Actually, at the beginning of the episode after Air Force One was shot down, they reported that the escort fighters shot down the stealth fighter.

Haha. That's what I was yelling out right when Jack first saw Tony being held hostage. "Shoot the hostage! Shoot the hostage! Didn't Keanu teach you anything from Speed?! SHOOT THE HOSTAGE!!!"


Who could have known that Keanu Reeves would be so helpful?

Haha, that is a hilarous image.

I really have no idea where the show's gonna end up. There's a bunch of loose threads that they could randomly use. The stealth fighter pilot, Behrooz, the Chinese, Edgar, and now Mandy...

Speaking of Mandy, does any other character in the show actually know who she is? The only person who she's been with face to face with is President Palmer, as far as I know. I'm just wondering if anyone's gonna react to seeing her...

Definitely not. None of the "good guys" ever came into contact with her in season one. She did her job, killed her girlfriend, got paid and went her way. She's in season two for all of 10 minutes and I doubt Palmer remembers much, if anything, about that day. She was just another random face in the crowd. Of course, CTU might have a file on her if they do manage to apprehend her. Guess we'll have to see. I'm itching with anticipation about tonight.

Mandy puts an interesting spin onto it.

IMO it's going to be like Xfiles, there's always a bigger conspiracy that's pulling the strings ala smoking man to the syndicate.

omg I am so pumped for tonight! I wrote it down on my calendar and everything!

Me too. Some crazy shit's about to go down!

I heard a rumor that season 5 is going to be the very next day. Has anyone else heard this? That seems a bit unlikely. It's amazing that these people have been awake for 24hrs, let alone 48.

with all that's happening, I wouldn't be surprised if Season 5 was the very next day.

god damn

Wait, I don't remember her in Season One. Can someone explain in context?

omg that was amzing. i loved that finale. best one yet!
i knew that they would destroy the missile. that was a sure thing. i also knew that you cannot have jack dead. i knew all of them were in it.
i think palmer should be back in presidency.
did anyone think the ending was badass where jack walks into the sunrise along the railroad tracks with his aviator sunglasses? that was sweeeeeeet. jack is definitely coming back for day 5, no matter what china does.

howd you know? i think u checked it somewhere. anyways, you wouldnt have known the speed of the missile because it was announced in the last episode. lol.

well.... I wasn't disappointed.... even did a kosher bbq around the event with some neighbors.

day 5... i can't even imagine.

Definately a sweet episode. I was surprised the the climax of the main storyline happened pretty early on, with Marwan dying and the missile being destroyed. I was afraid the rest of the episode was gonna be sucky, but they definately played their cards right. Lots of stuff left just open enough for next season, too.

I have a feeling that won't be last we see of Mandy, either.

Oh, man, and did anyone else notice the total hotness that was Mandy towards the beginning of the episode? Holy crap, what I wouldn't give to be one of the guns on those leg straps.... :crazy:

Trust me, I didn't look it up. I wanted to be surprised by the ending just like everyone else. When the nuke launched, it launched from the midwest. It would have taken three hours to get to either coast. They mentioned that. They left it open like that to keep us guessing. That was my guess. :thumbsup:

Okay, so it doesn't seem like the next season will be the next day. They wrapped up enough stuff where it wouldn't make a lot of sense.

Overall, I think that was a great way to end the season. The nuke was eliminated, Marwan is dead (which was a pretty kick ass scene), Mandy is gonna get away with everything so her juicy self will be back for more in season 5, Michelle and Tony are back together and Jack is a free man.

The walk into the sunrise was quite an ending. Very cowboy-like. Only thing missing was a horse.

When he dialed his phone in the last scene, I was waiting for Kim to answer. How funny would that have been? I would have lost it. :lol:

Who knows how they're going to bring Jack back for season 5 if at all. It sounds like he's leaving the country. Michelle and Tony plan on leaving so who knows if they'll be in the next season. All I know is that if Chloe and Edgar are the only returning cast members next season, I'm not watching it!

No Jack Bauer = No Stone Grody

Here's to another great season of 24!

I really liked the way it ended. Sealed the last 4 seasons very nicely.

I suspect that Jack, Tony, Michelle, and Chloe should be gone by this season. So this gives the writers a chance to start again.

The last 4 seasons were just awesome. But I did find this final episode a bit predictable. Especially the plot of Michelle/Tony. Also, it was expected that Tony, Michelle, and Jack were not going to die since they were the main stars of the show. So by having them all gone, it leaves a whole new possiblity of things to happen for the upcoming seasons.

Love the way how everything was closed though. Nice and happy ;)

I dunno, after Curtis knocked Mandy the FUCK OUT, the rest of the episode was kind of 'eh' to me. Me and my friends saw the Michelle/Tony/Jack plot coming a mile away, one of my friends shouted 'Give him the epinephrine!' before they even took out the syringe.

And the missile being shot down was just too easy in my opinion. I was expecting a little more drama or creativity. I dunno, I guess in general I thought the first half of the finale was better than the second half.

the thing that bugged me about the first half was the ploy Mandy did with her neighbors. that was insanely obvious, and jack & co. shoulda figured that out a whole lot quicker. as soon as we saw the shadowed couple come out, it was obvious that it wasn't tony and her, and you knew that the rain was gonna give it away, since they specifically pointed out that it was starting to pour.

i don't know, maybe they just dragged that out longer than they did with jack's fake death. it just seemed like the show was (poorly) trying to get us to think that tony died in the explosion, but it wasn't really trying to make us think that jack had died.

and Curtis leveling Mandy was awesome.

Incredible Show...Incredible end

tonights season finale was amazing...sometimes i think that they could change the show into a cartoon and no one would notice a difference...but awesomely fun nontheless.

10 things to expect from the new season:
1. No Edgar or Chloe...new day mean new techies (every season has its own, even though they are my favorite sociopaths)
2. New CTU management(gives it a hey...this actually happens two years after day4 feel.)
3. Jack comes out of retirement...again
i.e.
Director of CTU: Isn't there anyone who can stop this thing?
Curtus(if he's still around): there was one, but he died a year ago
Someone in the Know: thats not exactly true (change scene to a scruffy Keifer walking on an endless highway.)
3a. Tony and Michelle too
4. Jack doesn't die again but will in season 6...it seems to happen every other day
5. Hopefully not another nuke...
6. POWER STRUGGLE in the white house (should be the subheading of the show)
7. Some terrorist with a delightful name like Habib Marwan
8. How about some more of the little blonde girl from season 2 (they love throwing in people for nostalgic reasons (why should mandy have all the fun?))
9. KIM! (once she realizes that maybe HOUSE OF WAX wasn't a better idea)
10. Jack robbing more quickie marts.

Til next season 24kers!

Wow, what a great ending. I also agree that it was extremely predictable in certain points, and actually told my brother during a commercial that I sincerely hope that they make a trend out of "killing" main characters and resurrecting them minutes later for every episode of Day 5.


But regardless of all the obvious plot points, I enjoyed the finale a lot and I became really excited for the next season. By the sound of the quick teaser at the end, it sounds like according the natural progression of the days, we'll be watching Spaceman Jack Bauer save the Milky Way. He's already saved an individual, a city a country and the world...now he's taking on intergalactic threats and is keeping our Solar System away from harm.


I can't wait.

Just so everyone knows, Chloe WILL be back next season for the WHOLE season. Mary Lynn Rajskub (the actress that plays Chloe) has signed a contract to do the whole season next year. I don't know about Edgar, but Chloe's not going anywhere.

I LOVED tonight's episode. Little cheesy, little unrealistic, but hey, that's 24. I thought it was the best season finale since season one.

And yeah, Mandy looked HOT tonight. Mia Kirshner is just...wow. Her total disregard for anyone and anything only makes it better.

I think that Tony and Michelle have gone the way of Kim and Chase. Maybe a bit roll in season five, but I don't think they'll be back. They've made their decision and are going to stick with it. I think they'd be hard-pressed not to bring back Jack, though. I'm not entirely sure how they're going to go about doing it, and I'm sure it will be unrealistic and ridiculous, but as long as I get to see season-2 style full beard mountain-man Jack again, I'll deal with it.

Now check that out. This makes 2 consecutive seasons that include Jack's heart has coming to a complete stop. And for the finale, it'll stop for good. But let's have a few more kick ass seasons before that day comes upon us.

I don't get this talk about Jack not coming back... for me, it's completely not even an option. For next season or any season. Has there been official talk of having the show sans Jack/Kiefer?

Every season, hell every episode, has been completely focused on Jack doing his thing. I guess they could introduce someone like Chase again, and transition into him being the lead character, but that'd be a looooong process... at least for me to accept it. I don't know.. for me, 24 isn't about terrorists trying to blow shit up, it's about Jack being a total badass.

twenty-four minus Jack equals zero.

[24 Fanatic correction] Jack's heart did not stop two seasons in a row. His heart stopped in Season 2 when he was being tortured and taser'd. Season 3 Jack had a heroin problem, but no heart stoppage [/24 Fanatic correction]

I have a feeling Jack will be back as a black-ops type guy in Season 5. He's the ultimate in plausible deniability.

"What, Jack Bauer attacked your embassy? That is proposterous, he's dead"

What a fantastic ending to the fourth series. Jack walking into the sunrise, aviators on, cool as ice.

I agree the downing of the missile was a real let down, they could have made that so much more thrilling. I feel so sorry for the agent captured by the Chinese who gave up Jack's name - when he was talking to CTU and said 'My transport's here' I don't think anyone believed that was his real ride. Likewise when the two shadowy figures got into the car that exploded - Jack took his sweet time figuring that one out!

:thumbsup:

I didnt like the whole missle destruction scenario either. at least let it go let it get shot and let it fall into the ocean off the coast of Cali...i am no rocket scientist but if a nuke blows up before it reaches its target the radioactive material wont be released??

Also can somebody tell me what happened to the mercenary in the stealth bomber...am i the only one who did not see him get his?

stealth fighter was shot down by the Airforce One escorts.

no, the radioactive material would not have the same fallout as if it detonated, yet it would still be dangerous to some degree, but not in the same manner at all.

It was shot down? was that within the same episode...i totally missed them showing that....or was it just a quick two lines of dialogue.

it was radio chatter as the plane was going down.

ok, thx. that was bugging me the whole 2 hours on monday night. i was just waiting for the stealth bomber...but it was already downed

http://tvguide.com/news/thebiz/

And the return of Jack Bauer in Season 5 is CONFIRMED! WOOOOOOOO!!!

Sweet! He was bad ass when he worked for CTU, how much more bad ass is he gonna be when he's rogue?!?!?

Maybe he'll turn to the dark side...

he'll be super duper extra black ops covert extrelemly for your eyes only top secret classified.

I just saw Swordfish (again). Maybe Jack will team up with John Travolta... as rogue terrorits smashers

OK, I know it is kind of a no no to bring up old posts, but I had to comment because tilted entertainment is my favorite board, and I'm the type of 24 fan that can't watch it during the season due to how they leave EACH episode hanging so bad that I want to kill myself until the next week. (view my post on page 1 of this thread). So I tivo'd it, and over the past 4 days (yes I have a full time job, and yes every night we watched hours and hours and hours of 24) we watched the whole season. Let me tell you, it's like the best entertainment you can find when you watch like that. My ass is tired from all the couch sitting, but I'd like to comment. And although most of you have probably hashed this over and over again throughout the season, I just want to give my quick thoughts from a person that hasn't missed one episode since the first episode of season 1 of 24. Spoilers from previous seasons ensue, don't read on if you haven't watched them all.

No Kim was a bummer, because Elisha Cuthbert is hot. Audrey really needed to be put on a forced vacation some time before she was allowed to stay in the room when Jack was going to torture her husband. Taking a live wire from a lamp and grounding it through someones body is a little more serious than using a tazer, he would have been dead. Tony coming to save the day in his jean jacket was more than bad ass. The new head of CTU (the lady), and her daughter killing herself was not even close to as dramatic as last season Jack killing Chapelle. Every time they get close to Marwan, they only send in one small unit, he gets away every time because the rest of Jack's unit gets killed. Why in the world does Jack only have a hand gun??? That vice president that became president was the biggest pussy on the planet. I cheered every time a previous 24 personality came back, because the new people all suck (Chloe rules, Tony rules, Michelle rules, Palmer rules). Anyone watch the OC during the season, what up Tre, nice work being gay ;) Nuclear weapons need to be detonated, so shooting it down with a missle would be perfectly logical. What's with pretending Jack is dead, we're pretty sure he'll be back for next season. My wife even said what is he going to be black ops or something (which is what some of you noted lately).

Anyways a very fun season to watch, I liked day 3 better, more stories and cutting off arms at the end was pretty darn cool.

Looking forward to next season, but again, I won't comment during the season because I will be TIVO'ing it again. It's so much fun to watch marathon style.

That's a fun couple days of 24 there. :)

I watched season 3 the same way, and season 3 has been my favorite. Coincidence? Maybe not... my parents own the first season on DVD, and I plan to charge through those sometime this summer.

There was some talk (some from me) about how this past season really stretched the whole real-time aspect of the show. I truly try to ignore the minor inconsistencies in regards to that, but this season seemed a lot more blatant about it. How was it when you watched the episodes back to back like you did? I think that's what impressed most about watching season 3 marathon style, was that the its believability didn't fall apart during it.

Yeah, I didn't get any of that watching marathon style. I though the flow was good. The one thing we do though is we never stop watching at the end of an episode. Usually becuase the endings are all such nail biters. We will watch 10 minutes in to the next hour to see what happens.

I watched seasons 1 - 3 on DVD. And the one thing I don't like about that is that when you move on to the next hour. The image displayed on the DVD usually gives away some of what happens. That didn't happen (obviously) with watching by Tivo.

Oh, and season 3 was my favorite as well out of the series. Seems that a lot of others didn't like it as well, but I just thought it was great.

We tivo and tend to watch in groups like that for Shield, Alias, 24, MI-5, etc.

I definitely enjoy not having to wait a week to find out what happens.

Elisha Cuthbert was a distraction and added little to the show but dumb blonde stupidity. I'm glad that she's not on the show any longer.