24/Awesome: Difference between revisions

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== Day 1 ==

* Although he's mentioned very little, President David Palmer's son, Keith Palmer gets a huge CMoA when he [[Beat Them At Their Own Game|turns the tables on the people blackmailing his father]] and winds up effortlessly getting the fools to '''[[The Tape Knew You Would Say That|record a confession on tape]]'''. The professional espionage agents on the shows have strained to do better.

* Dan's brother Frank getting arrested.

* [[Big Damn Heroes|Tony]] showing up to save Teri.

 

* David Palmer's response to Mike Novick telling him that you don't call the President by his first name.

* Final episode of season 2, where Jack uses a sniper rifle to take down multiple Mooks AND kill a man with a 360 degree neckbreaker.

* Jack is forcing Nina to talk to the terrorists she is working with about the nuke they are going to detonate. Keep in mind that Jack is still hurting over Nina murdering his wife, and he had drugged guards, shot at her head and nearly beat her to death, so he is not messing around. Nina is decomposed and terrified of Jack but still says she's a dead woman by going in, which leads to this exchange.

'''Jack:''' [[[Beat]]] "We'll make sure he doesn't turn the gun on himself." }}

* The scene where Jack had captured Syed Ali, and in order to make him reveal were the nuke was hidden, made him watch a live video of his family rounded up by special forces in his home country. When Ali refuses to break, Jack has the special forces troopers ''shoot Ali's son'', all the while shouting '''"WHERE IS THE BOMB?!"'' Doubly so because Jack had staged it rather than truly had his son executed; even Jack Bauer has limits.

* Despite being a bit part, Bruce Foxton became a legend among fans for his brief appearance in Season 3. Assisting Wayne with the break-in to [[Manipulative Bastard|Sherry Palmer's]] house, they were caught red-handed in their plan. Upon being questioned, Foxton promptly intervened by [[Megaton Punch|punching her out cold]].

* Michael Amador luring a Delta team to an ambush. I know he's a bad guy, but that was beautiful.

 

== Day 4 ==

* The way Curtis Manning relieves Lynn McGill of duty. Not only was it legal by way of CTU protocol, but Curtis even threatened to pull a gun out in front of ARMED guards. And the best part? The guards surrounding them totally agreed with Curtis and took the guy into custody. Epic way to get rid of the annoying, incompetent leader.

* Jack interrogates the Chief of Staff, Walt Cummings, in front of a protesting President Charles Logan. Aaron Pierce added more Awesome. Also when they first come into the room is a [[Big Damn Heroes]] Moment.

* Pierce saving the Subarovs and Martha Logan from terrorists. Certified badass.

* Martha Logan needed someone's key card to get into the archives room so she threatened to accuse him of attempted rape. The calm voice she used makes me think she's done this before.

 

== Day 6: ==

 

== Redemption: ==

 

== Day 7: ==

* The chemical plant manager shown in the 2:00-3:00 episode, gets his when he unhesitatingly [[Heroic Sacrifice|vents insecticide into the same room he is in]] to save the rest of the people in his plant, as well as the nearby city of 30,000.

* Jack's escape from FBI's Washington Branch...by driving off the second floor of a parking garage...while ''under'' the steering wheel.

* [[The Dragon]]'s unwitting girlfriend Marika gets one in the car on the way to the airfield to take her and Dubaku out of the country. Having found out about what "Samuel" has been up to (butchering Sangalans, crashing planes, corrupting a good-sized portion of the United States Government, putting Henry Taylor in the hospital, etc), she grabs the wheel from the driver, completely flipping the car over a parked vehicle in the middle of a high-speed car chase [[Heroic Sacrifice|and dies in the process]], allowing Bauer and Walker to capture a critically injured Dubaku and essentially conclude the first [[Story Arc|arc]] of the season.

* Renee gives her all to save Marika from the burning car, pulling her gun on Jack when he tries to get her away and telling him to help her or leave. Later Jack says if she points a gun at him again she should be prepared to use it. Walker replies, "I was."

** And, of course, Jibraan himself. A scared, innocent Muslim being set up as the patsy for the terrorists, he's told to retrieve a package and plant it somewhere that it will detonate, spreading a viral weapon everywhere. He searches for it, finds it, and then seeks frantically for a way to smuggle it to safety, knowing that, as a Middle-Eastern man acting suspiciously, the guards must be on to him. His response? "[[Bavarian Fire Drill|I am a terrorist!]] [[Refuge in Audacity|I have a bomb!]]" The crowds flee, the guards back off, the audience both [[Gallows Humor|laughs]] and cheers, and he saves the day.

* From the same episode: Once again [[Replacement Scrappy|Janice]] starts complaining when the FBI starts looking for all Muslims in Washington, as she feels it's racial profiling. Jack Bauer, who already served her once, [[Take That|gets back in her face]]. But this time... Jack calmly tells her that he's just as pained as she that they have to racially profile all Muslims, but he's trying to save lives and he'll gladly do it another way if there is one. Janice backs down without another peep. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Jack is so [[Badass]], he doesn't have to kick your ass to kick your ass.

* President Allison Taylor demonstrates that even though she cares about her family, she is the President of The United States, and her duty comes first. In old-school Biblical fashion, she will no longer be called Allison Taylor. Henceforth, she will be known as [[Fan Nickname|President Allison]] ''[[Fan Nickname|Palmer]]''.

* Although it in itself is a bittersweet moment, Renee's final scene in the Season 7 finale is her Crowning Moment of Awesome. Having captured the mastermind behind the tragedies in the day, Renee, having undergone twenty-four hours of [[Break the Cutie]], [[Angst|spaces out angrily]] and alone as she looks at the captured Alan Wilson. Janis comes in to inform Renee that Alan's to be transferred out, but Renee, having come to a decision, tells Janis to get out. When Janis, knowing Renee probably wants revenge, refuses, Renee destroys the lock mechanism on the door and forces Janis to handcuff herself to a pole so no one can interfere, then walks calmly and silently into the interrogation room where Alan awaits. It isn't shown on screen, but it's heavily implied Renee decides that she's going to torture Alan to force him to give up information on the conspiracy. Although it's supposed to be a tragic moment - Renee's heart-wrenching and inevitable descent from [[Lawful Good]] to [[Chaotic Good]] - the fact that she's going along the exact same route as Jack's [[I Did What I Had to Do]] mentality gives fans a lot to look forward to.

* CTU Director Brian Hastings proves that he has transcended his [[Stupid Boss]] origins by facing down President Taylor's ''Chief of Staff''. "Get the hell out of my way."

* Farhad Hassan's efforts to screw over his colleagues who betrayed him are impressive. Granted, he calls CTU out of self-preservation as much as a desire for revenge, but then when he is shot, he agrees with one of his last remaining breaths to help CTU. He doesn't request morphine, nor does he demand immunity on the off chance that he pulls through.

* Tarin killing the NYPD team, pretending to be one of them and giving a false report to Jack who didn't belived him.

* [[Badass Bookworm|Chloe]] rebooting a fried CTU at gunpoint after no one lets her do it the easy way.

** Damn, [[Star Wars|Darth]] [[Fan Nickname|Bauer]]. [[Holy Shit Quotient|DAYUM]].

** Note that Logan's freak-out in the tunnel basically sums up the entire series:

* In the series finale, Chloe goes alone to try to talk down a dangerously unhinged Jack. Despite initially getting surprised and cuffed to a pipe, she's able to give him a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech that breaks through his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] and gets him to realize that getting his revenge this way will do far more harm than good. And finally, having convinced Jack to do things her way, she shoots him to ward off questions of how she handled the situation long enough to leak the info that will bring down the day's big conspiracy.

* After pulling out of the peace agreement and essentially giving the Russians the finger, Allison Taylor calls up Logan's hired thugs and orders them to release Jack and wait for the FBI. If they don't, a drone overhead has two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles pointed right at them.

* The 2-3 PM ending. Everyone thought Jack would try to kill Subarov at the press conference. Instead he uses Logan to lure Subarov into his office so he can kill them both. His [[Slasher Smile]] at the end was icing to the cake.