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  • Season 07
  • Episode 23-24
  • Day 7: 6:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.

24 Season Finale: Meet Alan Wilson

A unifying theory of '24.'

  • S.07
  • Ep.22
  • 'Day 7: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m.'

24: If You See Something ...

Say something! Unless you’re slowing down a guy who’s trying to get rid of a bioweapon. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.21
  • 'Day 7: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m.'

24: God Finds Jack

But does Jack find the terrorists? 

  • S.07
  • Ep.20
  • 'Day 7: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m.'

24: Finally, Jack Loses It

Plus: Love triangles among terrorists! 

  • S.07
  • Ep.19
  • 'Day 7: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.'

24: Guess Who’s Actually Evil

It's not Jack. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.18
  • 'Day 7: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m.'

24: Tony Almeida Sends the Absurd-o-Meter Off the Charts

Last night was his 116th episode, and we feel like we know him pretty well. But no. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.17
  • 'Day 7: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m.'

24: Make Love, and Also War

The First Daughter will do absolutely anything to kill a story. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.16
  • 'Day 7: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.'

24: Jack — Exposed!

We learn Jack is Really Infected and Dying, allowing every character to look all forlorn and Jack to do his I’m Having Feelings But I Am Too Proud to Show Them thing. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.15
  • 'Day 7: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.'

24: Intimations of Jack’s Downfall

He's not only poisoned, he's framed. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.14
  • 'Day 7: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.'

24: No, You Don’t Know Jack

The best episode since the season five finale. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.13
  • 'Day 7: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.'

24: That Wasn’t So Bad, Was It?

Jack’s alive, but man, he’s pissed. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.11-12
  • 'Day 7: 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.'

24: And Now to Go Way, Way Over the Top …

Even for '24,' this was a bit much. Well played! 

  • S.07
  • Ep.10
  • 'Day 7: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.'

24: Terrorist of Love

This season's first story line wraps up, defying expectations. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.09
  • 'Day 7: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.'

24: Janeane Garofalo Almost Becomes Important

Turns out there is a mole at the FBI feeding information to Colonel Dubaku! 

  • S.07
  • Ep.08
  • 'Day 7: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.'

24: Colonel Dubaku Has Problems at Home

And the president has an issue of her own. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.07
  • 'Day 7: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.'

24: Janeane Garofalo Makes Us Sad

Hollywood’s a tough racket. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.06
  • 'Day 7: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.'

24: Terrorists Take It to Kidron, Ohio

Jack and Tony are kidnapping future leaders of Sengala and burying FBI agents alive, all, apparently, over diamonds. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.05
  • 'Day 7: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.'

24: Tortured Logic

Stupid us, we really believed the producers when they said they would ease up on the torture business. 

  • S.07
  • Ep.03-04
  • 'Day 7: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.'

24 Season Premiere, Part 2: How the Mighty Have Fallen

Jack’s day is already one-sixth over! 

  • S.07
  • Ep.01-02
  • 'Day 7: 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.'

24 Season Premiere: The Absurd-o-Meter Is Pressed Back Into Duty

‘24’ has shut down CTU, moved the action from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. and introduced an (almost) all-new cast. And it’s better! But still absurd. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.23-24
  • 'Day 6: 4:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: So Long, Jack Bauer. Until We Meet Again.

This was a less-than-thrilling end to a less-than-thrilling season. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.22
  • 'Day 6: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: If They Ain't Smooching, They Don't Count

Let's start the countdown. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.21
  • 'Day 6: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Easier to Get Into Than Lisa Miller's Pants

Let's get to the absurdity, shall we? 

  • S.06
  • Ep.20
  • 'Day 6: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Your Source for Tortured, Horny Pauses

This week, the absurdities started in the pre-show "previously on 24" segment and ratcheted up from there. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.19
  • 'Day 6: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: It's a Scheming Bureaucrat's Prerogative to Change His Mind

The characters pivot along with the plot, conveniently forgetting everything they believed in and fought for just a few hours earlier. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.18
  • 'Day 6: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Take Your Jack Sack and Go

Last night's was a breather episode, as new plot wheels were somewhat laboriously put into motion for the final six hours of the season. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.17
  • 'Day 6: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Five Kinds of Absurdity!

This week, Jack goes for a ride under a truck, Fayed goes for a ride with a chain around his neck, and basic dramatic logic takes a ride out the window. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.16
  • 'Day 6: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: We've Found Our Answers

Welcome to the Two-Four, bitch. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.15
  • 'Day 6: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Kim vs. the Cougar, Redux

Last night's episode was low on absurdity and high on stupidity, featuring what may have been the low point of the season. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.14
  • 'Day 6: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Watch Jack Play Old Computer Games!

This week: incredibly cheap-looking Atari-level special effects, a few words that can't be said on 24, and some remarkably poor decision-making by bad guys and Bill Buchanan alike. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.13
  • 'Day 6: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Beware the Kiwi

Last night's episode featured the surprise returns of batty Martha Logan and her new heartthrob, laconic Agent Pierce.  

  • S.06
  • Ep.12
  • 'Day 6: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-O-Meter: Jack Bauer in ‘Matlock’

Last night saw the return of two cherished elements of 24: The great Powers Boothe as spooky Vice-President Noah Daniels, and Jack Bauer's Nev-R Fail Torture Technique®. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.11
  • 'Day 6: 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Beware of Leaky Tape Recorders!

Last night's decidedly meh installment was low on Bauer action and high on both boring Morris-Chloe subplots and the lackadaisical packing of a suitcase by a bearded ex-president.  

  • S.06
  • Ep.10
  • 'Day 6: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Josh Bauer Lacks the Family's Flair for Drama

Last night the absurdity kicked into high gear as viewers were treated to a return to the boiler room of doom, Papa Bauer's strange drama-queen flourishes, and Morris's surprise alcoholism.  

  • S.06
  • Ep.08-09
  • 'Day 6: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Treason, Sedition, and Breakdowns

Three generations of Bauers! Two whole episodes! One Powers Booth scene! Good times. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.07
  • 'Day 6: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-O-Meter: Honor Thy Father

Last night: Fraternal torture! Filial murder! That'll do, Papa Bauer, that'll do. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.06
  • 'Day 6: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: They Learned It From Watching You, Dad

Our countdown of the most incredibly ridiculous (ridiculously incredible?) plot points in the last hour of Jack Bauer's crappy day. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.05
  • 'Day 6: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.'

The ‘24’ Absurd-o-Meter: Bauer Family Values

Last night was relatively slow going for the Absurd-o-Meter — post-nuke, preposterousness took a backseat to plot — but we still found our top three. 

  • S.06
  • Ep.01-04
  • 'Day 6: 6:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.'

Ridiculous Plot Points? No L.A. Traffic? Welcome Back, ‘24’!

Enjoying the addictive pleasures of 24 has always required a willingness to also swallow a whole lot of hooey. 

Schedule
Mondays, 9 p.m.
Fox
Cast
Creators
Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow
Producers
Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Jon Cassar, Manny Coto, David Fury, Kiefer Sutherland, Brian Grazer
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