24 - Season Two DVD

Plot Outline: CTU agent Jack Bauer has to race the clock to handle both a presidential candidate assassination plot and his daughter's kidnapping, while dealing with a mole inside the agency. Plot Synopsis: In this concept drama, each season takes place within one 24 hour period. Jack Bauer is the head of an elite team of CIA agents who uncover an assassination plot targeting Presidential nominee David Palmer. Meanwhile, Jack's strained marriage to his wife, Teri, is pushed to the brink by the sudden disappearance of their troubled teenage daughter. What will the next 24 hours hold?

Editorial Reviews - 24 - Season Two DVD

Jack Bauer is having another one of his "very bad days" in the second season of the groundbreaking real-time thriller 24. Once again the hours are ticking by with more guaranteed cliffhangers than a convention of mountain climbers. Holed up in a Los Angeles condo and estranged from his daughter, Jack is no longer on the government payroll; unfortunately for him, this small fact doesn't seem to matter to President David Palmer and the NSA, who call him back in to the CTU and give him 24 hours to infiltrate a terrorist organization that is planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the city of angels. All Jack wants is to get his daughter out of the city, unfortunately Kim's new employer, the abusive father of the child she is nannying, has other ideas.

Fans of the original won't be disappointed, as there are more than enough shock moments in the first few hours to hint at the climactic build-up to come, while newcomers can quickly get involved in the lives of Jack and his family. There are some new characters to bolster the veteran cast and, interestingly (although not surprisingly), Jack's character has taken an altogether darker, more psychopathic turn. The danger the characters find themselves in also has a much more global, not to mention topical, impetus, grounded as it is in the war against terrorism. Although the territory is more familiar this time around, this second season is just as much a high-tension, taut, adrenalin-fuelled ride as the first, and one that will have you glued to your TV for the next 24 hours. by Kristen Bowditch

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Summary: "We will have made a mistake of historic proportions"
Comment: I'll always have special affection for the second season of "24", because it was the first season I watched. I knew the general outlines of the first season: events occur in real time, Dennis Hopper with a bad accent, Pedro Cerrano from "Major League" as a Presidential candidate, Jack's wife died in the last scene, etc. I didn't see a single frame of any of that until years later. Season 2 is when I actually started watching.

Season 2 has a graver threat than Season 1: a nuclear bomb is set to go off in Los Angeles. There's a whole Presidential administration to run, not just a campaign. Jack has more at stake this time: not only is his daughter Kim still getting in danger every hour, but he also has to put his own life back on track. As with season 1, there are several villains who appear sequentially, with Nina Myers making a vicious return, and the froggy-throated girl from Nickelodeon's "Fifteen" showing up as a sleeper-cell terrorist maniac. Another Jack -- from "Lost" -- doesn't get into the act, but his TV dad (John Terry) does.

The focus of the season shifts over the last two discs from the bomb blast to a threatened reprisal against three Middle Eastern countries. What's fascinating here is that an idealist President refuses to rush into war because he suspects he's been supplied with faulty intelligence -- and all this played out in prime time in early 2003 as the war in Iraq was beginning on the basis of intelligence that also may have been doctored.

If there's a weak spot to this year of "24", it may be Kim Bauer. In Season 1, the threat against Jack extended to his family, so Kim's weekly perils usually tied back to the main plot. In Season 3, a more mature Kim worked at CTU and dated Jack's sidekick, so, again, never far from the main plot. In Season 2, however, Kim's efforts to escape the blast radius are thwarted by the increasingly bizarre obstacles the producers throw in her way: an over-the-top boss who's not just a murderer, but a pervert, too; a creepy poacher living alone in the woods; an inexperienced gunman holding up a convenience store; and a cougar. Even Kim's boyfriend this season gets into the act: after surviving a car wreck in which, apart from a bloody nose, he is not shown to have any injuries at all, he returns in a hospital bed seven hours later... with a perfectly formed stump where his foot used to be. Huh?

The DVD content is brilliant. Deleted scenes are incorporated for most of the 24 episodes. There's one commentary track on each of the six discs, usually pairing the featured cast member for that episode with a producer, writer or director. Kiefer Sutherland is mostly quiet for his commentary, although he raises a great point about how Jack Bauer regularly runs into ordinary citizens and inspires them into acts of great heroism. Dennis Haysbert talks a lot about his inspirations for President Palmer (Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Colin Powell), and Penny Johnson talks about her inspiration for making Mrs. Palmer sympathetic (Condeleezza Rice, although one suspects Penny's opinion may have changed after this track was recorded in early 2003). On the bonus disc, the deleted scenes are shown in order with commentary from three members of the production team. A discarded concept for the season's final shot reveals a shockingly different Big Bad. A 90-minute documentary detailing the filming of the season's final two episodes contains a lot of goodies, including an April Fool's Day take on how the season is going to end.

The current season of "24" may be recycling several tricks from earlier seasons of the show, but back in Season 2, most of this material was fresh, and made for months of edge-of-your-seat viewing.

Summary: RIVETING!
Comment: Once you start you can't stop watching it. Very exciting, very intense. Worth every penny!

Summary: The Definitive Day
Comment: If someone asks a '24' fan what the show is all about, this is the box set they should be handed in response.

Now, some fans will argue that such a thing can be said about Season 1 as well, and that's actually quite true, but overall, '24' Day 2 ranks as one of the most thrilling and engaging seasons in the history of television. The tale revolves around an imminent threat to Los Angeles, prompting a collection of L.A.'s best agents -- and a woman who ends up getting some crucial information -- to unite in an attempt to counter it, and afterwards, a desperate effort to prevent a misdirected retaliatory strike by the U.S.

This is the season in which the show hits its stride, doing plenty of notable things and doing them quite well.

Character:

We're introduced to Michelle Dessler -- who would go on to become the greatest heroine in '24' history. We've also got the development of Tony Almeida's true character in this season, which marked the beginning of his becoming the show's secondary male hero. We glimpse a very sympathetic side of George Mason, get Jack at his ever-driven finest, and before it's all over, we even see Sherry taken full circle.

Writing:

There are some great lines from David Palmer, particularly at the end, and without giving too much away, there's a very touching scene between George and his son this season, while the last scenes between George and Jack stand out as well. One of the most memorable lines comes when Jack comments that the thing about terrorists is that they want to blame the rest of the world for everything wrong with their lives.

Action:

Jack vs. Wald's group, the CTU bust just outside of L.A., Kate going undercover, and a simply amazing season finale are some of the highlights in this area.

Romance:

For a series that abounds in but isn't mainly centered around personal relationships, the romance you'll find between Jack and Kate in this one season is better written than that of some shows that actually are romantic dramas. Even now, it remains by far the most cleverly constructed and interesting one that the protagonist has ever been given. Like Jack's relationship with Teri, it worked because, throughout the day, it was in a stage of development. What the show doesn't seem to have grasped since is that Jack's most interesting romances were the ones of this variety, while his least interesting will always be the ones in which the feelings are sprung on us out of nowhere.

Every thing that makes the show good and more is in this season. That's not to say there aren't flaws, just that the strengths outweigh them, and it's definitely not to say that the subsequent seasons aren't good -- just not quite as good as this one.
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Summary: "24" proves that television can be excellent
Comment: I'm coming late to "24", and that's a shame. I'd caught the occasional episode here and there, and been impressed, but couldn't fit it (or much TV at all) into my schedule. Thanks to the gods of DVRs, I was able to see the first season during the recent A&E glut, and am hooked. The 2nd season is even better, with the tension sliding along a knife's edge, the relationships mind-bogglingly intricate, and the action non-stop. Kiefer Sutherland is superb, and obviously shares in the vision for the series. The writers, cast, crew, and producers deserve hearty rewards for delivering one of the best 24-hour movies I've ever seen. Watch it!

Summary: 24: Season Two (2002-2003)
Comment: When 24 had premiered it's first season back in late 2001, fans all over were raving about the show. But the writers were not about to just give up on the show after one season. Kiefer Sutherland returns as Jack Bauer, and he is about to have his second bad day.

It has been a year and half since the events of the first season. JACK BAUER (again played by Kiefer Sutherland) is still in grief over his wife's untimely death and he no longer works for CTU. He had quit after Teri's death. He and his daughter KIM BAUER (again played by Elisha Cuthbert) are estranged from each other, but they are trying to work out their relationship. Kim is working as a live-in nanny for a family, until she finds that the husband of the girl Kim is nannying turns out to be physically abusive to both his wife and daughter.

After a brief visit to Kim, Jack receives a phone call from DAVID PALMER (again played by Dennis Haysbert). David is now in office, well has been for the last year and a half. He informs Jack that there are plans of a terrorist attack on L.A. The plan is to detonate a nuclear bomb over L.A. Jack returns to CTU and is greeted by TONY ALMEIDA (again played by Carlos Bernard) and GEORGE MASON (again played by Xander Berkeley). George is now the head of CTU. He has taken Jack's place after Jack had quit. After Nina Myers had been arrested and taken to jail for murdering Jack's wife, CTU has brought in a new employee to take Nina's place. Replacing Nina is MICHELLE DESSLER (played by the beautiful Reiko Aylesworth). She and Tony seem to have a personal interest in each other. Jack decides to help out Tony, George, and Michelle through the day.

Off-hand, there is a family residing in L.A., they are the WARNER family. Mr. Warner resides in L.A. with his daughters, KATE WARNER (played by Sarah Wynter) and MARIE WARNER. Marie is getting married today. But all of that unfolds as CTU closes in on Marie's fiancee, Reza. But CTU finds that Reza is not involved with today's threat, for his fiancee...Marie...is the one involved, after they find out that she has killed Reza. Jack decides that Kate should help out CTU, whereas Kate agrees to help do anything to stop the threats from occuring.

David has enough power to handle this day's threats, but he wants to bring in extra help. So, he decides to bring in SHERRY PALMER (again played by Penny Johnson Jerald), his ex-wife. All seems fine until Sherry stills shows signs of her being against David, rather than help him.

Throughout the course of the day, CTU tries to locate the nuclear bomb. Jack finds that the person who authorized the location of this bomb is none other than...NINA MYERS (again played by Sarah Clarke). Nina has a lot of key information for CTU. She says she'll only help if she is allowed a presidental pardon. They allow it to her, with David's authorization, just so they can get rid of today's events. CTU locates the bomb, whereas Jack is the only one to plummit the bomb into the ground, destroying it. But to do that, Jack would have to be killed in the process of plummiting a helicopter. But George Mason has stellowayed on the chopper. Earlier, George had been infected with some sort of infectious gas, where he will die int he next 24 hours. He has Jack skydive out of the chopper, where George will take the plummit, since he's dying anyway.

Saved by Mason's dying deed, Jack still has to find out the terrorists who are still trying to bring L.A. down. He finds Sherry Palmer with one of the men involved, but the man Sherry is meeting with kills himself, forcing Sherry to help Jack out with the leader of today's terrorists. Jack and Sherry successfully pull it off, whereas Tony and Michelle officially become an item, with Jack and Kim finally working things out between them, whereas Kim has killed the man she was working for, since he had tried killing her.

The first season was extremely intense, but the season was even more intense than the first. I really enjoyed the season and you all will too. Get a copy of 24: Season Two. You all better hurry; the clock is ticking.

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24: Season Two Castlist
Kiefer Sutherland: JACK BAUER
Elisha Cuthbert: KIM BAUER
Carlos Bernard: TONY ALMEIDA
Reiko Aylesworth: MICHELLE DESSLER
Sarah Wynter: KATE WARNER
Sarah Clarke: Nina Myers
Xander Berkeley: GEORGE MASON
Penny Johnson Jerald: SHERRY PALMER
Dennis Haysbert: PRESIDENT DAVID PALMER

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