# Jack Bauer Will Return **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130 "2006-04-10T20:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/1 "2006-04-10T20:10:39Z")
24 fans rejoice! It appears that we will have three more seasons of Jack Bauer Thigh-Shooting, Dammit-Yelling, Loved-Ones-Dying-Horribly, Terrorist-Throat-Slitting Fun ahead . . . > **[Breaking Celebrity News, Entertainment News and Celeb Gossip - E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/news)** > > Get the latest news on celebrity scandals, engagements, and divorces! Check out our breaking stories on Hollywood's hottest stars! Apparently he’s getting a cool $40 million in this deal. Not bad. And here I was sure they were going to kill him at the end of the season. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/2 "2006-04-10T20:52:51Z")
BTW, where is today’s 24 thread? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/3 "2006-04-10T20:54:08Z")
Three seasons…? I haven’t seen Season 5, but still I can’t imagine a successful “shark jump” free run going that long… But I guess we can hope. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/4 "2006-04-10T20:57:09Z")
Very James Bond-y thread title. “Jack Bauer will return in… Die Another Payday.” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/5 "2006-04-10T21:05:57Z")
And I was just coming to post this. I guess Jack will be invicible for a while longer. Everyone else, of course, could die at any moment. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/6 "2006-04-10T21:07:12Z")
> [@Sage Rat](#): > > Three seasons…? > > I haven’t seen Season 5, but still I can’t imagine a successful “shark jump” free run going that long… But I guess we can hope. I was thinking the same thing. I don’t think 24 can survive that long as a good show. I hope I’m wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/7 "2006-04-10T21:34:04Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > BTW, where is today’s 24 thread? It’s coming… When you least expect it… ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/8 "2006-04-10T21:35:14Z")
This also tends to destroy any tension built up so far, after all, if we know Jack Bauer’ll be “Bauering” his way through another couple seasons, we know that the terrorist attacks won’t be succesful for another couple seasons… unless they (directors/screenwriters) depart from mainstream concepts, let a major terror attack occur in the 24 universe, and CTU/Jack have to live with the aftermath and effects… ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/9 "2006-04-10T21:39:38Z")
Anyone read the Rolling Stone interview with Keifer Sutherland? He said he heard about a college drinking game where you take a shot every time Jack says “Dammit,” so on purpose in one episode he said “dammit” four times in a row. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/10 "2006-04-10T21:56:36Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > The actor said he and the writers had once thought about cranking out a film version this summer, but the desire for quality control trumped their eagerness. And with a film run time of 24 hours, theater popcorn sales reach an all time high… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/11 "2006-04-10T22:15:01Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > I guess Jack will be invicible for a while longer. Everyone else, of course, could die at any moment. Not necessarily. We know that Kiefer is coming back, but maybe Jack won’t. Perhaps Keifer will play Jack’s mutated clone. Or perhaps he’ll play his evil twin Zack Bauer. Or maybe they’ll show the adventures of Jack’s yet-to-be-born son in the year 2036. They can rename the show “24: The Next Generation.” ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-bauer-will-return/352130/12 "2006-04-10T22:15:38Z")
As for the loss of dramatic tension, I don’t think knowing the hero will survive will necessarily hurt the show any more than it does any other series or movie. Most of the time it’s a given that the main character is going to pull through somehow, and yet with good storytelling and direction the show/film can still be suspenseful. Besides, most of the tension on 24 (especially this season) has been centered around which of the umpteen _supporting_ characters is going to bite the dust this week. The show does such a good job keeping me worried about another “Edgarcide” that I’m relieved I don’t have to bite my my nails about seeing Jack get blowed up real good. (And even if he does, he’ll just crawl out from the wreckage and dust himself off, like the hero in an old cliffhanger serial.) > [@Marley23](#): > > Very James Bond-y thread title. “Jack Bauer will return in… Die Another Payday.” I was hoping someone would catch that. 😃