User:Gunman6/Last stand



A last stand is a general military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming odds.

Throughout the series, one or more people find often themselves attempting to take down a squadron of various antagonists while wounded and lying on the ground.

Day 1

 * Rick Allen was firing back at Ira Gaines and his various men while trying to help Jack Bauer and his family escape from Gaines' compound when he was injured by gunfire and continued to try firing blindly in return with his uzi. Bauer quickly stalled him and covered Rick by taking his uzi and firing upon an abandoned van they had escaped in, causing the vehicle to explode and kill some of Gaines' men, holding off the rest of the opposition.

Day 2

 * During the end of the day's chaotic events, Jack Bauer found himself overwhelmed from fighting one of Peter Kingsley's goons and after have another episode with his damaged heart. He found himself on the ground ready to fire at Kingsley when he realized he was out of bullets. Fortunately, he was saved by a CTU helicopter that sniped Kingsley, taking him out for good.

Day 6

 * Milo Pressman was lying on the ground ready to continue firing at some of Philip Bauer's mercenaries while trying to protect Marilyn Bauer.

Day 8

 * Jack Bauer and a CTU New York TAC team were overwhelmed by Samir Mehran's terrorist squad and Jack found himself injured due to being shot in the bullet-proof vest and started mowing down a few villains with his machine gun while still lying on the cold concrete ground.



Day 9

 * Nearly mid-way during the day's events, Kate Morgan managed to escape from Karl Rask's men who were torturing her and while still injured, grabbed a firearm and took out a henchman who was firing in her direction.

Background information and notes

 * In the DVD special feature 24: Exposed, Kiefer Sutherland and director/producer Jon Cassar both joke that they're technically stealing the famous end segment from the 1998 war film Saving Private Ryan while attempting to film the Day 2 sequence where Jack is in a last stand stance.