"24"
Day 5: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. (2006)

Director:

Jon Cassar

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"24" (2001)

Original Air Date:

15 January 2006 (Season 5, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The Russian and US Presidents are set to sign an anti-terror treaty when assassinations rock Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords:

Assassination | Exploding Car | Cult Hero | Ford Expedition | Subterfuge

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer
Kim Raver	...	Audrey Raines
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Chloe O'Brian
Carlos Bernard	...	Tony Almeida
Gregory Itzin	...	President Charles Logan
James Morrison	...	Bill Buchanan
Roger R. Cross	...	Curtis Manning (as Roger Cross)
Louis Lombardi	...	Edgar Stiles
Jean Smart	...	Martha Logan
Reiko Aylesworth	...	Michelle Dessler
Jude Ciccolella	...	Mike Novick
Connie Britton	...	Diane Huxley
Brady Corbet	...	Derek Huxley
Sandrine Holt	...	Evelyn Martin
Jonah Lotan	...	Spenser Wolff

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating)

Goofs:

Factual errors: Jack gives the computer's IP address as 292.162.12.2. Unless they're beta testing a new IP protocol, the first group of digits in an IP address must be a number less than 256.

Quotes:

Chloe: [over the phone, frantic] Jack, I know this isn't protocol! Please don't hang up!

Movie Connections:

References The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)

An Abrupt Reminder...

I guess the previous poster is awaiting an apology from someone. I'm sorry to say that this episode is an abrupt reminder to all of 24 viewers that no one is safe, save for perhaps Jack himself. It no doubt was hard to lose such longstanding characters, but such is the nature of the show. Rather than mourn the loss of some fictitious characters, you should be happy for the fact that the script isn't so contrived as to save a select few from death.

This show always keeps people on their toes and I appreciate every unexpected moment they throw at me, since there are always (as with every show) certain things you do expect.