Jack Bauer

24 opened season 5 with a bang by killing off David Palmer. It happened when Palmer was visiting his brother, Wayne (D.B. Woodside). It was later revealed that Palmer was killed because he was close to uncovering the truth about their plan and the people involved.

Charles Logan

David Palmer (during Season 3) and James Heller (during 24: Live Another Day) are the only Presidents to appear in all episodes of a season. David Palmer and Allison Taylor are the only Presidents to last two seasons in office, however, Palmer was briefly unseated in Season 2 on account of 25th Amendment proceedings.

Heller was left with a dead daughter, a Chief of Staff under arrest for treason and a deteriorating memory that would soon cause him to forget he even had a daughter, let alone that she died….

The writers originally intended that Lynne would die from the fall she suffered. However, as her death was never confirmed on screen, her fate remains officially unknown.

James Heller was a former US Marine Sergeant and the second Blacklight being. Following his attempted suicide mission against Alex Mercer, Mercer infected Heller with his variant of the virus….

Edgar was killed during a nerve gas attack on CTU during Day 5….

Teri Bauer was the wife of Jack Bauer and mother of Kim Bauer. She was killed by Nina Myers at the end of Day 1.

Conrad Haas

During Day 9, while trying to help her father avert a war with China, Audrey was shot dead by an assassin on the orders of Cheng Zhi.

Luckily Bill and Jack were able to convince her to let Jack speak to her for 10 minutes. Jack interrogated Audrey and spoke to her about her night with Walt Cummings in a hotel. Audrey confessed they had an affair and she was embarrassed, as he was revealed to be a traitor.

Fox had plans for not one, but two 24 spinoffs before it scrapped plans for both projects. However, that doesn’t mean the door is completely shut on the franchise just yet. As it turns out, series star Kiefer Sutherland isn’t against returning, with the 24 actor all-in on bringing back Jack Bauer… but with a catch.

In a reversal of the events of Day 1, David Palmer warns Bauer of the attempt on his life, shortly after the nuclear missile is shot out of the sky. In response, Bauer fakes his own death with the help of Tony Almeida, Michelle Dessler and Chloe O’Brian.

Tony’s doctors explain that Jack Bauer only has a few hours to live, but that the pathogen can be harvested up to two hours after his death. While the doctors prepare to move him, Jack snaps into action, killing two of them with a scalpel and the other by breaking his neck, and escapes the compound.

In the final moments of the episode, we flash-forward 12 hours later in the day, with Bauer following through on the deal. He surrenders himself in exchange for Chloe’s safe release.

“Kiefer [Sutherland] actually wanted Jack Bauer to die, and we had many conversations about it… many of us, including his agent, tried to talk him out of it, but then there was an edict from very high up [within Fox] and Jack Bauer is still alive.”

Originally Answered: Why made Jack Bauer cry so badly during the end scene of Season 3 finale in 24 ? He tells Kim before he leaves that he’s sure she’ll make the right choice; the reason he starts crying is because he knows she’s chosen a better life than him.

The “constant upward spiral of cast and creative team salaries” over the show’s eight years has driven the budget up to $5 million an episode, but the show’s ratings have dropped 16 percent this season. Financially, it couldn’t survive. “The writing has been on the wall… all season.”

Jack has led the hunt which has caused Ralph to run for his life. Jack has been jealous of Ralph since they were stranded on the island. Truly, Jack has lost his sense of what is right and wrong. For this reason, Ralph cries.

Bauer’s bad days make up the best seasons of 24. We’ve got them listed from best to worst with pictures of DVD covers or season posters when available. Fans of the series often argue over what the greatest season of. While Jack Bauer ranks high on famous fictional spies, 24 also tops our list of best action TV shows.

The show will still be great if you watch them out of order, just that you will miss out on some of the subtle sub plots. By all means begin watching 24 from series 5. There are some storylines which carry forward, generally regarding Jack and his family and his colleagues/friends etc.