’24’ is currently in its 8th season on the air. That’s a lot of bad days for Jack Bauer. The show’s producers have been careful to never explicitly state in what year any season of the show takes place. However, they do usually announce how much time has passed since the previous season. With that in mind, I’ve put together a little timeline of events and fun facts that should give you something to ponder while watching tonight’s new episode. <\/p>\n
The following information was compiled mostly from watching the show itself, some from Wikipedia<\/a>, and some from Wiki 24<\/a>. As far as I know, all of these facts (except for those designated “presumptive” or “presumably”) are considered part of the official canon. <\/p>\n [Information about Season 8 has been updated now that the finale has aired.]<\/em><\/p>\n ’24’ premiered in the Fall of 2001. That first season’s storyline took place during an election year. Obviously, there wouldn’t have been an election in 2001. For that reason, I’ve taken the liberty of assigning presumptive real-life years during which each season might have taken place. These presumptive dates were created by me alone, and are not official canon. They’re used only as a reference point to show how many years have passed over the show’s timeline. For the first season, I’ve chosen the year 2000, because it was the election closest to the actual air date of the show. Starting at a decade marker also makes for easier illustration.<\/p>\n Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 ’24: Redemption’ Season 7 Season 8 What Can We Learn from All This That’s one chaotic universe that Jack Bauer lives in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ’24’ is currently in its 8th season on the air. That’s a lot of bad days for Jack Bauer. The show’s producers have been careful to never explicitly state in what year any season of the show takes place. However, they do usually announce how much time has passed since the previous season. With that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[372],"tags":[64,73,218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63161,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750\/revisions\/63161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2001-2002
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Mid 2000
\nPresident in Office: Harry Barnes (Never shown)
\nHow President Took Office: Presumably elected
\nPresident’s Fate: Left office peacefully after election.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2002-2003
\nHow Long Since Previous Season: 18 months
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Early 2002
\nPresident in Office: David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert)
\nHow President Took Office: Elected
\nPresident’s Fate: Still in office at end of season.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2003-2004
\nHow Long Since Previous Season: 3 years
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Early 2005
\nPresident in Office (1): David Palmer
\nPresident’s Fate: Poisoned but survives season. Decides not to run for re-election. Later assassinated in Season 5 premiere.
\nPresident in Office (2): Jim Prescott (Alan Dale)
\nHow President Took Office: Temporarily takes office while Palmer incapacitated.
\nPresident’s Fate: Concedes office back to Palmer.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2005
\nHow Long Since Previous Season: 18 months
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Mid 2006
\nPresident in Office (1): John Keeler (Geoffrey Pierson)
\nHow President Took Office: Elected. However, this is a continuity error in the timeline. If Keeler were elected 4 years after David Palmer (presumably in 2004), he should have been in office during the events of Season 3.
\nPresident’s Fate: Shot down in Air Force One. Survives, but is never seen again.
\nPresident in Office (2): Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin)
\nHow President Took Office: Takes office when Keeler incapacitated.
\nPresident’s Fate: Still in office at end of season.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2006
\nHow Long Since Previous Season: 18 months
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Early 2008
\nPresident in Office (1): Charles Logan
\nPresident’s Fate: Taken down by Jack at end of season. Impeached and placed under house arrest.
\nPresident in Office (2): Hal Gardner (Ray Wise)
\nHow President Took Office: Takes office after season end when Logan is impeached.
\nPresident’s Fate: Defeated at next election.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2007
\nHow Long Since Previous Season: 20 months
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Mid 2009
\nPresident in Office (1): Wayne Palmer (D.B. Woodside)
\nHow President Took Office: Elected.
\nPresident’s Fate: Incapacitated after assassination attempt. It is later confirmed in the ‘Redemption’ TV movie that Wayne Palmer succumbed to his injuries and died after the end of Season 6.
\nPresident in Office (2): Noah Daniels (Powers Boothe)
\nHow President Took Office: Takes office when Wayne Palmer incapacitated.
\nPresident’s Fate: Still in office at end of season.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2008
\nHow Long Since Previous Season: 3.5 years
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Early 2013
\nPresident in Office (1): Noah Daniels
\nPresident’s Fate: Defeated in re-election.
\nPresident in Office (2): Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones)
\nHow President Took Office: Elected.
\nPresident’s Fate: Still in office at end of movie.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2009
\nHow Long Since Previous Movie: 2 months
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Mid 2013
\nPresident in Office: Allison Taylor
\nPresident’s Fate: Still in office at end of season.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Air Date: 2010
\nHow Long Since Previous Season: Not specified, but approximately 2 years.
\nPresumptive Year of Setting: Mid 2015
\nPresident in Office: Allison Taylor
\nPresident’s Fate: Resigns office at end of season.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong> Approximately 15 years have passed from Seasons 1 to 8.
\nJack has served under 9 different Presidents, only 5 of whom were elected.
\n3 Presidents were incapacitated after assassination attempts: David Palmer (later returned to office), John Keeler, and Wayne Palmer (later died).
\n2 Presidents were successfully assassinated: Wayne Palmer and David Palmer. However, David Palmer was killed after he’d left office.
\n1 President was impeached: Charles Logan.
\n1 President resigned: Allison Taylor.<\/p>\n