International Promo for Day 1 with Mandy inserted to the left The second cell is led by the men who are ultimately responsible for the day's events: Andre Drazen and Alexis Drazen. He learns about a second group of terrorists that hired the first cell. Jack eventually finds and rescues his wife and daughter and takes down Gaines' terrorist cell ( Day 1 antagonists) in the process. Gaines uses Teri and Kim in an effort to force Jack to help assassinate Senator Palmer and take the fall for his death. Jack's wife searches for Kim and is later kidnapped as well. As Jack Bauer and CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) investigate the threat, Jack's daughter Kim runs away but ends up being held against her will when the guys she's with kidnap her under orders from Ira Gaines. Because of the rushed nature of the original release and its lack of special features, a special edition DVD set was released on May 20, 2008.ĬTU Los Angeles learns of a potential assassination attempt aimed at Senator David Palmer.
The successful rescue at the end of the first half of the season was planned as a series finale in case the show was not picked up for the rest of the year.Ģ4: Season One was released on DVD in North America on September 17, 2002, making 24 the first television show to release a season set immediately after the season ended.
It was created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, who were also executive producers along with Brian Grazer, Tony Krantz, Howard Gordon and Stephen Hopkins.įox initially ordered thirteen episodes of the show to try it out. Season 1 of 24 began in November of 2001 on the Fox Network. Most days blend in to all the others, but some we remember the rest of our lives." - Opening narration from the original pilot script
The principal cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Leslie Hope, Kiefer Sutherland, Dennis Haysbert, and Sarah Clarke "Twenty-four hours.