24 likely to end this season (Official)

[Bad Bishop]

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^ But ratings and the cost of production do seem to be determining 24's fate. High cost and low ratings. A bad combination.

I agree with you. It's 23skidoo who has trouble grasping the concept of show business. He would have cancelled The X-Files after five seasons, when the show had excellent ratings (not to mention major Emmy nominations). And yet, he would have kept his beloved Wonderfalls going after it quickly bombed.

 

[Captaindemotion]

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^ I can see both sides of the argument. As you say, it's a business. Studios can't be expected to pump money into unsuccessful shows, no matter how good they are, and scrap other ones which are making money, just because they've passed their creative peak.

On the other hand, as a fan, I'd take more Firefly or Journeyman over a 5th season of eg Prison Break (assuming it was as bad as S4, not as great as S1).

There's probably a lot to be said for the approach taken by the makers of the likes of ER, NYPD Blue, Friends and others, which is to say 'right, we're still doing well in the ratings but we've gone as far as we can go, time to go out on a high.' A good balance of the artistic and the pragmatic, if you ask me.

 

[bluedana]

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I don't know why everyone thinks Jack will die in the finale, Jack will not die. They kill Jack they kill the franchise and they will not do that. This is the end of the show but they will make a movie and Jack will be in it.

Kiefer Sutherland has said in interviews (seriously, I think) that he'd like to see Jack get to the end of Hour 24, threat neutralized, light a cigarette, and then get taken out by a sniper out of nowhere to end the series.

As much as I'd love to see Grandpa Jack settle down and have a good life, that kind of abrupt ending has some appeal for me.

 

[Aragorn]

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Anyone heard anything about a rumor that NBC would take the show?

They could pair it up with Heroes! Two shows where plot points lead nowhere (usually forgotten) and they repeat act one over and over again, and where characters become smart or stupid as the storyline requires -- back to back!

 

[Mr. B]

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I'm a 24 fan but this wouldn't bother me. Eight years is a damn good run, especially on Fox.

 

[Harvey]

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I have no complaints about the series ending now if these rumors are true. It's been a long time since the show was interesting, really. I liked the fifth season, but the series has been repeating the formula of Day Two over and over again with diminishing returns, and it's time to let it go.

 

[cultcross]

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No complaints about it coming to an end, its had a heck of a run.

And I think I remain the only person who thought Season 6 was the best one since year 2.
Well, maybe that's a slight exaggeration, but I don't understand the hate for it. Seasons 3 and 4 were significantly worse. 4 especially. How many layered plans did that guy have?

 

[Aragorn]

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^ Actually, seasons 5-8 are still part of Marwan's plans. He predicted EVERYTHING that would happen.

 

[Harvey]

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And I think I remain the only person who thought Season 6 was the best one since year 2.

Yes.

To me, season six was just boring. Forgetting the overall plot, it wasn't even exciting in the moment. Worse, a nuclear bomb was detonated, and people were going about their lives as usual hours later in the very city it exploded in. The writers didn't really know what to do with Wayne Palmer as President, and knew what to do with his sister even less. Milo was less of a character in season six than in season one, and his death didn't even make sense (until you found out that the actor wanted to do a pilot). Just silly. About the only thing that worked for me that year was the final scene between Heller and Jack. Where was that intensity all season?

Seasons 3 and 4 were significantly worse. 4 especially. How many layered plans did that guy have?

Season three is guilty of the sin of forgetting about all the dangling threads of season two for no apparent reason, and not having a strong drive to carry it through 24 hours. That's why the plot changed almost completely half-way through.

Season four is 24 as self-parody, but it was at least exciting in moments (think of Tony's surprise save of Jack). When was season six that exciting?

 

[Squiggy]

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[knine]

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I don't know why everyone thinks Jack will die in the finale, Jack will not die. They kill Jack they kill the franchise and they will not do that. This is the end of the show but they will make a movie and Jack will be in it.

Fortunately, Jack can't die.

 

[Lindley]

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Sure he can. We've seen it.

Just doesn't stick, is all.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

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Good. They need to end it. Too bad the news about the jump to movies will spoil the potential that Jack could DIE!!! at the end of the season. I've always wanted him to finally bite it on the last day.

 

[bigdaddy]

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Well it would free up Manny Coto for other things.

Like bringing back Odyssey 5! Or maybe fucknig explaining where it was going!!!

 

[D Man]

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Coto and Braga's work on 24 hasn't been all that impressive. I like to pretend there's more technobabble in the eps they write together, but really they've done a good job of melting into the show's writing staff. 24 isn't a show where individual episodes have different feels due to different writers, that's for sure.

I think they should go for a ninth season just so they have 3 trilogies. 1-3 is the Palmer/Nina story, 4-6 is the Audrey/Chinese/Russian/Jack gets a haircut story, and 7-9 is the Renee story with the added bonus of not being in LA anymore . Also, did you ever notice that every even-numbered season features Middle Eastern villains as the main bad guys? The plot thickens!

 

[TrekNut87]

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I love this show to death, but this is honestly the best news I've heard all day. It's well past it's prime.

 

[Aragorn]

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It's unfortunate they felt the need to keep ramping up the threats and basically retread season two on. The stakes are too high with all these terrorists who want to destroy the US and reshape the entire planet's political structure and power. Where's the bad guy who wants money and Jack just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Maybe they can pull this on Rene:

"One of the men responsible behind this is someone you know."

"That's impossible. Larry Moss is dead!"

 

[Hermiod]

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^Season ten will be about a terrorist plot to nuke Fox headquarters if that happens.

 

[Cyke101]

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They missed a great opportunity years ago to go in a different direction with the show and make it more something like The Incredible Hulk, with Jack on the run from whatever threatens him...shadowy government or ex evil nemesis...that would be intent on hunting him down and killing him.

My only problem with this premise is that Jack is always specifically hunted at least twice a year, usually in mid-season; once by the bad guys and once by the good guys who think he's gone rogue, as opposed to Jack investigating a lead or going after the threat directly like the rest of the season. So Jack up against a shadow government is a neat idea, but Jack being the target of superior forces has been done to death.

 

[T'Baio]

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I agree, but I think with the premise you could do it differently. For one, Jack would not defeat whoever this nemesis is at the end of every season. It would always be the same person or faction after him. The plots of every episode or "hour" don't necessarily have to be directly related to this threat either. You could also have the other main cast be the people who are after Jack. Have whole episodes without him. What's Jack doing? He's having lunch, so we're gonna concentrate on the "bad guys" for an episode or two. It would be a much less action based program and more an adventure or mystery based program, which people would hate, but whatever.

24 when it started, to me, was interesting and fresh. It took itself seriously and was a pretty smart show. That quickly went by the way side.