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Yes, I enjoyed this weeks episode too. I heard on a radio station last week that in an interview Keifer said that he really would like to kill Jack at the end of the show. Doesn't make sense to me. Jack is the center of everything. If he dies now it's for nothing...he's on the brink of becoming a changed man...and yes....sitting in the rocking chair with Renee sounds like a good plan.

Who is he kidding? If he dies at the end of the show there goes the movie franchise they are planning on that will keep the story going.

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’24’s Annie Wersching Knows How The Series
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Annie Wersching plays ‘[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Renee Walker, the rogue former FBI agent that notably amputated a man’s
thumb to get him to give her information. The tough, slightly insane
Renee may be the perfect match for Jack Bauer. Wersching reveals how the
cast learned this would be the final season of the longrunning Fox
series, the challenges her real life pregnancy created this season, and
why she and Keifer Sutherland work so well together. But, despite the
greatest attempts to interrogate her, she would not reveal how the
series will end.

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How did you find out that this would be ’24’s final season?
We knew it was kind of lurking. It had been rumored for a little
while. It was more so that we were waiting for someone to gives us the
official word. It was kind of strange that it was dragged out. We
found out on set from [Executive Producer] Howard Gordon. We were
waiting to hear if another network would pick us up.
How do you feel about the show coming to an end?
It’s bittersweet. As an actor, you’re prepared for shows to come and
go. And so that part I’ve always been prepared for. But as a fan of the
show which I am and was since the very, very beginning — I’ve seen
every episode since the very first one– it’s sad mostly [because] the
show is doing so well. If a new show came out now and debuted with
eleven million viewers then stayed around nine, never in a million years
would they ever cancel the show. But it’s so expensive [to produce.]
It was one of the most iconic, groundbreaking game changes in
television. It’s a privilege to have been a part of it and to get to be
there for two years was great.
Since you were a fan, joining the cast must have been a dream
come true. When you got the audition, how did you prepare?
I had done a pilot with the creators of 24. About six months before, I
had worked with [Executive Producer]Joel Surnow and Jon Cassar, one of
the directors. Even that was exciting. Then that pilot didn’t get
picked up so I was like, “Ooh, I wonder if maybe, just maybe I could go
in and audition for a guest star in one episode.” So when I got the
call to audition for a series regular and then found out it was a lead
female agent that would go toe to toe with Jack Bauer, I was just in
awe. It all happened pretty fast. I was cast about a week and a half
before we started shooting. I definitely think being a fan helped in
terms of knowing Jack’s history with different women and different
partners that he’s had.
You and Keifer Sutherland have such great chemistry. How did
you build that connection?
It’s something that we luckily just sort of had and found from the very
beginning. And thankfully so. I think if that hadn’t really been
there, the role might have taken a different turn and Renee may have not
made it through season seven. He’s so dedicated and invests in the
show with every single moment. There’s no way you could show up and not
be on your A game. So I came prepared. When he knows that you’re going
to show up ready to play on the same level that he is, that helps
immensely in terms of gaining a trust between the two of you.

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When you found that Renee was going to be kind of crazy this
season, what did you think?
I knew that it was going to be a darker path and she was no longer with
the FBI. I knew that something in her past was going to be directly
involved in what she was doing now. That’s pretty much all I knew until I
got [the script for] that first episode, which for me was episode four,
and by the time I got to the end I was cutting off someone’s thumb. It
was fun because I had such a great arc with the character of Renee last
season from where she started episode one to episode twenty-four. It
was really invigorating to get to do something completely different.
When viewers last saw Jack and Renee, they were were in a
shoot out and had just found the man who was working for the rogue
general and wanted to deliver President Hassan to the terrorists. How
do they get out of that mess?
We’re trying to protect President Hassan. He doesn’t make it easy for
us because he’s trying to do a noble thing. He has his own challenge to
what we’re trying to do. In a typical Jack way, it’s never going to be
quite like you think it’s going to be.
At any point does Hassan lose his hairsprayed pompadour?
Absolutely not. It may be a little bit more tousled because he’s
running.
What have been some of your favorite scenes as Renee?
What I love about her so much is that I can go from a Wednesday where
all I do is run and shoot weapons and hang off the side of a car and do
all this crazy stuff and then the next day it can be this huge, dramatic
heavy dialogue with Keifer Sutherland. It’s such an amazing role,
definitely the role of a lifetime. I love the big scenes that are those
huge 24 moments, like getting buried alive last year or cutting off the
thumb this year, those things that you know are going to be such a big
deal. But then I always love the scenes that are just Jack and Renee
talking about a lot stuff. Last season in particular I found it very
interesting that they got to have so much dialogue and discussion about
torture issues. I loved the scene in the hospital where she slaps him.
I love the scene this year when Jack and Renee see each other for the
first time.
Have you found out if you are going to be in the ‘24′ movie?
I certainly hope so. With 24, I hope that I live to the next episode
every week. I think, first of all, that the show is going to be so
amazing on the big screen. I would love to run around with Jack Bauer
wherever he ends up next.
Do you know how the series ends?
I do. Wouldn’t you like to know?

First she says that she hopes that she'll be in the 24 movie, then she says that she knows how the series ends which means that she must know that Renee was killed ( which was uncalled for btw...) So something doesn't make sense here... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]



How much money would it take to get you to divulge that?
A lot. And you’d have to guarantee me another job.
Can you give me any hints?
It’s going to be amazing. Jack Bauer definitely goes into the Jack
Bauer moments that fans just go crazy for are definitely in the future
episodes. I do not think anyone’s going to be disappointed.
You are expecting a baby. Does that make it more difficult
to shoot ’24’s action scenes?
It hasn’t been bad as far as how I’ve felt physically. It’s more about
making sure you can tweak wardrobe things here and there. It was
actually easier to hide my little baby bump that was forming than a
couple of other things that get really big when you have a baby.
Wardrobe was very good to me with jackets and shirt sizes going up.
A teenage girl has started a Facebook
group to get you on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Has anyone from
Ellen contacted you?
No, we’ve not heard from the Ellen Show as of right now. These girls
are doing all these things to campaign. This girl went skydiving and
wrote on her hand, “Annie on Ellen,” and posted a picture of it on the
group. There are other girls making raps. They’ve e-mailed Ellen and
tweeted her all the time. Ellen’s probably going to get so annoyed
she’s probably be like, “Fine.” It’s very sweet what they’re doing.
Have you ever used any of your ‘24′ secret agent skills in
real life?
I like to recreate some of the fight work that I’ve done on my friends.
I still remember the exact choreography of fights I had last season.

Annie Wersching and Katee Sackoff both friended me on facebook. Now I'm doubly disappointed that Renee bit the dust and Dana seems in deep kimchee as well. Still 24 remains at the top of its game. Good way to go out.

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There Will Be No Happy Ending for ’24’s
Jack Bauer


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For fans of a man who has seen his wife killed, murdered his own boss
on terrorist orders and has been subjected to torture almost as part of
his daily routine, it should perhaps come as no surprise that Jack
Bauer’s final ‘[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]‘
hours won’t have a happy ending.
The eighth and final season of the real-time drama won’t end well for
Jack, executive producer Howard Gordon recently revealed during a
conference call with reporters.

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“(It) leaves him in a compromised place morally, ethically and
emotionally,” Gordon said. “This show is a tragedy, and to give Jack a
happy ending didn’t feel authentic.” (Not like, say, the way his
daughter getting stuck in a cougar trap in the second season felt
authentic.)
The former Counter Terrorism Unit agent played by Kiefer Sutherland
was back to fighting baddies this season due to a threat against a peace
process with a fictional Middle Eastern country. Along the way his
current love interest Renee Walker (Annie Wersching) was murdered by a
Russian assassin, a move that angered some fans but was one Gordon said
was necessary to set up the finale.
“Renee’s death motivated Jack to the final confrontation,” said
Gordon, according to the New
York Daily News. “It took him to a place he’s never been before.”
The two-hour series finale is set to air May 24, and although it
might not be all sunshine and roses, at the end of the day, fans can at
least expect Jack to survive … for the planned big screen movie. (…Or
die in a way that makes him easy to resurrect, as in the case of former
CTU agent Tony Almedia, who seemingly died in Season 5 but was
resurrected to be the bad-then-good-then-bad-again-guy last season.)
Gordon wouldn’t disclose details of the ending but did say that it
pits Jack against the one person who has always had his back–acting CTU
boss Chloe O’Brien (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and a leader he once trusted,
President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones).
“We’re taking all these characters to places we haven’t seen them in
before,” Gordon said. “It’s certainly not playing it safe.”
The two-hour series finale of ‘24′ airs Monday, May 24, at 9
p.m. on Fox.
What do you think? Does Jack deserve a happy ending?

I was hoping that Jack and Renee could have been a "walk into the sunset to play Grandma and Grandpop to his grandbaby" ending. But it was not to be.


Has been a good ride lately.

Now that was a proper finale and set it up perfectly for a movie, although they may need to look out for a "Bourne"- type clone, although I expect they will. Chloe must be in it of course, and some sort of 'quasi'-love interest for Jack. I say "quasi" because he never seems to have long term luck in that dept.... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Of course if they could find a way to resurrect Annie....maybe her twin sister?....no, that would be too weird....but the rest of the TV cast is replaceable

I was just thinking the other day that what TV is missing was a good '24' centric plot series. But I'll settle for a movie. Wondering where Jack will go from here. I hope they don't ignore the aging thing nor the fact that he's a grandfather now. There is plenty he can still do, trust me, I've already played it out in my mind.

Keifer is starring in this new series which starts pretty soon. It sounds similar to "Knowing". I don't recognize any of those actors except Glover...

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