Watching 24

Good morning! Yesterday, I mentioned a series of posts about 24’s most shocking moments. My second one is from the show’s second season and involved one infamous phrase: “I’m gonna need a hacksaw”. If you saw that year, you know what I’m talking about!

For those who don’t, let me fill you in. So, Jack Bauer had been part of an undercover operation that led to a few people going to jail. During this season, he has to find a way to get himself back in good with people who know now he isn’t to be trusted. If he doesn’t, they won’t be able to stop the nuclear bomb attack that is supposed to take place that day. You know Jack… where there’s a will, there’s a way and the way he found was eye-opening.

He had Marshall Goren, one of the main witnesses against the leader of the group (who is really only testifying to get out of a big list of charges himself) he needs to trust him, brought into CTU. Everyone in the room is shocked when Jack shoots the guy and then asks for a saw so he can bring the bad guys some… evidence of his new evil ways.

I have never looked at Jack Bauer the same way again. There seems to be nothing he won’t do to get the job done. So what do you all think? Did this shock you? Were you “meh” about it? Post your comments below and let’s talk about it. Take care and I’ll see y’all again on Monday. I leave you with a tribute video made by leew72 on youtube. It’s about Jack and features him during the second season. Enjoy!!

Well, after Monday’s episode Jack really made sure that we still knew he was Jack.

Jack added a staggering 7 kills to his kill count, including that of Fayed.

As we all know Jack stormed the warehouse taking out everyone in sight. It was a great scene that will be placed up there with some of the great scenes in 24 history.

Jack’s up to 23 now! With 7 episodes left and the Chinese holding Audrey, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Jack hit 50.

A lot of people that guessed high numbers in the Kill Count Contest have been a little worried. While Jack still isn’t killing as many people as he has in the past, he’s now up to 16 with the 2 people he killed in episode 16.

His numbers are rising pretty fast. Since episode 13 he’s killed no less than 2 people an episode. He will most likely end up in the low 30’s or high 20’s at the rate he’s going.

Remember there’s 500 bucks on the line.

Lets just review Jack’s Kill Count for all of you that are keeping track at home, hoping to win that 500$ that we’re giving out to the one who correctly guesses the number of people Jack will kill.

After this last episode Jack is now up to 10. He’s finally hit the double digits. There were a lot of people that guessed in the 30’s and 40’s. I don’t know what to think about those guesses. At the rate Jack is going he’s going to end up somewhere in the teens, but I hope he picks it up soon.

Good luck to everyone that entered!

Jack Bauer, 24, Jack’s Kills

I’ve received quite a few questions regarding how many people has Jack Bauer killed. I would guess that a lot of you are worried about your picks in the Kill Count Contest, I mean why wouldn’t you be? There’s 500 bucks on the line!

Well, Jack has officially (as far as this contest is concerned) killed 7 people.

I was hoping that when Jack and the CTU team stormed Fayed’s hideout that he would’ve killed more than only 2 people. Jack is pretty slow at being the Merchant of Death he is so widely known for.

Let’s hope he’s just warming up.

Also, I’m planning on doing a contest when we are half way through the season. So, be looking out for one around the 12th episode. That’s only in a couple weeks, and there will be a season 5 DVD on the line.

I’ve been searching around the net trying to find a site that has catalogued all of Jack Bauer’s kills throughout all five of his insanely intense days. I found a great site that does a very good job at not only counting the kills, but telling you who it was and how Bauer killed them.

The running total for all five seasons is a whopping 114 people.

A fun contest would be who can guess the closest number to how many people Jack will kill this upcoming season. Remember Jack’s pretty mad after being captured by the Chinese. So, that may add a few to his kill total. What do you think? How many people do you think Jack will kill?

I think later on, right before the show premieres, if there’s enough people coming to this site, I just might be tempted to do this as a real contest. I’m not sure what the prize would be. Maybe I could get something from 451, I don’t know. Or maybe we could just have fun guessing.

My guess–35.