Television Soaps Killing Me Slowly… (Part III)

Hello again. If you want to know what this post is regarding, then you should probably be reading “Television Soaps Killing Me Slowly” and “Television Soaps Killing Me Slowly.. Part II” to get a fair bit of idea. Anyways, moving on from NUMB3RS and LOST i got DVD’s of all seasons of the soap called “24“.

Fox’s 24, is one of the most famous, probably the best action category soap being aired on television. It’s a story about a federal agency called CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) and obviously as you can make out from it’s name, CTU’s main motive was to stop any or all terrorist activities in or around U.S. Every season has 24 episodes and all 24 episodes are in real time. It means that every minute in 24 is kinda real time minute in actual day. One episode constitutes the story of one hour in a day and the second episode is the following hour of the same day. So basically you can finish the season in 24 hours of continuous watching. 😆 Actually you would nearly like to watch it all at once. You will be thrilled with suspense, story and action.

The story moves around a CTU agent named Jack Bauer, a character played by Kiefer Sutherland. Ohh, he is such a great character. You’re going to love this guy. He is kinda guy who says “Damn the consequences” or “What rules?” and yes he is still a federal agent. He has his own ways and techniques to handle every kind of situations. He is the guy in the above image of 24. He has a lovely daughter, named “Kim Bauer“, a character played by the now, very famous, “Elisha Cuthbert“. Elisha is such a sweetheart. She is so pretty. She was kinda perfect for this action soap. A perfect girl for the role of cute little kid trying to be strong, etc etc. I mean, even if she didn’t act award-winningly well, at least she looked amazing. 😉 Then there is another woman called Teri Bauer. Character played by Leslie Hope. She is the mother of Kim Bauer and obviously wife of Jack Bauer. No more in 24 though. That’s the whole Bauer family for you! (The girl on the right is Elisha, if you don’t know)

Anyways, moving on… Well, Jack Bauer had some close friends like:

1. Tony Almeida, another Counter Terrorist Unit. His role was played by Carlos Bernard. (View Image: Tony Almeida)

2. Michelle Dessler, a CTU agent and in one season, she was the director of CTU as well. Role played by a hottie Reiko Aylesworth. She is a very beautiful actress. But i hate the director of 24 for ending Tony’s and Michelle’s role in the way he did. Ahh… for those who don’t know, Michelle and Tony got married, eventually in some later season i guess. (View Image: Reiko Aylesworth).

3. Chloe O’Brian. Ahh, the computer geek with a personality disorder. Or something like that. Great character played by pretty famous Mary Lynn Rajskub. I love computer geeks anyways. And i did like her partners in the field at CTU whom i should mention about. Chloe’s ex-husband named Morris O’Brian, he is a good geek again. Then there was Edgar Stiles, another computer geek as well as a comic character. Lastly, a good character called Milo Pressman. A poor fellow who was killed unexpectedly for being so brave. He had the most amazing end in 24. 😆

4. President David Palmer. Now, an assassinated president in 24. Role was played by Dennis Haysbert. And i don’t think there could have been any better person in the whole damn world, who could have performed the role of President Palmer in the way Dennis did. Probably the best character in Fox’s 24. Good work Dennis. His brother in 24, Wayne Palmer (DB Woodside) was a good character as well. Their sister, Sandra Palmer (Regina King), had a short and sweet role to play as well. But God save me that shrewd cruel ex wife of President Palmer. Sherry Palmer, role played by Penny Johnson. Excellent role. Penny brings so much life into character that you would personally like to kill this character as and when you meet her. I meant she was great but character was ugly. Whatever… (View Image: Dennis Haysbert).

5. There were some other great CTU agents who deserve a mention for their great roles. Starting with personal favorite, Bill Buchanan. Role played by James Morrison. For most of the later part of the 24, Bill is the head director of CTU. I loved this character. Audrey Raines, character played by Kim Raver. I’m sorry but i don’t like this character at all. But since she has a major role in 24, that too being the girlfriend of leading character Jack Bauer, i think i should mention her. Curtis Manning (Roger Cross) was a great character as well. He was a great CTU field agent. Unfortunately, had to be killed in one outburst of his on a terrorist. Good work though. George Mason, played by Xander Berkeley. Another good CTU director for the early seasons of 24. No more in CTU as he was dead saving the world. Chase Edmunds, played by James Badge Dale, was a good field ops, who eventually ended up marrying Elisha Cuthbert in 24. Lastly, but very importantly, the guy who held the CTU itself, Ryan Chappelle, character played by Paul Schulze.

6. Rest of the characters that i think did a good work whether small or big: Aaron Pierce (Glenn Morshower), Mike Novick (Jude Ciccolella), President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin), Nina Myers (Sarah Clarke), Lovely Karen Hayes (Jayne Atkinson), The brilliant NUMB3RS mathematician guy, Tom Lennox (Peter MacNicol) and lastly, the very beautiful, pretty eyed, Marilyn Bauer (Rena Sofer). There was only one bad guy who impressed me. Habib Marwan, character played by Arnold Vosloo. You guys do remember him. The evil guy in “The Mummy”, “The Mummy Returns”, “Blood Diamond” etc etc.

If you can believe me, i haven’t even named half of the total characters in 24. These are the ones who impressed me. I believe Fox’s 24 is one of the best soap i have watched in my life. And i do recommend you to get all the seasons and watch them holistic-ly. It’s that great. Only problem is that it is part of “Television soaps killing me slowly series” 😆