Which has always happened. The show was never in realtime, even when Kiefer opened every episode with “Events occur in real time”
Just going by my fuzzy memory, it seems like the convention of real time was more strictly adhered to in the early seasons. It seems that as the years went by, they became more lax in sticking to it. Maybe someone who has viewed the first couple of seasons recently can chime in on this.
One thing I actually remember, from watch the Pilot, the very first time it aired, was that there was a big clock in the Antique store that Kim went to.
The clock of course has the correct, in world, time – just after midnight.
Would have loved to have seen more ““Real”” clocks in 24, and not the orange LCD overscreen digital.
I like the way you think.
Chloe needs to have her own spin-off show.
Yes!
I actually would like to see her alter ego, Gail the Snail get her own show:
http://www.slashcontrol.com/free-tv-shows/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/3503227122-gail-the-snail
Pshaw. They could always prequel it.
Jack can’t die because he’s supposed to live happily ever after with Renee!
Jack can’t die because he’s supposed to live happily ever after with Audrey
Fixed that for ya, tr0psn4j.
Jack needs to die, just so he can go into deep cover to fight Garula’s zombie apocalypse.
Just don’t kill off Renee Walker. I wouldn’t mind seeing her on the big screen.
The problem I’ve had with the past few seasons is not the ridiculousness of it but the repetitiveness. The specifics of the threat change, the bad guys change, but the rest is just the same. This was getting tiring even at the end of season (4?) when Jack was presumed dead and walked off into the sunset. I had really high hopes for the next season; I naively thought that they were finally going to do something different. Even when that season started, with Jack working at the whatever-it-was (oil rig?), I was thinking, “Finally, something different. Maybe a smaller threat, eco-terrorists take over the oil rig. Or something”. But no, they got right back into CTU-this, president-that, millions-will-die, etc. etc.
The only real problem with “24” is that the writers have absolutely zero imagination. Why does every story have to involve presidential politics? Why does every story have to have bad guys and/or some leader from Whocaresistan? And, of course, the biggest: why does every season have to have a CTU mole??? After eight years, god in heaven, why can’t CTU figure out how to do decent background checks on new employees?
The writers actually did a really good job in that season (2? 3?) where it looked like the usual CTU mole was in play, but then it turned out the mole was actually working with Jack. That was a good twist that caught me by surprise. But after that, they should have put the mole idea to bed for good.
I do think that the first couple of seasons were much better (not perfect) at the real time thing. They at least minimized or disguised the events that happened between the end of one episode at 10:00pm and the start of the next episode at 10:00pm. Now, if you actually watch two episodes back-to-back, it’s laughable how much actually happens during that non-time period.
You misspelled “Chloe.”
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This actually makes a LOT of sense. **
- Fox Kills Jack Bauer. If they do it right, it will be the highest rated episode.
- “Everyone” gets to come back.
- Would be nice to see some Palmer the First action again. [Before President. Would be Awesome if done as a Cameo]
- If they go back far enough, Kim won’t be born yet.
But seriously, Not quite sure how to do it, but a Prequel [[Or even in its own canon]] looks good.
The following takes place between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM as a figment of your imagination.
Events never occur in real time, and we admit, for us, that wouldn’t be something new.
Meeko, I think Kiefer’s looking a little rough for a prequel. The 24-verse is something like 14 years in from the first season, so now it’s around 2015 or so.
So instead of asking us to buy Kiefer as a 30-year-old, I say go waaay back - CTU Babies! Like Muppet Babies, only thigh-stabbier!
Can you imagine Chloe as a CTU Baby?