24: Day 7 Begins This Sunday, Jan 11th

It’s been almost two full years since the last new episode of 24 hit the airwaves, and we can lay the blame for no new Jack Bauer adventures squarely at the feet of the 2008 Writers Strike. Thankfully, Jack’s back and he couldn’t have returned at a better time. 24 Season 7’s 2-night, 4-hour season premiere begins this Sunday, January 11th and then continues on Monday, January 12th. Here’s hoping 24’s new season is light years better than 24: Redemption, the clunker of a made for TV movie they gave us a month ago.


It’s really amazing how a show can go from giving us their best work ever (Season 5) and then turn around and give us utter garbage ever since (Season 6 and Redemption). I really want Season 7 to be good, but I’m just not sure that’s possible anymore. There are a few things about 24: Day 7 that might lead to a return to form for the FOX serial action/drama/thriller. The first of which is the return of Carlos Bernard and his previously deceased character Tony Almeida.


Tony had been fighting by Jack Bauer’s side since Day 1, and it’s no mere coincidence that the worst season in the show’s history is the one season Bernard was not a part of the show’s large cast. It couldn’t have taken Kiefer Sutherland and co. very long to figure out that Tony’s return from the dead was an outright necessity. The second important change to 24 this season is that Bauer is no longer operating as a CTU agent. Evidently after Season 6 the federal government disbanded the Counter Terrorist Unit altogether, but have no fear Mary Lynn Rajskub’s Chloe O’Brian and James Morrison’s Bill Buchanan are both back for another crazy day in the life of Jack Bauer.

While it’s sad to see CTU’s Los Angeles headquarters go, it frees Jack up to have adventures outside of LA and surrounds him with a whole new cast of characters. I am hoping it also brings a new dynamic to the character of Jack Bauer since he is no longer tied down by CTU’s rules and regulations. I guess only time will tell if Season 7 will be any good or not, but you can be sure The Blot will be tuning in week after week to see what kind of crazy situation Jack gets himself into this time. I just hope he finds time this season to go to the bathroom!

24 airs every Monday on FOX at 9/8c.

24: Redemption Airs This Sunday on FOX

Yes, you read that correctly. After almost two years, Jack Bauer is finally returning to television! Last year’s Writers Strike may have ended 24’s season before it ever began, but as we’ve come to learn over the years nothing can stop Kiefer Sutherland’s super CTU agent Jack Bauer. Bauer makes his triumphant return to television in the two hour TV movie 24: Redemption this Sunday, November 23rd.


Bridging the gap between Season 6 and Season 7, this made for television movie explains where Jack has been since he sacrificed everything for his country and became a wanted man by the U.S. Government. Without giving too much away, 24: Redemption finds Bauer working as a missionary in Africa when he is called upon to stop a ruthless warlord from drafting innocent children into his murderous militia. Bauer must first confront his own torturous past and face an impossible decision that will change his life forever. A decision that will set the stage and raise the stakes for Season Seven, which debuts in January 2009.

24: Redemption Trailer


24: Redemption stars Kiefer Sutherland along with Cherry Jones, Robert Carlyle, Gil Bellows and Jon Voight. You can watch the world premiere of 24: Redemption this Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 8/7c. This will hopefully properly prepare us for the 2 day, 4 hour season premiere of 24 Season 7, which begins on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 8/7c and concludes on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 8/7c.