# 24: Live Another Day (a.k.a. 24, Season 9) - Episode 8 (6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) SPOILERS! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920 "2014-06-16T17:55:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/1 "2014-06-16T17:55:10Z")
This thread brought to you, as in days of yore, by the **24 Club**. Made a slight change to the format of the link archives. Also, last week, I appear to have mis-stated the episode number in the subject of the thread. I think I’ve got it straight this time. As I’m not watching the show, I am at the mercy of TVGuide online to tell me the hours for the episode, so I hope that’s right, also. 🙂 SPOILERS AHEAD! Season 9 threads: [11 am - 12 pm](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722664) [1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=723259) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=723814) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=724474) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=724994) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=724994) Season 8 threads: [4-5 pm](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548198) [6-7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548422) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=549445) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550369) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=551338) [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552317) [12 am](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553286) [1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554221) 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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/2 "2014-06-17T17:41:11Z")
This season is really great. On what other show would the US president be blown up by a drone in the middle of Wembley Stadium? But how on earth did he not get a silent countdown? Frickin’ EDGAR got one back in season whatever-season-Edgar-was-on. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/3 "2014-06-17T18:47:25Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > But how on earth did he not get a silent countdown? Frickin’ EDGAR got one back in season whatever-season-Edgar-was-on. I noticed that and figured that must be a clue that some shenanigans were used and he didn’t really get blown up. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/4 "2014-06-17T19:16:41Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I noticed that and figured that must be a clue that some shenanigans were used and he didn’t really get blown up. That’s what we assumed as well. No silent clock means Chloe managed to spoof the drone’s camera somehow because Chloe can do anything! ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/5 "2014-06-17T19:30:13Z")
[http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/24-Postmortem-Live-Another-Day-Bosses-on-the-5557410.php](http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/24-Postmortem-Live-Another-Day-Bosses-on-the-5557410.php) The executive producers swear up and down that he’s honestly for real totally completely dead and that they’re not gonna Tony Almeida an excuse. Although, of course, what do you expect them to say… so take it with a grain of salt (or, since this is London, a spoonful of sugar) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/6 "2014-06-17T20:07:26Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > That’s what we assumed as well. No silent clock means Chloe managed to spoof the drone’s camera somehow because Chloe can do anything! SHE lS TRYING AS HARD AS SHE CAN, _ **OK!?!?** _ ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/7 "2014-06-17T20:31:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > SHE lS TRYING AS HARD AS SHE CAN, _ **OK!?!?** _ Jack gives you his word. And that word is: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQEhFUpmTN4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQEhFUpmTN4) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/8 "2014-06-17T20:56:40Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > Jack gives you his word. > > And that word is: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQEhFUpmTN4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQEhFUpmTN4) That’s great. And it has the cougar trap scene in it, too! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/9 "2014-06-17T20:58:43Z")
Oh my god I can’t believe they did it! @\_@ What a show! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/10 "2014-06-17T21:38:23Z")
They’ve heavily foreshadowed the drone pilot taking over (possibly killing Margot), so we have 4 more hours of Jack and his Angels chasing drones, though I’m curious as to how the whole CIA turncoat factors into the overall plot. POTUS is a dangerous job in the 24-verse. David Palmer - assassinated by sniper (beginning season 5, after his term) John Keeler - Air Force 1 shot down and Keeler critically injured, never returned, presumed dead Charles Logan - resigned after pleading guilty to obstructing justice, attempted suicide (after his term), main antagonist for 3 seasons, presumably alive but brain-dead Hal Gardner\* - took over for Logan after Logan’s arrest, presumably lost re-election Wayne Palmer - suspected cerebral hemmorage, coma, dies between seasons Noah Daniels - took over for W. Palmer, pardoned Logan, presumably lost re-election Allison Taylor - son commits suicide, sends daughter to prison and is divorced by husband, resigns in disgrace James Heller - first sitting President to be killed on-screen (supposedly Fox would not allow that previously, which is why Keeler wasn’t outright killed), assassinated by drone strike Even if someone handed me the presidency in the 24-verse, I would decline. It isn’t worth it. \*I’m guessing that the writer who named him is a Green Lantern fan (Hal Jordan / Guy Gardner) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/11 "2014-06-17T21:50:46Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > James Heller - first sitting President to be killed on-screen (supposedly Fox would not allow that previously, which is why Keeler wasn’t outright killed), assassinated by drone strike. Whoa! Didn’t Heller resign first, after arranging for his VP to take over? 😕 So technically, he was no longer a sitting president, just a private citizen. I guess that makes it okay to have him blown up by terrorists… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/12 "2014-06-17T22:10:57Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Whoa! Didn’t Heller resign first, after arranging for his VP to take over? 😕 So technically, he was no longer a sitting president, just a private citizen. > > I guess that makes it okay to have him blown up by terrorists… ☹ Yup. 'leastways that’s what they lead you to believe. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/13 "2014-06-18T01:14:06Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Whoa! Didn’t Heller resign first, after arranging for his VP to take over? 😕 So technically, he was no longer a sitting president, just a private citizen. > > I guess that makes it okay to have him blown up by terrorists… ☹ That interpretation works for me. Maybe the Fox ban is still active. Either way, the Wembley groundskeepers will be quite busy tomorrow morning. Hope they stockpiled the sod. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/14 "2014-06-18T04:15:03Z")
A hospital is blown to smithereens and the the sitting President of the United States is blown up by a rocket. Only in the 24-verse does this constitute **thwarting** terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/15 "2014-06-18T04:30:01Z")
Don’t forget the other random buildings and vehicles blown up on the streets of London. That explosion in Wembley seemed awfully big to me. Did they have explosives buried under the pitch? ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/16 "2014-06-18T13:16:07Z")
I thought that when Jack Bauer and the president were helicoptering into Wembley, he should have looked over to the helicopter James Bond and the Queen flew in to kick off the 2012 Olympics 😉 [James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/17 "2014-06-18T19:08:44Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > A hospital is blown to smithereens and the the sitting President of the United States is blown up by a rocket. > > Only in the 24-verse does this constitute **thwarting** terrorists. C’mon, CTU once failed to stop terrorist detonating a nuke on US soil. That’s not counting the numerous planes destroyed, trains derailed, and such. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/18 "2014-06-19T12:43:20Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > C’mon, CTU once failed to stop terrorist detonating a nuke on US soil. That’s not counting the numerous planes destroyed, trains derailed, and such. It could have been worse…if CTU had fails, “millions will die”. Though I must point out that there is no CTU thus far this season. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/19 "2014-06-19T13:34:27Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > It could have been worse…if CTU had fails, “millions will die”. Though I must point out that there is no CTU thus far this season. CTU spontaneouly burst into existence whenever you combine Jack, Chloe and a decent internet connection. And yeah, the show’s mantra for the many disasters is has long been “it could have been worse.” We’ll see them saying that about a zombie-infested dystopia eventually. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920/20 "2014-06-23T15:10:07Z")
So, let’s get it on record: Who here’s on Team Not-Really-Dead? I am. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-live-another-day-a-k-a-24-season-9-episode-8-6-00-pm-7-00-pm-spoilers/690920.md?page=2)