24 Season 7 Starring Kiefer Sutherland

CTU has Been Disbanded and now Jack is on Trial for Using Torture

Sep 22, 2009

Jack is back in the United States and is on trial the same people he destroyed his own life to save. Now a new attack connected to face from his past is about to begin

Since his departure from Sangala things for former CTU-agent Jack Bauer have been getting steadily worse, and he has been put on trial by the same country that he has sacrificed everything for. He is taken from the hearing by the FBI after a familiar face thought to be long dead inexplicably returns.

Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is forced to justify himself for his use of torture to a Senate committee under the direction of Senator Blaine Mayer (Kurtwood Smith). In recent months Mayer has seen to it that CTU has been disbanded and the majority of its former employees have moved on with their lives.

President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) is struggling to convince her husband Henry Taylor (Colm Feore), the First Gentleman, that their son killed himself. In 24: Redemption, Roger Taylor (Eric Lively) was told of a conspiracy by his friend (the friend was then murdered) and Henry is convinced that since those events his son did not take his own life. Henry disobeys her wishes as he fanatically searches each and every lead hoping to uncover the truth but his investigation only lands him in far deeper trouble.

The FBI under Larry Moss (Jeffrey Nordling) need Jack’s help to track a suspect that has a device capable of shutting down power and water supplies. It could even be used to change the flight paths of aircraft forcing them to crash into the ground or one another. Jack works with FBI Agent Renee Walker (Annie Wersching) who is both shocked and outraged by his methods but starts to use those methods herself to get the job done.

In the previous seasons the only thing that stood between the destruction of Los Angeles was the Counter Terrorist Unit. In Day 7 the action has moved from LA to Washington DC, and it has fallen to the FBI to find out and stop what is happening.

For the President the situation in Sangala (seen in Redemption) has deteriorated and she is preparing a military response. Colonel Ike Dubaku (Hakeem Kae-Kazim), a man who has a grudge against Jack for killing his brother during the Redemption, is one of the masterminds behind the day’s events.

The audience will be as shocked as Jack by the return of a ghost from the past whose allegiances change from good to bad, from bad to good, so many times that it becomes impossible to determine which side they are on.

Jack’s most trusted friend Chloe O’Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub) makes an appearance as the FBI call her in to help decipher important information. Bill Buchanan (James Morrison) reappears, and recognises that the attacks are just the first step in something much grander, and makes a heartbreaking decision during the day.

Several other members of the show's former cast members make cameo appearances but in this series the show really steps away from its previous setup. Senator Blaine has devoted himself to disbanding CTU and bringing Jack Bauer to justice but even he is able to recognise that there is something bigger happening. Jon Voigt also plays a key role in the conspiracy and his involvement is slowly realised during the day.

Echoing Sherry Palmer (Penny Johnson Jerald), the President’s daughter Olivia (Sprague Grayden) is someone who has her own agenda and is ruthlessly ambitious. But, she is also one of those people who makes the mistake of believing that she is capable of controlling any situation. Initially the audience may sympathise, and even like her, but later she becomes increasingly unpleasant and determined to get what she wants regardless of who gets in her way.

Taking CTU out of the equation was inspired and gave the audience a chance to see the action shift to a new location.

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