Sporting one of the most compelling premises in contemporary television, 24 unfolds in real time; each season depicts all 24 hours of one day. Following the activities of counter- terrorist agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) as he combats conspiracy and protects his family, the first two seasons find him saving the life of a presidential candidate and preventing the detonation of a nuclear bomb. Season three picks up three years later. Jack has just locked away a Mexican drug lord when a dead body infected with a deadly virus turns up in front of the L.A. Health Unit...