Jack Bauer Turns Fugitive on Final 24

Jack Bauer Turns Fugitive on Final 24

TORONTO (Reuters) – After eight horrifying days, U.S. special agent Jack Bauer ended his career on television's hit action show"24" on Monday by turning into a fugitive from justice and being forced to escape the country he loved.

It seemed a fitting end for Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) because during the show's eight seasons -- each one-hour episodes elapsed as if it were one hour in a day -- the tough-as-nails super agent always landed in trouble.

The cliffhanger ending also will undoubtedly leave loyal fans guessing about the plot of a planned movie based on the show now that it has gone off the Fox network for good.

Earlier this month, "24" executive producer Howard Gordon had promised fans that "to give Jack a happy ending didn't feel authentic," and he and Sutherland did not disappoint.

In Monday's gripping final two hours, Bauer came within a razor's edge of being executed with the tacit knowledge of U.S. president Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones), even as he grew closer to assassinating a Russian president who conspired to sabotage a historic global peace agreement.

By Solarina Ho
Reuters

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