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Wasn't it a cougar?

That makes absolutely no sense, but being TV world I guess it could happen and it would turn off a lot of people (not because of being a female, just because it would be dumb based on her character).

I'd prefer they stay away from the president angle all together.

I should have said, terrorists looking to blow up something or blah blah, whatever. Go back to a smaller crisis like season one. It will probably make the season seem less worthless after all the attacks, but they need to do something. Having terrorists blow up something every season is getting old.

No sense, really? Really? How about a guy who has no political experience outside of running his brother's campaign many years ago getting elected President? Is that sense to you?

How do we know how much political experience Wayne has? There are years of his life, before and after he was introduced in season 3, that we know next to nothing about. Also, he was his brother's Chief of Staff.

Next President: Sandra Palmer



I would buy a TV just to break it.

They're one in the same.

Another president? What year does 24 take place in? Wasn't there a different president in every single season? How many years is one term in the 24 world????

They've had two 4-year terms take place since the show began. It's just that they had 3 Presidents serving during the last term(Keeler, Logan, and Gardner) and 2 in a single day on 2 other occasions(Palmer and Prescott on Day 2 and Palmer V.2 and Daniels on Day 6).

I remember reading somewhere that the crew keeps track of the actual amount of time that's passed, and it's been 11 years since season 1.

How to write a season of 24 by toolbin and additions from other people

1. Get Jack to work, he'll say no, but then have something major happen so he feels compelled to help, even though he'll deny wanting to do it.

2. Have something happen around the President, be it a terrorist attack, assassination, illness.

3. There MUST be a traitor within the President's cabinet.

4. You must find a reason to oust the Director of CTU so they can later help add to a downward spiraling plot.

5. Jack must get caught, kill people, get taken in by CTU, smack around a few employees, and then be the hero again

6. Any major terrorist MUST get immunity.

7. Jack must disappear / take time off / etc...at the end of the show. God forbid we make him work 2 days in a row.


Please feel free to add the plethora of stuff I missed.

Yikes, that is bad news.

As far as I am concerned, they don't even need to change the setting for next season, though I wouldn't be against it. I'd be excited if they based an entire season on a much smaller issue, such as in the very first season. Each year they try and one-up the previous season, and last season it ended in disastrous results.

Wow, that's not good.

Well, let's clarify that. She's not opposed to doing a TV series that is shot in New York City. She quit The Shield because she said the LA filming kept her away from her family on the East Coast too much.

No matter what they do, I'd like to see "Rolaide" Lynne Kresge (Michelle Forbes), who was uncerimoniously flipped down several flights of stairs in Season 2, return.

I was all for a change of scenery, but Africa?? That would have costed FOX a fortune, especially for a TV budget. International locations would probably only work for the feature film. But, I'm glad the producers are taking things a little more seriously for next season's story arc.

...so, my interpretation of the latest news is that they *tried* to come up with a fresh idea for S7 and it imploded, leaving them zero development time and every prospect of an even lamer season to come. Hope I'm wrong.

They should just take a year off time come up with a good story.

THERE'S NO TIME!!!!!!1!!!!!111!

I'm with FOX...they could just as easily go shoot up in Vancouver and give the series a whole new "look". Africa would have cost the studio millions more...why not just go shoot out in the Mojave and double it as Africa? Where did LOST shoot their Nigeria scenes with Eko?

That's what's so frustrating. How many shows shoot in L.A. yet manage to be set all over the world? J.J. Abrams' shows seem to have no problem with this. So why is it so difficult for 24 to use SoCal as a double for any number of other cities?

What's really frightening is the part about Mary Lynn Rajskub not knowing she'd be back til a week before filming was scheduled to begin? Is this how little thought they put into which characters will be on the show? If so, that explains the revolving door of cast members last season.

It looks like the 24 producers will never be able to do a sci-fi show. Imagine how costly it would be to film in outer space!!!

I think the writers and producers were being a little too ambitious with this proposed plan. But I'm curious as to why the studio killed this plan with only a few weeks left before principal photography was to start. I thought the writers/producers needed to present their story arc to the studio months ago before a budget was okayed for this season. Alias, The Unit fakes so many international locations while being shot entirely in LA and 24 could have followed the same pattern.

I'm sure the writers won't beat us over the head with that every chance they get.

That would be very exciting!

Not if they continue with the same terrorist related plot. A change in setting wouldn't really make any difference.

2nd worst show on tv? Come on...be serious. Sure, 24 wasn't very good last year but those idiots really think only 1 show is worse than 24? So all that crap that's on the CW is better than 24? All the crappy reality shows are better than 24? Shows like Drive that only lasted 2 weeks are better 24? Get real.

Also:

1) No matter what the administration is, there is always SOMEONE trying to bring it all down, whether it be via ulterior motives or through a shadowy organization.

2) CTU is, for all intensive purposes, a death trap. Over the years, there have been so many deaths in that building (suicide [Driscoll's daughter], shootings [Nina, Teri, Stephen Saunders], and an assortment of terrorist attacks [car bomb in CTU parking lot in season 4, nerve gas attack in season 5, bombing in season 2, takeover in season 6...hell, even in the game, CTU gets jacked by terrorists]...not to mention idiotic bosses (Alberta Green, Ryan Chapelle) who don't know enough to trust their own agents when they go outside normal protocol.

3) Despite the fact that Jack Bauer has saved citizens in Los Angeles from an ungodly amount of terrorist attacks (including saving David Palmer's life TWICE and his wife and daughter in day 1, foiling a splinter cell terrorist group and stopping a nuclear bomb from detonating in Los Angeles AND stopping the U.S. from going to WWIII in season 2, saving the majority of Los Angeles from a biochemical attack in season 3 AND kicking drugs at the same time, singlehandedly assaulting a bunker to save the Secretary of Defense and his daughter in season 4, thwarting multiple nerve gas attacks in season 5 AND killing more terrorists in season 6), everyone STILL seems to think that he can't be trusted. Come on, give the guy a break for once.

4) Leave it to a terrorist group to think up cockamamie plots that hinge on sheer luck to succeed, and, if the plan goes awry, have the villain escape in the most retarded way imaginable (Stephen Saunders walking down a street to escape in season 3, Habib Marwan running down a flight of stairs to escape invading CTU agents, Marwan driving a car away in the middle of the desert as CTU converges on his position, the terrorist from season 6 sliding down a pole to evade Jack Bauer).

5) If you are a supporting character, and you receive a substantial subplot, about 2/3'rds of the way through a season, don't be surprised if you get written off, are killed, or just disappear for no reason (see: Lynne Kresge, Rick [Kim's boyfriend from season 1], Nina Myers, Ryan Chapelle, Milo, etc.)

That's all I've got.

"for all intensive purposes"

???

You know - that face that you make when you're sitting on the toilet trying to push a big one out... you have all intensive purposes. :lol:

FYI crazyrabbits the correct phrase is "for all intents and purposes". ;):up:

they should do a smaller story, they keep trying to do something that will global or national.

Everything is shot in Hawaii.

I don't know about you but I think they should cancel the show and be done with it, the longer it is on, the ratings will go down, just my opinion...

Was Jack Bauer supposed to be fighting AIDS while in Africa?

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I honestly don't care who they cast for the POTUS. The writers need to pay more attention to working on a fresh and interesting story arc that won't piss off fans of the show like season 6 did.

BTW, Isn't Cherry Jones Sarah Paulson's "life partner?"

fixed for the eventual outcome.

I'm pretty positive that this show has just lost all its steam. At this point I'm not expecting anything great for next season.

I think the real question is will it get even worse? Production delays along with having to come up with a brand new storyline when historically this bunch never plans out anything in advance to begin with does not bode well.

And if they're trying to go in a new direction, why even have the President as a character? And how did a female President even get into the Oval Office in the first place? What happened to Palmer V.2 or Daniels?