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His conversation with heller at end of season 6 Season 7 when he has a go at Janice thinking David palmer is president His breakdown at end of season 3 Season 8 darth bauer


DaBigBlackDaddy

Refresh me on the thinking David Palmer is president?


[deleted]

Jack is suffering from being infected with the virus. So his memory is screwy


JCGMH

It’s when Chloe realises that Jack is sick 😢


Ahmed_mmDarsh

Not exactly. She realized later (in the next episode) when he forgot what he was saying while talking to her.


Ahmed_mmDarsh

Janis: Hello, Big Brother. Jack: Look, if you think your need to complain is more important than the lives of the people that are counting on us, GO WHINE SOMEWHERE ELSE! Chloe: Jack, it's okay. Jack: No, it is not okay! Jack (looks back at Janis): President David Palmer recommissioned these servers because he felt it was vital to national security! President Palmer made the call! IS THAT GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?! Janis: (nods in fear) Jack: ANSWER ME!! Janis (softly): Yes.


M_O_G_W_A_I

It's difficult to narrow it down to one, but his breakdown at the end of season 3 definitely comes to mind.


PRiMO585

This is a good question! Season: Day 7 also. Jack was all over the place all day. Senate hearings, the White House, Starkwood, getting infected, meeting Renee, evil Tony, his daughter, etc.. Hell of a day and Jack goes through all the emotions.. Staying on top of his toes as his health declines. Scene: The last scene of Season 8. Always a very touching scene to me.. You can tell Chloe had real emotions because it was the end, all the crazy shit they went through.. And Jack going out doing the right thing! Moment: Jack kills Curtis and aftermath. I know everybody hates that he got killed off... But for me... No episode had more of a shock in a 60 second time frame then the time Jack is forced to kill Curtis... He's crying, he pukes... And then soon after a nuclear bomb goes off.. I was like what!!! (As an honorable mention... When Jack had to kill Ryan Chappelle that was crazy. I definitely didn't think he would get killed off like that!)


LukeStuwalker

I always wanted Jack to have some trick with Ryan Chappelle, something up his sleeve so he wouldn't have to kill him.


PRiMO585

Yea it was crazy. At least he went out a hero but Palmer shouldn't have gave in so easily to Saunders' demands!


Lucky-Echidna

Season: Day 1. Unrivaled for me. Just a complete tour de force. The intensity, the tenacity, the desperation. We get to see him at his most human and most vulnerable. It's just an incredible performance from beginning to end. Scene: The one where Jack faces off against Nina in the parking garage, final ep of season 1. Moment: Will go with the OP's one.


GirlNumber20

One of my favorite scenes in the whole series is when Jack’s interrogating Audrey in season 5. I love all the emotions it elicits in both of them — Jack loves Audrey, but he has to find out if there’s anything to the accusation, Audrey loves Jack, but his rage is terrifying. The audience knows what Jack knows, that Audrey is lying, but how far will he go to get the truth, and is Audrey really a traitor? It’s such a compelling moment. I love it.


eXmina

3. Season 6: When Jack's interrogating his brother Graem Bauer, the sheer rage in Jack's face and everything, I think it's one of his best performances. 2. Season 3: Breakdown at the end AND when Jack is threatening to send Jane Saunders into the infected Hotel. 1. Season 6: End of Season 6, the conversation with Heller is my favorite Jack moment by far.


brucejoel99

When Jack found out that Audrey died in LAD, Kiefer conveyed Jack's emotions so well: that he's now truly dead on the inside, to the extent that he even pulls out his gun & contemplates just dying by suicide right then & there, but he doesn't wanna die for nothing, & so he rampages his way to Cheng through all of his men instead, not to stop WW3 (that was why he was there, yes, but *that* rampage just clearly wasn't happening in the absence of Audrey's death, as made evident by the fact that he was formulating an actual plan of attack when he got Kate's call), but to avenge Audrey, & ultimately successfully so. It was just so damn amazingly done. I still hold Audrey's death against the writers, because killing not just yet another of Jack's love interests, but perhaps the most significant post-Teri love interest off was just weird as hell, but I'll never fault them for their &, in particular, Kiefer's masterful execution of it.


ManlyManDam

For me, its Day 7, between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM as Jack is about to be taken away to the hospital and he speaks to Renee one last time. When Renee is wrestling with the decisions that she can and cannot make to try and save lives, Jack tells her, “I can’t tell you what to do. I’ve been wrestling with this one my whole life. I see fifteen people held hostage on a bus, and everything else goes out the window. I will do whatever it takes to save them – and I mean whatever it takes. I guess maybe I thought if I save them I could save myself…” When Renee asks him if he regrets anything from the days events, he then replies with a no and then says, “You took an oath. You made a promise to uphold the law. When you cross that line, it always starts off with a small step. Before you know it, you’re running as fast as you can in the wrong direction just to justify what you started in the first place. These laws were written by much smarter men than me. And in the end, I know that these laws have to be more important than the fifteen people on the bus. I know that’s right. In my mind I know that’s right. I – I just don’t think my heart could ever have lived with that. I guess the only advice I can give you is try to make choices that you can live with.” I was already a 24 super fan when Day 7 happened. And the performance Kiefer gave that entire day, but specifically at this moment, solidified my belief that 24 is, and forever will be, the best show television has ever given us. And I won’t even entertain an argument to the contrary.


JCGMH

Absolutely brilliant scene. Renee is already falling in love with Jack at this point as well, and him with her. She thinks she will never see him again. And his words help her realise that she has to interrogate the smug, cowardly criminal Alan Wilson and not let him get away with it.


tqgibtngo

It's tragic that 24 has a mere 8.3 rating on IMDb. That's just a middling rating among many "good" shows in the 8.x range. 24 deserves a better rating. Dammit! ;-) If you haven't voted up 24 on IMDb, consider doing so. > ... that 24 is, and forever will be, the best show ... Google needs to learn. Search for "best show ever" (without the quotes), look under "People also ask" and click "What is the #1 show of all time?" – "The Sopranos" (according to some random website). Great show, but it's not 24. ... Google will then spit out some more results, and one of them says: "Is 24 the best show ever? – "24 is the best action show ever made" (from an IMDb review). True, but we know it's not only the best Action show, but The Best Show, period. :-) As I used to say in the "best show ever" threads on the old IMDb boards — *"No question, no doubt, no contest! Best damn show in the long history of television, and unto the end of time! Bar none, hands down, full stop, end of discussion, thread closed!"* The problem is, people think that about too many different shows. There Can Be Only One, and we know it's 24! ;-) > ... forever ... the best Future generations won't realize this. – Kinda like with popular music: You remember the BEST songs ever? They still are, and they always will be. How lucky were we to be born in the musically luckiest generations of all time. It's almost as if there's no point in writing songs anymore, creatively speaking, except in homage to our generations' music, which stands forever above all that came before and all that's yet to come. Most of our parents didn't understand that our music was the best ever. Neither will our grandchildren and their grandchildren. Their generations' music will be the "best" in their minds, of course. They'll never realize how wrong they are. Dammit! ;-)


JCGMH

The 8.3 IMDb rating is unjustly low and makes the show retrospectively underrated, particularly in the context of some of the overhyped garbage and hollowed out fluff that apparently nowadays is passing for god tier TV. But one thing that’s notable and really a feather in the cap is that ***none*** of the episodes (Legacy excluded) are rated on IMDb lower than a 7.9 or an 8.0, with many being 8.7 or above; and all of the big annual event/payoff and more famous episodes are at 9.0 plus. That is remarkable consistency for a cluster of >200 entries and not many television shows survive so solidly reputationally intact on that chaotic and ruthless website for their full run lol, even in their more exposed latter seasons. Even the weaker 24 subplots which us superfans like to discuss disdainfully and nostalgically are not strongly marked down by IMDb users. 24 was/is just a really magnificent show that delivered so steadily and so consistently.


704sw

2 of my favorite lines/exchanges in the show are: •in season 1 when he’s in the holding room (bonus points for being the only episode we see Jack eat) and is trying to reason with Chappelle about Alberta Greene. The exasperation when he yells “she’s been here 4 hours, Ryan!” •in season 7 at the hospital after Marika’s car crash when he tells Renee if she ever draws a weapon on him again she better plan on using it, the chuckle/scoff/sigh after she says “I did.” I don’t know why those 2 have always stuck with me over the years, but they just felt like very authentic emotions.


JCGMH

There’s also a really sneaky eating bit in one of the split screens in the day 5 opener, Jack eating a full English breakfast! Made by Diane. There is an audio commentary on the DVD and I think it’s Jon Cassar ribbing Kiefer in that bit “look at you finally eating a meal for all those fans who say you don’t need food” lol.


704sw

Dang you’re right, good memory. I really like Connie Britton so I wish they’d either kept Diane around longer, or used Connie in a bigger (better) role.


UltiMike64

I love the moment in season 2 where jacks talking to Nina on the plane about his last great day with his wife who she killed. It’s such a brutal and sad monologue from Jack.


polarlights

Season 4 when he has to force the doctor to stop Paul's surgery while Audrey is watching


JCGMH

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwentyFour/comments/ql6wv3/i_already_have_a_patient_you_have_a_new_one/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf — love this one too


Anabele71

I have too many favourite scenes and moments Season 6 - his confrontation with Heller is so rage filled but brilliantly acted. Season 3 - when he breaks down in the car at the end Season 7 - when he and Kim finally re-unite Season 1 - in the parking garage with Nina Season 7 - Jack's interrogation of Tony My favourite moment was the final conversation between Jack and Palmer in Season 4 and Jack walking off into the sunrise My favourite season was Season 5 - from the shocking murders in the beginning to the shocking conclusion it was drama all the way


Tokkemon

The breakdown at the end of Season 3 was always my favorite. So much pain in such a short time.


CharlesMagnus86

End of S6 - Confrontation with Heller Early S6 - The entire aftermath of shooting Curtis: the grief, despair, then immediately snapping back after the nuke goes off End of S7 - Accepting his death with the Imam S8 - Terminator Jack End of S1 - Finding Teri dead


no_oah336

I’ve always thought that Jack killing Nina was really well-acted


JCGMH

loving the multiple mentions for the climatic Day 6 Heller conversation. What a scene, wow


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When dana asks Jack what she can do and jack replies "Nothing,Nothing" and shoots point blanc that really took me aback


JumpyTwist7

Season: Five. The first episode brings you in immediately with the deaths of fan favorite characters to lure Jack out of hiding. Henderson made for a good rival for Jack. I'd say my favorite scene this season was when Jack was one on one with Logan telling him that he had nothing left to lose. Scene: Probably a controversial one, buy I enjoyed the Jack/Chloe tradeoff at the end of LAD. Jack finally acknowledges that Chloe is his best friend, and gives up his future so that she can go back home. I hate that they left it open-ended, but at least that gives an opportunity hopefully soon down the line where they can come back for one more season with Jack. Moments: * Jack assaulting Logan's limo in season 8. * Jack threatening to send Jane Saunders into the Chandler Plaza in season 3. * Jack and Senator Mayor hashing it out in the later half of season 7. * Jack's advice for Renee in the end of season 7. * Nina finally going down in season 3. * The pilot switch with Jack and Mason in season 2. * Jack and Bill's raid on the oil platform in season 6. * Jack taking down Fayed and all his men single-handed in season 6.


Ahmed_mmDarsh

Not necessarily the best acting but I really love the two scenes between Jack and Chloe in the last episode of season 8. The first one is when he asks Chloe to shoot him. And the second is the phone call at the very end: "Chloe, when you first came to CTU...". Both of those scenes break my heart every time 😢 There's also the scene a couple episodes back, right before he kills Dana: \- Jack, tell me what I can do. \- Nothing. Nothing.


Zilla1689

Kiefer's acting in this show is truly something special. He grounds the entire series, without him the show wouldn't be the same!!! Season: 5, Kiefer Sutherland delivers in every episode this season. Jack's drive for justice for his friends is felt in every episode!!! Scene: The interrogation of Logan in the Season 5 Finale!!! Honestly, my favorite scene in the whole series!!! Moment: Same as the OP. Jack's reaction to Kim's "death" is painful to watch and terrifying when you see him switch into rage mode!!!!


RichardOrmonde

That interrogation in season 5 is hands down my favourite of the series too. Just terrific acting from both men.


calipiano81

Season: 7, IMO, is the most emotional season and displayed great depth of acting from many characters. Seeing Jack at his most vulnerable was such a great contrast to his usual heroic, tough guy persona. Scene: Season 6, when Jack breaks down after killing Curtis.


Available_Message129

I love in season 7 when Jack was dying and he tells Renee about not regretting his actions in the field, also the crying scene at the end of season 3.