"24"
Day 2: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m. (2003)

Director:

Jon Cassar

Writers:

Joel Surnow (creator) &
Robert Cochran (creator) ...

TV Series:

"24" (2001)

Original Air Date:

1 April 2003 (Season 2, Episode 17)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Jack and Kate leave CTU to meet with the lone surviving member of the Coral Snake Commandos who says he has evidence that the tape is fake. President Palmer wants to wait and see what Jack finds out before launching a retaliatory strike. |

Plot Keywords:

Black U.S. President | Black President | Cult Hero | Ford Expedition | Subterfuge

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer
Sarah Wynter	...	Kate Warner
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Kim Bauer
Carlos Bernard	...	Tony Almeida
Dennis Haysbert	...	President David Palmer
Reiko Aylesworth	...	Michelle Dessler
Jude Ciccolella	...	Mike Novick
Michelle Forbes	...	Lynne Kresge
Lourdes Benedicto	...	Carrie Turner
Gregg Henry	...	Jonathan Wallace
Donnie Keshawarz	...	Yusuf Auda
Alan Dale	...	Vice President Jim Prescott
Sterling Macer Jr.	...	Deputy Raynes
Justin Louis	...	Danny Dessler
Lombardo Boyar	...	Ramon Garcia

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating)

Company:

Imagine Television

Enter the Vice President

The last batch pf 24 - Day 2 begins now, the last eight episodes of the season being devoted to figuring out who came up with the whole nuclear bomb conspiracy. Needless to say, no one will rest until the mess has been cleared up.

Beginning-wise, it couldn't get better: Jack had to knock Tony unconscious so he could smuggle Kate Warner out of CTU. Why? He received a phone call from a Coral Snake member who needs Kate to leave the country. In return, he will give Jack a chip that proves the infamous Cyprus recording is a forgery. Because of this, President Palmer is postponing the retaliatory strike in the Middle East as much as he can, a decision that doesn't sit that well with the Vice President, the conservative Jim Prescott (Alan Dale).

While the episode is, as usual, dominated by the thriller part (even in the Kim section, as she gets caught up in a convenience store robbery), some juicy personal stuff is thrown in as well, Jack's rogue actions putting a strain on whatever is shaping up between Tony and Michelle. Of course, any regular romance would have been boring, right?

And once again 24 confirms its talent in picking recurring guest stars: a well-known face on American television (The O.C. and Ugly Betty most notably), Dale, though always cast as a manipulative politician or businessman, gets past the stereotype stage and portrays Prescott as a flesh-and-blood character (having starred for years in an Australian soap opera probably helps him avoid the wrong kind of acting). Bravo.