The last minutes of Jack Bauer's day, 6.0, have ticked off the clock. Now you get the chance to weigh in. Below are eight categories for you -- the illustrious readers -- to select the best and worst of 24 in a TV Squad poll.
1. Best villain. (The guy you really loved to hate.)
a) Cheng Zhi
b) Abu Fayed
c) Phillip Bauer
d) Dmitri Gredenko
e) Noah Daniels
2. Worst villain. (The villain who made you roll your eyes.)
a) Reed Pollock
b) Graem Bauer
c) Phillip Bauer
d) Noah Daniels
e) Mark Bishop
3. Best Jack Bauer move. (Imagine Jack. In action.)
a) The jugular bite
b) Putting a baggie over his brother's head
c) The shoot-n-slide (otherwise known as the Bauer slide)
d) Hanging Abu Fayed
e) Cigar cutter. Russian consulate. You know the rest.
4. Worst love triangle. (Get ready to gag.)
a) Milo Pressman/Morris O'Brian/Chloe O'Brian
b) Milo Pressman/Nadia Yassir/Mike Doyle
c) Noah Daniels/Lisa Miller/Mark Bishop
d) Graem Bauer/Marilyn Bauer/Jack Bauer
5. Best Jack Bauer line. ("Dammit," doesn't count.)
a) "Now we're gonna have some fun." -- To Fayed before hanging him.
b) "Say hello to your brother." -- Also to Fayed.
c) "I want my life back and I want it now!" -- To Audrey Raines' father in hour 24.
d) "I just watched my father die and I felt nothing." -- To Audrey Raines' father.
6. Most under-used character. (Someone you really wanted to see in better storylines.)
a) Charles Logan
b) Martha Logan
c) Curtis Manning
d) Chloe O'Brian
7. Worst plot turn. (As with the worst villain categories, these too made your eyes roll or feel as though opportunities had been missed.)
a) Wayne Palmer's attempted assassination, then comeback, then falling ill again.
b) The introduction of evil branch of Jack's family.
c) Detonating a nuclear bomb in Valencia, yet there wasn't much attention paid to the subsequent fall-out.
d) Chloe's pregnancy.
8. Best hero (aside from Jack).
a) Milo Pressman
b) Mike Doyle
c) Tom Lennox















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5-24-2007 @ 2:23PM
Jake Geiser said...
1)A
2)F (All of the Above)
3)D
4)E (All of the Above)
5)D
6)A
7)E (All of the Above)
8)A
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5-24-2007 @ 2:29PM
Who? said...
Love this poll!
1) A-come on...we waited for him and his accent every week!!! I was so glad he wasn't killed..it means a possible reoccurance next year!
2) D- he's just CREEPY!!!!
3) C
4) C- again...CREEPY and Gross!
5) B
6) B
7) D
8) C
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5-24-2007 @ 2:50PM
Hugeliver said...
1) a) NOah Daniels
2) a) Reed Pollock
3) c) The shoot-n-slide (otherwise known as the Bauer slide)
4) ALL of them!
5) d) "I just watched my father die and I felt nothing." -- To Audrey Raines' father.
6) a) Charles Logan
7) a) Wayne Palmer's attempted assassination, then comeback, then falling ill again.
8) b) Mike Doyle
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5-24-2007 @ 2:51PM
Hugeliver said...
You know, at the risk of a stoning by all fans, I wouldn't mind seeing Rick Shroeder as Mike Doyle in his own series. Alot of story to explore there AND I thought he was pretty damn good in NYPD Blue.
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5-24-2007 @ 3:28PM
David said...
1. Best Villain: Cheng Zhi. It was fun seeing a non-Russian, non-Middle Eastern terrorist for once. Unlike Fayed or Gredenko, I got the sense Cheng actually knew what he was doing for the majority of the season. I'm hoping for China/China-backed terrorists to be the main villains of the next season.
2. Worst Villain: Mark Bishop. I definitely got the sense his storyline was added in to pad the later hours, especially since it was resolved with absolutely no change to the overall storyline.
3. Best Jack Move: The jugular bite. "Vampire-style" has been firmly added to my vocabulary when discussing 24.
4. Worst Love Triangle: Tough Choice. I'd say Graem/Marilyn/Jack, because of the incestuous undertones and you just knew it wasn't going to go anywhere between Marilyn and Jack
5. Best Jack Bauer Line: Another tough choice. I'd go with "I just watched my father die and I felt nothing."
6. Most under-used character: Easy. Charles Logan. My favorite president on 24 other than Palmer version 1.0
7. Worst Plot Turn: Chloe's plot turn. Points go to the Palmer storyline, if only because I laughed out loud at the way Daniels oh-so-discreetly hides his letter of resignation while everyone is panicking over the President's collapse.
8. Best Hero: Tom Lennox. he showed the most character growth over the course of the season.
Bonus: Best forgotten Storyline: The guy from Disctrict who came to take over CTU from Nadia, showed up to give the cold-shoulder to her, and promptly disappeared. Whatever happened to that guy.
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5-24-2007 @ 3:36PM
Jeff said...
1 E
2 C
3 A
4 D
5 B
6 A
7 B
8 A
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5-24-2007 @ 3:48PM
Viv said...
5. 1. Best Villain: Cheng Zhi. I really wanted Jack to put a bullet in the guy's head for everything he did. Jack let him go. Did not like that plot.
2. Worst Villain: Mark Bishop. Point of this character is??
3. Best Jack Move: I wanted to vote for the slide but the bite was too good to pass up.
4. Worst Love Triangle: Nadia/Doyle/Milo. nough said.
5. Best Jack Bauer Line: Say Hello to your brother. Short and sweet.
6. Most under-used character: Easy. Charles Logan and Martha Logan. Imagine the possibilites with these characters
7. Worst Plot Turn: Introduction of the Bauer family. Missed a big oppurtunity here.
8. Best Hero: Tom Lennox. I really didn't care for him in the beginning but he was pretty good. Mike Doyle is a close second.
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5-24-2007 @ 5:05PM
Michael said...
My picks:
(1) Cheng
(2) Bishop - puh-leeze!
(3) The Shoot-n-Slide!
(4) Milo/Nadia/Doyle - Complete lack of chemistry!
(5) "Now we're gonna have some fun!"
(6) Curtis - There was a bunch of back story we could have explored!
(7) Wayne Palmer!
(8) Doyle - I think he was a great balance for Jack. Doyle was a very different character than Curtis, and he was a great addition to the cast.
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5-24-2007 @ 3:57PM
jmasie said...
1. c) Phillip Bauer
2. a) Reed Pollock
3. d) Hanging Abu Fayed
4. c) Noah Daniels/Lisa Miller/Mark Bishop
5. b) "Say hello to your brother." -- Also to Fayed.
6. a) Charles Logan
7. a) Wayne Palmer's attempted assassination, then comeback, then falling ill again.
8. a) Milo Pressman
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5-24-2007 @ 4:36PM
ratphink said...
1. Best villain. (The guy you really loved to hate.)
Noah Daniels
2. Worst villain.
Phillip Bauer
3. Best Jack Bauer move.
Cigar cutter. Russian consulate
4. Worst love triangle.
Milo Pressman/Nadia Yassir/Mike Doyle
5. Best Jack Bauer line.
"Say hello to your brother."
6. Most under-used character.
Charles Logan
7. Worst plot turn.
Chloe's pregnancy.
8. Best hero
Tom Lennox
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5-24-2007 @ 4:41PM
PJP said...
1. The best villain - ALL of them but I Really hate Phillip Bauer so much that I will hate him on anything else he plays
2. Worst villain - Mark Bishop
3. Best Jack Move - Hanging Abu Fayed FINALLY
4. Worst love Triangle - Marilyn/Jack/Audrey
5. Best Jack Bauer Line - Say Hello to your brother PLUS I loved Doyle's "Damn Jack"
6. Most underused character - The Logan's for sure
7. Worst Plot - Wayne Palmer's attempted assassination, then comeback, then falling ill again. Not mentioned is the outsting of Bill and now Karen!!!
8. Best Hero other than Jack - Doyle
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5-24-2007 @ 5:47PM
greg said...
1 a
2 d
3 d
4 c
5 a
6 d
7 a
8 b
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5-24-2007 @ 6:09PM
Frankly said...
1, Best villain: Phil Bauer -- for the "role model" that he was to his boys.
2, Worst villain: Bishop. (though he did get more than I did that night).
3, Jack move: He took "go for the jugular" literally.
How about saving that guy in the helicopter with a TV antenna?
4, Worst love triangle: Nadia and anyone with pants on.
But Chloe/Morris/Milo just was not right.
5, Best line: Say hello......
6, Most underused: Chloe
7, Worst plot line: For crying out loud! A friggin' ATOMIC BOMB was exploded in LA/Valencia, and not one store was looted.
8, Best hero: Nadia -- for showing true leadership by identifying Milo as the one in charge. Really, at the end it has to be Doyle.
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5-24-2007 @ 6:20PM
Frankly said...
" You know, at the risk of a stoning by all fans, I wouldn't mind seeing Rick Shroeder as Mike Doyle in his own series."
Huggliver
It's been done; A blind investigator -- "Longstreet," starring James Franciscus, circa 1971.
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5-24-2007 @ 6:40PM
ac said...
1. Chang
2. Papa Bauer
3. The Bauer slide
4. Milo/Nadia/Doyle
5. Say hello to your brother
6. Underused is a tie between the Logans
7. Jack's family is evil.
8. Lennox, made me laugh.
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5-24-2007 @ 6:23PM
nothanks said...
1. Best villain. (The guy you really loved to hate.)
b) Abu Fayed
2. Worst villain. (The villain who made you roll your eyes.)
c) Phillip Bauer
3. Best Jack Bauer move. (Imagine Jack. In action.)
d) Hanging Abu Fayed
4. Worst love triangle. (Get ready to gag.)
a) Milo Pressman/Morris O'Brian/Chloe O'Brian
5. Best Jack Bauer line. ("Dammit," doesn't count.)
b) "Say hello to your brother." -- Also to Fayed.
6. Most under-used character. (Someone you really wanted to see in better storylines.)
d) Chloe O'Brian
7. Worst plot turn. (As with the worst villain categories, these too made your eyes roll or feel as though opportunities had been missed.)
b) The introduction of evil branch of Jack's family.
8. Best hero (aside from Jack).
b) Mike Doyle
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5-24-2007 @ 8:47PM
Naila said...
1. c) Phillip Bauer
2. b) Graem Bauer
3. a) The jugular bite
4. d) Graem Bauer/Marilyn Bauer/Jack Bauer
5. d) "I just watched my father die and I felt nothing." -- To Audrey Raines' father.
6. d) Chloe O'Brian
7. b) The introduction of evil branch of Jack's family.
8. a) Milo Pressman
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5-24-2007 @ 8:58PM
Kevin said...
1. a) Cheng Zhi
2. e) Mark Bishop
3. a) The jugular bite
4. b) Milo Pressman/Nadia Yassir/Mike Doyle
5. b) "Say hello to your brother."
6. a) Charles Logan
7. c) Detonating a nuclear bomb in Valencia, yet there wasn't much attention paid to the subsequent fall-out.
8. c) Tom Lennox
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5-24-2007 @ 9:47PM
Mr. H said...
Cool poll.
1. d) Dmitri Gredenko
2. d) Noah Daniels
3. c) The shoot-n-slide -- that was so cool! :)
4. b) Milo Pressman/Nadia Yassir/Mike Doyle
5. a) "Now we're gonna have some fun."
6. c) Curtis Manning
7. d) Chloe's pregnancy -- but we might see some interesting developments in season 7
8. a) Milo Pressman -- why did he have to die?
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5-25-2007 @ 4:56AM
Michael Moncur said...
1. Best Villain:
e) Noah Daniels - Not only the most believable 'villain,' I actually bought him as (acting) president by the end, unlike Mr. Palmer.
2. Worst villain. (The villain who made you roll your eyes.)
c) Phillip Bauer - Great acting, but the writing was so bad his actions seemed simply random.
3. Best Jack Bauer move. (Imagine Jack. In action.)
a) The jugular bite - It was all downhill from there.
4. Worst love triangle. (Get ready to gag.)
E) all of the above.
5. Best Jack Bauer line. ("Dammit," doesn't count.)
d) "I just watched my father die and I felt nothing." -- To Audrey Raines' father. For about 10 minutes in the last episode, Jack Bauer became a real person.
6. Most under-used character. (Someone you really wanted to see in better storylines.)
a) Charles Logan - he would have easily been "best villain" if he had the chance.
7. Worst plot turn. (As with the worst villain categories, these too made your eyes roll or feel as though opportunities had been missed.)
c) Detonating a nuclear bomb in Valencia - a disaster like that could have lead to hundreds of interesting stories of tragedy, heroism, hope, and humanity. Instead it was forgotten a few hours later while we worried about whether Audrey was still alive.
8. Best hero (aside from Jack).
c) Tom Lennox - he really grew, turning from an annoying villain to a hero by the end.
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