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• Audio: English: 5.1 Dolby Digital, SDH
• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen: 1.78:1

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• Ep 701 Commentary by Executive Producer/Director Jon Cassar and Carlos Bernard
• Ep 703 Commentary by Commentary by Executive Producer Manny Coto, Co-Executive Producer
• Brannon Braga and Carlos Bernard
• The Fimucité Festival Presents: The Music of 24

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• Ep 705 Commentary by Executive Producer/Director Jon Cassar and Annie Wersching
  

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• Ep 709 Commentary by Executive Producer David Fury and Hakeem Kae-Kazim
• Ep710 Commentary by Executive Producer Manny Coto, Co-Executive Producer Brannon Braga and Annie Wersching
• Ep 712 Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Director Brad Turner and Tony Todd

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• Ep 713 Commentary by Co-Executive Producer/Director Brad Turner, Composer Sean Callery and James Morrison
• Ep 714 Commentary by Executive Producer Evan Katz, Co-Executive Producer Juan Carlos Coto, Annie Wersching and Bob Gunton

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• Ep 718 Commentary by Executive Producer Howard Gordon, Carlos Bernard and Jeffrey Nordling
• Hour 19: The Ambush

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• Ep 722 Commentary by Executive Producer Evan Katz, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Glenn Morshower
• Ep 723 Commentary by Executive Producer David Fury, Co-Executive Producer Alex Gansa and Glenn Morshower
• Ep 724 Commentary by Executive Producers Howard Gordon and Jon Cassar

Description of 24: Season Seven:

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24: Season Seven Reviews:
Day 7: Go back Jack, do it again . . . the Bauer effect, and Renee Walker . . .
2009-11-28 - After a controversial Season 6 (2007), that featured a nuclear explosion on American soil, a Bauer family conspiracy, and an assortment of untidy loose ends, there was substantial fan dissatisfaction with the direction 24 had taken. The writers' strike in 2008, derailed production of 24 for that year, giving the writers time to try and develop the story they already had, and deliver a winner.

Set in Washington D.C., Day 7 is indeed a fresh start, after six seasons in southern California. The timeline has moved several years past the nuclear incident, and Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is testifying before a Senate committee, when he is taken into custody by FBI agent Renee Walker (Anne Wersching), who seeks his help in tracking down Tony Almeida (Carlos Bernard), believed to have been killed back in Day 5.

Thus begins what is a return to a more traditional 24 adventure. Unlike Day 6, where Bauer was off balance and questioning himself, Jack is totally committed to the job at hand, and willing to do whatever it takes. Contrasting this is Rene Walker, Bauer's companion for much of the day. She rises to the meet the day's crisis, but is conflicted by having to employ Bauer's methods, that while morally questionable, usually produce the desired results. Her behavior is frustrating to her boss, Larry Moss (Jeffery Nordling), and her gradual, at times disturbing, and perhaps tragic transformation, is one of the season's key story elements. The pacing is mostly brisk, the characters interesting, and the acting edgy and mostly believable. There are plenty of the kind of plot twists, surprises, and sudden deaths, viewers have come to expect, topped off with an (for now) ambiguous ending, that helps to wash away some of the bad aftertaste from Day 6.

Besides Almeida, characters returning from previous seasons include Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), Bill Buchanan (James Morrison), Aaron Pierce (Glenn Morshower), Morris O'Brian (Carlo Rota), and Kim Bauer (Elisha Cuthbert). 24 has always featured a tremendously talented cast, and Day 7 is no exception, with Cherry Jones, Jeffery Nordling, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Gunton, Sprague Graydon, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Enuka Okuma, Ravi Kapoor, and Jon Voight.

24 Redemption a two hour prequel to Day 7, focused on the events in the African nation of Sangala, and introduced President Allison Taylor (Jones), Jonas Hodges (Voight), Colonel Ike Dubaku (Kazim), General Juma (Tony Todd) and Chief of Staff Ethan Kanin (Gunton), setting the stage for the events in Day 7.

Typically, Day 7 involves several major story arcs. One involves the penetration of a government computer system, by terrorists who threaten the nation's air traffic control system. Bauer and Walker work to stop the terrorists, and uncover a conspiracy that involves members of the federal government. Sangalan General Juma leads an audacious assault on the White House, taking the President hostage, and threatening to cut her daughter Olivia's eyes out. A beloved character makes the ultimate sacrifice, leaving Jack shaken, as this story arc closes.

There is still much more to come, as Jonas Hodges spearheads a plot by the private security company Starkwood, to employ a biological weapon that was developed in Sangala. And Tony Almedia has much unfinished business to attend to. Jack's exposure to a biological pathogen, is life-threatening, and gradually affects his ability to function. The arrival of Kim Bauer, provides a slim hope for Jack's survival. The finale is a massive emotional ride, with evil mastermind Alan Wilson (Will Patton) taken into custody, Jack and Renee having a deep heart to heart, the first family's drama in the White House, and Jack seeking absolution for his sins. With Bauer in a coma and Kim by his side, the final dispensation of "justice" rests in another's hands.

In Day 7, reality is stretched and molded in manners normal for 24, and there are some rough spots, and a few totally illogical developments. The setting in the vicinity of the Capitol, features mostly urban locations. Still, those troubled by the trends in Day 6, and Day 5, may find the more focused storytelling in Day 7 more palatable and satisfying. Kiefer Sutherland delivers another powerful performance, tough but also vulnerable. Carlos Bernard transitions several times in Tony's bittersweet "it's about justice" return. Anne Wersching has the challenging role and pivotal role as Agent Renee Walker, and her performance is powerful and compelling. She fades a bit in the third quarter, but finishes strongly after taking over from Larry Moss. There are many other standout performers, including Sprague Graydon, Jon Voight, Cherry Jones, Bob Gunton, Janeane Garofalo, Elisha Cuthbert, and as always Glenn Morshower as solid as a rock, Aaron Pierce.

As in previous seasons, a number of episodes have a commentary track. Most are mildly informative, though some are more animated (Carlos Bernard), or amusing (Glenn Morshower), although unfortunately Sutherland, Jones, Graydon, Voight, and Garofalo do not participate. Among the extras are some deleted scenes, the best of which is a powerful, expanded initial meeting between Kim and Jack. "24-7 The Untold Story" is a featurette detailing the writers' travails attempting to get the series back on track, after Day 6. Perhaps only a program with the huge gravitas of 24, could afford to make such an admission. Of interest is how the prequel 24 Redemption, ended up meshing nicely with the events in Day 7.

With a strong comeback, the continuing saga of 24, is poised to embark boldly onto the eighth day.

How the Mighty Fall
2009-11-21 - How the might fall. It was only in 2006 that Season 5 aired and, in my opinion, was one of the finest examples of television drama ever. Flash-forward to 2009, however, and 24 is mundane, predictable and close to unwatchable. As if 24: Redemption wasn't bad enough, we have to sit through 17 and a half hours of the pitifully bad seventh season. The new President sounds like a robot, her Chief of Staff is a tired old warehouse called Ethan, and her daughter is a spoilt rich kid who's used to getting things her own way. None of these characters are likeably in the slightest. Of course, Season 7 sees the return of an old friend and colleague of Jack's, whose reappearance is anything but plausible and sounded much better on paper than it does in actuality.

If I wanted to watch the President yakking endlessly, I would have watched The West Wing. I watch 24 for Jack Bauer, the tortured beast who has striven through six seasons against all odds and startling sacrifices. Here, he's relegated to little more than a guest star, turning up for a few minutes in each episode. CTU is gone, as has been publicised, and replaced by FBI headquarters. As usual, everyone is snapping at each other and the atmosphere is tense. The set is better than the dank CTU one, but the new characters aren't much to write home about.
Rene Walker is a wanna-be Jack, really, although she stipulates that Jack is on a tight leash and she's the one who's holding the reigns. Boss Larry Moss is unkind to Jack, always fretting about what the consequences of his the new recruit's actions.

Also, the bad guy's are the same tired racial stereotypes, and show us the worst adversary's since the dreary Mexican plot in Season 3.

Season 6 was much better than this, but it's a shame it didn't finish on a high at the end of Season 5. It's typical of American networks to stretch a series out until it can't take anymore, and then stretch it further still. Everything from Frasier to Diagnosis Murder had a dismally prolonged life expectancy, and it's a shame such a brilliant work like 24 has been treated so shabbily by the powers that by in letting it go on and on. The only way to re-establish the balance is to make a film franchise out of it, like the Die Hard films. Two hours would be better than the painful seventeen and a half we have here.

The last two episodes are vintage 24, but's all too little too late.

Non Stop Action
2009-11-15 - After a down Season Six (too much torture for one thing), Season Seven got this awesome series back on track. The usual non-stop action, left me breathless going both into and out of almost every single commercial break. Well-developed new characters and some surprise appearances of old characters, thought to be long gone, added to the heady brew. Very clever of the writers to take the controversy over what some considered a glorification of torture in Season Six and make that very controversy an issue of examination from several angles in Season Seven. Fans of previous seasons of 24 will not be disappointed in this one.

seson 7 of 24
2009-11-09 -
The Price and shipment was excellent. We are very happy to have it. This is a excellent show. Spell Binding.

24 Season Seven
2009-11-01 - I never received my merchandise. I do not understand how a product was shipped 9/23/09 but never received. I will never use Michael Corset and to date, I have not made up my mind as to whether I will use Amazon.com. again.