User blog comment:BattleshipMan/Which actor should have appeared in 24 and what would make a 24 season better/@comment-1198627-20141103094520/@comment-5064943-20141103155733

That's true; we might not ever know for a good while despite the excellent ratings because anyone, writer or not, can only do so much after all these years before one says "It's not time to retire this concept and just end it for the sake of conclusion alone."

If we're thinking of other previous detective or crime drama actors who could play politicians, government aides or generals, I'd also nominate Chris Noth, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Giddish, Danny Pino, Kenneth Johnson, Jesse L. Martin, Sofia Milos, Jeremy Sisto, Michael Imperioli, Linus Roache, Richard Brooks, Frank Vincent, Ron Eldard, Annabella Sciorra, Dylan Walsh, Kathryn Morris or Richard Riehle.