24 season 6

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Title from Season 6 promo

The sixth season, also known as Day 6, of the television series 24 will premiere on January 14th, 2007.

Background

Towards the end of the fourth season, with authorization from the White House, Jack Bauer invaded the Los Angeles Chinese consulate. During this raid, the Chinese consul was accidentally killed by an embassy guard. However, the Chinese insisted on blaming the Chinese Consul's death on the American Government. CTU field agent Howard Bern, who was involved in the raid, was identified by the Chinese and illegally taken in for questioning, where he was told that he would be put on a slow boat to China before being transferred to a maximum security prison on Chinese / Siberian border. The United States government and his family would not be notified, he would have no chance of escape. He eventually broke and told the Chinese that the man that led the raid was Jack Bauer. The Chinese contacted the American Government and demanded that the US government hand Bauer over so that he could be placed in a Chinese prison camp, where he would spend the rest of his life. Rather than risk a nuclear war with China, the White House ordered Jack to turn himself in to the Chinese government. However, Walt Cummings ordered the Secret Service agent that was going to arrest Jack to kill him instead. Jack was warned of this by David Palmer and faked his own death. At the end of the fifth season, after having spent the intervening eighteen months in hiding, Jack was captured by the Chinese and was last seen imprisoned on a Shanghai registered container ship. Jack's girlfriend Audrey Raines notices his disappearance and reports it to CTU.

President Charles Logan has been arrested by federal marshals on the orders of the Attorney General and Vice President Hal Gardner due to a taped confession in which Logan admitted his involvement with the events of the day to his wife, Martha. Logan will either resign or face impeachment and most likely criminal charges.

Known Details

• Some of the events of Day 6 will take place (and reportedly be shot on location) in New York City [1]. However, Co-Executive Producer Jon Cassar told Ecran Large, "Honestly, I have no idea where this one came out from. All I can say is that we're starting the preps mid-July in L.A. and that's where we're going to shoot." In a later interview the producers actually admitted to this idea being scrapped, finding that the same plot can be carried out in L.A. and would prevent location disorientation.

• Joel Surnow said at the Heritage Foundation that the President's storyline would take place in Washington D.C.. He also said that Aaron Pierce would be there, protecting the President. [2]

• The terrorists will be of Middle Eastern origin and one of the them will be undercover in Simi Valley [3].

• Kiefer Sutherland said in an interview that: "We've had five years of [Jack Bauer] saving a large thing; this one's much more about him saving his own ass. He'll go from being the one who hunts people down to the one who's being hunted, so that in itself turns the show around."[4]

• While Kim Raver will return as Audrey Raines, she has said that she won't be on the show every week, but has said that she hopes to be in "a couple storylines." [5] She is interested in being in both the sixth season as well as the upcoming movie [6] but will have to work around her shooting schedule for The Nine in order to do so.

• Wayne Palmer will now be the President of the United States. Also appearing will be the sister of Wayne and the late David Palmer, Angela, who will be played by Regina King.[7]

• Jean Smart has said that she and Gregory Itzin are likely to return to the series, but it seems unlikely that they would be regular members of the cast. [8]

• Co-Executive Producer and Director Jon Cassar speculated that a successful terrorist attack already had happened at the beginning of the new season. He quote: "What would be the situation if something like 10 nuclear bombs had already exploded in a row all around the country?". This way, the season start after the terrorist menace, with Jack trying to fix the situation, and not prevent like always have been.[9]

• Jon Cassar has stated that the Season 5 DVD release of 24 will contain a special prequel short to season 6, just as the last two DVD releases have done - showing glimpses of Jack's life in between seasons. It will also be released online. [10]

• According to the August 14-20, 2006 issue of TV Guide Magazine, Season 6 begins with Jack "two months into his Chinese incarceration." Director Jon Cassar remarks that "He's not the same Jack we've seen before... He's beaten down, a weakened shell."

• Also in the August 14-20 TV Guide issue, Cassar states that Season 6 begins "in the midst of America being terrorized... Something horrible has already happened, so we start in a mood of national paranoia and fear and go from there."

Cast

The following have been confirmed to return:

• Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer [11]
• James Morrison as Bill Buchanan [12]
• Gregory Itzin as Charles Logan [13]
• Jean Smart as Martha Logan [14]
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian [15]
• Carlo Rota as Morris O'Brian [16]
• D.B. Woodside as Wayne Palmer [17]
• Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce [18]
• Kim Raver as Audrey Raines[19]
• Eric Balfour as Milo Pressman [20]

The following are new additions to the series:

• Regina King as Angela Palmer [21]
• Peter MacNicol as a High-Ranking Government Official [22]
• Alexander Siddig as One of the Evildoers Behind the Big Season 6 plot[23]
• Marisol Nichols as The New Head of CTU[24]
• Michael Angarano as Scott [25]
• Fahim Fazli as Unknown [26]

Unresolved Plots

The finale of previous seasons leave several threads unresolved while setting up the context for Season 6:

• Who is Graham? Is he working for anyone else? What is the full scope of his role in the events of Season 5, and possibly Season 4?
• What is the condition of Secretary of Defense James Heller? After crashing into a lake in Season 5 episode 19, he was revealed to be alive but in intensive care in Season 5 episode 21.
• How does Jack escape custody of the Chinese Government?

External links

• TV.com: 24 Season 6 Episode Guide
• Fox.com: Seasons 1-6 Episode Guides
• 24 on WikiCities
• 24 season 6 countdown (it's 7 days out as S6 is due to start on 14th January 2007 though)

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