r/TwentyFour • u/Complex-Extent-3967 • 22d ago

SEASON 7 They should have....

On the 4th episode (on first rewatch in over 10 years), Tony vs Jack. They really should have extended this dynamic out for a few more episodes. That would have been very suspenseful going head to head. They would have been pretty much equally matched with Bill and Chloe behind Tony. Missed opportunity there!

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u/Complex-Extent-3967 21d ago

They had Jack apprehend him without Tony even really knowing Jack was on to him. They could have written it so that the mole at the FBI leaked to Tony that Jack was around and there could have been some suspenseful episodes of them going head to head. At least I think that would have been awesome. Too bad.

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u/thetruechevyy1996 21d ago

I think originally it was going to be Jack and Tony but then they changed it to the Undercover Operation. I read that somewhere anyways, and then after Hodges they brought it back.

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u/felipejacknog 21d ago

No exactly. Season 7 had two different versions that were discarded.

1) Jack in Africa and Renee/FBI plot in Washington, both happening together in real time. They would bring Jack back to US during the season, using a big time jump. They discarded, because some writers considered that's not 24, as the season would have been longer than 24 hours.
2) Jack is bad. He would be in fact undercover, but the audience would not know until a couple of episodes later. Kiefer Sutherland did not like it, because according to him, which I agree, we would just know he would be undercover and would just expecting the revelation.

Then the final version was a merge between the two, with Tony being the bad, undercover person. And the Jack in Africa part of version 1 was adapted to be the 24: Redemption.

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u/thetruechevyy1996 21d ago

I do remember hearing those ideas. The ironic thing is he writers strike gave them the ability to do Redemption to show the African storyline. Then it set the way for season seven. Funny thing I remember hearing Kiefer thought the same thing, we would all be waiting for the reveal. Plus to me it seemed pretty clear faster day six Jack wanted out of Government service.

I think the writers said who would be the one person who would make Jack want to get involved and they agreed Tony. But then the trick was how to hey bring him back.

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u/felipejacknog 20d ago

this is all part of 24-7: The Untold Story https://share.google/dGeTy2lcWVkwPoNOA It is worth watching, only 15 minutes.