magic words

    by yackbacker

    "I've got Jack Bauer on the line"- and Cankles is all "Oh, hey Jack- yeah, I know you saved the country and you almost died, sorry I didn't send you a fruit basket or something- what's up?"

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:06:11 PM CST

    I hope the hillybilly subplot finally dies a nasty death

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    Get rid of the stalker dude too

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:14:47 PM CST

    The Brothers Dim are kinda cracking me up now

    by yackbacker

    They go to titty bars and drink beer. I finally feel like I can identify with someone on this fucking show. I don't shoot guns! I don't run up flights of stairs...

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:19:06 PM CST

    Doesn't CTU do background checks?

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    I mean, after how many bazillion moles, and they still screwed up yet again with Dana. I am betting she is a tranny too!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:22:03 PM CST

    I thought the same thing when she pulled Chico Jr. aside

    by yackbacker

    "I've got something to tell you... I was born with boy and girl parts!" I was so ready for that line! As for the background check, I agree, it's absurd- maybe they'll explain it once her cover is blown. Maybe they'll blame Microsoft Vista. Who knows!

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:27:23 PM CST

    I'll Bet The Fresh Prinz would be all over that Tranny

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    Be like - 'yayess!'. She has to go down. My guess is that the hillbillies get whacked, but that her stalker finds out what she did, and busts hers by the end of the season, then the fresh Prinz beats the shit out of the stalker.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:29:54 PM CST

    I hear banjo music whenever they're onscreen

    by yackbacker

    It's a Coen Bros. movie with those redneck yokels. I half expect John Goodman to show up and explain Vietnam to them.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:33:52 PM CST

    did anyone else notice

    by phoenixmagida5th

    That jacks's torture scars from china were no longer on his chest in this episode. Remember in day 7 after he got infected the c.d.c. made him strip to his undies and they saw his scars and he said he's had them. Yeah they were not there tonight

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:34:44 PM CST

    Vietnam? Hell, he would have to explain Iraq!

    by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes

    Then again, I don't understand Iraq either, so maybe I'm as dumb as a hill billy! But at least I have my own teeth! And I shower once a week.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:36:39 PM CST

    Alexis Denisoff circa Late Season 3 - Season 4

    by amadeo zeller

    of Angel (especially) ep. Apocalypse Nowish, would be an idea replacements. During that time period his character had "MAD GRAVITAS".

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  • Feb 15, 2010 10:46:49 PM CST

    Was that a "Dammit" when Jack tried the first cell phone?

    by nasty in the pasty

  • Feb 15, 2010 11:13:23 PM CST

    Jack's scars always dissapear

    by bigtuna

    Remember season 6? The Chinesse had burned his right hand through torture, and since that season ended, thre are no more scars on his hand. They're lazy with that stuiff.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 11:28:24 PM CST

    You guys are going on about scars, Jack should be dead now!

    by yackbacker

  • Feb 15, 2010 11:31:46 PM CST

    also you would think cole

    by phoenixmagida5th

    Would have stalker agent guy run a background check on hillbilly boy now that they know his FULL NAME and could tell he was a ex con and mystery solved.

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  • Feb 15, 2010 11:47:02 PM CST

    Jack should be dead.

    by bigtuna

    That's why the quote in season 3 by Ramone where he grudgingly lets Jack live and then quips "The Man Has More Lives Than A Cat" is golden. And that was in season 3!

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  • Feb 16, 2010 12:56:25 AM CST

    Replace Jack and ...

    by hongkongcavalier

    ... 24 would get cancelled before the season completed. Like so many have said already, we watch 24 for Jack ... period. I'm old enough to have seen my share of great shows get cancelled when a lead is replaced: "Wiseguy" (Ken Wahl)and "Welcome Back Kotter" (John Travolta) immediately come to mind. Yes, we NEED good writing, but the foundation for even watching is the character. We watched an every-man on the verge of reuniting with his wife and daughter (Hour 1; Season 1) turn into a man who has nothing except the people who he trusts with his life (Chloe is the only one left) and the skills he's been trying to leave behind. Every season has seen him face the same internal battle: Killing Machine vs. Family Man ... DESPITE whatever "event" that's going on during those particular 24 hours. Intentional or not, Jack Bauer is the reason we watch and 24 without him leaves us absolutely NO REASON TO WATCH. So, either end the series or stfu & get back to writing.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 12:58:47 AM CST

    by the way

    by hongkongcavalier

    do the TB pages support HTML? I hate posting in on paragraph. hmmm ... lemme see if I can answer that for myself.
    success?

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  • Feb 16, 2010 1:19:14 AM CST

    Jack's Escape from China

    by hongkongcavalier

    Unless they pull a "Season 6 never happened" scenario, it would have to be Jack's ATTEMPTED escape from China.
    Also, I have to wonder if they'll EVER explain what the "deep price" Palmer gave up for Jack's release from the Chinese?
    One thing that has always bothered me about the show is the way it handles other characters. Take Mike Boyle for instance ... wtf happened? I'm not saying "he could be the next Jack", but he WAS a central character so what gives?
    ... and how about an LITTLE explanation about Josh Bauer? Is he or isn't he Jack's son raised by Graem as his own?
    I don't mind the psuedo-soap opera feel to Jack's relationships and co-workers, but the constant complete disappearance of people is annoying.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 2:54:01 AM CST

    I figured it out

    by robbles

    Freckles Bauer looks like ET with human skin pulled super tight over his head. Try and deny it.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 3:29:20 AM CST

    24 CAN go on without Keifer but...

    by malificus

    ...it would have to have some awesome writing and right now that's the weakest part of the show so I don't think the current staff could bring it off. It always bothered me that they missed such an awesome opportunity with Jack in China they could have done a 24 day arc in prison, cliff hangered a prison break at the end of one season and did the entire next as a 24 hour escape from China. Two whole seasons they could have milked the Chinese angle and how awesome would a prison survival story been? Maybe Jack could have found a few crusty 'Nam-era P.O.W.'s that got moved there back in the 80's and led them to freedom!They all get killed in the attempted escape and all that Jack makes it back with are some crazy stories and an o.d. green swatch of uniform from a soldiers sleeve and everyone would think Jack had lost his marbles, which he actually did in the show. It's is so predictable and so weak these days, it needs a fresh infusion of writers on there, some people who aren't afraid to veer off in carzy fucking directions and Jack needs to embrace his Jack-ness and become an unabashed joyful-killing, star-spangled icon of special ops murderousness and then take to 'em, whoever they may be, and smile gleefully while he cracks their skulls and steps on their necks!

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  • Feb 16, 2010 3:45:09 AM CST

    regarding CTU background checks

    by hongkongcavalier

    there are a lot of former ... ummmm ... "folks who danced on the wrong side of the law" who have government jobs. Some of the original old school hackers work for the FBI and CIA.
    I wouldn't be surprised if Stalker Geek didn't go narc Starbuck out to Bubba only to have Bubba tell him "we already knew that; what's your point ... and why are you snooping into info that's above your pay grade?"
    oh yeah, anyone else think that this is NOT a few months after Season 7 and that this is President Taylor's second term in office? That would mean, possibly, that Freckles' undercover work with the Russian Mob could've happened AFTER Season 7 (which would make a lot more sense; although I doubt this set of inept writers believe in the concept of continuity)
    ... and I agree with Robbles

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  • Feb 16, 2010 4:04:03 AM CST

    What was with the rookie in the elevator?

    by amazing maurice

    a CTU red-shirt perhaps?20 bucks says he's dead next week.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 4:38:00 AM CST

    HELL YEAAAA BITCHES!!!!

    by mrblackjackbauer

    maaaan this shit is starting off perfect!!! serious ass music at CTU, starbuck all serious and BAM we see this redneck fuck decked out in his jeans jacket Lee's ensemble complete with a dingy ass white tshirt laid the fuck up with some trashy whore in an armpit of a strip club. u mean to tell me these geniuses broke into some storage, got 150k,drove out toasting beers and shit and ended up at a motherfuckin ass bar CHILLIN. just the good ole boys, never doin no harm. Duke boy 1 is all chill, even tryin to get this bitch some of the money!! hahahaha. but Duke 2 aint having NONE of this shit. HAHA I just noticed his uber gay leather wrist band. what kinda redneck wears that gay shit? metro white trash? Ive fucking seen it all.


    now the pesky jew ctu agent is just sticking his nose into shit just cuz he cant get any. what a FAGGOT! just like a jew tho, so at least they got his character down.



    im about sick of Prinze's pasty bewildered lookin face, he needs some sun STAT. these bright lights and sarah michelle gellar's stank cooch aint been kind to him over the years. and what the fuck is up with his cali/jersey bad accent?



    HAHAHHHAHAHA once chloe saves starbuck with her lil white lie, the camera follows Agent Gump's awkward stroll away. like it actually fucking lingers on him. they HAD to do that shit on purpose, they must read this shit. and now its not even just the hunchback, they gave this motherfucka some kinda squint like he must be high as SHIT. matter of fact thats how im gonna view his character for the rest of the day, like he is just high as fuck on some kush and came into work anyway.


    ahah whats up with these fuckin russians? first it was vlad makin Freckles make some cheese and crackers and now Sergei is fuckin chef boyardee making potato soup. this nigga really sitting here at 11pm cutting up carrots and celery sticks. never mind he just shot his fucking son in the chest not an hour ago and got some fake german fucker in his custody. i guess this is how russians "think". fucking weirdos man.


    ah shit finally Jack. hahhaha still talking perfect english, they still think he is german but they evidently dont GIVE a shit that he is obviously American. HAHAHA they got some fucker looking like Paulie from godfather as a russian guarding Jack. that fat porker is gonna get it QUICK I bet. also i love seeing the new tough shit top guy henchmen. they think they are so badass, i mean these dudes are outright KILLERS,known badasses and always get ended by jack faster than it takes to say FRECKLED TITS.


    ROFL@ that audacity of this pin cushion faced Russian. Nigga killed his son when his other son coulda saved him, then looks him in the face and tells him to keep the necklace as a reminder of him. wooooow. these ruskies are dirty dirty evil motherfuckas. they definitely got balls tho. i aint never crossing no soviet EVER.


    ahahaha now we get the end of lethal weapon. white guys always get out of shit like this, im not worried. Bauer is gonna just wear out that generator til the battery runs out, WATCH.


    paki schawtrzman's arrogant fag voice is pissing me off. SHOOT HIM ADAM, SHOOT THAT FUCKER!!! head and shoulders ass bitch. even with that none flaky hair i bet he still dont shower under his arms, nasty ass paki.


    ahahaha there goes gump with those shifty eyed dog eyes again.


    ewwww freckles got herpes on her lip. got dat russian aids for no got damn reason bitch!


    got damn man it looks like they playing xbox 360 on all the screens at CTU. modern warfare 2 in ultra high def and shit. i bet part of their job was to catch the care package glitchers before these troublesome rods showed up.


    aaaww shit starbucks gonna smoke the duke boys!!!


    yo why is this henchman all alone with bauer??? motherfucka dont realize he WILL pull the okie doke on his ass any second now. HAHAHa the good ole "pretend to be knocked out to knock him out" trick. hahahahah HE USED HIS FEET! baboon jack to is on the case handling devices with amazing ballerina dexterity. twinkle toes ass nigga.


    yo why did this dumb bitch just tell president slumdog she fucking tony robbins????

    she basically just signed dude's death certificate, right? I mean I still think dude is gonna come out of this as the paki curtis for a few minutes but fuck, his days look numbered.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 4:39:25 AM CST

    Jack already died during torture.

    by mattmanreturns

    He got over it.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 4:40:10 AM CST

    HELL YEAAAA BITCHES!!!! PART 2

    by mrblackjackbauer



    AW SHIT JACK GOT THE PIPE DOWN! GORILLA LEG GRIP FTW! listen to that music, they got fast congas sharp strings playing, some serious action shit. i feel like im right fucking there with him heart racing all fast. the music has been hella kick ass this season.

    man this russian boss is smart as fuck. immediately checked the power to make sure it was his building, then knew it was bauer. dude is alright in my book, at least when he isnt killing his own blood.

    HAHAH@ jack jumping out of fucking NOWHERE off screen to jump paulie. take the gun, leave the canoli.

    oh man jack walking by spices and ravioli and sugars and shit...i want him to pull a macguyver and concoct a bomb and - OH FUCK two shots thru the window! Sergei with the aa-12 shottie doing WORK. hahahah but why is he shooting wine glasses? nigga, u know u done fucked up right?

    HAHA@ five minutes out of CTU. lol@ them being five minutes away the entire time from Club CTU.


    now jack giving sergei the smug look. fuckin HILARIOUS. dude has blood gushing from his gut, shotgun wound with shrapnel to the shoulder, was just raped with energy bolts to his nipples and he still got a rosy disposition. when life gives u torture make torture pie, I guess.


    WTF@ sergei's weirdo cry and then suddenly stopping. HAHAH WTFFFF his acting has been pure WIN all episode and then he has that bizarre hiccup.


    GUmp is all "fuck it jack runs this shit nigga, im high as hell so fuuccck it".

    freddie prinze sure has some female lookin eyelashes, no homo. maybe he's born with it? nah motherfucka them shits look fake as hell and its really fucking bothering me, maybe its mablyline nigga.

    okay who is this new kid Prinze just fucked with? hmmm another red shirt? nah im betting he is in cahoots with prinze. i dont trust NO dude with bitch eyelashes. im thinking Prinze is working with Adam from Heroes.

    damn all and all another very solid episode. not alot of fucking Jack, but damn the family drama held it up quite nicely. Im officially invested 110% again.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 4:57:39 AM CST

    and Herc, please shut the fuck up

    by mrblackjackbauer

    with your potential Bauer replacements. seriously man, you are a lil too disconnected from this shit, dont pretend man, its not your kinda show and we dont take kindly to any of your fucking choices bro. its either Bauer or nothing. just post the talkback and move the fuck along.

    to everyone else, it wasnt always this way. it used to be the Bauer/Palmer show, and it was a great combo. Best TV president we have EVER seen mixed up with the best tv action hero ever, and we watched them AND their families deal with shit for a while.

    Them killing off Palmer was the dumbest decision they ever made on this show, as no president has been able to hold their own in capturing our admiration like Palmer did, thus having to rely on Bauer more and more until it became solely the Bauer Hour.

    also just wanted to state again because it can never be said enough....herc...shut the fuck up. thanks bro.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 6:19:53 AM CST

    I love 24 BECAUSE it's self-parody.

    by ultimarex

    The "holy shit" stares Jack gets whenever someone sees his scars is now the reason I buy the box set every year. Fuck it. Keep Jack AND Renee (I assume she is "Rack Bauer"... classy) and go hog wild. 24 when Jack and Renee try to have a romantic "get-away" (yeah, right). 24 while Jack and Renee are getting married. 24 when Renee is in the last stages of pregnancy (let's see Kim deal with THAT)...

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  • Feb 16, 2010 7:12:55 AM CST

    What's missing this season? ANGER!

    by fanboy71

    Happy Grandpa Jack equals Boring Grandpa Jack. Even when he is killing people, he doesn't seem to get mad. When the Russian said he wanted full immunity, he doesn't get mad and start cutting eyeballs out or shooting him in the legs. I miss post dead Teri, pissed off at the world, doesn't care what happens to him Jack! Grandpa Jack is boring.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 7:25:18 AM CST

    And the missing scars bothered me too.

    by fanboy71

    I was expecting the Russians to open up his shirt and be like the cops in First Blood when they see John Rambo's scars. WTF is this guy? Missed opportunity if you ask me. Maybe they didn't have time to do the makeup. Lazy!

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  • Feb 16, 2010 8:00:01 AM CST

    Josh Bauer...

    by optimus122

    Needs to end up on the side of a Milk Carton like Al Bundys nephew lol.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 8:43:24 AM CST

    The personification of "Treading Water"

    by zoefan

    ...was this episode. 2 minutes of furthering the story along. 58 minutes of crap.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 8:44:14 AM CST

    I LOVE Freckles Bauer

    by zoefan

    Missed her last night. She must of had the night off :(

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  • Feb 16, 2010 9:46:01 AM CST

    24 starring Abe Vigoda?

    by mcsatan

    I would watch that.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 10:31:38 AM CST

    MrBlackJackBauer = Epic WIN

    by amazing maurice

    You will be missed next year.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 12:44:32 PM CST

    Is Kiefer contractually obligated to be tortured every

    by sid 8.0

    Season? By now when someone is about to put the screws to him they should just stop a second and look at him. Look at all of the scar tissue on his body and say "Look boss this guy ain't talking. I've got a few tricks to use on him but I don't think they're going to work on this motherfucker."

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  • Feb 16, 2010 1:34:33 PM CST

    Jack's missing scars

    by nahdogg

    It's pretty obvious that Jack has a healing factor. Basically 24 is going to turn into Old Man Logan. Can't wait to see Hulk eat Jack!

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  • with Jack last season? You would've thought his face would be well known after those hearings.

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  • Feb 16, 2010 6:22:45 PM CST

    Pres Palmer

    by hipshot

    Apparently Haysbert REALLY didn't want to kill off Palmer, and it took quite a bit of pushing to talk him into it. Yeah, it was a mistake. Also tasteless to broadcast him being shot in the throat on MLK day. And then a couple years later do EXACTLY the same thing with Curtis. Also on MLK day. Pretty fucking big coincidence. (We do remember that MLK was shot in the throat, right..?)

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  • Feb 17, 2010 3:46:22 AM CST

    Kiefer IS 24, Show lost true spark after season 3

    by havehope

    Echoind MrBlackJackBauer, those that want to replace Kiefer don't get 24. The man IS 24. NO OTHER ACTOR CAN CARRY THIS SHOW. How the heck do you put another face as the lead? How? He has personified the show in a way no other actor, great or crap, can come in.
    24's highest point was when the Palmers were alive. Like it or not, Sherri and David Palmer had great storylines, were excellent actors and characters. 24 has fallen victim of itself. By trying to shock people, they have killed off all the good characters.

    FAIL!

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  • Feb 17, 2010 5:53:22 AM CST

    I too loved the Die Hard homage

    by henrydalton

    "Where are you going, pal? No more taaaable!"

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  • Feb 17, 2010 12:00:55 PM CST

    Max Martini from The Unit

    by pooter the clown

    That is your Jack replacement.

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  • Feb 18, 2010 2:57:27 AM CST

    End the redneck boy friend side plot

    by gornpirate

    Starbuck's redneck boyfriend side plot is terrible. Day time soap opera terrible. They need to end that shit now.

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  • Feb 18, 2010 8:50:01 AM CST

    24 is a ride

    by the__natural74

    The only decision the writers made that hurt me as a loyal fan was killing Palmer. That one just stung and made you feel like what was the point of everything Jack did to save him all those years. Haysbert was right, but they told him they'd do it without him so he gave it the respect it deserved if they HAD to go that way. He became the legendary Snake Doctor and had an epic run on The Unit, but they should have always left the door open for him to return. Now my only hope is any talk of a '24' movie will be Operation Nightfall and we can have many of our fav characters back. As long as they can make Jack look younger, anyway.
    But despite that decision, I think '24' has an outstanding batting average for delivering consistently. In fact, the only season I wasn't so big on was Day 5 when they shed all that blood. It just tainted the whole season, IMO. But to my surprise the show gets critic love and wins the Emmy for best drama...not a bad season by any means, but I was always left with a bad taste. I appreciated it more upon repeat viewings. Jack at the gas plant was epic, plus Henderson was fantastic. Very good season, but tough to digest at first.
    And so many people shit on Day 6, but I never understood that. Sure, Wayne Palmer was never solid...but thank the power Texan Powers Boothe for bringing it as Noah to shepherd us from the shit. Plus, you've got epic drama with Heller telling Jack to stay the fuck away from his daughter, one of the top villains in Fayed (dude brought the mushroom cloud & gave Jack a great boss battle!), Cheng all sneaky and shit, Lennox giving Mike Novick a run for his money for White House gravitas, Jack teaming up with Logan, Agent Pierce tapping crazy First Lady ass, Graem and Pappa Bauer ripping another essential shred of Jack's remaining humanity away, Walid and sista Palmer with a juicy subplot, plus Curtis, Morris, Milo and other crazy shit...and it all starts off with a returning Jack from China who goes vampire to escape!
    Hardly a fucking low point to me!

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  • Feb 18, 2010 4:55:14 PM CST

    I love 24

    by hipshot

    Didn't love season 6, but still bought the DVDs and watched 'em again. Season 7 rocked. This season is starting slow...but the last two episodes have been fine. I'm still optimistic.

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  • Feb 19, 2010 5:27:33 AM CST

    The Return of Sark

    by kobaal

    ABC will be kicking themselves they didn't do a Sark spin-off after Alias... I know I would watch it. It could have been epic.

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  • Feb 19, 2010 9:42:51 AM CST

    for sure

    by the__natural74

    I'm with you Hipshot, nothing has really turned me off yet this season. While I wouldn't mind less global threats for Jack to tackle, and maybe some missions without too much conspiracy, '24' is still a treat to watch each week. In fact, I like there has been a slow build this season, and it's nice to change things up.
    Kobaal> F'n right, Sark was so good on Alias and I was so happy to see him on board this season. I knew he'd be the main antagonist for Jack because of his pedigree, and when his bro was killed that just sealed the deal. Originally I thought Jack would kill Pappa Chef and Josef/Sark would take over and get revenge, but I like this better!

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  • Feb 19, 2010 12:13:47 PM CST

    I've just made a new hitler parody short...

    by stankratz

    to describe my current feelings on 24. But they might be slightly exaggerated in an attempt at comedy, it is hitler ranting after all. `

    I know these things are overdone but I am among those who have gotten hours of laughter out of it, I had to take a stab at making one eventually.

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  • Feb 19, 2010 12:16:08 PM CST

    And I might just post the link while I'm at it (I'm high)

    by stankratz

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JO9ZtzCW0

    Remove spaces of course.

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  • Feb 19, 2010 12:20:37 PM CST

    Mr. BlackJackBauer on Hastings unfortunate disposition...

    by stankratz

    "they gave this motherfucka some kinda squint like he must be high as SHIT. matter of fact thats how im gonna view his character for the rest of the day, like he is just high as fuck on some kush and came into work anyway."

    -Made me laugh hard for a good 20 seconds, fair play to you man. I can totally see that!

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