Spoilers and news for the hit FOX television show 24
Mike Gencarelli: You played Nina Myers in “24″, with the show finally seeing its end, how do you feel?
Sarah Clarke: I did. It was like an end of an era to see the show end. When I went to the finale party it was great to see so much of the crew that was still involved. The fact they they were able to keep it such a viable show for eight seasons is great. We didn’t think it was going to get past season two.
Source: Movie Mikes
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Here’s the full video message that Jack sent to his daughter Kim in the 24 series finale. We saw parts of this throughout the final episode, but this is the entire thing. It comes from the Fox.com website but was put on YouTube by virginieb20 – thanks!
YouTube link: 24 – Jack’s Message to Kim (Extended)
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Here’s the FOX promo pics from last nights 24 series finale (I hate typing the words series finale). I gotta say, the graffiti wall was really cool and unique imagery for the final scene.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Back in 2001, did you have reservations about debuting the show after Sept. 11?
KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Huge, massive concerns. It was something that was really transcendent to the population, and it wasn’t about the show. I think we all went through a period for three weeks, that if you weren’t a doctor, a policeman, a fireman, or a nurse, and you weren’t able to actually physically help, you just felt moronic for what you were doing. And me being a professional actor for a living, I think we felt the dumbest of all. So it wasn’t about the appropriateness of the show. But at some point, something’s got to jolt you out of the unbelievable mourning of a situation like that, and the sadness of that kind of day, and movies and television and music and literature are all things that do that. [click to continue…]
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Jim Halterman: You’ve worked on ‘Lost,’ ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel’ before ’24.’ Since those were very different genres, how did you make that transition?
David Fury: It was definitely a big difference going to ’24′ from the others shows I had been on. ’24′ is a runaway train of action, conspiracies with interweaving in [and] it was a challenge. They brought me in to try to find the more human stories within all the action and to try to track and find emotional life in these characters even while they’re disparaging orders in CTU. By the time I came on in year 5 of ’24,’ Jack had been through so much. One of the reasons I was there – [Co-Creator/Executive Producer] Joel Surnow told me – was they had watched one of my ‘Lost’ episodes and I did so much with nothing. What he was referring to was there was no real plot in the elements of ‘Lost.’ It might just be a scene between two characters and he found that compelling.
JH: How’s the process been with ‘Terra Nova’ after spending so much time on ’24?’
DF: It’s pretty amazing after five years to go back to writing a script of a different kind. I’ve been stuck writing in the real time of ’24′ and to be able to use flashbacks, time cuts, being able to add different perspectives… it’s almost like relearning the craft of writing because ’24′ beat it out of me.
Full interview and source: Futon Critic
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Cochran, who left the series during Season 6, and executive producer Howard Gordon, who ran it since early in the first season, sat down with The Wrap to choose the 24 greatest moments in the “24” pantheon, presented here in chronological order.
1. Voice-over
SEASON 1 | Episode 1 | Date: Nov. 6, 2001
The first episode begins with words on a screen and the low-key voice of Special Agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland): “The following takes place between midnight and 1 a.m. on the day of the California presidential primary. Events occur in real time.”Those last four simple words signified a historic experiment in TV storytelling. Never before or since has a series taken place without cutting ahead or flashing back in time.
Check out the other 23 moments at the link below.
Source: The Wrap
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Includes a rather big 24 series finale spoiler clip from 0:09 to 0:36 – so skip past that if you don’t wanna see it.
TwitVid Link: Mary Lynn Rajskub on Chelsea Lately 5/20 video interview
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KIEFER SUTHERLAND “Jack Bauer”
• On a real sense of accomplishment completing 24
• On saying goodbye to the 24 crew after 9 years
• On having the right people to make a great show
• On leaving 24 in good quality and saying goodbye
• On saying thank you to all the 24 fans for being loyal
• On an emotional ending for Jack and Chloe
YouTube Link: Kiefer Sutherland 24 Series Finale interview
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Here’s the third promo for the 24 series finale. It’s similar to the other ones but has a new Jack Bauer line (“These people need to be stopped, they need to be held accountable.”)
YouTube Link: 24 Season Episode 23/24 (2:00PM – 4:00PM) 8×23/24 Promo HD (Series Finale) #3
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David Hinckley of NY Daily Mag has reviewed the 24 series finale (“Kiefer Sutherland and co. clock out with a winner”) and also provides a spoiler near the end of the article.
Monday night’s two-hour finale of Fox’s “24″ is a bloody mess.
It’s that good, and yes, we expected no less.
Like “The Sopranos,” “The Shield” and other A-list crime-and-morality dramas, “24″ doesn’t pretend that the end of the show means injustice, corruption and evil can magically be made to disappear.
So the show provides some resolution to this season’s story line, which revolved around the human and moral cost of trying to craft a Middle East peace treaty.
At the same time, Monday’s finale makes it clear that counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) will always be outnumbered and outgunned in his battle to stop the bad guys.
The best Jack can do is stick his finger in the dam from time to time while he searches for the occasional ray of light.
The last time he found one of those, however, in fellow agent Renee Walker (Annie Wersching), she was promptly killed.
Renee’s death continues to set up this season’s climactic action, as a near-psychotic Jack seeks to kill everyone involved. Even if that person is a head of state.
It’s vintage Jack, an equalizer whose raw fury we understand.
“I would have accepted justice by law,” Jack says, in what could serve as a mission statement for the whole eight-season run of “24.” “But that was taken from me. [So] I am judge and jury.”
That sort of remark explains why Jack has been compared to Clint Eastwood’s justice-dealing cop Dirty Harry. Jack’s world, however, has never been as black-and-white as Harry’s, and things don’t change Monday just because the series is ending.
His adversaries include true creeps like robotic Russians and former President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin), whose every utterance makes your skin crawl. It includes good people who have lost their way, like President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones).
He also runs with some good people who stay good, like young agent Cole Ortiz (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and loyal associate Chloe O’Brian (Mary Ann Rajskub).
The fact he and Chloe at one point are yelling threats at each other underscores how a few bad decisions at the top can poison the whole world.
So yes, the world is a mess. It’s also bloody, and while Monday’s finale may have fewer outright deaths than usual, it compensates for any shortfall in body count with nice touches like having body parts bitten off.
All props to Mike Tyson.
It shouldn’t be any major spoiler to say that in the end, neither Jack Bauer nor “24″ leaves us with any rosy illusions about saving or cleaning up the world.
Jack never stops trying to make his corner a little better, however, and in the process, he closes out “24″ the same way he ushered it in: as a fast-paced, first-rate action-adventure that pauses just long enough to show us a heart.
Source: NY Daily News
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Many surprises, but no surprise appearances by Naked Mandy, Mike Novik or anyone else in the #24 finale. Hints on how it ends at @HercSpoils [Tweet via @hercAICN]
Click through for the full list of tweets (cleaned up for easier reading). They lean more towards minor spoilers/teases – no deaths or major twists are revealed, mostly some quotes and intriguing teases (there’s a season two homage for example).
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“After eight unforgettable seasons, how will it all end? The 24 series finale – Monday on FOX.”
YouTube Link: 24 Season Episode 23/24 (2:00PM – 4:00PM) 8×23/24 Promo HD (Series Finale) #2
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Q) What are the recent projects that you are working on?
A) I just wrapped the finale of “24.” We were shooting a little longer than we expected. I am also working at the Marc Taper Forum on a really great play called “Bengal Tiger” and we run through the 30th of May. Then, I’ll be heading up the Frameline Festival where my film Elena Undone opens. Shortly after that, the film I worked on last year will be released called Unthinkable.Q) What can you tell us about the final season of “24″ and about your character Dalia Hassan?
A) I love this season! I love it so much. The character of Dalia has really grown so dramatically over the course of the season. She has gone from bitter wife to worried mother to martyr’s wife to widow. Now, I am a world leader. That’s what’s been going on all in one day. I watch the show and I watched the show before being on it. I think it is just a great show, but is just unbelievable this season. They have taken the show up a couple notches this season. The next few episodes coming up are just terrific.Q) What made you want to be a part of the show?
A) I didn’t know it was going to be the final season of “24″ when I started working on it. What really made me want to be a part of it was that I loved the show. I think it is one of the absolute best shows on television ever. At the time when it first came out, it was really ground breaking and to be a part a show that sets a standard for television is a wonderful opportunity. Besides that, I always look at the character first and the biggest real draw was Dalia Hassan. This is a character I wanted to play all my life and I didn’t realize I would get the opportunity to play her so early in my career. I thought it would be later. She’s such an elegant and strong woman. It’s a real joy to research her and create her with the writers. I always saw her as this way in my head and then the character came my way in the shape of Dalia Hassan. I was really eager to jump on it.
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“Be there for the end of an era. The final twists, the final turns, and the biggest surprise ending of them all. The 24 series finale.”
I’m going to miss this show so much. Don’t forget to tune in at the special time of 8PM!
YouTube Link: 24 Season Episode 23/24 (2:00PM – 4:00PM) 8×23/24 Promo HD (Series Finale)
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From a FOX memo:
On Monday, May 24th, you and your viewers will have the chance to tweet live with Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) from 24. Mary Lynn will be answering fan questions via Twitter beginning at 11AM PT.
Promote this opportunity and the finale of 24 in your morning newscasts on (and leading up to) May 24th. Then drive traffic to your station websites by posting a link to www.fox.com/24, where viewers can learn how to join the chat.
Encourage your noon and evening news anchors to log on and join the fun. Solicit questions from viewers for your local personalities to ask Mary Lynn.
Your viewers can also follow the entire conversation by searching #dammitchloe within Twitter during the chat. All fans submitting questions will be asked to use the same hashtag in their tweets (#dammitchloe).
Don’t miss this opportunity to chat live with Mary Lynn and discuss all things 24!
Sounds cool, and I love the #dammitchloe hashtag.
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