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ok who's tuning in for the new series, its bloody good so far

Not me, I do love 24 but since it went to Sky One, I can't be dealing with the adverts all the time.  I buy it for my Dad for Christmas then borrow it - I have the last one to watch now :)

I'm must confess I'm already up to episode 7....  ::)

what a beginning, this beats the 747 blow up in series 1

I love 24. But am always a series behind because I watch them on box-set.  I am in the middle of series 4 at the moment. It is the same as ALIAS, I always watch on box-set.

what a friggin show, absolutely magic, I cant wait till the next 1

I wish they would show the whole series in the one night in real-time I think I could keep myself up to watch it.

I love it.

Jack kicks ass I reckon he could take Chuck Norris anyday.

Awesome!!

Wanted to watch this when it first started but missed the first couple of episdes and didnt bother. Is it worth buying the DVDs???

Hell yes, the first series is great, but they just get better.

Ok its on my "to do" list....ebay here I come.

It is fantastic.  It has everything.  Lots of action, clever scripts, great acting and Eliesha Cuthbert.  What more could a guy want.  Or a girl want.

24 is definitely the way forward! Got the first four seasons on DVD, currently at the beginning of Season 4, which is great (although Elisha hasn't appeared yet, which is a shame .. is she still acting in that season?)

Wow, just finished the first 2 episodes on video from tonight, can i fast forward this week as well, so i can see the next one.

The show is back in form - as good as the first series.

brilliant programme, great news it is back

Superb start to the new series.

Can't wait till next week.

Heh, me and the missus almost did this with the first four boxsets ... you just keep thinking, "I'll watch one more episode then get to bed", and before you know it, it's 6am.

Having to watch this series one episode per week feels like we're living in the dark ages. :D
Up to episode 7 at the mo ... another episode tomorrow!!

Which series are you all watching?

I have been downloading them from the US.

Most people here are talking about Season 5, which started on Sky last night.

However, I too, like you Flushy, have been downloading them from the US. The number of people doing this for 24 in this country is relatively large. I assume this is the reason that the series started on TV here only 4 weeks after beginning in the US, rather than forcing us to wait for months (like we have to for Lost and Desperate Housewives). In this day and age of satellites and internet though, I see no reason why Sky couldn't show it the day after it was broadcast in the US - surely they're only harming their own viewing figures by delaying the broadcast?

I totally agree. Four weeks is definitely an improvement, but let's face it ... with this kind of super-addictive show (where you just GOTTA know what happens next) four weeks might as well be four years.

IMO series 1 and 3 were ahead of the other two.

Although series 5 is shaping up well!

I know this is an old thread, but thought I would use it.

Did anyone see Keither Sutherland on Jonathan Ross last night?   They are making a 24 film.   I hadn't heard anything about this before. Is this old news?   

I have still to see series 5.  From the clips last night, it looks good.  I will wait a few months untill the box set comes out.

Nooooooooo!!! Keep this quiet from James for Gods sake, he's a big enough addict as it is!

Anyone else notice that halfway through series 4, everyone who wasn't caucasian was a baddie and everyone who was caucasian was a goodie.

How on earth they got away with that for 12 episodes I don't know.

Maybe they just said, look we've had a black President. Now we have enough PR points to go ahead and make all the baddies brown this year.

You have a point there

Too late Jane - his Royal Fishness is sat right next to me. Drooling at the thought of his little Children's TV show.

Apparently the next series might be shot in England too.

Flushy as an extra/villain/sidekick? 8)

Brown baddies were topical - they were the baddies du jour. 24 did get a bit of stick for all the brown baddies, but if you're basing your programme about a threat from a Middle-Eastern based terrorist group who would you cast as the terrorists? Scandinavians? Eskimos?

It's noticeable that in the latest series they've steered clear of any controversy - all the baddies are white.

I'm with them on the middle eastern types being cast as terrorists. (Although I'd keep an eye on those pesky Eskimoes)

It just made me laugh when one of the two African Americans working at CTU turned out to be bent.

At around about the halfway point...

Number of black good guys 1
Number of white bad guys 1

Neither one had a lot of screen time.

To be fair, a lot of the actions commited by the 'goodies' hardly portray them in a ethically sound way.

btw, the actor playing the President is doing a brilliant job.

My old flatmate who was black had a rule of thumb about this kind of thing.

If the character was black and not the lead role in a film/series you could be pretty certain he'd be dead/locked up or a bad guy by the end.







Unless he was LL Cool J. :D

what an ending can't wait to next season

Gutted with the ending I was expecting a big take down or loads of action now I am left guessing until the Autumn its so unfair!!

Longer than that! Apparently the next series is in January!

The makers must be evil!

Word is that its Jack's fault. He is addicted to $3 rebuys on BPL and said he is taking 6 months off work at CTU to try and make it as a poker pro. Given his last venture i feel confident he will be back at work in Jan.

The next series will be boring anyway.

It's Day 6, which is a Saturday, so it'll just be Jack waking up late, cooking himself a fry-up, lying on the sofa watching Channel 4 Racing, going out to buy his lottery tickets etc.

Sneak preview of the next series.....

7 am

Jack rolls out of bed fully dressed. He walks into the bathroom, runs the tap and splashes some water on his face. He rubs his stomach, looks puzzled and walks back into the bedroom.

He grabs his mobile phone by the side of the phone, flips it open and calls a number.

"Curtis. It's jack."

"Hey Jack. I told you not to call me after the last series. You know why"

"Yeah sure curtis. I know the main characters only have a lifespan of 2-3 series."

"That's right, ok Tony made it half way through the fifth series but he got lucky. I'm happy selling pineapples to supermarkets now so this call is over. Bye Jack"

"Wait curtis. Listen to me carefully. I appreciate this is difficult for you but i really need your help. I have this grumbling kind of noise coming from my stomach and if I don't find out what it is, hundreds of americans could die!"

"What??? How could that happen Jack"

"well its kind of annoying so If I don't get it sorted I'll probably go on a rampage"

"Ok OK calm down Jack. This is just a guess but it's possible what you're experiencing is hunger"

"what's that?"

"It's how you feel when you don't eat for a while"

"eat?"

"yes eat, it's when you put food in your mouth, chew and swallow"

"food, chew, swallow? Curtis, i think your line is being scrambled by hostiles , I can't understand what you are saying"

"I get it, of course. You've been too busy in all the previous series to eat any food. You must be starving Jack."

"Ok this food what is it and where can i secure it"

"look jack I told you I dont want to get invovled and besides there's a large stack of unstable pineapple crates next to me that needs my attention."

"CURTIS I NEED A DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION OF THIS FOOD AND I NEED IT NOW, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME"

"Ok , well try a bacon sandwich that always hits the spot for me. Now look jack I'm really going before something bad happ......"(sounds of hundreds of pineapples falling over are heard accompanied by a muffled scream)....line goes dead.

"Curtis..... CURTIS"

Jack flips back his phone, and looks down regretfully.

He dials another number.

Time 7:14:23 beep beep beep.

Time 7:18:46 beep beep beep.

Phone rings at CTU. BEEP BEEEP DEE DOOO.

"This is Chloe O'Brian. What do you want, can't you see I'm busy? I'm behind schedule already, I haven't pulled one stupid face, talked condescendingly, or even made any hideously inappropriate comments to any of my co workers today "

"Hi Chloe this is jack. Look I know you're busy but I really need your help. I've just got off the phone from curtis. SOmething is wrong, very wrong. Apparently I'm hungry. It's got something to do with a substance called food. Curtis was filling me in but I think they got to him."

"Who got to him? What are you talking about. Jack are you back on the smack again?"

"We don't have time for this chloe, thousands of innocent american citizens who live near me are at stake. Before curtis bought it he told me about something called a "BACON SANDWICH". It's the only lead we have......"

"Well if there's only one lead to a crucial part of the plot, you'd better beleive it will be the key to the problem! Ok jack what do you want me to do?"

"Cross reference bacon sandwich with the wetlist and DOD database, reposition the GTS satellite on all known previous locations for bacon sandwiches, and prepare a tac team ready to storm suspected hideaways for bacon sandwiches"

"How about I just tell you how to make one?"

"yeah that works too. I'm gonna need a schematic though....hang on chloe, the doorbell just rang....I'll be right back"

Cut to jack answering door.

Mailman :" Hi, are you jack bauer?"

"How do you know my name? HOW DO U KNOW MY NAME GODDAMIT"

"It's on this parcel for you?"

"We don't have time for this. What do you want?"

"Well if you just sign here, I can give you this parcel."

Jack draws his weapon and levels it at the mailman's head.
"I don't want to shoot you but I will. Now hand over the parcel"

"sure just sign here"

"Look, I can cut a deal with you. Presidential immunity, a new identity, a secure environment. Is that what you want?"

"Er, well, I'm happy if you just sign?? "

"WE don't have time for this. " Jack shoots the mailman in the head and takes the parcel.

"Lamest terrorist disguise ever"

Jack flips his phone back open. "Chloe, I need that schematic NOW. People are dying already"

Chloe :" But Jack, the internet's been overrun by english football fans complaining about ronaldo cheating them in the world cup, I can't get onto any websites. "

"DAMMIT. Ok who is this ronaldo and where can i find him?"

"Somewhere in germany jack, he's left an electronic trail of credit card purchases"

"What's he been buying"

"Hair grease mainly"

"DAMMIT, this is getting complicated. Chloe you know what. Sod this, I'm just gonna order a pizza. DAMMIT I don't have their number"

7:59:57 BEEP BEEP BEEP.

 :D Nice one.

The postman doesn't always ring twice.

Does anyone know how long seperates each series?

Flushy

Are you bored?  lol

Ok.... here's the deal, I didn't realise there were 2 episodes to finish it off so i only saw 5-6 and missed the last episode.  I leave my Dad in charge of taping as i don't have sky but he missed this important detail too.  Does anyone have it on CD/DVD they could let me borrow? - i'll pay postage to me and post back or i'll pick up if anyone local to notts has it.

thanks in advance
Greg

Not sure if I've still got it on Sky+  I'll check and let you know.  If I have I can copy to DVD for you.

tyvm! - much appreciated if you can
 :D :D

recording for you now!  PM me your details and I'll get disc in the post to you tomorrow.

lol

I scrolled all that way for nothing.  ;tk;

I'm in a cream puff with sark now.

Just wait a few years tank. You will be able to buy a computer that you can say  " please scroll down the page for me mate " .  That will save your wrist getting tired having to scroll

I'm waiting for the computer to which I can say "please flirt outrageously with this 18 year old girl for me"

Then I can go to bed.

 :D :D :D   If there was one of those, the inventor would be the richest person in the World

He could play golf with the guy who invented the computer to which one could ask...

"Please humour this sad fat bloke for me"

I don't get it. How can the expand 24 hours of someones life to fill 5 years worth of programmes? By that reckoning, he will be spending 4 episodes on the toilet soon...beep...beep....beep....

Has anyone seen clips for Keither Sutherland's new film, the Sentinel?  His character is very much like Jack Bauer from the clips I have seen. 

He already does this but in the interests of good taste they don't show it.

Instead they use the imaginative euphemisms such as "where's Jack?" "Oh he's flushing terrorists out of their hideaway"

I presumed he used the lav in the ad breaks like everyone else?

I have seen the film, its not a very far role from JB. He still says "dammnit" a fair bit!