On the next season of 24, Jack Bauer will take a break from saving the world—he’s going to be too busy saving himself. In a British newspaper interview on Sunday, Kiefer Sutherland reveals, “This one’s much more about him saving his own [expletive deleted]. He’ll go from being the one who hunts people down to the one who’s being hunted, so that in itself turns the show around.”

I think this makes a lot of sense, since Jack has certainly pissed off a great many people during five seasons of really long days.  Also, perhaps a slight change of format will help recharge the show creatively—how many times can you save the world without repeating the same tricks?—though the Emmys think the show is just fine, artistically.  Even so, I do have to admit to giving up on it out of boredom partway through last season, though I hear that it got a lot better at the end.

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