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Please restrict yourselves to only discussing the episodes that have so far aired on UK tv (ie downloaders keep shtum!).
Is kim not in it then?
Do we just have Chloe and Jack back? Anyone else?
> Dammit this sounds really cool?
It seems to be back on form.
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> Is kim not in it then?
Not yet, but there's no bra-shunning large breasted woman taking her place so she'll probably turn up.
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> Do we just have Chloe and Jack back? Anyone else?
Chloe and Jack yes. I think the opposition leader from series 3 is now the president but I could be wrong. These republicans all look the same to me.
He was a leg end. Although his storylines regarding presidential campaigns and stuff really annoyed me.
> No Dennis Haysbert?
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> He was a leg end.
That's GOT to be deliberate.
No, he's the character I miss the most.
But still having the same president for 12 years or something doesn't happen in America, not unless they steal the first term anyway.
Tho others seem to get it from elsewhere.
But surely he could be Jack's friend or somet?
Unless they say he's died or something.
When is series 3 being shown on terrestial TV?
It might contain spoilers, I dunno, but it sounds great and with guest apperances from old favourites. I still long for the return of George Mason. Berkley to return!
Drummed out of CTU for his drug problem last season, Jack Bauer begins his latest disastrous day 18 months later, working for Defence Secretary Heller – and sleeping with his daughter.
He seems happy, contented, and oblivious to the fact that less than two hours later he'll find himself kneecapping terrorists, chained to a railing while his partner lies bleeding to death on the floor or capturing a killer at the dry cleaners by remote control.
This is very much all-new 24, with very little from seasons 1-3 remaining. President Palmer hasn't been re-elected, Tony and Michelle are working elsewhere and ditzy Kim has probably forgotten to turn up. Either that or she's trapped in her bathroom with a cougar.
Thankfully, the real treasure of season three has kept her job. Grumpy computer whiz Chloe, played by Mary Lynn Rajskub, sulks and snipes her way through proceedings, injecting some much-needed black humour into the show.
New to the cast is Lucas Haas, who once played the little boy who witnessed the murder in, er, Witness. This time he witnesses several murders after he discovers terrorists tampering with the internet. Whether or not Jack will take him to Pennsylvania and help build a barn with the Amish later in the day remains to be seen.
As ever, 24 is packed with feature film-quality set-pieces, from an horrific train crash at the start of the episode to the spectacular kidnap of Heller by rocket launcher-wielding thugs. There's also a lot of senseless killing which, while gruesome to watch, ensures the viewer doesn't take events lightly.
Four years on, 24 shows no signs of running out of steam. Whilst it's a wrench to lose so many of the regular cast, rumours of guest appearances by old favourites abound and Keifer Sutherland still dominates the proceedings brilliantly, securing his status as US TV's finest leading man. We can't wait to see what the next 22 hours have in store.
> It'll be a massive shame if he's not in it. I might try downloading
> the episodes again.
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> When is series 3 being shown on terrestial TV?
Sky have the terrestrial rights, I believe, and so it could be a while. Oh, and for the not-as-dedicated 24 fans, Palmer's opposition is called President John Keeler now ;0)