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Confirmed: 24 is back. 12 episodes. Summer 2014

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Hobbun

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I believe it was the end of season 2, but was it ever explained who “the guy on the boat” was?

Palmer was poisoned when shaking hands with an onlooker in the crowd, then the guy on the boat received a phone call confirming that the poisoning was successful.

Now, obviously Palmer didn’t die (at that time), but they never explained who the guy on the boat was. Or I missed it.
 
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lazybones18

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Hobbun said:
I believe it was the end of season 2, but was it ever explained who “the guy on the boat” was?

Palmer was poisoned when shaking hands with an onlooker in the crowd, then the guy on the boat received a phone call confirming that the poisoning was successful.

Now, obviously Palmer didn’t die (at that time), but they never explained who the guy on the boat was. Or I missed it.
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Explained in 24: The Game
 
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Magnus

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Awesome, but "12 episodes representing 24 hours" worries me. I totally skimmed and probably missed a detail, but are the episodes 2 hours each? Or are we not in real-time anymore? Disappointing if true.
 
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Hoo-doo

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To celebrate this momentous occasion, let's rewatch the series.

I'm already at S4 right now, I started watching it again out of boredom a month or two ago.

BEHROOOOOOOZZZ
 
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Salaadin

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Magnus said:
Awesome, but "12 episodes representing 24 hours" worries me. I totally skimmed and probably missed a detail, but are the episodes 2 hours each? Or are we not in real-time anymore? Disappointing if true.
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Im hoping that its a Jack heavy 12 episodes where, instead of filler, we get time small skips throughout.
 
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bndadm

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Magnus said:
Awesome, but "12 episodes representing 24 hours" worries me. I totally skimmed and probably missed a detail, but are the episodes 2 hours each? Or are we not in real-time anymore? Disappointing if true.
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Someone named Reilly just shared a bit about how this will play out:

"It will go in chronological order of the day, but it'll skip hours," Reilly told reporters.

So I imagine it'll be like midnight-1:00 a.m. Then the next episode would be 3:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m. or some such.

Edit: Link. http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/499257-24-returns-to-fox-in-may-2014-as-a-miniseries
 
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Skilotonn

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Haven't ever watched 24, so as soon as I finish up some other stuff, it looks like a great time to start.
 
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Currygan

at last, for christ's sake
about Jack's age...well, lets count the presidents...are they 8? Palmer and Taylor twice, so that's eight years each


in short, Jack must be around 70 years old if we assume he's about 35 during Day 1



Desibabu said:
So your first girlfriend looked like she was sucking on lemons all day? You have my sympathies.
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worse. Shes way shorter than Chloe and with no arse
 
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gamma

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I need a new show to watch back to back. Is 24 worth it? I hear mixed things about it. I'd start from scratch.
 
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JABEE

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gamma said:
I need a new show to watch back to back. Is 24 worth it? I hear mixed things about it. I'd start from scratch.
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24 is the type of show that you sit down to watch one episode and end up watching 8-9 more before you pass out on the couch.
 
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Hoo-doo

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JABEE said:
24 is the type of show that you sit down to watch one episode and end up watching 8-9 more before you pass out on the couch.
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This is very accurate. Almost every episode ends on a cliffhanger or a notion of "dear god, the next episode is going to be rad as FUCK, how can I possibly not watch it right now!".

And I start watching one episode right before going to bed, and somehow ending up laying in bed with the iPad watching the eighth consecutive episode in a row at 5 in the morning. Who needs sleep anyway when you can watch Jack Bauer rip shit up.
 
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B.K.

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I hope Fox lets them know soon enough if this is going to be a one shot thing or not so they can come up with a real ending this time.
 
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bndadm

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Andrew. said:
I've never watched this show before. Perhaps I should get on that..
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It's a great show, but may be harder to estimate the impact it had on the television landscape back in 2001.

The type of storytelling they were doing (real time), a motion-picture actor taking a roll on television (blasphemy back then), and eschewing some of the typical conventions of a TV drama/thriller were really fresh.

I always felt the show could benefit from some fresh writers (not clean house, but just some new blood) and more location shooting when possible.

Doing some actual on-location shooting for Season 7 helped a bit. Season 8 didn't do any from what I am aware and as such, felt like a blue-tinted Los Angeles.

But dips and highs, it is a memorable show and quite admirable in what it accomplished.
 
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Plinko

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I read that press release as this being the jump start for a return to series. Did anybody else read it that way? I had seen others saying it was a one-time thing.
 
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MIMIC

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Absolutely ecstatic, but I'm still curious: why no movie?

Is bringing back a TV show for 12 episodes easier than a feature-length film?
 
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bndadm

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Plinko said:
I read that press release as this being the jump start for a return to series. Did anybody else read it that way? I had seen others saying it was a one-time thing.
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I'm reading it as a potential return for more limiated series like this, but not necessarily happening every year. Almost like when The Sopranos would be off air, what was it 2 years or something?
 
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie

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gamma said:
I need a new show to watch back to back. Is 24 worth it? I hear mixed things about it. I'd start from scratch.
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Yes. Like most shows, it loses steam in the last few seasons as they run out of good ideas, but the first 5 seasons of 24 are all great to amazing. It is good dumb cliffhanger TV. I've stayed up until 4am on weekdays watching more in a row than I should.
 
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Shalashaska

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With Breaking Bad and Dexter ending this year, nice to get some new 24 next year. Though I still have Homeland to watch.

Plinko said:
I read that press release as this being the jump start for a return to series. Did anybody else read it that way? I had seen others saying it was a one-time thing.
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I can see that happening, but I'm assuming it depends on the ratings when it does return. I don't think we'll see another 24 episode season though.
 
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Vally

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Eidan said:
By series' end, how old was Jack?
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Season 8 takes place 14 years after season 1, so assuming he was around 35 in the first season he'd be about 50 at the end of the series

Currygan said:
about Jack's age...well, lets count the presidents...are they 8? Palmer and Taylor twice, so that's eight years each


in short, Jack must be around 70 years old if we assume he's about 35 during Day 1
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Palmer didn't run for reelection if I remember correctly, and Taylor only had one term as well
 
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Sean

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gamma said:
Sounds good. Unfortunatly I see that the complete series isn't on BluRay yet. Are there any plans for this?
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Only the last two seasons are on Blu-Ray and I don't think there are any plans to release the earlier ones just yet. But Netflix Instant (and presumably the other streaming services like Amazon) have them in HD though.

JABEE said:
24 is the type of show that you sit down to watch one episode and end up watching 8-9 more before you pass out on the couch.
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For sure. Not only do they finish each episode with a huge cliffhanger but then they tease the viewers with like four split-screens and the ticking clock on top of that.
 
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reilo

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Speaking of 24 Presidents, they really do go through them like candy:

Season 1: Unknown/Harold Barnes (?)
Season 2-3: David Palmer, James Prescott
Season 4: John Keeler
Season 5: Charles Logan, Hal Gardner
Season 6: Wayne Palmer, Noah Daniels
Seasons 7-8: Allison Taylor

http://media.gunaxin.com/the-presidents-of-24/8940
 
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