24 Character Countdown (Episode 17)
Tom Lennox (72)
-Tried to get Wayne to abort the launch (+3)
-Said sorry to the President about not trusting that he had the strength to run the country (+3)
Net Gain/Loss: +6
Current Total: 78
President Wayne Palmer (10)
-Knew “The Ambassador” was lying (+5)
-Yelled at “The Ambassador” most likely blowing a few adrenaline filled blood vessels (+3)
-Aborted the launch when he found out that “The Ambassador� had truly been lying all along (+5)
-Never launched a real nuke in the first place. I will now refund his points that I took away from last week because I thought he launched real nukes (+40)
-Was blown up and was out of the hospital way before that wuss Walid. He just got kicked on the ground by a bunch of thugs and he’s still in the hospital? (+5)
-Knew Tom had a hand in making Powers Boothe step down, and was happy with it (+2)
-Believed that if Jack doesn’t think “conventional� methods would get the information they needed from Fayed then they should go along with Jack’s plan. Always listen to Jack (+7)
-Told “The Ambassador� that his own country was “barbaric� (+3)
-Got “The Ambassador� to call “The General� (+4)
-The poor guy is really going through adrenaline withdrawals. I’ll try and send him some Jolt Energy Gum (-5)
-Wanted more adrenaline (-2)
-Is risking his life for “the good of the country.� That’s the phrase they ALWAYS use right? (+2)
Net Gain/Loss: +69
Current Total: 79
Bill Buchanan (137)
-Didn’t lie for his wife (+3)
-Bill suggested they try something “more drastic� (+5)
-Planned an elaborate ruse with Jack involving an armored car, undercover agents, and a complicated car crash in just minutes (+8)
Net Gain/Loss: +16
Current Total: 153
Nadia Yassir (125)
-Showed a tiny bit of compassion for Doyle (-4)
-Got chastised by jealous Milo because of it (+5)
-Translated the conversation between Fayed and “The General� (+5)
-Figured out that “The General� was using a distress code when he talked to Fayed (+8)
Net Gain/Loss: +14
Current Total: 139
Jack Bauer (466)
-Made Fayed’s face all bloody (+3)
-Punched Fayed in the groin, at least that’s what it looked like and that’s what I’d like to believe (+7)
-Planned an elaborate ruse with Bill involving an armored car, undercover agents, and a complicated car crash in just minutes (+8)
-Said “Now we’re gonna have some fun,� to Fayed (+3)
-Found Fayed getting into a garbage truck (+2)
-Rode on the bottom of the garbage truck. Very Indiana Jones-esque (+8)
-Completely owned terrorist #1 by tripping him and cracking his neck (+10)
-In a matter of seconds he took out Fayed’s entire team of henchmen and breathed new life into this sagging season (+15)
-Fought with Fayed “mano e mano� (+5)
-Bit Fayed. Kiefer really misses being a “Lost Boy� you can tell (+2)
-Told Fayed to say “hi to your brother for me� (+5)
-Gave Fayed the Die Hard special. John McClane would be proud (+10)
-Now he has to go find Audrey, Yippee! (+5)
Net Gain/Loss: +83
Current Total: 549
Chloe O’Brian (225)
-Has completely taken a back seat and is almost solely a background character (-4)
Net Gain/Loss: -4
Current Total: 221
Morris O’Brian (98)
-Stepped in between the Milo/Nadia lovers spat (+3)
Net Gain/Loss: +3
Current Total: 101
Sandra Palmer (-2)
-Has gone back to the hospital to be with Walid. Meaning that she’s not in the show anymore hopefully (+5)
Net Gain/Loss: +5
Current Total: 3
Vice President Powers Boothe (-7)
-Turns out that crazy Powers Boothe was actually right. They wouldn’t have found anything out if he hadn’t tried to launch the nuke in the first place (+10)
Net Gain/Loss: +10
Current Total: 3
Karen Hayes (124)
-Tried to get Bill to lie for her so the launch could be avoided (-3)
Net Gain/Loss: -3
Current Total: 121
Rick “Mikey Doyle� Schroder (96)
-Tried to manipulate Fayed by playing on his “vanity� (-4)
-Wanted to see Fayed suffer (+5)
-Ended up missing the whole sweet hanging thing (-8)
-Was completely amazed by what Jack did (+5)
-At that moment realized that he can never, ever be like Jack Bauer (-6)
Net Gain/Loss: -8
Current Total: 88
Milo (118)
-Acted like a little girl when he heard Nadia wanting to give care to Doyle (-5)
-Grabbed Nadia. Because since he kissed her he owns her right? (-7)
-Most likely ruined any chance he would’ve ever had with Nadia because he’s a jealous doofus (-8)
Net Gain/Loss: -20
Current Total: 98
LEADERBOARD:
Jack Bauer - 549
Chloe O’Brian - 221
Bill Buchanan - 153
Nadia Yassir - 139
Karen Hayes - 121
Charles Logan - 109 (Is most likely a goner).
Morris O’Brian - 101
Milo - 98
Rick “Mikey Doyle� Schroder— 88
President Wayne Palmer— 79
Tom Lennox— 78
Sandra Palmer— 3
Vice President Powers Boothe— 3
Special Awards:
Best Episode Award: Goes to episode 17 of this season. After watching it again this truly was the best episode we have seen.
Ownage Award: Goes to Jack for taking out Fayed’s entire team by breaking necks, shooting people like a madman, and hanging Fayed like Karl from Die Hard.
The High School Girlie Award: Goes to Milo. He’s a little high school girl because only high school girls pull the crap he pulled. “Oh you talked to him? Oh like no way! Like totally I’m going to be like totally mad and be so mad like totally like mad and stuff.” Did that not make any sense? Well, neither does that blubbering idiot Milo.
Remember feel free to add your own Special Awards, and also remember to put your entry into this week’s Jolt Energy Gum Contest (enter as much as you like).
If you’re new to the Character Countdown feel free to check out the other ones: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
April 10th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Resignation Denial Award goes to President Palmer. Any member of his staff who even so much as thinks to resign will never be able to do so. Ever.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Also, a very special “What’s He Got On Me Now?” award to Cheng Zhi. That man ALWAYS has leverage!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
How about points for Karen for re-capping last week’s episode to Bill?
April 10th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Jack gets the award for strangest place to make a phone call, under a garbage truck.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
How about:
Best Intuitive Sense that Jack was Done With the Present Terrorist Crisis and Can Now Focus on Rescuing Audrey Award: Cheng
I mean seriously. How did he know to call at that exact second?
April 10th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Most Persistent Enemy Award: Cheng Zhi
Torturing Jack for three seasons over hardly anything compared to everything else Jack has done.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
My Precious Award: Jack’s gun. The way he picks that thing back up at the end, it might as well have been Gollum and the ring.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Double Die Hard points for Jack.
The chain hanging is Die Hard.
The “say hello to your brother” is Die Hard With A Vengeance.
Jack and John McClane are definitely distant cousins or something.
Sandra Polmer should be -2 points because her name was mentioned.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Best driver award goes to the two amazingly talented CTU drivers who performed the spectacular car crash between the armored truck and the CTU van. Seriously, they showed us that being CTU agent is more than setting perimeters and dying instantly.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
picking a fight you can’t win award… goes to the chinese. what are they thinking?
April 10th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Most Persistent Baddie: Zheng and the Chinese. So Jack stormed your embassy and some dude was killed. Get over it.
Jack is Dead Award: Yet again, Jack was “killed” making it the third? fourth? time his death was faked.
I really felt bad for those fake terrorists that “rescued” Fayed. But why did Fayed go back to the bombs afterward? Didn’t he think there was a tracker somewhere on his body? Seemed kind of obvious that they would follow him.
Can’t wait until next week when Jack shoots and kills Doyle.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Plot Twist award: This episode.
- Fake Nuke
- Fake deaths
- Audrey!
April 10th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Jose: Well Jack actually officially died twice…
-5 to Fayed for trying the beyotch move of *tossing the empty gun at Jack* AS IF THAT WOULD EVER WORK!
-5 to CTU Medical for not realizing that Jack is a serial killer who happens to prey on terrorists. 159 kills and counting!
+5 to The General for not martyring his family (daddy cares!)
-15 to The Ambassador for lying through his teeth
+5 to Doc for demanding that someone talk sense into the Prez. In some countries, that kind of political dissidence would be deadly!
-5 to CTU for not falling back on their advanced automatic super translation software filter protocol… why bother when you have a Muslim hottie to do it for you.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Just curious, but is Ed Begley Jr checking out our little Nadia’s ass in this pic?
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/hh/0629653/DSCN1274.jpg.html
April 10th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Damn, she looks a bit rough in that pic, doesn’t she?
April 10th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Most Likely to Die reward goes to Zheng. Come on, this guys been all over Jack for three seasons now. His time is up.
April 10th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Evan, you’re right about his gun. He really likes that thing.
Zheng is way too persistent. He needs a new hobby. All Jack did was break into the Chinese Embassy, he didn’t even kill that guy. And for that Jack had to fake his death, get kidnapped, dragged to China, tortured, and now they kidnapped Audrey? Come on, I’d say they’re pretty even by now. I guess Zheng just won’t give up.
April 10th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Another interesting Die Hard analogy and correction:
McClane didn’t kill Hans with the chain hanging; that was Karl is #1 henchman. Earlier in the movie, McClane killed Karl’s little brother with his wife proclaiming, “He’s still alive! … Only John can drive a man that crazy!”
Hans fell 30 floors.
April 10th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I agree with with MattyD. It looks like anybody who’s ever really against Jack only lives 3 seasons…Nina and Charles right now…could Zheng be next?
April 10th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Wow, great awards from everyone!
I’m giving the More Intimidating Than Vice President Powers Boothe award to President Wayne Palmer! (aka President Gary Payton of Your World Champion Miami Heat) When he was yelling at The Ambassador, I nearly peed myself. I didn’t know Wayne had it in him. It must be that adrenaline.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Mr. President should invite Alec Baldwin for a husky voice stand-off.. that should be entertaining… too bad Alec would win hands down. Unless the President has Jack’s help…
April 11th, 2007 at 6:53 am
@carlos
it definitely looks like it.
April 11th, 2007 at 7:16 am
Palmer calling the infamous country ‘barbaric’ was impressive. More impressive was using the word ‘barbarism’.
April 11th, 2007 at 8:45 am
24 Character Countdown (Episode 17)…
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April 11th, 2007 at 9:22 am
Chloe O’Brien
- existing as a character (-221)
April 11th, 2007 at 9:26 am
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April 11th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Your grammar sucks man!
April 11th, 2007 at 9:52 am
this week the coveted ‘Ability to Discuss A Country Without Mentioning Its Name Award’ rightfully goes to Pres Palmer, like it did every other week.
Why use country names when you can simply say “your country” or “their country”!?!?
April 11th, 2007 at 10:06 am
jack bauer for president
April 11th, 2007 at 10:12 am
I’m sensing that Aaron here is guilty of the same thing he accuses Milo of. He hates Milo, and loves Nadia, I think he is getting jealous and taking it out on Milo in the count-down. Granted Milo was being a whiny bitch, but i mean c’mon, who wouldn’t be if they thought their chances with Nadia were being ruined by the silver spoons kid. Hehe, Love the count-down Aaron, keep up the good work.
April 11th, 2007 at 11:05 am
@Josh - Not to nit, but I believe Jack was still in communique with his ear piece - that was not a cell phone.
OK, WHY THE HELL DOES MILO NOT GET A HAIRCUT? Every week I stare at those two excuses for side burns and see the whisps of “comb downs” that curl over and into his ears and I want to puke. -15 for you!
And -5 for looking like an emo Tony Robbins in the first place.
Remember the guy who was supplying the codes for the nuclear plant - and how he accessed the codes through his brother who had mental issues? Well +10 to the brother for his role on Boston Legal this week. Get out there while the getting is good!
And +5 to Gredenko for being in the Shooter. It was a real stretch for him to play a rogue Russian assasin.
Finally, an offer of +100 points to Sandra Palmer if she’d do a no holds barred caged death match with Don Imus.
April 11th, 2007 at 11:52 am
@Herb,
Hey thanks man. You were right on the Karl and Hans thing, it’s been fixed. Thanks for pointing that out
Aaron.
April 11th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Hey everyone sorry for the period problem it’s being looked into.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Why am I not on this list? The fact i am commented on EVERY show, and finally appear, I should at least somehow be on this list.
April 11th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
AAAWWWWW God!!!
Did thay have to drag that ninny Audrey back into the series?? Geeez, I can’t stand her!
April 11th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Okay I agree with you abotu everything so far Mr. Dude whoever you are who does this site. Milo and Nadia are total morons.. They are Tony and Michelle wanabeeess! If you haven’t noticed, I am pretty obsessed with the disceased *tear* Tony and Michelle… The best characters (besides Jack) to ever appear on the show.. and I have been watching season 4 (again), and I didn’t think that this season could hold a freakin CANDLE to that season, and especially season 3. But that changed after this episode. This was definately one of the best episodes in 24 history, and would be the best except for the apparent lack of flaming hott Tony and Michelle action. (Thank you, Almeidaisgod.com!!) One last thing, about the “dumb school-girl” jabs, MY MOM!!!!!! :p I am in school.. and I am a girl… What of it? lol so kidding. And I am so happy Audrey is back! Along with every other real 24 fan, I knew she wasn’t dead thanks to Wikipedia!! lol.
April 11th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Oh I spotted something else;
The “Narrowing Down” award:
Goes to the writers for pointing out Fayed’s country was “attacked by Afghanistan” and hence meaning that isn’t his particular Middle Eastern country…
April 11th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
*by Mr. Dude I see I meant Aaron! lol I knew that!
April 11th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
ooh! The “Wannabe Awesome but Suck Anyway” (WABSA)award goes to Milo for thinking he is Tony and totally blowing it with Nadia and like being so freaking jealous and stupid! Hooray!
April 11th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
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April 11th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
The “I am amazing but the freaking Chinese are holding me captive” award (don’t ask) goes to… *drum roll*
*someone throws a spit ball at the drummer*
*the drummer has an instant cuncussion so the drumming stops* …..AUDREY RAINES!!!!!!!!!! Daa-naa-daaa-daaa-daa (More Wheel Of Fortune music plays)!!!
April 12th, 2007 at 12:53 am
“The Best Line in This Episode Not Uttered by Jack” was Ricky Schroder’s reaction to Jack’s demolition of Fayed and his pals, when he looked around and said, “Damn, Jack.”
His delivery of that line said it all.
From the moment Jack snapped that first guy’s neck, it was the “fun” he’d been warning us about.
And Bill gets more applause for his Recapping Spree this week.
April 12th, 2007 at 7:08 am
Probably the best episode yet, as well as the best set of awards and commentary so far. I lol’d fo real!
The Good Doctor Award: Goes to the good doctor who would rather resign than feed Wayne’s new adrenaline fueled addiction.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Its vice president Noah Daniels, Powers Boothe is his real name.
April 12th, 2007 at 8:16 am
and by real name i mean the actor’s name who playes Daniels
April 12th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
….poop? You’re a guy, right?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
poop: I do know that the VP’s name in the show is Noah, but I don’t feel that the name Noah conveys his overall scariness. So, I feel that Powers Boothe is a more accurate name for his scary, grisly persona that he portrays.
April 13th, 2007 at 4:23 am
Very deep, Aaron. cool site btw!
April 13th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
If I’m not mistaken, that’s the 2nd terrorist that Jack’s taken a bite out of (literally) in one day. Shouldn’t he get tested for some sort of “terrorist infection” or something?
And did I hear Doyle (Shroder) say that “Jack’s okay” or “Jack’s fine”? Like he would know.
Didn’t he just get the crap beat out of him after riding underneath a smelly LA garbage truck and at the beginning of the day, Fayed was smackin’ and pokin’ all around him?
Sorry. I forgot for a moment that I was referring to INDESTRUCTO-JACK.
I won’t let it happen again.
Also, he should get the “Head butt of the Year Award” for poppin’ Fayed when his arms were otherwise entangled.
April 13th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
I think that Jack should get the “Coolest Use of a Chain Award.” The strangling in Die Hard was pretty cool, but I like how Jack got Fayed’s hand in there as well. I mean the picture that Aaron has on the “Graveyard” is just awesome.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:23 am
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April 15th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
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April 16th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Do we finally find out what the President dealt to get the Chinese to give up Jack at the beginning of the day? Maybe they gave up Audrey. More likely it was some box sets of “24″ and some Jolt gum thrown in.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:19 am
I was so surprised when wayne launched fake nukes.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
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