Crazy stuff, right? Now we know what Mary Lynn Rajskub meant by “outrageous things are happening” in the ninth episode. Take a look at the action-packed promo for the ninth episode of 24: Live Another Day. Jack wants just one thing, payback.
Also be sure to let us know what you thought about the shocking eighth episode by voting in our poll.
After airing four brief teasers throughout the Super Bowl, FOX finally debuted the 24: Live Another Day commercial in the fourth quarter, and it was worth the wait. This is the first new footage of 24 in four years! This amazing 24: Live Another Day Super Bowl promo exploded in popularity with the #JackIsBack hashtag…
FOX has debuted a brand new 45 second promo for 24: Live Another Day during American Idol. This one features a lot of new scenes with Yvonne Strahovski, a glimpse of Michael Wincott‘s character Adrian Cross, and some more Jack Bauer goodness.
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June 16, 2014 at 10:27 pmSteve
June 21, 2014 at 7:54 am24marathonman
June 16, 2014 at 10:31 pmMary
June 16, 2014 at 10:32 pmm82a1
June 16, 2014 at 11:25 pm24Nathan
June 16, 2014 at 11:45 pmTomW
June 17, 2014 at 2:31 pm24Nathan
June 17, 2014 at 10:30 pmLiam
June 17, 2014 at 8:35 amMary
June 17, 2014 at 10:39 amTrevor
June 16, 2014 at 10:42 pmJack
June 16, 2014 at 10:44 pm24fan24
June 16, 2014 at 11:05 pmHe should NOT be brought back. He went out perfectly.
Jack
June 16, 2014 at 11:11 pmGuys – an interesting theory from someone on IMDb:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598754/board/nest/231112219?d=231113504#231113504
Especially: “the mother is going back on her word in the preview “
Mary
June 17, 2014 at 10:40 amDaniel Shaw
June 16, 2014 at 11:18 pmJack
June 16, 2014 at 11:38 pmDaniel Shaw
June 17, 2014 at 2:00 amMark
June 17, 2014 at 4:44 amMary
June 16, 2014 at 11:52 pm24fan24
June 17, 2014 at 12:54 pmHaving Heller come back would simply ruin what was an amazing episode, (and as I’ve previously said, my now all time favorite) 9x08. It would be exactly like having Ryan Chappelle come back after 3x18 and saying, “Oh, Jack just fired a blank at the back of his head lel” and it would’ve sucked everything powerful out of that episode. If the writers take that path with this, then that will be tremendously disappointing. Plus, Chappelle and Heller’s deaths are both perfect for their characters. Chappelle, always hated by co-workers and viewers alike, was finally commiserable in his final episode, and Heller, always willing to put his country ahead of his own life, finally sacrificed himself in the line of duty…
Hopefully everything is how it seems and we can all look back at 3x18 and 9x08, the two best episodes of 24 in history.
Mary
June 17, 2014 at 1:07 pmCigaretteMan
June 17, 2014 at 9:53 pmSomehow the idea got leaked onto a 24 spoiler website called “Ryan’s Report” so the writers decided to keep Chappelle dead as a result.
I don’t buy it but maybe just maybe the writers tried to do this idea again with Heller: build up an entire episode to a characters unavoidable death to sell the idea that he must be dead and ultimately seal the deal with a twist no one would expect down the road,
Like you said why would the writers devote an entire episode to Heller’s sacrifice just to spare him? If they did fake his death the audience would never have seen it coming.
Mary
June 17, 2014 at 11:53 pmI know what they almost did with Chappelle but half of that was probably about how far they could push the character of Jack. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the ones to leak it to Ryan’s Report just to use the lack of fan surprise as a reason to get Fox to allow them to really kill Chappelle or something. It wouldn’t be the first time they tested with some teases (anyone else remember Person TBD for the Day 6 finale?)
The point is that, sure, they could have faked Heller’s death. Absolutely. But now explain to me how they can ever kill him again. What’s a good death for Heller after they just wrote him an opera of one? We aren’t talking about characters we didn’t know who showed up after fake deaths– your Victor Drazens and what not. We aren’t talking about Tony Almeida whose story arc absolutely required Day 5 into Day 7. We’re talking about Heller here. Do you prefer him to live to next week so he can spend the last few hours of the day driving around with Belcheck because that’s about all he can do now. He’s no longer the President and if he’s still alive, he just destroyed his family with the decisions he put Mark and Jack in the position of having to make. There is no story left for Heller.
TodayILive
June 18, 2014 at 1:45 amDead or alive, Heller’s action sets a negative precedent and encourages more terrorists to “make deals.”
Iubiam
June 18, 2014 at 5:46 pmTricia
June 16, 2014 at 10:49 pmDaniel Shaw
June 16, 2014 at 11:18 pmitsbighead
June 17, 2014 at 2:41 amRebel2477
June 16, 2014 at 11:11 pmTran
June 16, 2014 at 11:18 pmSharanRJ
June 16, 2014 at 11:42 pmardoho84
June 16, 2014 at 11:19 pmAquaflute
June 17, 2014 at 12:31 amNew West Virginian
June 17, 2014 at 12:42 amMary
June 17, 2014 at 1:08 pmGail Mac
June 17, 2014 at 1:31 amDaniel Shaw
June 17, 2014 at 2:00 amkess
June 17, 2014 at 8:30 pmSwaqmonster
June 21, 2014 at 7:19 pmMary
June 17, 2014 at 1:08 pmnevelli
June 17, 2014 at 2:06 amClayton
June 17, 2014 at 3:44 amiHateDanielShaw
June 17, 2014 at 9:14 pm24 Spoilers
June 17, 2014 at 9:23 pmI don’t see how they could come up with such an elaborate plan and execute it in the span of two minutes.
James
June 17, 2014 at 11:09 pm24fan24
June 17, 2014 at 11:22 pmJames
June 17, 2014 at 11:42 pmSwaqmonster
June 21, 2014 at 7:20 pmitsbighead
June 17, 2014 at 3:21 amrelulu1
June 17, 2014 at 4:37 amJack
June 17, 2014 at 9:05 amMary
June 17, 2014 at 10:48 amZack
June 18, 2014 at 9:13 pmshawn parrington
June 17, 2014 at 4:41 amDRod1983
June 17, 2014 at 8:59 amRonnieTheC
June 17, 2014 at 10:57 amJack
June 17, 2014 at 11:06 amMary
June 17, 2014 at 1:11 pmNew West Virginian
June 17, 2014 at 10:04 pmMary
June 17, 2014 at 11:57 pmAgentRez
June 18, 2014 at 7:33 pmJack
June 17, 2014 at 11:05 amBTW, I believe Episode 9 will be one of the all-time greatest, if not THE greatest.
Jack
June 17, 2014 at 11:08 amI think if Heller ends up being alive, the whole of Episode 8 will be for nothing & it could take away from the realism immensely. The fact that a drone killed the President is unrealistic enough as it is without Chloe somehow manipulating the feed etc etc.
24fan24
June 17, 2014 at 2:19 pm24girl
June 20, 2014 at 6:12 pmMary
June 17, 2014 at 1:12 pmMarlon
June 17, 2014 at 11:07 amSandra Palmer (no way – that’s stupid, sorry)
Lynne Kresge
long shot – Allison Taylor demoted after her actions in Season 8 (also stupid)
RonnieTheC
June 17, 2014 at 11:36 amMary
June 17, 2014 at 1:14 pmNew West Virginian
June 17, 2014 at 10:06 pmMary
June 17, 2014 at 11:59 pmaaa
June 17, 2014 at 12:42 pmMary
June 17, 2014 at 1:14 pmTiny
June 17, 2014 at 1:27 pmMark
June 17, 2014 at 1:34 pmFanta
June 18, 2014 at 7:15 pmMary
June 17, 2014 at 2:42 pmCharacters Who Can’t Possibly Really Be Dead:
-Morris O’Brian.
I’d buy it if it had just been Prescott but killing off a former main character off-screen is just a little unbelievable. Add in that it’s suuuuuch a suspicious death… a car accident at night with only one witness who conveniently didn’t really see anything? On the one night Chloe doesn’t pick Press up from soccer practice? I think Prescott could well be really dead but Morris is a whole other ballgame.
-Muhammed Al-Harazi.
There would be nothing more ironic than Margot having launched a revenge mission for a man who is really still alive. There are date discrepancies as to when this drone attack happened (smacks of Operation Nightfall) and one attack did leave survivors, including Margot herself. It’s clear that if Margot’s husband is still alive, she doesn’t know about it. Boudreau even admitted to a U.S. coverup involved in the drone attack– maybe there is more to this than we already know (or that he even knows at this point.) Maybe the U.S. has Al-Harazi and has this whole time. Or something.
Alex
June 17, 2014 at 6:03 pmAlex
June 17, 2014 at 6:03 pmMary
June 18, 2014 at 12:07 amYour example of Wayne though illustrates just how this Morris situation just *never* happens on 24. If the closest we can come to something comparable is Wayne out of dozens of characters, it kind of emphasizes my point.
Alex
June 18, 2014 at 9:28 amAgree to differ, I suppose?
Mary
June 18, 2014 at 11:43 am24Nathan
June 17, 2014 at 11:06 pmMary
June 18, 2014 at 12:09 am24Nathan
June 18, 2014 at 7:05 pm24Lulu
June 19, 2014 at 10:46 amAgentRez
June 18, 2014 at 7:34 pmPhee
June 18, 2014 at 8:48 amI can easily believe that Morris and Prescott were the intended target of that accident all along, because someone (Adrian) wanted to get to Chloe and her family were standing in the way so they had to be eliminated. If so, then holding Morris captive wouldn’t be worth the trouble, because just killing him would do the job of making Chloe vulnerable just fine.
Also, I love me some Morris so no disrespect intended, but within the context of what we’ve seen for Day 9, I can’t imagine him being important and valuable and worth anyone’s trouble to kidnap him and fake his death so they could use him.
I could believe that Al-Harazi isn’t really dead. Or even Margot’s first husband, who we don’t have any info on other than *checking the wikia* he died when Simone and Ian were 3 and 5 years old. Margot associated with left-wing groups when she was studying at Cambridge. Wouldn’t it be a trip if Adrian ended up being her first husband?
We don’t know if they’ve ever interacted in present day, do we? I guess she’d know he exists considering she was using one of his geek posse. But who’s to say that Adrian Cross isn’t an alias because he fake died years ago and abandoned his family? And now he’s trying to undermine Margot somehow with his shady deals in an attempt to free his children from her? It’s quite the crack theory, but really, why even give Margot a first (dead?) husband. Her story would have still worked just fine if Al-Harazi was her only husband and the bio father of her kids. But they went and gave her a first (dead?) husband. And we know nothing about Adrian’s history, (but safe to say he hung out with leftie groups in his college days). And everything will have to tie together somehow, but right now it seems that Navarro and Adrian’s shady dealings aren’t related to the Margot drone plot. Unless they ARE somehow, because Adrian’s the middle man. Hmmmm…
Aquaflute
June 18, 2014 at 2:52 pmThe problem for me now is with the limited amount of episodes left, I don’t think there’s enough time for any sort of good closure with Chloe’s character. And that really worries me somehow.
24fan24
June 18, 2014 at 3:30 pmI can’t see Morris popping up in the last four episodes of the series, because it really wouldn’t fit into the plot unless there’s some kind of connection with Margot or the framing of Adam Morgan. But hey, anything could happen at this point…
Phee
June 18, 2014 at 10:24 pmBut just the fact that they had Chloe say that she knows the reason for it makes me think there’s something more to it. He’s definitely dead IMO, but I call shenanigans on the reason.
PaulO
June 17, 2014 at 3:40 pmkess
June 17, 2014 at 8:25 pmHina
June 17, 2014 at 9:59 pmRay
June 17, 2014 at 10:23 pmJames
June 17, 2014 at 10:57 pmMary
June 18, 2014 at 12:24 am24fan24
June 18, 2014 at 12:25 am24Nathan
June 18, 2014 at 7:09 pmMarlon
June 17, 2014 at 11:03 pmIf heller is alive, then we will find out in ep 9. Why would margot use the last drone for an attack then? (As per this promo)She didn’t keep her word.
Mary
June 18, 2014 at 12:15 amJames
June 17, 2014 at 11:07 pmAlex Oh
June 18, 2014 at 9:51 amMarlon
June 17, 2014 at 11:15 pm24fan24
June 17, 2014 at 11:40 pmAlso, as many have said on here before me, why build up a character’s death so well and then ruin it afterwards? Heller even said, “This is my time to go.” Why would the writers put that line in the script if they knew that it wouldn’t mean anything in the next episode?
On the topic of the whole Jack reaction shots and final clock, sure it could’ve been edited better, but I didn’t mind it. I feel like the whole episode, and especially the last ten minutes, was still very well done and blew me away.
Do I think Heller will come back? I sure hope not, but I wouldn’t put it past the writers either. All of these behind the scenes pics that have resurfaced today have made me unsure if Heller actually died, which confusing us might be the writers’ intent, but it’s not like they haven’t made mistakes in the past, either…
Gerry Mander
June 17, 2014 at 11:30 pm* Mary Lynn Rajskub’s reported utter disbelief what the writers pulled off in Episode 9 upon reading the script.
* The reason we got a ticking clock not a silent clock.
* Margot’s “nnnoooo!” in that promo; she realizes she’s been royally duped.
* The new drone attacks shown in that above promo. Margot back on the attack
* FOX’s ban on the death of a sitting president on their network shows seemingly being overridden had Heller died; his resignation takes effect from the beginning of Episode 9, he was still President had he been killed at Wembley, he wasn’t so FOX’s ban was not overridden.
And all this after I wrote a long and (I thought) eloquent treatise on the ’24 Showrunners Dicuss Shocking Death’ thread on this site… way to go ’24’ writers, LOL!
24fan24
June 17, 2014 at 11:47 pm“Margot’s “nnnoooo!” in that promo.” – Because Jack throws her son Ian out of the window. Why Fox would show us that in the ad is beyond me.
“The new drone attacks shown in that above promo.” – That is the same exact footage from the previous episode.
“FOX’s ban on the death of a sitting president on their network shows seemingly being overridden had Heller died; his resignation takes effect from the beginning of Episode 9, he was still President had he been killed at Wembley, he wasn’t so FOX’s ban was not overridden.” – Although this is true, I still think that was a way of getting out of the loophole.
Of course I could be wrong and Heller is in fact alive…
Mary
June 18, 2014 at 12:20 amWhy would they keep their scripts confidential and lockdown a lot of the sets if they were allowing the actors to post whatever pictures they wanted on Twitter?
New West Virginian
June 18, 2014 at 1:11 am24girl
June 20, 2014 at 6:20 pmChlojack
June 18, 2014 at 10:35 amFor William Devane, couldn’t he have returned to London for the wrap party? Maybe he got there a few days early and wanted to be there on set. Or perhaps they filmed additional scenes of Heller to be inserted later (ie archived videos of one Heller’s speeches, to be shown at a memorial service).
Mary
June 18, 2014 at 11:45 am24fan24
June 18, 2014 at 3:23 pmChlojack
June 18, 2014 at 3:57 pmvaughn ramdeen
June 18, 2014 at 12:26 amM
June 18, 2014 at 12:36 am24fan24
June 18, 2014 at 12:39 amM
June 18, 2014 at 12:43 amV
June 18, 2014 at 5:15 pmONLY THREE EPISODES LEFT!!!
With only three episodes remaining, Jack Bauer’s harrowing day crescendos as he pursues final leads at all costs. The emotional toll of the day’s events escalates when Kate Morgan learns the truth about her husband and Audrey confronts Boudreau about his duplicity. Making matters incredibly worse, the scope of the terror threat widens and the potential devastation reaches new heights in the all-new “Day 9: 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM” episode of 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY on Monday, June 30 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (TWF-910) (TV-14 L, V)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer; Yvonne Strahovski as Kate Morgan; Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O’Brian; Kim Raver as Audrey Boudreau; William Devane as James Heller; Benjamin Bratt as Steve Navarro; Tate Donovan as Mark Boudreau; Michael Wincott as Adrian Cross; Gbenga Akinnagbe as Erik Ritter and Giles Matthey as Jordan Reed
NOTICE THAT BOTH HELLER AND REED ARE LISTED IN CAST FOR EPISODE 10
Rob
June 19, 2014 at 2:53 amTheresa
June 18, 2014 at 12:41 am24fan24
June 18, 2014 at 12:44 am********************CONFIRMED CONSPIRACY********************
Mary
June 18, 2014 at 11:46 amNew West Virginian
June 18, 2014 at 1:10 amSome of the secrets that Navarro sold to China involved drone technology, after all the CIA and CTU both fly drones like we’ve seen in past seasons. The Chinese in turn used this intelligence to help Margot in her attacks. It was mentioned that the Chinese didn’t want the base treaty renewed and a terrorist drone attack on British soil would convince the British government not to cooperate with the US drone program. The Chinese still want to do something to make sure the treaty is not renewed, at the same time Navarro is going to do everything he can to cover his own ass, maybe even help the Chinese more in exchange for their protection (like Philip Bauer did).
AgentRez
June 18, 2014 at 7:46 pmAt the beginning of the season I assumed that all the references to the Chinese had something to do with the whole Audrey/season 6 plotline, but now I am thinking that might not be the case. I was initially thinking that Mark could have been an agent for the Chinese for years and that was what motivated him to hold Audrey’s hand and “bring her back” for three years when he didn’t even know her before she went to China, but I am thinking that is less likely now, because there is enough interesting plot stuff going on with both of them.
Your theory would be a good way of making the Chinese side plot tie into the story but without adding more layers of big bads behind the big bad. If your theory is right, I am thinking that Navarro and Cross probably did not know that the Chinese were selling the technology to Margot, because there are too many things that would not add up about either of them being involved with Margot’s scheme (Navarro reinstating Kate in episode 2, him being at the site of the explosion in episode 5, Cross leaving Chloe alive and unattended knowing she was helping Jack try to stop Margot).
Corinne
June 23, 2014 at 6:53 amSo, you are a clever Russian / Chinese knowing well The Jack and you absolutly want to take revenge knowing you never gone find him since he is hiding so well, what can you do ?? I would say letting him know about a threat against the President, especially against Heller, is a pretty good way to assure his come back.
But to begin with, they must had an intel about his location, in London.
(sorry about my english i’m french!)
Jab
June 18, 2014 at 1:33 amDamnItTony
June 18, 2014 at 5:25 amBob
June 18, 2014 at 9:47 amAlex
June 18, 2014 at 9:49 amWhat was he left doing? Chloe opened a new window when Jack was talking to him just before the president walked away. What was that window?
Let’s wait for next Monday.
Aquaflute
June 18, 2014 at 3:05 pmNot going to ban the show of course but I’ll surely treat the rest of the season as a joke:)
Jon
June 18, 2014 at 4:45 pmV
June 18, 2014 at 5:17 pmONLY THREE EPISODES LEFT!!!
With only three episodes remaining, Jack Bauer’s harrowing day crescendos as he pursues final leads at all costs. The emotional toll of the day’s events escalates when Kate Morgan learns the truth about her husband and Audrey confronts Boudreau about his duplicity. Making matters incredibly worse, the scope of the terror threat widens and the potential devastation reaches new heights in the all-new “Day 9: 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM” episode of 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY on Monday, June 30 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (TWF-910) (TV-14 L, V)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer; Yvonne Strahovski as Kate Morgan; Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O’Brian; Kim Raver as Audrey Boudreau; William Devane as James Heller; Benjamin Bratt as Steve Navarro; Tate Donovan as Mark Boudreau; Michael Wincott as Adrian Cross; Gbenga Akinnagbe as Erik Ritter and Giles Matthey as Jordan Reed
NOTICE THAT BOTH HELLER AND REED ARE LISTED IN CAST FOR EPISODE 10
Alex
June 18, 2014 at 6:25 pmAt the end of every new episode, Fox Latin America usually shows a very short clip about the following episode. This time, this clip showed Heller alive.
Furthermore, I can describe in detail what it showed: we see Margot´s son analysing something in front of a computer and telling her mother: “Something´s not right”. Next we see three people next to a car and Jack telling Heller exactly the following: “Please, Mr President, get in the car and let me do what I know how to do.” Heller looks reluctant to get in the car. And Belcheck is behind Jack opening the door of the car for the president to get in.
M
June 18, 2014 at 8:20 pm24fan24
June 18, 2014 at 11:54 pmSorry about that. Feel like an idiot.
Mark
June 19, 2014 at 12:23 pmDave
June 18, 2014 at 10:38 pmlala24
June 19, 2014 at 4:03 pmBowlerman3
June 19, 2014 at 10:19 pmSharon
June 20, 2014 at 8:52 amI only came back to watch 24 because I heard Kim Raver was reprising her role!