"Official" 24 Season 8 Thread.

[BigRedChief]

Spoiler alert. There is discussion about the current season taking place in this thread. You are not caught up, you were warned.

Season 8 premieres Jan 17, 2010 at 8:00 central time.

"Official" Season 7 thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

Redemption thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=196937

The 2,300 reply "24" thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=133876

Official season 6 thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

Season 6 prequel thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

24 to get female president thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

Official website:
http://www.fox.com/24/


The daughter is defintely a part of season 8.


NSFW Cuthbert taken last year
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older but possibly NSFW
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Season 8 Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/v/399Hiwua0J4..._embedded&fs=1">

Comic Con sneak peak
http://www.youtube.com/v/V68ZYe1WOi8...embedded&fs=1"

New cast members and rumored plot spoilers for season 8

Spoiler!

Suddenly, I find myself counting the minutes until 24's new season. Perhaps this is why: Katee Sackhoff is joining the cast!

Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Battlestar Galactica heroine has been tapped to play the series regular role of Dana Walsh, a highly respected and down-to-earth data analyst at the new and improved New York branch of CTU.

Translation: Chloe-Starbuck catfight alert!
This fraktastic casting coup hit a road block last week when Sackhoff abruptly took herself out of the running, prompting me to post this blind item. But late Friday, word surfaced that the BSG badass was once again in the mix.

Here's more scoop on Sackhoff's character...
She's in a relationship with fellow agent Davis Cole (played by the just-cast Freddie Prinze. Jr.), and she apparently has a skeleton in her closet she's trying desperately to keep hidden.

As I previously reported, 24's eighth season -- which premieres Jan. 17, 2010 -- will be set in the Big Apple and center on an assassination plot against a visiting foreign leader (Slumdog Millionaire's Anil Kapoor). In addition to Sackhoff and Prinze, new Day 8 blood includes Forrest Gump'sMykelti Williamson, Kissing Jessica Stein's Jennifer Westfeldt (as a journalist with ties to Kapoor's diplomat), and The Starter Wife's Chris Diamantopoulos (as President Taylor's Chief of Staff).

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t's still six months away, but since 24 pretty much kicked ass in the seventh season--well, because it failed to in the sixth--suddenly the anticipation for the eighth is higher than it should be. And it's a good thing. If you have big names joining your show, and are coming off a resurgence of sorts, then you must be feeling comfortable--at least until the bombs start exploding. Here, then, are some more details about what could happen on the upcoming season of the show, collected from a handful of places and put together... because we can. Somehow. If you don't want details, go skip this now, quick!


First up, Kiefer Sutherland, who talked to Entertainment Tonight and spilled some bits about what we should expect in the new season, which premieres in January. "One of the things that's exciting about season eight for us, which is different from all the other seasons is it's directly connected to the end of season seven," he said. "Normally there's a year or two break between seasons, between story lines--and this year that is not the case."

And the fact that they're shooting in New York has given the series a boost of sorts, too. "There's a real tangible energy you can't deny that about New York City," he said. "The situations have always made Jack Bauer speak really quickly, and now he runs really quickly because in New York you've got to do that."

The latest season, he says, has the most realistic storyline they've done in the show. "It centers around peace conferences taking place at the UN between the president of Iran and the President of the United States, which I believe is possible within the next few
years," he told TV Guide Magazine. "Obviously there will be a lot of people who will want to fight that. This is about fighting off that threat to peace."

Switching back to ET, there's Freddie Prinze Jr., who takes a serious turn as new CTU agent Cole Ortiz. (Note, the name was changed from when it was first announced.) "It's trial by fire, but it's good so far," he told the show. "It's been a lot of fun. I'm scared to say it's the best job I've ever had, but right now, it feels like the best job I've ever had."

In a separate interview with TV Guide Magazine, he spills a bit about what his character is about to face--and while most of it's stuff we already know, well, here it is anyway. "There's a moment between my character, who runs field ops, and [Katee Sackhoff's] character, Dana Walsh, who runs the tech side of things," he said. "They're engaged and it's difficult having a relationship at work when the stakes are so high. They're having some problems that I really can't get into. You see that somebody's holding things back--maybe she has a secret which he has to concern himself with. He's a Marine and he bases everything on having a plan with a coordinated attack. There's an interesting dynamic on how he's going to deal with her."

Also talking to the magazine is Anil Kapoor, the first high-profile new member of this season's cast: the Slumdog Millionaire star will play Middle Eastern politician Omar Hassan. "I have one scene in a car with my bodyguard," he said. "Suddenly I'm sending messages to my country to say people [behind an assassination attempt on his character's life] have to be taken to task and arrested. I can sense that the bodyguard is uncomfortable and the way that the scene progresses is very dramatic. I speak about the peace process, my younger brother Akbar and my family. It's a catharsis for my character."

Speaking of a family, he's got his family and another girlfriend. Omar, Omar, Omar.

Finally, Mary Lynn Rajskub hints at some problems ego-wise at the resurrected CTU. "Chloe is not up to speed in the new CTU, which is very different for her," she said. "[Katee] plays my new boss, and she kind of pats me on the shoulder and says, 'Don't worry--you'll catch up,' which is the worst moment for Chloe ever. Everything's changed at CTU and my bosses are looking at me like I'm not doing it right. But then something happens in the story where I think I know some information which pits me at odds with my bosses."

Must be something with the new CTU offices, which is "like a spaceship," Rajskub said. "It's sleek with a lot of glass, and underground with a tunnel you drive through to get into it. I feel kind of like Batgirl."

Batgirl on 24? Interesting thought.

[007]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Hopefully the movie will be a sweet end to the whole series, it has sucked lately unfortunately. Too bad shows like Sarah Connor Chronicles got canceled too soon imo, this one is right on though

DAMN YOU FOX!!!

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Hopefully the movie will be a sweet end to the whole series, it has sucked lately unfortunately. Too bad shows like Sarah Connor Chronicles got canceled too soon imo, this one is right on though

That sucked. That series was just getting good.

[Reaper16]

Good news on the cancellation. It does deserve a movie to wrap up the shindig and I will go to the theater like a damned fool to watch said movie.

[007]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Good news on the cancellation. It does deserve a movie to wrap up the shindig and I will go to the theater like a damned fool to watch said movie.

It had better not be a damned 90 minute movie though.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Guru

DAMN YOU FOX!!!

Yeah, i never even finished the last season or bothered after i found out it was cancelled, it seriously pissed me off, still does

[Deberg_1990]

Well it had a nice run.

It pretty much saved Kiefers career. He had become a B movie guy in the years prior to this. I would have never imagined him a tough guy, super agent before this show.

[Reaper16]

Ugh, what a conveniently timed heart attack. Lame.

[Hootie]

that episode was a rebound episode for me...slightly...I am just trying to ignore any Dana Walsh parts because they just irritate me too much.

At least we saw some badass Bauer tactics.

[Hootie]

so...

they just said this was the last season...and now next week...we get a special 2 hour event...titled...The Final Hours?

Does that mean next week is the last week of 24?

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

so...

they just said this was the last season...and now next week...we get a special 2 hour event...titled...The Final Hours?

Does that mean next week is the last week of 24?

No. That was FOX's way of announcing that this is the last season. They said on that very promo that there were 10 episodes left. Next week is 2 of those 10.

[Hootie]

Gotcha...

Amazingly enough...that episode showed a little life...

Might as well get back to the basics...Jack ruled that episode.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

Gotcha...

Amazingly enough...that episode showed a little life...

Might as well get back to the basics...Jack ruled that episode.

yep, Jack being a bad azz. Looks like he's gonna get some one on one time with Starbuck. He's better go full "Jack" on her to start to make up for her presense this season.

[007]

It was nice to see the real Jack again.

Sorry Fox but I'll be watching Chuck next week. I'll just have to wait for Hulu to post up the Dana Walsh brutality.

[Miles]

I finally caught up with the past 4 episodes last night. I finally couldn't handle the Dana Walsh scenes leading up to the reveal of her as the mole so I just skipped over them. Her being the mole was also particularly annoying in light of the forced drama nonsense we were forced to watch with her ex. It just wouldn't have played out that way.

The countdown timer on a suicide bomber's vest and the timer on the EMP facing the exact direction that CTU accessed the bomb amused me a decent amount.

Last night was finally somewhat of a return to form with Jack running around.

[Hootie]

last night has totally pumped me up for 24 again...

Like...

Can't wait for next Monday pumped up.