# No More '24' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970 "2010-03-27T00:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/1 "2010-03-27T00:16:02Z")
Too bad. Maybe they’ll make a feature movie with Jack Bauer now. I really can’t imagine Keifer playing anything else. > **[Live Feed](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/e/live-feed/)** ---
**Author:** ![RhapsodyInBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RhapsodyInBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RhapsodyInBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/2 "2010-03-27T01:50:15Z")
Does this mean the terrorists have won? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/3 "2010-03-27T01:52:36Z")
As much as we have always been big fans, I have to admit this season is starting to feel - tired. So I have mixed feelings - but perhaps it is simply time for this show to go out on at least a half a high note. The hints of a “darker” ending this season has my interest piqued. Obviously, Jack can’t die if they intend to do a movie version, but maybe this time Jack won’t be as successful as in season’s past, and the damned bomb actually goes off as planned? That would be a hell of a switch. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/4 "2010-03-27T02:12:35Z")
Jack’s not gonna let it end. Just when you think it’s gonna end, Jack’s not gonna let it. He’s not. (also, I heard yesterday that NBC might pick it up) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/5 "2010-03-27T03:38:11Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Jack’s not gonna let it end. Just when you think it’s gonna end, Jack’s not gonna let it. > > He’s not. > (also, I heard yesterday that NBC might pick it up) From **Stephe’s** link, though, NBC passed on it. > [@](#): > > Producers did sniff around at other networks, namely NBC, with 20th TV offering to lower its license fee to $3.5 million to keep the show going. NBC ran the numbers and passed. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/6 "2010-03-27T03:41:36Z")
> [@RhapsodyInBlue](#): > > Does this mean the terrorists have won? No, it means MILLIONS will … have to find something else to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/7 "2010-03-27T04:57:25Z")
Just found out. I put in my Season One DVD to reflect. 1. Kiefer looks 20 years younger. 2. Apparently, 3.5 floppies were cutting edge back then 3. Jayme can get you “all the passwords” connected to a phone number of a home PC. ---- All 3 of them. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/8 "2010-03-27T07:36:51Z")
I’ve maintained for a few seasons now that te only way to go was to embrace the ridiculousness of it all. IMHO the best way would have been to go with an alien invasion, preferably shape-change Skrull-alikes, with the big reveal of their being aliens at the end of the 12th episode before a mid-season break. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/9 "2010-03-27T08:13:46Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > The hints of a “darker” ending this season has my interest piqued. _24_ always had darker elements. The ending of Season I, Jack being a smack addict in III, his own father and brother wanting to kill him in VI… ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/10 "2010-03-27T11:46:22Z")
I think the entire “Events Occur In Real Time” angle should never have been dropped. It used to follow all of “The following takes place between” segments. It should have been fully explained, and strictly adhered to. The show would have been harder to write, but 24 owns that idea, and it totally screwed it over by dropping it. Alias came along after 24 [If memory serves] and I remember thinking it was more " 24 " than 24 was. The only problem is, I think FOX thought so too. FOX moved the show there, and lost 24’s reason to exist. Then again, how many seasons did Alias have? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/11 "2010-03-27T11:53:30Z")
> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#): > > _24_ always had darker elements. The ending of Season I, Jack being a smack addict in III, his own father and brother wanting to kill him in VI… The Empire striking back in V… That’s a bit of continuity I think FOX blatantly dropped right there. Jack had a huge Tatoo that even Michael Scofield would approve of. It was there, in the background of the next season. I Saw it, and loved how it was there, for people who knew what it meanted.I don’t think it has been in the last season, or this one. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/12 "2010-03-27T12:05:52Z")
I came late to the party. This is the first season I’ve watched as it aired. We did start at the beginning with DVDs, just not 'til about a year ago. Perhaps it’s weighted because of the compressed way in which I saw the show but there is a degree of sameness to each season. With the number of elements that stay consistent, and possible variables I think ending now leaves everybody thinking it was a pretty good run. If it continued what would we need to keep it fresh? A 12 year old genius CTU agent? Jack’s new partner is a weaponized orangutan? Jack and his 5 year old grandaughter happen to be there when terrorists try and take over Disneyland…and the grandaughter turns out to be the insider helping them? The story I looked at (on Yahoo) before seeing this thread indicated that a feature is definitely in development. So, what are your hopes and dreams for Jack? What would you like to see in a 24 movie? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/13 "2010-03-27T17:09:50Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > If it continued what would we need to keep it fresh? A 12 year old genius CTU agent? Jack’s new partner is a weaponized orangutan? Jack and his 5 year old grandaughter happen to be there when terrorists try and take over Disneyland…and the grandaughter turns out to be the insider helping them? Like I said, shape-changing aliens infiltrating the US government. Do a deal with Marvel so they could use the Skrulls. It could have been like Secret Invasion but, you know, good. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/14 "2010-03-27T17:21:16Z")
It had a good run, and the idea was wearing pretty thin. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/15 "2010-03-27T18:55:35Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Like I said, shape-changing aliens infiltrating the US government. Do a deal with Marvel so they could use the Skrulls. It could have been like Secret Invasion but, you know, good. I’ve been arguing for the terrorist threat to be a zombie apocalypse since season 5. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/16 "2010-03-27T19:00:35Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I think the entire “Events Occur In Real Time” angle should never have been dropped. It used to follow all of “The following takes place between” segments I figured they dropped it because it was redundant. After you’ve said, ‘the following takes place between 2am and 3am,’ isn’t it kind of pointless, in an hour-long show, to mention that it’s occurring in real time? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/17 "2010-03-27T19:06:06Z")
So when will the retconning of the 24 timeline begin? And where will you put the real finale? Personally, I think the show reached its peak after the 4th season and Jack walking off into the sunset having to live under an assumed name would have been a good ending (or a fantastic beginning to Jack as the Incredible Hulk). But that didn’t happen and these last four years have been either total crap (season 6), just alright (season 7), fairly decent (season 5) and actually somewhat enjoyable (this season). ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/18 "2010-03-27T19:22:04Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I really can’t imagine Keifer playing anything else. He could play Alex Lifeson in a made-for-tv Rush documentary. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/19 "2010-03-28T14:17:32Z")
Sad news for me. Pretty much the only TV show I watch is ‘24’, and I only watch the boxed sets as and when each season becomes available over here (UK). I enjoy it as pure, silly hokum, and I don’t mind that it’s about as believable as Clinton’s marriage vows. I just appreciate it for what it is, and enjoy my 24 episodes of daft, escapist action drama. I didn’t expect it to last forever, but I thought they might make it to ten seasons before finally pulling the plug. Farewell, then, Jack, and thanks for saving the world. Again and again. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970/20 "2010-03-28T14:51:43Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I figured they dropped it because it was redundant. After you’ve said, ‘the following takes place between 2am and 3am,’ isn’t it kind of pointless, in an hour-long show, to mention that it’s occurring in real time? Except that the events don’t occur in real time. Things happen and people move from location to location much quicker than possible in real time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-24/533970.md?page=2)