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Have Nina Myers’ juices of evil finally taken hold of The Soul Patch’s brain?

The original teleplay for tonight’s episode was scrapped back in September. Showrunner Howard Gordon wasn’t happy with the scripting for the last six hours of Jack Bauer’s day in D.C., so he shut down production for more than three weeks.

"The only, only, only concern at all is getting it right," Gordon told Entertainment Weekly at the time. "Our feeling was this: We're so happy with what we've done so far, and to the extent that we had that luxury [of time], we said, 'Why not make it as good as we could?'"

A far more recent print edition of Entertainment Weekly says Annie Wersching will reprise the role of Renee Walker in the New York-set eighth season. (It’s hard to imagine now, but producers reportedly came very close to setting season seven in New York before settling on D.C.)

Elisha Cuthbert was on Letterman this week to promote her return to the show. Kim Bauer’s going to remain with the series until the end of the season, and Cuthbert told Dave she’s hoping to be part of season eight as well.

We learned last week that a government-run CTU will be back next season and a rusty Chloe O’Brien will be back working for it.

Fox says of tonight’s installment:

As the nation remains vulnerable, Jack Bauer endures the worsening pathogen pain. The FBI deals with recent deadly developments while matters involving key players takes this day into a unexpected direction. Guest Cast: Jon Voight as Jonas Hodges; Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer; Michael Rodrick as Stokes; Sprague Grayden as Olivia Taylor; Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce; Will Patton as Alan Wilson; Karim Price as Med Tech; Gabriel Casseus as Galvez; Kathryn Gordon as Patricia.

9 p.m. Monday. Fox.

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