24 season 2
| 24 | |
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| Season 2 | |
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| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | October 29, 2002 – May 20, 2003 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of the American drama television series 24, also known as Day 2, was first broadcast from October 29, 2002, to May 20, 2003 on Fox. The season begins and ends at 8:00 a.m. The season premiere originally aired without commercial interruption, and has an extended running time of approximately 51 minutes, as opposed to the standard 43 minutes.
Season overview
The second season is set 18 months after season one. The season's main plot follows the work of now-U.S. President David Palmer and agent Jack Bauer to stop terrorists from detonating a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles. Introduced into the situation is Kate Warner, a woman who ends up getting vital information related to CTU's mission.
This season can essentially be broken into two acts:
- The first act involves CTU attempting to stop a Middle Eastern terrorist cell from detonating a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
- In the second act, Jack and the CTU try to prevent a misdirected retaliatory strike from the U.S. by investigating a possibly forged piece of evidence, for the strikes.
Major subplots
- Following the death of Teri Bauer and his unborn baby at the end of Season 1, Jack Bauer retires from CTU.
- Kim is on the run, having rescued a young girl from her abusive father.
- Kate Warner suspects that her sister's Middle Eastern fiancé is a terrorist.
- CTU is blown up with C4 to divert resources to cripple its ability to find the bomb.
- George Mason, Director of CTU, is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation.
- Jack tries to repair his relationship with his daughter Kim and spends much of the day worrying about her safety.
- Jack develops a heart condition after being tortured by terrorists, naked.
- President Palmer faces traitors in his own cabinet, who attempt to remove him from power to advance their own agenda.
- The personal relationship between Tony Almeida and Michelle Dessler begins to develop.
- The relationship between Jack Bauer and Kate Warner also begins to develop.
Summary
The season starts and ends at: 8:00 a.m. (L.A. time); the first scene of the season occurs in Seoul, South Korea (midnight, Seoul time).
The first fifteen hours deal with finding and disposing of the nuclear bomb. After the bomb is disposed of safely, the story focuses on the United States' response to the thwarted attack, and in particular the nation's retaliation against the people responsible for planning it. A recorded conversation between a terrorist involved with the bomb and high-ranking officials of three Middle Eastern countries (which are never specified) is used to implicate those countries in the plot. However, due to Jack Bauer's doubts, Palmer is reluctant to order military action against them until he has absolute proof that the recording is genuine. A majority of his Cabinet then vote to relieve Palmer of his position as President under Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, believing his hesitation to be a sign of indecision and weakness, and is therefore indicative of his inability to lead the country effectively. The vice president, James Prescott, is elevated to the presidency and orders military strikes against the three countries to continue.
Jack, Michelle and Tony race to find the evidence that the recording is a forgery, resulting in the discovery that a group of European and American businessmen fabricated it in order to wage war with the Middle East, and planned to benefit from the resulting skyrocketing oil prices. Once the evidence is produced, the strikes are called off and Palmer is reinstated as President, thanks largely to his ex-wife Sherry Palmer (who risks her life for the evidence, and who also had an indirect hand in the day's events). The eight cabinet members and Vice President tender their resignations (Palmer does not accept them), and Palmer then tells his staff that he believes that the strictest evidence of hostile intent is required before waging war. The President does however, relieve his Chief of Staff Mike Novick, who did not support him until the eleventh hour, despite being his most trusted confidant.
Like in Season One, Season Two ends with a surprise twist. The nuclear bomb situation is resolved without massive loss of life (besides George Mason, who had radiation poisoning and convinced Jack to let him fly the plane) but President Palmer collapses after giving a speech, having been attacked with a biological weapon by Mandy in an assassination attempt. Viewers were forced to wait until the third season to see whether Palmer survived the attack. The sudden shift from a nuclear to biological threat also foreshadows the third season, which initially centers on the threat of an engineered virus being set loose on the public.
24: The Game dealt with the time between Seasons Two and Three. President Palmer is incapacitated from the biological weapon inflicted by Mandy, and many of the duties are being handled by his Vice President.
Plot twists affecting future seasons
- The bombing of the CTU office
- Nina Myers' immunity agreement.
- The death of George Mason.
- The relationship regained between Jack and his daughter.
- The relationship developed between Tony Almeida and Michelle Dessler.
- The friendship developed between Jack and Kate.
- The firing of Mike Novick from David Palmer's staff.
- The assassination attempt on David Palmer.
Characters
Starring
- Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer (24 episodes)
- Sarah Wynter as Kate Warner (24 episodes)
- Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer (22 episodes)
- Xander Berkeley as George Mason (15 episodes)
- Penny Johnson Jerald as Sherry Palmer (13 episodes)
- Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida (24 episodes)
- Dennis Haysbert as President David Palmer (24 episodes)
Guest starring
- Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle Dessler (24 episodes)
- Jude Ciccolella as Mike Novick (19 episodes)
- Michelle Forbes as Lynne Kresge (18 episodes)
- Laura Harris as Marie Warner (14 episodes)
- John Terry as Bob Warner (12 episodes)
- Lourdes Benedicto as Carrie Turner (10 episodes)
- Phillip Rhys as Reza Naiyeer (10 episodes)
- Harris Yulin as Roger Stanton (9 episodes; uncredited)
- Skye McCole Bartusiak as Megan Matheson (8 episodes)
- Daniel Dae Kim as Tom Baker (8 episodes)
- Billy Burke as Gary Matheson (7 episodes)
- Innis Casey as Miguel (7 episodes)
- Alan Dale as Vice President Jim Prescott (7 episodes)
- Sarah Clarke as Nina Myers (6 episodes)
- Donnie Keshawarz as Yusuf Auda (6 episodes)
- Paul Schulze as Ryan Chappelle (6 episodes)
- Sara Gilbert as Paula Schaeffer (5 episodes)
- Francesco Quinn as Syed Ali (5 episodes)
- Tamlyn Tomita as Jenny Dodge (5 episodes)
- Tobin Bell as Peter Kingsley (4 episodes)
- Timothy Carhart as Eric Rayburn (4 episodes)
- Gregg Henry as Jonathan Wallace (4 episodes)
- Michael Holden as Ron Wieland (4 episodes)
- Michael McGrady as Raymond Brown (4 episodes)
- Tracy Middendorf as Carla Matheson (4 episodes)
- Kevin Dillon as Lonnie McRae (3 episodes)
- Randle Mell as Brad Hammond (3 episodes)
- Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce (3 episodes)
- Douglas O'Keeffe as Eddie Grant (3 episodes)
- Al Sapienza as Paul Koplin (2 episodes)
- Thomas Kretschmann as Max (2 episodes)
- Rick D. Wasserman as Alex Hewitt (2 episodes)
- Mia Kirshner as Mandy (1 episode)
- Vicellous Shannon as Keith Palmer (1 episode)
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "Day 2: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff | October 29, 2002 | 2AFF01 |
| 26 | 2 | "Day 2: 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff | November 5, 2002 | 2AFF02 |
| 27 | 3 | "Day 2: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m." | James Whitmore, Jr. | Howard Gordon | November 12, 2002 | 2AFF03 |
| 28 | 4 | "Day 2: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m." | James Whitmore, Jr. | Remi Aubuchon | November 19, 2002 | 2AFF04 |
| 29 | 5 | "Day 2: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m." | Jon Cassar | Gil Grant | November 26, 2002 | 2AFF05 |
| 30 | 6 | "Day 2: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m." | Jon Cassar | Elizabeth M. Cosin | December 3, 2002 | 2AFF06 |
| 31 | 7 | "Day 2: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m." | James Whitmore, Jr. | Virgil Williams | December 10, 2002 | 2AFF07 |
| 32 | 8 | "Day 2: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m." | James Whitmore, Jr. | Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff | December 17, 2002 | 2AFF08 |
| 33 | 9 | "Day 2: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m." | Rodney Charters | Howard Gordon | January 7, 2003 | 2AFF09 |
| 34 | 10 | "Day 2: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m." | Rodney Charters | David Ehrman | January 14, 2003 | 2AFF10 |
| 35 | 11 | "Day 2: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m." | Frederick King Keller | Gil Grant | February 4, 2003 | 2AFF11 |
| 36 | 12 | "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." | Frederick King Keller | Evan Katz | February 11, 2003 | 2AFF12 |
| 37 | 13 | "Day 2: 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m." | Jon Cassar | Maurice Hurley | February 18, 2003 | 2AFF13 |
| 38 | 14 | "Day 2: 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m." | Jon Cassar | Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff | February 25, 2003 | 2AFF14 |
| 39 | 15 | "Day 2: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m." | Ian Toynton | Robert Cochran | March 4, 2003 | 2AFF15 |
| 40 | 16 | "Day 2: 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m." | Ian Toynton | Howard Gordon & Evan Katz | March 25, 2003 | 2AFF16 |
| 41 | 17 | "Day 2: 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Evan Katz & Gil Grant | April 1, 2003 | 2AFF17 |
| 42 | 18 | "Day 2: 1:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff | April 8, 2003 | 2AFF18 |
| 43 | 19 | "Day 2: 2:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m." | James Whitmore, Jr. | Howard Gordon | April 15, 2003 | 2AFF19 |
| 44 | 20 | "Day 2: 3:00 a.m. – 4:00 a.m." | James Whitmore, Jr. | Neil Cohen | April 22, 2003 | 2AFF20 |
| 45 | 21 | "Day 2: 4:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m." | Ian Toynton | Robert Cochran & Howard Gordon | April 29, 2003 | 2AFF21 |
| 46 | 22 | "Day 2: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." | Ian Toynton | Virgil Williams & Duppy Demetrius | May 6, 2003 | 2AFF22 |
| 47 | 23 | "Day 2: 6:00 a.m. – 7:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Gil Grant & Evan Katz | May 13, 2003 | 2AFF23 |
| 48 | 24 | "Day 2: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." | Jon Cassar | Teleplay by: Joel Surnow & Michael Loceff Story by: Robert Cochran & Howard Gordon | May 20, 2003 | 2AFF24 |
Production
Season 2 marked the first of three uses of the show's Air Force One set. Xander Berkeley's character spent much of the season dying of radiation poisoning and various actors commented that they thought the story played out very well.[1] Kiefer Sutherland became a producer for the second season. In an interview, he joked that "Fox originally did not want to give me a raise so they gave me a title."[2] In the same interview, Sutherland mentions that he tried suggesting a storyline detail which got rejected by the writers.[2] One idea that did get accepted by the writers was Carlos Bernard's idea to mention London's "Finsbury Park Mosque" during an interrogation scene.[1] Shortly after the season aired, authorities raided this mosque, having discovered that radical groups were indeed meeting there.[3]
Trailer
The original trailer titled "Get Ready" aired in early September 2002, slightly more than a month before the season premiere. It is only 15 seconds long and features a number of shots from season 2 in quick succession. It ends with Jack telling his daughter that she has to leave Los Angeles.[4]
Reception
The second season received critical acclaim, scoring a Metacritic rating of 83/100 based on 23 reviews.[5] For this season, Kiefer Sutherland won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (for the second time in a row). Sean Callery, the show's composer won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. The alleged absurdity of Kim Bauer's run-in with the cougar has created an enduring reference in the television review community.[6][7][8][9]
Award nominations
| Organization | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | Jon Cassar, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon, Brian Grazer, Michael Loceff, Tony Krantz, Norman Powell, Joel Surnow, Kiefer Sutherland | Nominated |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Kiefer Sutherland | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Ian Toynton | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, Dramatic Underscore | Sean Callery | Won | |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series | Chris Willingham | Won | |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series | Chris Willingham, David Latham | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | Debi Manwiller, Peggy Kennedy, Richard Pagano | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series | William Gocke, Mike Olman, Ken Kobett | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Stunt Coordination | Eddy Donno | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Drama Series | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Kiefer Sutherland | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Dennis Haysbert | Nominated | |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Kiefer Sutherland | Won |
| Satellite Awards | Best Drama Series | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Kiefer Sutherland | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Sarah Clarke | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Dennis Haysbert | Nominated | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards | Episodic Drama | Evan Katz | Won |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | Television Producer of the Year Award in Episodic - Drama | Brian Grazer, Tony Krantz, Howard Gordon, Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow, Cyrus Yavneh | Won |
| Television Critics Association Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Drama | Nominated | |
| Individual Achievement in Drama | Kiefer Sutherland | Nominated |
Home media releases
The second season was released on DVD in region 1 on September 9, 2003[10] and in region 2 on August 11, 2003.[11]
References
- ^ a b Kiefer Sutherland (2003). 24 Season 2 DVD Commentary (DVD). Fox Home Entertainment.
- ^ a b "Cast of "24" discuss TV show". Larry King Live. CNN. January 20, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ^ "Fact and Fiction Mix on 24". Fox News. May 11, 2003. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ^ "24 Season 2 Promo: Get Ready". 24 Spoilers. September 14, 2002. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
- ^ "24: Season 2". Metacritic. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^ Wasserstein, Ben (March 27, 2007). "The 24 Absurd-oMeter: Kim vs the Cougar, Redux". NYMag. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Young, Susan (January 21, 2010). "Plausibility? Huh? 7 wacky moments from 24". MSNBC. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Marnell, Blair (May 24, 2010). "The Top 5 WTF Moments From 24". Crave Online. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
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{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "24 - Season 2". TVShowsOnDVD. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "24: Complete Season 2". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
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