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24: The Complete Season Five (2006)
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub Director: Bryan Spicer Rating: Not Rated
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Eighteen months after faking his own death, Jack Bauer is forced to return to Los Angeles when it becomes apparent that the only four people who know he is still alive are being systemically targeted for assassination. The assassinations coincide with the signing of an anti-terrorism treaty between Russia and the U.S., leading Jack to suspect a link between the assassinations, the treaty, and a group of Russian terrorists. But as events slowly unfold it becomes apparent that the day's horrific events were originally set in motion by someone within our country's own administration - an individual with the power and resources to thwart Jack's every move.
Episodes:
Episodes 1-2:
Jack Bauer is framed for the murders of his close friends: former US President David Palmer and ex-CTU agent Michelle Dessler, along with the attempted murders of her husband and fellow ex-CTU agent Tony Almeida and CTU analyst Chloe O'Brian.
Episodes 3-4:
Terrorists, led by James Nathanson, use the above plot as a diversion to take 40 people hostage inside Ontario International Airport in California.
Episodes 5-15:
Terrorists, led by Vladimir Bierko, use the above plot as a diversion to steal 20 canisters of Sentox VX1 nerve gas. The gas is deployed at the following locations:
- Sunrise Hills Shopping Mall (mostly failed - only 11 people died out of several hundred)
- Tyler Memorial Hospital (failed largely because of Curtis Manning)
- CTU (mostly successful - leading to 56 deaths, including Edgar Stiles and Lynn McGill)
- Wilshire Gas Co. (failed - 16 of the remaining 17 canisters were used here, and Bierko is captured)
Episodes 16-21:
Believing that all the nerve gas was incinerated at the gas company, Jack moves to bring the guilty parties to justice. Through the assistance of Wayne Palmer (David Palmer's brother) and Evelyn Martin (Special Assistant to the First Lady), Jack discovers that President Logan is responsible for the attacks. Unbeknownst to everyone else, there is a secret group of men who monitor and influence the actions of Logan, led by a man known only as Graem. Jack finally obtains a recording that implicates Logan; however, it is later corrupted by Miles Papazian at CTU (for the purpose of ingratiating himself to President Logan), rendering it useless.
Episodes 22-23:
Bierko escapes CTU custody, and uses his last nerve gas container to take over a Russian submarine and gain control of twelve multiple-warhead non-nuclear missiles, each one capable of wiping out approximately seven city blocks. After cutting a deal with Christopher Henderson, Jack and Henderson together stop the attack from the submarine, and kill Bierko and his men. During a final standoff, Jack kills Henderson as well.
Episodes 23-24:
Jack devises a plan with Chloe to implicate President Logan. Jack kidnaps President Logan, and appears to use this as the way to get a confession. Jack fails, but unbeknownst to everyone besides the First Lady, Mike Novick, Aaron Pierce, and Chloe, this is all a diversion to place a microphone on the President. The First Lady gets Logan to confess to her everything that has happened as Chloe records it. After playing the confession for the Attorney General, the Secret Service and Federal Marshals take Logan into custody.
Final Twist:
Jack gets captured by the Chinese who have learned he is still alive. They still want him for the death of the Chinese Consul who was killed in Season 4, and presumably, to extract U.S. government and military secrets for the Chinese government. The season ends with Jack being taken away on a Chinese cargo ship(Guangcai Hao), seemingly destined for Shanghai, moving slowly out into the realms of the Pacific Ocean. This is a reference to the end of Season 4, where the Chinese embassy threatens the CTU agent with transport in a Chinese cargo ship and spending the rest of his life in a slave labor camp. |
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Starring:
Kiefer Sutherland | Mary Lynn Rajskub | Carlos Bernard | Dennis Haysbert | James Morrison | Elisha Cuthbert | Reiko Aylesworth | Jude Ciccolella | ...more
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Directed By:
Bryan Spicer | Kevin Hooks | Tim Iacofano | James Whitmore Jr. | Frederick King Keller | Ian Toynton | Stephen Hopkins | Brad Turner | Jon Cassar | Rodney Charters | Winrich Kolbe | Davis Guggenheim | Paul Shapiro | Ken Girotti | Dwight H. Little | Milan Cheylov
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Genre:
Action/Adventure, Television/TV Series, Thriller/Suspense
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DVD Release Date:
December 5, 2006
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Format: Region 1
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Rating:
Not Rated
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Year:
2006
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Regional Coding:
R1:
Will only play on North American Region 1 or multi-region DVD players.
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Number of Discs:
7
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Subtitles:
English, Spanish
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Screen Ratio:
Anamorphic (16:9), Widescreen Edition - 1.78:1
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English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) | |
Running Time:
1012 minutes
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Studio:
20th Century Fox
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UPC/Barcode Number:
024543390381
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Closed-Captioned: Yes
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Color: Yes
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- Cast and Crew Commentary on Selected Episodes
- 23 Deleted/Extended Scenes
- Hours of Exclusive Special Features - Including the Season 6 Prequel!
- Includes DVD-ROM Link to Access More Exclusive Content Online
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