"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.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Guru

Season 3? I understand everyone is different there is no way 3 was better than 1.

Gotta agree with this. Season 1 is my favorite.

[Sure-Oz]

You really cant beat the feeling the first season gave you. You had no idea what would happen next.

[Reaper16]

Almost nothing happened in that episode. Mostly because this season has not just an uninteresting family/relationship subplot with CTU that is eating up screen time but also an uninteresting family/relationship subplot with the bad guys that is eating up screen time. Also, there just isn't any urgency with the show right now.

[alanm]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Almost nothing happened in that episode. Mostly because this season has not just an uninteresting family/relationship subplot with CTU that is eating up screen time but also an uninteresting family/relationship subplot with the bad guys that is eating up screen time. Also, there just isn't any urgency with the show right now.

I don't get the subplot with the chick CTU agent and her ex boyfriend. How do they fit in? Other than that I thought tonights episode was ok,

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by alanm

I don't get the subplot with the chick CTU agent and her ex boyfriend. How do they fit in? Other than that I thought tonights episode was ok,

The Jack & Rene stuff was engaging enough. The problem was that their scenes were only like 15 of the episode's 40 minutes.

[007]

Originally Posted by alanm

I don't get the subplot with the chick CTU agent and her ex boyfriend. How do they fit in? Other than that I thought tonights episode was ok,

How did the cougar fit into season 2? I've come to expect crap like this from 24.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by alanm

I don't get the subplot with the chick CTU agent and her ex boyfriend. How do they fit in? Other than that I thought tonights episode was ok,

I find that whole boyfriend sub plot totally annoying and distracting from the show. WTF? She did jail time, changed her name and CTU doesn't know? comeon....No one notices that she is meeting some scruffy looking dudes in shitty vans right outside of the gates of a secure building until the season is 1/4 over? comeonnn jeeezzz

We need some twists and surprises. 24 needs to step up to the plate.

[KC Dan]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I find that whole boyfriend sub plot totally annoying and distracting from the show. WTF? She did jail time, changed her name and CTU doesn't know? comeon....No one notices that she is meeting some scruffy looking dudes in shitty vans right outside of the gates of a secure building until the season is 1/4 over? comeonnn jeeezzz

We need some twists and surprises. 24 needs to step up to the plate.

she's gonna become a mole later. My guess for when the ex-boyfriend gets offed by his partner and his partner is working for the ruskies. I could write this show.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by KC Dan

she's gonna become a mole later. My guess for when the ex-boyfriend gets offed by his partner and his partner is working for the ruskies. I could write this show.

yeah, I've said all along the ruskie angle is the only one that makes sense. The boyfriend is too stupid to do this on his own. But the being in jail and change of identity's and CTU doesn't know about it? comeon...

[007]

Holy crap!!!!

[Reaper16]

Things happened that episode! Yay!

[Frazod]

I'm a couple of weeks behind, but I'd just like to say this whole Starbuck and her white trash ex thing is making me want to beat the shit out of somebody. It's ruining the entire show.

[BigRedChief]

Much better episode. Jack takes a knife to the gut but still wipes em all out. Torture Jack?

This stupid boyfriend story arc is taking away from my enjoyment this year. It's a huge distraction and its looking like its some kind of side story and not connected to the Russians at all

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

This stupid boyfriend story arc is taking away from my enjoyment this year. It's a huge distraction and its looking like its some kind of side story and not connected to the Russians at all

I know. It's stupid as shit.

[kcxiv]

I think 24 has ran its course. Its more of the same is all.