#24 keifer 2014 no silent clock full#

Bauer has experienced no shortage of losses through the years - indeed, at times he became an almost messianic figure in his level of suffering - but the final blow involving one-time flame Audrey (Kim Raver) carried an extra emotional wallop. The final July 14 installment (and SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t watched) also ratcheted up the sense of sacrifice that has come to surround Bauer, the one-time government operative played with even more gravel in his voice than usual by Kiefer Sutherland.

#24 keifer 2014 no silent clock full#

(The 13-hour passage of time in the finale was a nice touch, establishing this season as a full “day,” even if it lacked the actual number of episodes.) Halving the show’s episodic order didn’t completely trump the storytelling challenges, but it did bring crispness to the home stretch, since the series had to be getting somewhere without as much dawdling. Historically, past seasons of “24” began to follow a familiar pattern: Starting out like gangbusters, drifting into Silly-ville in the middle and then rallying, at least somewhat, in the closing flourish. Chalk that up in part to the shortened run, but primarily to the performance by William Devane, who returned to the series promoted to President of the United States.

Although I was initially cool to the idea of dragging the character out of retirement - even in a truncated, 12-hour format - the final episodes gradually won me over, or like a good enhanced interrogation, wore down my defenses. Jack Bauer was birthed in the shadow of terrorism, but in this latest revival - titled “ 24: Live Another Day” - he wound up re-fighting the Cold War.