24 Wouldn't Work Without Embracing The Harshest Reality Of Jack Bauer's Character

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Jack Bauer in 24 isn’t just the man who always gets the job done, he’s also the man who breaks every rule in the book to do it. Over nine adrenaline-pumping seasons (and a movie), Kiefer Sutherland’s iconic CTU agent stopped world-ending terror plots, survived an endless gauntlet of torture, betrayal, and heartbreak, and took more lives than some of the villains he hunted. But while 24 consistently delivered tension and excitement, it also did something more controversial: it let Jack off the hook again and again (and at least 8 more times for good measure). His brutal methods rarely result in real consequences, at least not from any authority figure.

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