The seventh season of the American drama television series ''
24'', also known as Day 7, premiered in the United States on
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
on January 11, 2009, and concluded on May 18, 2009. The season was originally scheduled to premiere on January 13, 2008, but was delayed due to the
2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike
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The Writers Guild of America ...
.
On November 23, 2008, Fox aired ''
24: Redemption'', a two-hour TV movie set between seasons.
Unlike all of the other seasons, this season's DVD set was released one day after the season finale. The season's
storyline begins and ends at 8:00 a.m.
Season overview
The seventh season takes place 46 months after
season six and two months after
24: Redemption. Jack Bauer is on trial for alleged crimes he committed while working for CTU. Senator Blaine Mayer has disbanded CTU and strengthened the policies of Allison Taylor's administration against torture. Bauer is brought into another counter-terrorist operation when FBI agent
Renee Walker
Renee Walker is a fictional character in the TV series ''24 (TV series), 24'', portrayed by Annie Wersching. She is an FBI special agent and appeared in both 24 (season 7), season 7 and 24 (season 8), season 8.
Concept and creation
Wersching ...
interrupts the hearing to tell him about an imminent threat.
Day 7 can be divided into four main acts:
# Warlord
Iké Dubaku breaches a government firewall and attempts to cause massive damage, then tries to manipulate President Taylor by kidnapping her husband.
# A unit of soldiers from Sangala invades the White House and takes President Taylor hostage.
# Mercenaries from Starkwood acquire a
prion
Prions are misfolded proteins that have the ability to transmit their misfolded shape onto normal variants of the same protein. They characterize several fatal and transmissible neurodegenerative diseases in humans and many other animals. It ...
weapon and threaten to deploy it on major American cities.
# Tony Almeida betrays Jack and the FBI by stealing the last canister of the pathogen and attempting to use it against civilians.
Major subplots
* Senators are trying to send Jack to prison for life to make an example out of him.
* Members of the Taylor family are still mourning the loss of Roger Taylor.
*
Tony Almeida
Tony may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...
's return to the series.
* While Jack is happy to have his old friend back, he feels that something is not quite right.
*
Larry Moss tries to keep Renee Walker on the side of the law rather than adopting Jack's ruthless ways.
* Renee has difficulty accepting situations that put civilians at risk for the greater good.
* Allison Taylor begins to rethink the position she took against torture.
* A rivalry between Ethan Kanin and Olivia Taylor unfolds at the White House.
* Chloe clashes with an FBI analyst named Janis Gold.
* Jack becomes infected with a lethal pathogen and struggles to make peace before he dies.
*
Kim Bauer
Kimberly 'Kim' Bauer is a fictional character played by Elisha Cuthbert on the television series ''24''. She is portrayed as the only daughter of the show's main character, Jack Bauer and his wife Teri. She is a former CTU analyst turned fie ...
has one last opportunity to reconnect with her father.
Summary
Day 7 begins in a
U.S. Senate
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The composition and powe ...
hearing
Hearing, or auditory perception, is the ability to perceive sounds
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.
In human physiology and psycholog ...
during which Jack Bauer defends the necessity of his actions to Senator Blaine Mayer. Agent
Renee Walker
Renee Walker is a fictional character in the TV series ''24 (TV series), 24'', portrayed by Annie Wersching. She is an FBI special agent and appeared in both 24 (season 7), season 7 and 24 (season 8), season 8.
Concept and creation
Wersching ...
postpones the proceedings saying that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...
(FBI) urgently needs Jack's help. Even though Jack refuses to believe it at first, she reveals that
Tony Almeida
Tony may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...
is still alive and that he is launching an attack against the government that betrayed him. When a contact agrees to talk to Bauer and Walker and is assassinated, the sniper leads them to Tony's location. Jack captures Tony and brings him to the FBI but learns that he is part of an undercover operation involving
Bill Buchanan and
Chloe O'Brian
Chloe O'Brian is a fictional character played by actress Mary Lynn Rajskub on the US television series '' 24''. An analyst at CTU Los Angeles (and later New York), she is Jack Bauer's most trusted colleague, often doing unconventional and unau ...
that aims to expose corruption in the government.
Jack breaks Tony out of the
FBI's headquarters and meets with Bill and Chloe at a hideout that serves as a sort of underground CTU. There, he learns that Benjamin Juma and Iké Dubaku have infiltrated the government in order to stop the U.S. from invading Sangala. Dubaku plans to attack government infrastructure using the "CIP device" and have the Sangalan President, Ule Matobo, kidnapped. Jack and Tony team up with one of Dubaku's contacts, David Emerson, and proceed to kidnap Matobo. Along the way, Renee Walker discovers them. Instead of killing her, Jack manages to keep his cover safe by shooting her in the neck, burying her alive and sending her location to Chloe and Bill. After Tony reluctantly kills Emerson, the group hand Matobo over to Dubaku's henchmen and begin an assault once they learn Dubaku's location. During the assault, they rescue Matobo and destroy the CIP device but Dubaku escapes.
Dubaku attempts to manipulate President Taylor by kidnapping Henry Taylor but Jack and Renee find the First Gentleman by interrogating a
U.S. Secret Service
The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting U.S. political leaders, their families, and ...
agent. During the rescue, Henry Taylor suffers a gunshot wound from which he eventually recovers. With Dubaku on the run, Walker and Bauer are able to find him with the help of his girlfriend Marika. Although Dubaku's vehicle crashes in a car chase killing Marika, Dubaku survives with enough strength to provide Bauer with a list of names of his co-conspirators. Buchanan uses this list to begin making arrests. When the arrests are in progress, Tony informs Jack that General Juma is planning an attack and tells him that Senator Mayer's chief of staff Ryan Burnett knows the details. Jack begins to torture Burnett but he is apprehended before he can finish. Juma is able to attack his target—which turns out to be the White House—and Jack, Bill and Taylor find themselves held hostage.
Although Jack plans to save the hostages by sacrificing himself, Bill Buchanan does this instead, saying that a dangerous conspiracy still remains and that Jack is the only person he trusts to unravel it. When Jack tries to get further information out of Burnett, a mercenary arrives who kills Burnett and frames Bauer for the murder. When Jack escapes, he learns that the mercenary, John Quinn, works for Starkwood—a
defense contractor
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with an interest in developing bioweapons—led by a man named
Jonas Hodges
The seventh season of the American drama television series '' 24'', also known as Day 7, premiered in the United States on Fox on January 11, 2009, and concluded on May 18, 2009. The season was originally scheduled to premiere on January 13, 2008, ...
. After he is framed for the murder of U.S. Senator Mayer, Jack kills Quinn and learns the location of a bioweapon that just arrived from Sangala. He and Tony initiate a raid, which results in Tony's capture by Starkwood. Jack drives the weapon away from the port but is delayed when he stops to seal one of the leaking canisters. This not only exposes him to the pathogen but allows Starkwood to recapture it as well.
Jack learns that he is dying and tries to see the operation through to the end before he dies. He has an emotional meeting with his daughter Kim and tells Kim that he does not want her to try to save him with stem cells. FBI and military forces land in the Starkwood base and meet Tony Almeida but Starkwood forces outnumber them and force them to retreat. Tony sneaks away from the group and is able to remain at the base unseen. Co-ordinating with Jack, he destroys the canisters of the prion which allows the government to move in and arrest Hodges. To everyone's surprise, a Starkwood operative, Robert Galvez is seen with a surviving canister of the pathogen and a helicopter with Tony Almeida and Larry Moss on board gives chase. Tony betrays the FBI by killing Moss and helping Galvez escape the perimeter before escaping himself. Furious, Jack learns from Hodges that Tony has been in league with private military contractors all along and that he is working to have Islamic-Americans carry out a biological attack.
Tony and a co-conspirator named Cara Bowden force an innocent Muslim man to frame himself for a subway attack, by making a video and riding the subway, without knowing the details of what he's being framed for. Bowden delivers the canister of pathogenic agent, with a fifteen-minute timer on it, to the subway car the young man is riding, then exits. Jack intercepts the canister just in time but is forced to turn on the FBI and free Tony when he learns that Bowden's operatives are following Kim. Tony convinces Cara and the leader of their group named Alan Wilson to harvest the pathogen from Jack's body. Tony tells Jack in private that his plan is really to bring Alan Wilson into the open so that he can be murdered; Alan Wilson was the man behind
Charles Logan, who had both
David Palmer and
Michelle Dessler
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murdered. FBI agents arrive at the compound having learned of Jack's location from a rescued Kim Bauer. A firefight ensues which is ended by Jack and Renee who stop Almeida from killing Wilson. Renee decides to torture Wilson when she learns that he has covered all his tracks. After Jack's doctor induces a coma, Kim arrives and begs her to begin the stem cell procedure that Jack told her not to undergo. The season ends with Kim at her father's side, left with a thread of hope that he may survive.
Characters
Starring
*
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series '' 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Glo ...
as
Jack Bauer
Jack Bauer is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox television series ''24 (TV series), 24''. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a Special agent, federal agent of the Co ...
(24 episodes)
*
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub (; born June 22, 1971) is an American actress and comedian who is best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the action thriller series '' 24'', and the character Gail the Snail in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''. Rajskub ...
as
Chloe O'Brian
Chloe O'Brian is a fictional character played by actress Mary Lynn Rajskub on the US television series '' 24''. An analyst at CTU Los Angeles (and later New York), she is Jack Bauer's most trusted colleague, often doing unconventional and unau ...
(13 episodes)
*
Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress known for her roles on screen and stage. She has received various accolades for her performances in television and theatre including three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, thr ...
as
President Allison Taylor (23 episodes)
*
James Morrison as
Bill Buchanan (10 episodes)
*
Annie Wersching
Annie Wersching (March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023) was an American actress. She was known for her television roles as Renee Walker in '' 24'', Julia Brasher in '' Bosch'', and Emma Whitmore in '' Timeless'', as well as the voice and performan ...
as
Renee Walker
Renee Walker is a fictional character in the TV series ''24 (TV series), 24'', portrayed by Annie Wersching. She is an FBI special agent and appeared in both 24 (season 7), season 7 and 24 (season 8), season 8.
Concept and creation
Wersching ...
(24 episodes)
*
Colm Feore
Colm Joseph Feore (; born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries '' Trudeau'' (2002), his portrayal of G ...
as
First Gentleman Henry Taylor (12 episodes)
*
Bob Gunton
Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. (born November 15, 1945) is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ...
as
Ethan Kanin
The following is a list of characters in the American serial drama television series '' 24'', '' 24: Live Another Day'', and '' 24: Legacy'' by season and event. The list first names the actor, followed by the character. Some characters have their ...
(18 episodes)
*
Jeffrey Nordling
Jeffrey Richard Nordling (born March 11, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jake Manning in ''Once and Again'', Larry Moss in '' 24'', Nick Bolen in ''Desperate Housewives'', and Gordon Klein in '' Big Little Lies'', as wel ...
as
Larry Moss (19 episodes)
*
Rhys Coiro
John Rhys Coiro (born March 12, 1979) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He began acting on Broadway but is best known for on-screen roles such as Billy Walsh on the television series ''Entourage''.
Early life
Born in Santo Stefa ...
as
Sean Hillinger
The following is a list of characters in the American serial drama television series '' 24'', '' 24: Live Another Day'', and '' 24: Legacy'' by season and event. The list first names the actor, followed by the character. Some characters have their ...
(10 episodes)
*
Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Marie Garofalo ( ; born September 28, 1964) is an American comedian, actress, and former co-host on the now-defunct Air America Radio's ''The Majority Report''.
Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on ...
as
Janis Gold
The following is a list of characters in the American serial drama television series '' 24'', '' 24: Live Another Day'', and '' 24: Legacy'' by season and event. The list first names the actor, followed by the character. Some characters have their ...
(21 episodes)
*
Carlos Bernard
Carlos Bernard Papierski (born October 12, 1962) is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in '' 24'', which he played from 2001 to 2006, and then reprised again in 2009, 2014 in '' 24: Solitary'' and 2017 in '' ...
as
Tony Almeida
Tony may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...
(20 episodes)
Special guest stars
*
Kurtwood Smith
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as
Senator Blaine Mayer (6 episodes)
*
Elisha Cuthbert
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as
Kim Bauer
Kimberly 'Kim' Bauer is a fictional character played by Elisha Cuthbert on the television series ''24''. She is portrayed as the only daughter of the show's main character, Jack Bauer and his wife Teri. She is a former CTU analyst turned fie ...
(5 episodes)
Special guest appearance by
*
Jon Voight
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as
Jonas Hodges
The seventh season of the American drama television series '' 24'', also known as Day 7, premiered in the United States on Fox on January 11, 2009, and concluded on May 18, 2009. The season was originally scheduled to premiere on January 13, 2008, ...
(10 episodes)
Guest starring
Episodes
Production
Producers were determined to
reinvent the series after receiving criticism over the sixth season. They initially devised a storyline which would have Jack Bauer traveling to Sangala trying to find himself, and becoming caught up in a
coup with ''
Black Hawk Down''-style results.
The decision to scrap the storyline and start over delayed production from July to late August.
Filming was delayed a second time (from August 27 to September 10) in order for writers to complete additional scripts.
The crew was scheduled to film scenes with
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series '' 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Glo ...
at the
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro
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Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the home of Marine Corps Aviation on the West Coast ...
on Monday October 22, 2007; however, filming was canceled for health reasons due to
raging wildfires in the area. Cast and crew had blurry vision and difficulty breathing from the smoke.
United States Navy SEALs
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helped battle fictional terrorists at
Camarillo Airport during filming of an episode on August 12–13, 2008.
After completion of the 18th episode, production was temporarily shut down on September 15, 2008, for two weeks in order to perform script rewrites for the final six episodes. In an ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' interview,
Howard Gordon
Howard Gordon (born March 31, 1961) is an American television writer and producer.
He is well known for his work on the Fox action series '' 24'' alongside the Showtime thriller ''Homeland'', which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon ...
responded "We just couldn't get this direction to work, and we found another one that we liked better, so we wound up retooling it."
Executive producer and ''24'' co-creator
Joel Surnow
Joel Surnow (born December 18, 1955) is an American television writer, producer and director.
He is the co-creator of the action series '' La Femme Nikita'' and '' 24''.
Life and career
Joel Surnow is of Jewish descent. He was raised in Michi ...
left the series on February 12, 2008. His contract with
20th Century Fox
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was due to expire on April 30 but he requested an early release.
"I did some soul-searching. I took
">he strikeas an opportunity to write on my own and do other things. After doing ''24'', I don't know if I want to do a mainstream show again. I like what's going on in cable; there is an opportunity to stretch dramatically there, which is something I'm trying to do." Series co-creator and executive producer
Robert Cochran also left the show after the twelfth episode. The position held by Surnow was filled by showrunner
Howard Gordon
Howard Gordon (born March 31, 1961) is an American television writer and producer.
He is well known for his work on the Fox action series '' 24'' alongside the Showtime thriller ''Homeland'', which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon ...
.
Season 7 was dedicated to the memory of Larry Davenport, who was the assistant editor and editor since the first season. He died January 19, 2009.
Tony Almeida
Tony may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...
was seeming killed in
Season 5
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, but was revealed to be alive in this seventh season. Showrunner Howard Gordon mentioned in an interview that they purposely filmed Tony's death in a way that would allow his eventual return.
Trailer
The debut trailer aired on October 25, 2007.
In the trailer, Jack is seen testifying before Congress concerning his past extralegal activities, including the torture of terrorist Ibrahim Haddad. The international version of the trailer is largely identical but features an additional line where Bauer implies personal enjoyment from torturing a suspect. This line is cut from the US version.
A second trailer emphasized the plot concerning the United States losing control of its power lines, water supplies and air traffic control. Jon Cassar confirmed on the Fox message board that the ''
24: Redemption'' DVD would have a new alternate trailer for the season as an extra feature and that it contains scenes from the first fourteen episodes.
Writers Guild of America strike
On October 25, 2007, Fox premiered the first trailer and announced the return date for season 7 as January 13, 2008.
Just eleven days later, on November 5, 2007, the
2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike began. Rather than airing the eight completed episodes, Fox executives immediately postponed the season to ensure that it "can air uninterrupted, in its entirety."
Fox scheduling chief, Preston Beckman, admitted "It's not a decision we wanted to make, but it's one based on how we feel the viewers expect us to schedule the show."
Following the conclusion of the writers strike, production resumed on April 22, 2008.
Kiefer Sutherland claims the strike was beneficial to the show: "The time allowed us to do something that has never been done before — create a map of the entire season before we started shooting. So I can tell you without hesitation, I know for a fact, that season 7 is going to be the best season yet."
Sutherland reiterated this in an interview with ''
TV Guide
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Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or t ...
'' on August 18, 2008.
''24: Redemption''
To make up for the lack of any ''24'' episodes in 2008, Fox aired a two-hour TV movie on Sunday, November 23, 2008, that bridges the gap between seasons 6 and 7.
The storyline takes place during
Inauguration Day
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for the next U.S. President,
Allison Taylor
Allison Taylor is a fictional character portrayed by Cherry Jones on the TV series '' 24''. The first female President of the United States within the ''24'' universe and a Republican, she took office in the TV movie, '' 24: Redemption'' and serv ...
, and is shot partially in South Africa.
"
ackis a soul in turmoil and has been moving from place to place trying to find somewhere he can be at peace," says co-executive producer,
Manny Coto
Manuel Hector "Manny" Coto (born June 10, 1961) is an American writer, director and producer of films and television programs.
Coto was the executive producer and showrunner of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' in its final season, and executive produc ...
. "But he winds up in Sangala, an imaginary country in Africa in the middle of a
military coup
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such ...
." While at Sangala, Bauer is
subpoena
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ed to appear before the Senate hearing, but he doesn't want to go.
''Redemption'' takes place approximately 42 months after Day 6 and Day 7 takes place 65 days after ''Redemption''.
Energy reduction
Howard Gordon
Howard Gordon (born March 31, 1961) is an American television writer and producer.
He is well known for his work on the Fox action series '' 24'' alongside the Showtime thriller ''Homeland'', which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon ...
said that ''24'' cares about the issue of
global warming
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and takes fighting climate change seriously. Measures were taken during the filming of season 7 to make the show
carbon neutral
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. These measures include increased energy efficiency (
hybrid vehicles
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The basic princip ...
), burning of cleaner fuels (
natural gas
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,
biodiesel
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), and purchase of
renewable energy
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. Through these efforts, the crew was able to reduce the carbon emissions of the show's production by 43%. The remaining emissions will be eliminated with the purchase of carbon offsets. In addition, a series of
PSA
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Biology and medicine
* Posterior spinal artery
* Primary systemic amyloidosis, a disease caused by the accumulation of abnormal proteins
* Prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme used as a blood tracer for pros ...
s with Kiefer Sutherland and other main cast members were produced to educate the public on what they can do to help with the issue.
Reception
On
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the season has an approval rating of 76% with an average score of 8.3 out of 10 based on 33 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "New characters and old faces appear as ''24'' begins to challenge the ethics and morals of its characters."
Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones (born November 21, 1956) is an American actress known for her roles on screen and stage. She has received various accolades for her performances in television and theatre including three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, thr ...
, who played
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Allison Taylor
Allison Taylor is a fictional character portrayed by Cherry Jones on the TV series '' 24''. The first female President of the United States within the ''24'' universe and a Republican, she took office in the TV movie, '' 24: Redemption'' and serv ...
, won the
Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the second Emmy Award-winning performer of the show, after
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series '' 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Glo ...
in 2006.
IGN
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's review of Season 7 praises Jon Voight's performance as Jonas Hodges saying "Hodges ends up being more of a Bond villain than a 24 villain – over the top at times, but creative and willing to stop at nothing to execute his plan." The same review disapproves of the season's focus on the politics of torture saying "it was a bit much, putting too much real world politics into what in the past has been great escapist entertainment." On the review aggregator website
Metacritic
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, the seventh season scored 72 out of 100, based on 21 reviews, indicating "Generally favorable reviews" and was considered a huge improvement over the previous season.
Award nominations
Home media releases
The seventh season was released on DVD and
Blu-ray
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in region 1 on and in region 2 on .
References
External links
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