24

Ep.

Title

Air/Pub'l

Grade

Author
Mondo Extra

Meet The New Boss

Meet The New Boss - In the wake of Joel Surnow's departure, what can we expect from 24 under a new showrunner?

 2008.02.15
2008.02.15		 N/A

M. Giant
6-25
Extra

Prison Break

Prison Break - Kiefer Sutherland might be looking at a lengthy jail sentence, but Fox isn't taking the news lying down.

 2007.10.02
2007.10.02		 N/A

M. Giant
6-24
Recap

Unresolved

Day 6: 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM - At the start of the last hour, everything is pretty much resolved except for what's going to become of Kiefer and Josh. At the end of the last hour, only one of those questions has been answered.

 2007.05.21
2007.05.25		 C+

M. Giant
6-23
Recap

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Day 6: 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM - What's the difference between "suspenseful" and "slow"? Don't ask this episode.

 2007.05.21
2007.05.23		 B

M. Giant
6-22
Recap

Chip And Dip

Day 6: 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM - On the one hand, doofy teen Josh Bauer. On the other hand, a vital electronic component whose misplacement may provoke the Russians to start World War Three. Hmmm...

 2007.05.14
2007.05.17		 B-

M. Giant
6-21
Recap

Die Hard At CTU

Day 6: 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM - CTU gets attacked yet again. Statistically, this now makes it the least safe place in Los Angeles.

 2007.05.07
2007.05.09		 B

M. Giant
6-20
Recap

Play Nice

Day 6: 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM - For once, Kiefer and his friends at CTU want to prevent someone from being tortured. Yes, it's Audrey, and it's because they think it won't work, but progress is progress.

 2007.04.30
2007.05.02		 A-

M. Giant
6-19
Recap

Swap Meet

Day 6: 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM - The exchange of Audrey for the Russian nuke component goes ahead according to plan -- Cheng's plan, not Kiefer's.

 2007.04.23
2007.04.26		 B

M. Giant
6-18
Recap

Kiefer's Ex vs. World War III

Day 6: 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM - Remember when Kiefer gave Tony such a hard time about risking national security for the sake of the woman he loved? Yeah, Kiefer doesn't, either.

 2007.04.16
2007.04.21		 B-

M. Giant
6-17
Recap

Nuclear Winner

Day 6: 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - Kiefer kills the terrorists and recovers the nukes in time for bed. Think he's going there? Think again.

 2007.04.09
2007.04.12		 B+

M. Giant
6-16
Recap

How To Disarm A Terrorist

Day 6: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Gredenko takes desperate measures to win his freedom, and about ten more minutes of life.

 2007.04.02
2007.04.06		 B

M. Giant
6-15
Recap

The Veep Is A Creep

Day 6: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - While Kiefer risks the life of a developmentally disabled man to catch Gredenko, Sandra Palmer risks the life of her brother to stop the Veep from nuking Mideastia.

 2007.03.26
2007.03.31		 B+

M. Giant
6-14
Recap

Baby The Raines Must Fall

Day 6: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Marilyn puts the moves on Kiefer, and then tells him that Audrey's been dead for months. And yet they don't immediately fall into bed together.

 2007.03.19
2007.03.24		 B

M. Giant
6-13
Recap

Husbands And Wives

Day 6: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Logan's crazy ex-wife accomplishes in less than a minute what nobody else could all hour. And she smoothes over a conflict with Russia, too.

 2007.03.12
2007.03.17		 C+

M. Giant
6-12
Recap

Small Consulation

Day 6: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Kiefer gets busted again while illegally invading yet another Consulate. Oh, Kiefer, when will you ever learn?

 2007.03.05
2007.03.08		 B

M. Giant
6-11
Recap

Wayne In Pain

Day 6: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Kiefer follows his dad's clue to a disgraced former president who offers his help. And then the current president gets blown up.

 2007.02.26
2007.03.01		 B

M. Giant
6-10
Recap

Daddy Issues

Day 6: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Kiefer thinks his dad's going to kill him. Maybe someone should have sprung for a better Father's Day gift in the first place.

 2007.02.19
2007.02.23		 B-

M. Giant
6-9
Recap

Not-So-Grandfather

Day 6: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - After killing one son, Kiefer's dad tries to engineer the death of the other by threatening the life of his grandson. (He took an hour off, so he needed to catch up.)

 2007.02.12
2007.02.17		 B-

M. Giant
6-8
Recap

Unlovely Rita

Day 6: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - McCarthy's girlfriend not only refuses to spring Morris, she kills McCarthy and hands Morris over herself. Things don't work out well for either of them.

 2007.02.12
2007.02.15		 B

M. Giant
6-7
Recap

That'll Do, Pig

Day 6: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - We defy you not to think of that line during this episode's final scene, as James Cromwell's ongoing quest to ruin Babe forever advances another stage.

 2007.02.05
2007.02.09		 A-

M. Giant
6-6
Recap

Glower, Cower, And Tower

Day 6: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - It's a Bauer family reunion.

 2007.01.29
2007.02.02		 C+

M. Giant
6-5
Recap

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Day 6: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Tied to a chair with a plastic bag over your head, by the time Kiefer's done with you.

 2007.01.22
2007.01.26		 A-

M. Giant
6-4
Recap

Manning Down

Day 6: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - On the bright side, at least Curtis didn't live to see Los Angeles get nuked.

 2007.01.15
2007.01.20		 A-

M. Giant
6-3
Recap

Putting The "Curt" In "Curtis"

Day 6: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Everyone's favorite Handsome Black Agent gets owly about having to work with a former terrorist. Learning from that former terrorist that the bad guys have a nuke doesn't help things any.

 2007.01.15
2007.01.18		 B

M. Giant
6-2
Recap

The Odd Couple

Day 6: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM - Kiefer doesn't want to be a counterterrorist agent anymore, and Hamri Al-Assad doesn't want to be a terrorist anymore. They make the perfect team!

 2007.01.14
2007.01.16		 B+

M. Giant
6-1
Recap

Crushed Velvet

Day 6: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM - The Chinese government releases a battered and weakened Kiefer to the U.S., but it's only so that an Islamic terrorist can take a crack at him. Good news for Kiefer, bad news for the terrorist.

 2007.01.14
2007.01.15		 B

M. Giant
5-25
Extra

Not-So-Secret Service

The Sentinel - Kiefer Sutherland plays a Secret Service agent in pursuit of Michael Douglas, who's not so good at keeping secret who he's been servicing.

 2006.09.14
2006.09.13		 B

M. Giant
5-24
Recap

Shanghaied!

Day 5: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM - We always knew that Kiefer's sins would come back to haunt him. But who knew that the thing that would finally bring him down would be some Chinese security guard's crappy aim?

 2006.05.22
2006.05.26		 B

M. Giant
5-23
Recap

One-Term Wonder

Day 5: 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM - In terms of this season's terror arc, the show shoots its wad a bit early. Which brings us to President Logan.

 2006.05.22
2006.05.25		 B+

M. Giant
5-22
Recap

Das Brute

Day 5: 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM - Vladimir Bierko plans to attack Los Angeles from a commandeered submarine. Which isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. Okay, it is, but for different reasons.

 2006.05.15
2006.05.20		 B-

M. Giant
5-21
Recap

We still have Logan to kick around

Day 5: 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM - After Kiefer makes it back to CTU with the recording, Logan decides that simply choosing not to seek re-election isn't going to cut it. Until Slime offers to pull his ass out of the Constitutional fire, that is.

 2006.05.08
2006.05.11		 A

M. Giant
5-20
Recap

High Jack

Day 5: 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM - Kiefer finally gets the recording back, but he's going to have a hell of a time redeeming frequent flyer miles after this.

 2006.04.31
2006.05.05		 B

M. Giant
5-20
Recap

High Jack

Day 5: 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM - Kiefer finally gets the recording back, but he's going to have a hell of a time redeeming frequent flyer miles after this.

 2006.04.31
2006.05.04		 B+

M. Giant
5-19
Recap

Carry-on Kiefer

Day 5: 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM - Kiefer catches up with Henderson, but he's still got to chase the recording, a pursuit that leads him to stow away on a flight full of diplomats. Talk about your fish-out-of-water scenarios (no offense, Audrey).

 2006.04.24
2006.04.28		 A-

M. Giant
5-18
Recap

Tale of the Tape

Day 5: 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM - That recording of President Logan talking to Henderson changes hands a few times. Which means that the presidency almost does as well.

 2006.04.17
2006.04.21		 A-

M. Giant
5-17
Recap

Danger Deposit Box

Day 5: 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM - Kiefer and Wayne nearly get themselves killed retrieving some Logan-damning evidence from a bank vault, while Audrey dodges CTU surveillance to set up a meeting with her SecDef dad.

 2006.04.10
2006.04.14		 B-

M. Giant
5-16
Recap

Thrilling Bureaucratic Intrigue!

Day 5: 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - While Homeland Security takes over CTU, Kiefer finds out just how high the conspiracy really goes. Hint: it's at about the level where it stops being a conspiracy and starts being "executive authority."

 2006.04.03
2006.04.07		 C+

M. Giant
5-15
Recap

What is it with chicks, man?

Day 5: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM - 24 explores a few feminist themes, and learns that if you hurt and scream at your ex-girlfriend, she'll like you again if you just chase away the next guy who does it. Also, some women are harassment-accusing nutcases, so NO TOUCHING!

 2006.03.27
2006.03.31		 B-

M. Giant
5-14
Recap

Spy vs. Spy

Day 5: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - The only thing standing between Kiefer and his only lead to Bierko is a German intelligence agent and his own sense of fair play. So you know how this is going to turn out.

 2006.03.20
2006.03.24		 B

M. Giant
5-13
Recap

McKilled

Day 5: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - McGill makes a heroic sacrifice to help clear the nerve gas out of CTU. Of course, it would have been even more heroic had he not helped create the situation in the first place, or if the sacrifice had constituted more than a few minutes off of his life. But hey, why quibble? Besides, Tony's death is even less heroic.

 2006.03.13
2006.03.17		 B+

M. Giant
5-12
Recap

Edgar, Dead! Grr.

Day 5: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Do you think CTU would try harder to find the nerve gas if they were a target? They're about to find out.

 2006.03.06
2006.03.10		 A

M. Giant
5-11
Recap

The Plot Quickens

Day 5: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Tony comes to, FLOTUS gets flirty, Curtis contains a canister, Kiefer questions the Hendersons, and a terrorist takes McGill's keycard. Good thing another episode is coming right up after this so something can happen.

 2006.03.06
2006.03.09		 A-

M. Giant
5-10
Recap

I Won't Be Your Father Figure

Day 5: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - While McGill goes rapidly postal and FLOTUS waits in vain for her husband to rescue her, the search for the nerve gas leads Kiefer to his former CTU mentor. I've seen happier reunions.

 2006.02.27
2006.03.02		 A-

M. Giant
5-9
Recap

Now That's Hospitality

Day 5: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - FLOTUS puts herself in harm's way to protect the Russian president. Doesn't she know he can't vote for her husband no matter what?

 2006.02.20
2006.02.25		 A-

M. Giant
5-8
Recap

Gassing The Gap

Day 5: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - The terrorists plan to give new meaning to the expression "shop till you drop." And Kiefer's expected to help them.

 2006.02.13
2006.02.17		 B

M. Giant
5-7
Recap

I Got Your Gas Right Here

Day 5: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - The terrorist formerly known as Yellow Tie simply will not give up on using the deadly nerve gas in his possession. Dudesky, just eat a bunch of chili and call it a day.

 2006.02.06
2006.02.10		 B

M. Giant
5-6
Recap

If We Only Had the Nerve Gas

Day 5: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - The White House Chief of Staff helped the terrorists get the nerve gas so he could blow it up in their faces. Things blow up, all right, but not in the faces he expected them to.

 2006.01.30
2006.02.04		 C+

M. Giant
5-5
Recap

Cry, Wolf

Day 5: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - CTU's Spencer Wolf couldn't possibly be the mole; it's too obvious. In related news, CTU's Spencer Wolf is the mole.

 2006.01.23
2006.01.27		 B-

M. Giant
5-4
Recap

Duress Code: Casual

Day 5: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Terrorists try to force Kiefer to direct CTU into an ambush. Now, if only there were some way for Kiefer to communicate the fact that he's being forced to give bad information...

 2006.01.16
2006.01.20		 B

M. Giant
5-3
Recap

Who Rescues the Rescuer?

Day 5: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Kiefer tries to manage an airport hostage crisis, but only manages to become a hostage his own self.

 2006.01.16
2006.01.17		 B+

M. Giant
5-2
Recap

There's No "I" in Kiefer -- Oh, Wait.

Day 5: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Kiefer heads up his own personal investigation into Palmer's death while he's also wanted as the prime suspect, and President Logan tries to determine whether his wife is crazy and paranoid or just crazy.

 2006.01.15
2006.01.16		 A-

M. Giant
5-1
Recap

Ex-Ex-President

Day 5: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM - Someone is killing the people who know Kiefer is still alive. Palmer and Michelle are dead, and Tony isn't far off. Wouldn't just you know it would be Chloe who goes unscathed?

 2006.01.15
2006.01.15		 A-

M. Giant
4-24
Recap

Velvet Underground

Day 4: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM - The work of a world-saving secret agent is never done. Unless, of course, in the process of saving the world this last time, he invaded foreign territory and now that country wants to arrest him and people in the U.S. government want him dead and he has to fake his own demise and totally disappear from the grid. Then I guess his work is probably done, actually.

 2005.05.23
2005.05.28		 C

M. Giant
4-23
Recap

Things Fall Apart

Day 4: 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM - Bitchelle tries to hold it together as Naked Mandy takes Soul Patch hostage and pretends to kill him. The briefly unmasked agent from Kiefer's Consulate raid tries to hold it together under interrogation by the Consulate Cop. Kiefer tries to hold together his collapsing investigation, and the Veep is only able to hold it together at all with help from Palmer.

 2005.05.23
2005.05.27		 B

M. Giant
4-22
Recap

Out of Time

Day 4: 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM - Emphasis on "out." SecDef's son is blamed for the day's attacks, because he didn't tell CTU all about a seemingly unrelated night of debauchery that occurred the week before. Which fits perfectly with this episode's theme that the line between a libertine and an outright terrorist is a fine one indeed.

 2005.05.16
2005.05.20		 B

M. Giant
4-21
Recap

Diplomessy

Day 4: 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM - Kiefer's in trouble with China for getting their Consul killed, and in trouble with DoDder for getting her husband killed. Good thing a nuclear missile is on its way to render it all moot.

 2005.05.09
2005.05.14		 B

M. Giant
4-20
Recap

Gray Widow

Day 4: 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM - DoDder has finally decided which of her two men she's going to stick with. That's bad news for her husband, but not in the way you think.

 2005.05.02
2005.05.05		 A-

M. Giant
4-19
Recap

ImHoudini

Day 4: 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM - ImhoTerror escapes CTU's net for the fourth time in a row, and Potato Face is menaced by the world's most persistent hit man. Whom we didn't hire, we swear.

 2005.04.25
2005.04.30		 B-

M. Giant
4-18
Recap

I Got the Digits

Day 4: 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM - All CTU really wants to do this hour is torture information out of some guy, but the stupid Constitution won't let them. So Kiefer figures out another way…to torture the guy. It's an inspiring tale of perseverance and the triumph of imagination, really.

 2005.04.18
2005.04.23		 C-

M. Giant
4-17
Recap

Unhappy Campers

Day 4: 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM - As Air Force One crashes to the ground, the President's nuclear Football lands at the feet of a couple of hapless civilians. Kiefer has no choice but to draft them into a dangerous game of keep-away with ImhoTerror. Which they lose.

 2005.04.11
2005.04.16		 A-

M. Giant
4-16
Recap

Putting the "Dent" in "President"

Day 4: 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - President Keeler takes a hit -- and not in the polls -- when the pilot of a stolen stealth fighter fires a missile at his plane. Way to talk the bad guy down, there, Kiefer.

 2005.04.04
2005.04.07		 B

M. Giant
4-15
Recap

Terrorist Leader: 2. Bloated Government Bureaucracy: 1.

Day 4: 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM - CTU gives up TerrorTeen to ImhoTerror in exchange for Kiefer, and spends a whole lot of time trying to figure out why they're getting such a bargain.

 2005.03.28
2005.04.01		 B

M. Giant
4-14
Recap

In-fil-tra-tion. Ready? Begin!

Day 4: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM - ImhoTerror has a clever, well-thought-out plan to get one of his men onto an Air Force base. Kiefer has a half-assed, on-the-fly plan to lead CTU to ImhoTerror by going undercover with TerrorMom. Guess which plan works?

 2005.03.21
2005.03.26		 B-

M. Giant
4-13
Recap

The EMP Strikes Back

Day 4: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Kiefer fights mercenary commandos in the looted, blacked-out wasteland of downtown Los Angeles. Not sure why the cameras and microphones are still working, though.

 2005.03.14
2005.03.18		 B-

M. Giant
4-12
Recap

You Down with EMP?

Day 4: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Kiefer learns that ImhoTerror has been working for the defense contractor that invented the MacGuffin, and the company now wants to cover up its somewhat stupid and illegal security lapse with a whole raft of far stupider and much more illegal acts. Now that DrisKid is dead and Driscoll's going home, Soul Patch is in charge of CTU. Talk about a career fast track. We'll how fast he's back out on his tuchis after Bitchelle's in the house.

 2005.03.07
2005.03.12		 B-

M. Giant
4-11
Recap

Current Events

Day 4: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Kiefer secures Grayadder's cooperation with 120 volts of AC, but it's DoDder who's really shocked. With the help of Grayadder, TerrorMom, Soul Patch, Special Agent Breck, and a semi-escaped Curtis, Kiefer tracks down the MacGuffin, and the five remaining nuclear meltdowns are halted. Of course, the bad guy gets away, because we've still got thirteen hours to go here.

 2005.02.28
2005.03.04		 B-

M. Giant
4-10
Recap

Take These Secondary Characters, Please!

Day 4: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - TerrorTeen takes it upon himself to kill his dad. DoDder takes it upon herself to approach a new terror suspect: Grayadder. Kiefer takes action. Special Agent Breck takes advantage of Driscoll. AIIIEEEE!sha takes her last breath, and Curtis takes a gun butt upside the head.

 2005.02.21
2005.02.25		 B-

M. Giant
4-9
Recap

When Worlds Collide

Day 4: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Kiefer catches up with TerrorMom. TerrorDad catches up with TerrorTeen. Mayhem ensues.

 2005.02.14
2005.02.18		 B

M. Giant
4-8
Recap

Together Again

Day 4: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Soul Patch has lost everything but his sense of humor and his Cubs mug, but he can still be Kiefer's wingman any time. AIIIEEEE!sha frames Special Agent Breck as the mole, but Lispy Skip figures out the truth. TerrorTeen and his wounded mom are still on the lam.

 2005.02.07
2005.02.12		 B

M. Giant
4-7
Recap

Bizarre Love Triangle

Day 4: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - Tired of competing with DoDder's soon-to-be-ex-husband for her attention, Kiefer tries to make her jealous by calling on an old love: Soul Patch.

 2005.01.31
2005.02.03		 B+

M. Giant
4-6
Recap

Welcome to the TerrorDome

Day 4: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Kiefer runs! Kiefer shoots! Kiefer saves the day! His only problem is that there's still quite a lot of day left.

 2005.01.24
2005.01.28		 A

M. Giant
4-5
Recap

Closers

Day 4: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Kiefer closes in on the TerrorDome. The terrorists close off DaD and DoDder's ultimate escape route. The TerrorFamily closes out Deaddie's mom. AIIIEEEE!sha wishes she were Lady Mac but she's not even close.

 2005.01.17
2005.01.21		 B

M. Giant
4-4
Recap

Held Up

Day 4: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - DaD and DoDer make a break for it, and TerrorTeen breaks poor TerrorMom's heart by leaving it up to her to kill his girlfriend for him. Kiefer's half-assed plan to stall his quarry at a gas station turns into a fully-ass situation.

 2005.01.10
2005.01.15		 B-

M. Giant
4-3
Recap

Kiefer to the Rescue! Um, Kiefer?

Day 4: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Kiefer's a fugitive, then a felon. Witless takes a major thumping. TerrorMom invites TerrorTeen's girlfriend to her parlor. DaD signs a confession. Curtis has a crazy ex. DiCK gets tortured, sort of. Driscoll is useless. Potato Face cries.

 2005.01.10
2005.01.12		 A-

M. Giant
4-2
Recap

Suddenly, Napster Doesn't Seem So Bad

Day 4: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - Kiefer tries to bring in Witless, but the bad guys beat him there. TerrorTeen's girlfriend follows him on TerrorBusiness. DaD is going to be tried and executed for war crimes. And it's going to be broadcast on the internet. We'll try to let you know if the forums are going to be down.

 2005.01.09
2005.01.10		 B-

M. Giant