# Awaiting the next season of "24" - or not **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410 "2007-10-20T19:29:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/21 "2007-10-21T17:36:42Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] For me, it went downhill when they stopped trying to keep to the “Events happen in real time” premise. [/QUOTE] So you’ve hated it since about the 8th episode of season 1? [QUOTE=jsgoddess] **spoilers ahead** Tony’s back and the next conspiracy involves the Vatican. [/QUOTE] But that character is quite dead. I can’t see how they can bright him/her back without it being really stupid. I ducked out around the halfway point of last season because I taped a bunch of episodes and then lost track of the tape so I didn’t want to keep watching the last few because I’d be lost. But I’ll catch up on the DVDs and definitely watch next year. But that spoiler (while promising because I love that character) could end up making the show REAL (time) bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/22 "2007-10-21T17:55:55Z")
I have watched all six seasons so far. 24 is now removed from my Tivo season pass. The show is over for me. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/23 "2007-10-21T21:59:26Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] So you’ve hated it since about the 8th episode of season 1? [/QUOTE] 🙂 No, I cut them a lot of slack for trying, even if they didn’t always succeed. It went into a slide for me when they just stopped trying. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/24 "2007-10-22T16:02:47Z")
The problem I see with the posters in this thread is that none of youse guyz (and dollz) realize that **24** is a _comedy_, and that the only reason to watch it is to snark on it on Dave Barry’s blog and the SDMB the next day. The whole show is a hour-long drinking game. Chloe survived, knocked up though she was. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/25 "2007-10-22T16:12:27Z")
[QUOTE=D\_Odds] Chloe survived, knocked up though she was. [/QUOTE] Oh, right! I’d forgotten about that little side plot. This is the season everyone finds out that Chloe is my baby-mama. Guess I _will_ stay tuned for a bit, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/26 "2007-10-22T16:16:38Z")
Of course, if Kiefer Sutherland doesn’t beat the DUI rap, Fox could mix things up a bit and combine 24 and Prison Break. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/27 "2007-10-22T16:50:02Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Oh, right! I’d forgotten about that little side plot. This is the season everyone finds out that Chloe is my baby-mama. Guess I _will_ stay tuned for a bit, at least. [/QUOTE] The bigger question is whether the daddy looks more like Jack or Morris… ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/28 "2007-10-22T20:00:59Z")
[QUOTE=Plynck] I will probably watch. But only because I read an article last year where even the writers admitted that they completely gone off the rails. Assuming that they are serious about that, they may try to bring it back to life. [/QUOTE] Same here. Last year started cool when Jack went all Lost Boys on the one guy but it went way downhill after that. And those Palmers sucked. Fortunately, the writers basically admitted the past season sucked, so this’ll be the do-or-die season for them, I think. I do like the idea of taking on… er, those folks in that spoiler box that might have been inaccurate. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/29 "2007-10-22T20:17:31Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] But that character is quite dead. I can’t see how they can bright him/her back without it being really stupid. [/QUOTE] Well, if the Bad Guys are from the Vatican… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/30 "2007-10-22T20:24:21Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Of course, I’d enjoy it even more if it were animated. Or a musical. [/QUOTE] I didn’t finish last season - but I absolutely would have, had I the promise of Jack bursting out into song while torturing someone. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/31 "2007-10-22T20:27:34Z")
I am not a watcher, so forgive me if this question is beyond stupid, but I thought 24 was a 24 hour period? How can it go on season after season? I mean, I didn’t think they would time it to be exactly 24 hours, but you’d think they would run out of hours in the day? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/32 "2007-10-22T20:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I am not a watcher, so forgive me if this question is beyond stupid, but I thought 24 was a 24 hour period? /QUOTE] Each season is a different day. But I just had a thought. Suppose the conspiracy involves time travel? Or, Chole writes a time travel program? Or Jack comes Back From The Future… ---
**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:** [October 22, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/33 "2007-10-22T20:51:24Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Each season is a different day. [/QUOTE] Correct, and they are separated by lengthy time periods. From season 1 to season 2, it is 18 months. Season 3 is three years later. Season 4 is 18 months later again, as is season 5. Season 6 is 20 months after season 5. According to Wikipedia, season 7 will follow by 3 years again. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/34 "2007-10-22T20:55:43Z")
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. Each season is a different day. I had this mistaken impression that the whole series wwas **one** 24 hour day. I was trying to figure out how they were working that. :smack: So each episode is a different time period within that day? Like Episode 1: Hour 1? Something like that. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/35 "2007-10-22T20:58:35Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Chole writes a time travel program? [/QUOTE] _Because she doesn’t want to be knocked up!_ But someone inserted a virus on the CTU server, and terrorists steal her application. It explains _everything,_ the character back from the dead, circumventing the 24 hour format and Sutherland beating the DWI! My God, it’s so simple! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/36 "2007-10-22T21:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. Each season is a different day. I had this mistaken impression that the whole series wwas **one** 24 hour day. I was trying to figure out how they were working that. :smack: So each episode is a different time period within that day? Like Episode 1: Hour 1? Something like that. [/QUOTE] Correct. Each episode begins with Keifer’s voice reciting, for example, “The following takes place between 8am and 9am.” So each season has 24 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/37 "2007-10-22T21:01:56Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. Each season is a different day. I had this mistaken impression that the whole series wwas **one** 24 hour day. I was trying to figure out how they were working that. :smack: So each episode is a different time period within that day? Like Episode 1: Hour 1? Something like that. [/QUOTE] Episode 1 is always Hour 1, etc. until the “Day” ends on Episode 24. However, the start & end time of the Days varies from season to season. One season can run from Midnight-Midnight, another season from 8am-8am, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/38 "2007-10-22T22:22:43Z")
Ah. Thank you all for the explanation. I did go off and read the Wiki page after this thread. I might be tempted to watch it, just considering how good Kiefer looks in all of his pictures from the series! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/39 "2007-10-22T23:24:24Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I might be tempted to watch it, just considering how good Kiefer looks in all of his pictures from the series! [/QUOTE] Just rent seasons one and two and then forget the rest 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 22, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410/40 "2007-10-22T23:43:33Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] However, the start & end time of the Days varies from season to season. One season can run from Midnight-Midnight, another season from 8am-8am, etc. [/QUOTE] Speaking as (I believe) the sole surviving **24 Club** member, allow me to add that it was those fluctuating start times that killed the original “watch it in real time” rule for the **24 Club**. The first season ran 12 midnight - 12 midnight, and that was hard enough, but when the 3rd season ran 1 pm - 1 pm, that was right out. There was absolutely no way that was going to happen. For what it’s worth, all the remaining seasons have run either 7 am - 7 am or 6 am - 6 am. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awaiting-the-next-season-of-24-or-not/423410.md?page=3)