Blasphemy, I know, but it is a possibility.
I am torn. To me, Jack Bauer IS 24.
They’d almost have to rework the show for anyone else to take the lead role!
You’re right, Jack Bauer is 24.
I might stick around for a few seasons if they replaced him with someone decent. Just so long as they don’t shoe-horn in something totally outlandish. Black Bauer might be fun to see torturing and killing indiscrimnantly.
Of course… because it’d be the Adventures of Curtis. Curtis is the man!
I’d give it a shot with Curtis - especially if Chloe became the new Torture Person - but we have such a history with Jack that it’d be really tough.
No. Keifer Sutherland and his character are the reason I watch the show.
I would definitely not watch it without him.
Yeah, they’d just have to make the suspect socialize with her. They’d crumble inside of an hour.
If they tried to make 24 without Jack Bauer, Jack Bauer would totally kick their asses.
Exactly. Think of the money they’d save without having to buy those chemicals and headsets and electroshock thingies!
The hell with Simon Cowell. Nobody on Fox can crush an ego like Chloe.
I’d LOVE to see a Chloe O’Brian spinoff – I find Mary Lynn Rajskub’s character that entertaining. But 24 is all about Jack Bauer, the man who could beat Batman, Deathstroke, and even Chuck Norris without stopping to use the bathroom.
Depending on Tony’s status, I could see a show where maybe he and Curtis go off to start their own repo company. Chloe could be their PR person, Buchanan would be the accountant, and Edgar would handle advertising. It’d be a hit!
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There are a lot of sharp characters on the show, but they haven’t portrayed any other individual as having the courage, intelligence, skills and resources that Jack has. The whole point is that Jack is the most unique, unreplaceable man in the world, and trying to convince an audience that someone else had filled his shoes would fail horrendously. I probably wouldn’t bother.
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Although it could get interesting if they suggested that Jack had secretly passed along all of his knowledge and training to Chase and Kim. Then Jack could allow himself to be killed, and just when the supervillains of the world think they can rest easy, a new generation of whoop-ass appears!
My daydreams are going to amuse me now…
sigh
I just realized I said “most unique” in my prior post. :smack: I hope Jack doesn’t have a grievance with poor use of English.
Then again, I could swear that at some point last season, he said “nucular.”
If Kiefer Sutherland leaves, they should turn the show into a sitcom. Y’know… about the hijinks of Edgar and his wacky neighbor, Chloe. Hi-tech hijinks will ensue!
Hijinks in which… MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL DIE!
Uh-oh…
24 without Bauer? I doubt it.
Only Curtis would have a chance, but he still needs another year of field training. But I think the show will probably die with Jack(or retire with jack).
24 without Jack?
The show would then be called, “5 minutes” and that is about how long it would stay on the air.
Never fear, I believe Kiefer has signed a contract for this year, and two additional years (at least I think I read that last summer…).
Would you watch 24 without Jack Bauer?
Nope.