Discuss the hit television thriller "24" here!



Having seen next Monday's episode, I encourage anyone who has ever liked 24 to tune in. If you've never watched the show before, you can still tune in as it can be viewed as a stand alone episode. The episode is brilliant! Riveting from start to the gripping finish. One of the finest hours of 24 and ANY television show for that matter!

Monday 9:30pm Channel 7

Love this show. Have watched every single episode of every single series. I have already watched this series being shown in Oz right now. Don't miss a minute. This series is equally as good as the first series if not better. This is edge of your seat, twists and turns and action like never before on a TV show. Keifer Sutherland deserves praise heaped upon him for his best acting ever for this show. I'm a die hard fan of it. Did I mention... don't miss a minute of it!?

Couldn't agree more with you SuziH!

Tonight's episode is brilliant! 9:30pm on Channel 7!

Saw a sample of last night episode. Didn't grab me as much as thought it would.

When the show went to a break, I was surprised to see Ann Sanders doing a news update. Wonder when Ian Ross re-signed with Seven, if his contract carried a clause permitting him to have 3 days off?

I have found you really can't just jump in a quarter, half or two thirds of the way into these series'. You have to watch every show right from the first minute of the first hour. Nothing could stop me from watching '24' from start to finish.

Good observation. Perhaps that is a factor why this show is not winning its timeslot. Loyalty is a lot to ask from a fickle audience. Each episode should be self-contained.

Agreed with what you said SuziH.

If the show became self-contained, it would just become like every other show. Right now it's unique with it's real-time, continuous story. It's very popular in America and is one of FOX's highest rating shows. Perhaps if Channel 7 didn't change it's timeslot so often viewers would stay. Or perhaps Australians just aren't as dedicated viewers as Americans

I missed the first series and caught it towards the end. I must admit although i could tell it was a good show. It was hard to get into it after missing the beginning.
This time around watched it from the start and love it.  Hardly dare get up and get myself a coffee in case i miss some major part of the story. It all happens so fast!

Man this show deserves much much better ratings than it is currently getting in Australia. It is BRILLIANT! Love how the build up so much tension and play with our emotions. Thankfully it does very well in America so it doesn't go unnoticed.

Basically all you need to know to watch tonight's finale is a nuclear missile has been launched with its destination unknown. The terrorist mastermind Habib Marwan who is behind the attacks that have taken place across the day is still at large. The CTU(Counter-Terrorism Unit) has managed to capture a suspect who has agreed to give up Marwan's location in exchange for a pardon against all her crimes.

One of the other side stories that becomes a major one tonight is about the Chinese. A few weeks ago (meaning hours in the show) the CTU infiltrated a Chinese Embassy to kidnap a main suspect involved in the terrorist attacks. The situation gets out of hand and results in the death of a high-level Chinese official. The Chinese discovered last week the Americans were the ones behind the raid and that Jack Bauer lead the team.

24 *FINALE* Tonight 9:30PM

Does everyone need a Bex and a good lie down now?

So at last it is finished.

I like the show, and some people here obviously love it so I hesitate to mention a couple of things:

1. I am really freaked out about how comfortable the whole series was with torture. They would torture anything that moved because of the time pressure. Unnerving.

2. They really stretch believability with the 24 hour premise. Jack's girlfiend was kidnapped 12 hours ago, gassed, shot at, her husband was killed two hours ago, and she is still on the computers at work?
The line of the series was to her from the ex-President " I want assessments on all the expected casualties and contingency plans in all the major cities under threat in the next 30 minutes", "Okay, I'll get right on it".
And that's in her spare time. "Oh, and cure cancer while your at it."

3. Am I alone in being driven crazy by the fat computer dude with the lisp? What did he add to the series?

I read how the scriptwriters didn't know where it was all going even as the series had started shooting. Could this be true.

Any thoughts?

Hey avalon10!

1. Yeah I've read a number of articles about how much torture is used in 24 to gather intelligence. In times of crisis like this when you really are running out of time it is probably the most effective method to obtain the information you need. I know torture is used in real-life, but we'll never be told how much and how far they go (unless we join ASIO).

2. We saw how Audrey fell apart at the end of this season. I'm sure she was just trying to keep it together as long as possible. Man she must have had the worst day ever (kidnapped, husband died, thinks boyfriend died).

3. I'm not a huge fan of Edgar either but I don't mind him all that much. He hasn't had that big a role this season anyway. I can't really see the purpose in why his character is actually in the show. Pretty one-dimensional really.

4. In the previous season of 24 the writers didn't have too good an idea of where they were going because they were rushed to produce the season. Thankfully FOX gave them an extra 3 months for the fourth season by premiering the next season in January rather than October, so they had plenty of time to write a proper script and know where they were going.

Hope that helps a little. All on all it is by far my favourite show on TV and keeps me on the edge of my seat everyweek. Looking forward to season 5 (though I have no idea how/if Jack will come back).

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3. Am I alone in being driven crazy by the fat computer dude with the lisp? What did he add to the series?

Any thoughts?

About that point that you made. A lot of computer freaks/nerds/dudes/genius' are fat.
They have a hard time fitting into the 'real' world and doing what he did in the show, quite often is their only outlet. I enjoyed watching his character annoy the hell out of some of them and how when Chloe was reinstated she drove him mad and vice-versa.

The next series....
Sunday January 15, 2006 is the day the next season begins in the US.

I read recently that in the States there is a new 24 starting in January.  The tagline is something like "Everyone thinks he is dead but he has now just become the most wanted man in America".

Wonder what path the storyline will go down this time.  Without Jack having the help of his CTU buddies??

Rumour has it.... the next '24' could be the last. I think they say that every series and then it's so damned good they go and make another!