Jack Bauer

Jack Bauer was a federal agent responsible for helping save the United States from a devastating terrorist attack on many occasions. He took a leadership role in various covert and undercover missions, and served as the Special Agent in Charge of CTU Los Angeles. His dedication to keeping U.S. citizens safe led him to make some deep personal sacrifices. Jack lost his job, his family, his friends, and, for a period of nearly two years after Day 5, his freedom. He even showed his willingness to sacrifice his life on two different occasions, but both times ultimately proved his sacrifice to be unneccesary.

As of 10:12am on Day 6, Jack Bauer was the Director of Field Operations at CTU Los Angeles, under direct authority of President Wayne Palmer.

Before Day 1

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Jack Bauer was born in Santa Monica, California, thirty-six years before Day 1, to Phillip Bauer and an unknown mother. Jack was never close to his father, nor to his brother Graem; as of Day 6, he hadn't seen either of them in nine years. He was apparently close to his father's butler and chief servant Sam, judging by their conversation in Day 6.

Before being recruited into CTU, he was a member of the United States Army's elite Special Forces and of the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT team.

Jack was recruited into CTU by Christopher Henderson

Teri Bauer was Jack's wife and the mother of his daughter, Kim. After Operation Nightfall, Jack became distant and withdrawn, leading to a separation six months before Day 1. During the separation, Jack had an affair with Nina Myers. Shortly before Day 1, Jack moved back in with Teri and Kim, and the couple began working hard to repair their marriage. Kim remained very resentful towards her mother, even after Jack moved back in.

A year before Day 1, Jack built a case against Christopher Henderson, Seth Campbell, and another agent and had all three arrested for taking bribes. Campbell's wife ultimately committed suicide from the shame and the pressure of raising their five children alone; Henderson's bitterness and resentment would continue for several years, up through the events of Day 5.

In 1999, Jack was assigned to interrogate the brother of Abu Fayed, who had been implicated in the bombing of the U.S. embassy in Lebanon. Jack was too rough on him, however, and Fayed's brother was ultimately killed in the process.

Day 1

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Jack's history as an elite soldier came back to haunt him as the sons of war criminal Victor Drazen plotted to assassinate Senator David Palmer and frame Jack for the murder. Drazen employee Ira Gaines took Jack's wife Teri and daughter Kim hostage, forcing Jack to participate in the scheme.

When Jack managed not only to avoid killing Palmer but also to rescue Teri and Kim, the Drazens put CTU spy Yelena into play. Jack killed Victor Drazen and both his sons, but paid a steep price - Teri, who had recently discovered she was pregnant, was shot to death by the CTU mole working for the Serbains and unknown German employers at the end of the day. Jack killed ten people during Day 1 including Andre Drazen and his father, Victor Drazen.

After Day 1
After Teri's death, Kim blamed her father and moved away from home. Jack became depressed and went on indefinite leave from CTU. Until the events of Day 6, Jack even stopped talking to his family, not even talking to his father and brother since Teri's funeral.

Day 2


George Mason and Tony Almeida requested that Jack come in to help with the nuclear weapon crisis of Day 2. Initally, Jack refused to help, but agreed to come in on a limited basis when President David Palmer personally asked for his assistance.

Jack contacted Kim and told her to get out of Los Angeles. However, she stayed in the city to help Megan Matheson, giving Jack cause to worry about her safety for most of the day. When Jack volunteered for the suicide mission to fly a nuclear bomb into the Mojave Desert, he and Kim had a chance to say goodbye. However, George Mason took over the mission at the last minute, and Jack survived with a new lease on life.

Later in the day, an audio recording seeming to implicate three Middle-Eastern countries in the attack turned up. Jack believed it to be false, and teamed up with Kate Warner, Yusuf Auda, and Jonathan Wallace to try and find proof. When he found the man who created the recording, Alex Hewitt, he discovered that Sherry Palmer had a part in the earlier events of the day. Jack convinced Sherry to wear a wire and elicit a confession from Peter Kingsley, and was able to save David Palmer's presidency. Jack killed thirty people on Day 2. He then returned to work for CTU.

24: The Game
Six months after the events of Day 2, a new terrorist threat introduced Jack to Chase Edmunds, and the two found they worked well together. Kim was kidnapped during the course of the day, but Jack rescued her - only to have girlfriend Kate Warner taken as well. He killed Peter Madsen, who kidnapped Kim, and then took off after Max. After a firefight on a yacht, Kate was safe, and Chase and Tony Almeida took a wounded Jack to the hospital.

Midnight Sun
Undercover with environmental group Global Peace for a Cleaner Environment, Jack took down a group of eco-terrorists trying to sabotage the oil field under the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. Chase was also loaned to CTU Fairbanks for this operation.

Stories
Some time after the game, Jack went undercover with drug lords Hector and Ramon Salazar and became addicted to heroin as part of his cover. During this time, the Salazars sent him to the Hotel Long Beach to pick up a package and prove his loyalty to them. While there, he and undercover DEA agent Enrique Hinojosa stopped a group of Chechen separatists from blowing up the hotel and two ambassadors.

Jack tried to fight his addiction; however, he was not able to quit until he got into a drug rehabilitation program. He also organized an operation to get Ramon Salazar put in prison. At the same time, Chase Edmunds transfered over to CTU Los Angeles as Jack's partner. Jack got Kim a position at CTU Los Angeles, hoping to keep her safely under his watch.

Day 3


Bauer was the head of field ops at the CTU Los Angeles domestic unit during Day 3 and was a key part of the mission to secure the deadly Cordilla Virus.

Bauer discovered that his partner, Chase Edmunds, was romantically involved with his daughter Kim Bauer and started treating Edmunds differently. Bauer later realized that his behavior was unacceptable and decided to accept the relationship.

Day 3 began as an undercover sting operation set up by Gael Ortega, Tony Almeida and Bauer to get a hold of the Cordilla Virus. In order to do that,they needed to break Ramon Salazar out of prison while maintaining Jack's cover and create a fake threat for CTU on chasing down Kyle Singer. However, once they got to buy the virus, Nina Myers, the woman who killed his wife, showed up to bid on the virus.

Michael Amador, the man who was selling the virus, double crossed both of them and fled back to Los Angeles. Myers was captured but tried to escape while being questioned. During her escape attempt Myers was discovered by Kimberly Bauer who threatened to shoot her. Nina didn't believe her and tried to kill Kim, but Jack shot her before she could get a shot off. As Nina laid on the ground, injured, Bauer shot Nina in cold blood.

Another lead led Bauer to find Stephen Saunders, a man with whom he worked on Operation Nightfall, was behind the Cordilla Virus. Bauer was ordered by President Palmer to kill Ryan Chappelle in order to prevent the release of the Cordilla Virus into the population. Although Chappelle and Bauer had always been at odds, this action greatly disturbed him. This act was honored with the silent clock.

Bauer was able to get to Saunders through Saunders' daughter, but was forced to threaten to throw Saunders' daughter into the Chandler Plaza Hotel and intentionally expose her to the virus. He was about three feet from the door when Saunders agreed to help stop the release of the virus. At the end of Day 3, Bauer was forced to chop off the arm of Chase Edmunds in order to stop the Cordilla Virus from being released, as the virus was attached to Edmunds' arm. After the crisis was over, Bauer returned to his car and cried. He received a call to return to work, and immediately started his car. Jack killed fourteen people in Day 3 including Nina Myers and Arthur Rabens.

After Day 3
Three months after the events of Day 3, Erin Driscoll became the Special Agent in Charge of CTU Los Angeles. She was uncompromising and saw Jack's previous addiction to heroin as a major weakness, so she fired him. She offered to help him find a job, but he fiercely declined, commenting "I can find my own fucking job, Erin."

He got a job at the Department of Defense working for Secretary of Defense James Heller. Jack met and became romantically involved with Audrey Raines while working with her father. He did not return to CTU until Day 4.

Day 4
As part of his duties at the Department of Defense, Jack returned to CTU to meet with Erin Driscoll. During the meeting, Jack became involved with the ongoing investigation. He shot Tomas Sherak in the leg and discovered that Secretary of Defense James Heller would be targeted shortly. The information came too late, and Secretary Heller was kidnapped along with his daughter, Audrey Raines. Jack was also held by CTU for illegally torturing a suspect.

Jack later learned from Chloe O'Brian that Andrew Paige knew information connected to Heller and Audrey's kidnapping. Jack and Director of Field Operations Ronnie Lobell went to meet with Andrew, but terrorist Kalil Hasan got to him first. While pursuing Kalil, Jack and Ronnie got into a scuffle and Ronnie cuffed Jack. After Kalil shot Ronnie, Jack managed to get the keys and went after Kalil.

When Erin Driscoll learned Bauer refused to pursue Kalil and bring him in, she made it a priority to bring Bauer into custody. With the help of Chloe, Jack was able to follow Kalil undetected. In order to buy some time, Jack was forced to stage a robbery at a local convience store. When the LAPD found out, Jack was forced to take Kalil hostage. Jack allowed Kalil to go, who stole a vehicle. After being captured by the police, Erin reinstated Jack on a provisional basis, making him the temporary Director of Field Operations.

Kalil became suspicious and in order to keep the location of Heller a secret, he drove his car into a truck and committed suicide. Jack was able to find the location of Heller and he performed a successful rescue operation, which was seen all over the internet. After Jack and Heller ran out of clips, Omar came out with Audrey as his hostage. With the help from Marines, Jack was able to kill Omar and save Audrey's life.

Audrey told Jack that she recognized a man while she was in the warehouse with her father. Jack showed Audrey all the casuality photos, but she didn't find the man she was looking for. The two of them went to a look at surveillance footage at Felsted Security. While looking through the footage, CTU agents were killed and Jack was out of ammunition. Jack made a call to the only person he could trust and Tony Almeida showed up, saving Jack and Audrey's lives.

Tony brought Jack and Audrey back to his apartment to use his computer. Eventually Jack learned that the mole in CTU was Sarah Gavin, but she was set up by Marianne Taylor. Audrey was transported back to CTU and Tony agreed to help Jack pursue the suspect. After restraining Henry Powell, Tony agreed to help Jack find Dina Araz, who had connections to terrorists behind the day's events.

After Lee Castle used excessive force against Dina, Tony jumped all over Lee's actions. Lee became angered and Jack told him to respect Tony's wishes. Dina agreed to help Jack find an override device, which could meltdown 104 nuclear plants in the country, if her son Behrooz Araz received immunity for his involvement in Secretary Heller and Audrey's kidnapping.

Tony escorted Dina and Behrooz back to CTU and was reinstated at CTU on a provisional basis. Jack soon learned that Audrey's estranged husband Paul Raines leased a building where the terrorist's planned the days attacks. After learning Paul had no real connection to the terrorists, Jack decided to go after Habib Marwan, the man behind the day's events. With help from second-in-command Curtis Manning, Jack pursued Marwan. Curtis shut down the override device, while Jack went after Marwan. After killing a CTU field agent, Marwan disguised himself and managed to escape.

CTU soon learned that Marwan was working at McLennan-Forster for years under an alias. Jack decided to investigate some of Marwan's files and Paul went with him. The files that Paul managed to obtain would incriminate the company and Gene McLennan in the day's events. In order to protect themselves, they set off a Electromagnetic pulse bomb, which would wipe out all electronic devies within a 8 mile ratius. With help from civilians, Jack and Paul managed to hold off commandos hired by the company and CTU luckily arrived. One of the commandoes shot towards Jack and Paul pushed him away, getting hit himself.

In order to find Marwan, CTU and Jack agreed to grant Dina immunity if she helped them in a undercover opertation. Dina's orders were to visit one of Marwan's men and pretend to be taking Jack hostage. Marwan's men quickly figured out CTU would be tracking them, so they switched vehicles in a tunnel. After attempting to fire at Marwan, Dina was killed and Jack was taken to Marwan's base. Marwan offered a trade, Jack for Behrooz and CTU cooperated.

Jack was quickly brought back to CTU and learned that Michelle Dessler, former colleague and ex-wife of Tony, was acting as the CTU Director. CTU soon obtained evidence that revealed Mitch Anderson stole a stealth fighter and was attempting to shoot down Air Force One, carrying President John Keeler and his son. Jack attempted to talk Mitch out of going through with the attack, but Mitch didn't respond. Keeler managed to survive and was in critical condition, while Keeler's son died.

Jack makes it his main objective to find Marwan, but Audrey informs him finding the nuclear football should be his primary goal. With the help from two civilians, Jack managed to get the football from Marwan's men, but Marwan stole a section out of the playbook. With the location of multiple warheads in his possession, Marwan was able to obtain nuclear missiles.

After Curtis brings in a sensitive suspect, Marwan hired a lawyer to get a court order against any forced interrogation. In order to find out Marwan's location, Jack was forced to knock out a US Marshal and interrogate the suspect himself. When acting president Charles Logan learned Jack went against his orders, he ordered Secret Service to bring Bauer in. Jack and CTU would have restrained Marwan, but the Secret Service agents jeopardized the mission.

Logan soon learned that his actions against Bauer were wrong and he released Jack. Chief advisor Mike Novick suggested to bring in someone more suitable for handling the situation, former president David Palmer. After talking with Jack, Palmer learned that a man named Lee Jong knew the whereabouts of Marwan. However, Jong was being protected in the Chinese Consulate and the Chinese refused to give him up. Palmer authorized a covert operation lead by Jack and Curtis.

After restraining Jong, soldiers fired at Bauer and his men, who did not fire back. Jack managed to escape, but Jong was shot and in need of medical attention. Jack barged into the CTU medical room, where Paul was undergoing surgery. Jack forced Dr. Marc Bersson to abandon Paul and work on Jong at gunpoint. Paul died shortly after, leaving Audrey devastated and angered at Jack.

The consul was killed in friendly fire and Cheng Zhi headed an investigation. Zhi discovered the face of a CTU agent in video footage and went over to CTU for questioning. Bill Buchanan, who was leading CTU, distracted Zhi in order for Jack to get the agent out of the building. Jack was successful in getting Agent Howard Bern to safety.

Edgar Stiles discovered information suggesting Richard Heller was involved in his father's kidnapping. Richard was brought in and interrogated by his father and sister. Richard eventually confessed that he slept with a man, while the man's girlfriend made a phone call on his cellular phone. The woman happened to be an assassin named Mandy, responsible for an attempt on Palmer's life four and a half years earlier.

Jack and CTU managed to corner Mandy, but she managed to sneak up on Lee and fire at him. She took Tony hostage and called Michelle, who had decided to leave her job and live with Tony. Mandy forced Michelle to leave space open for an escape. Michelle worked with Bill in having agents hidden. When Mandy found out, she blew up her car killing both Tony and herself. Jack was devastated over the death of his best friend.

While looking at video footage, Jack discovered evidence that proved it wasn't Tony nor the hostile in the car. After following a trail, Jack found Mandy and Tony in the garage. Curtis snuck up on Mandy and restrained her. Mandy agreed to give up Marwan's location for immunity. Despite the attempt on his life years earlier, Palmer agreed with Logan and Novick in granting Mandy's request.

Jack and Curtis found Marwan, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the side of the building. Jack managed to catch him, but Marwan used a knife to cut Jack's hand. Jack eventually let go of Marwan, who dropped to his death. Jack was then informed that the Chinese found out about his involvement in the abduction earlier. He was told that he would be brought back to China and would be put on trial.

Logan's Chief of Staff Walt Cummings suggested that Bauer knew sensitive National Security information, that would implicate the government in the operation. Walt sent Dale Spalding to kill Jack, but Mike Novick learned about the plan. Informing Palmer, Jack was contacted and he had Chloe, Tony, and Michelle help him fake his death. After talking to President Palmer for the last time, Jack walked off and didn't turn back.

After Day 4
With chances of being handed over to the Chinese by President Charles Logan's administration, Jack was forced to go into hiding, not having contact with his daughter Kim, or his lover Audrey Raines. Jack moved from location to location, before settling down in Mojave.

Twelve months after the events that took place in Day 4, Jack met up with Chloe O'Brian in Chicago, and she informed him on how Kim handled his death. Chloe then reveals that someone hacked into her harddrive and found out that he is alive. After Chloe left, Jack was pursued by a motorcyle and a black automobile. After an intense chase, Jack is able to lose them.

Eventually Jack went under the alias Frank Flynn, and got a job as an oil driller, working in the Mojave Desert. Jack rented an apartment from Diane Huxley, and the two were romantically involved. Diane's son Derek had a hard time accepting Jack, as he felt Jack was hiding something.

Day 5
In the opening moments of Day 5, Jack is told by his boss that he doesn't have any work today. After heading to his apartment, Jack is shocked to learn that President David Palmer was assassinated in Los Angeles. He then decides to have some breakfast with Diane Huxley and her over-protective son, Derek.

When Jack learns that Tony Almeida and Michelle Dessler were targeted, and that Chloe O'Brian is being pursued, Jack decides he needs to return to his old life. While obtaining a helicopter, Jack discovers that Derek followed him and he is forced to bring him along. Jack contacts Diane and tells her to start driving towards Los Angeles.

Eventually Jack is reunited with Chloe and is able to take out the men that were pursuing her. When Jack comes face to face with Haas, the man who assassinated Palmer, Jack interrogates him and then shoots him to his death.

With help from Chloe, Jack is able to gain access to Palmer's crime scene and he poses as a FBI agent. While looking through a harddrive, Wayne Palmer discovers Jack and demands for answers, as CTU Los Angeles learned that Jack was behind the hit. Jack claimed that he was set-up and gives Wayne his weapon to prove his innocence. With help from Wayne, Jack is able to follow up on a lead.

When Jack's investigation on Palmer's hit leads him to Ontario Airport, Derek notices armed men entering the airport, and he goes into to warn Jack. The armed men take the airport hostage, while Jack is able to maintain his cover. Jack contacts CTU and tells them about the situation, while Bill Buchanan is convinced Jack was behind the Palmer hit. Eventually seeing that Jack was set up, Buchanan and CTU work with Jack to handle the situation.

When Derek ends up becoming one of the hostages Anton Beresch plans to pubically execute, Jack is forced to surrender and ambush CTU's rescue operation. Jack tells Buchanan to have Curtis Manning's team re-position, but he sent a distress signal through the conversation. Curtis and his team re-position, but Lynn McGill was able to pick up the signal and has them stick to the original plan, which ends up saving the hostage's leaves and disposing of the hostiles.

When Jack notices that one of the hostages is missing, he alarms CTU about this and plans on following up on this lead himself, but Curtis is forced to bring Jack into CTU. Diane and Derek are also brought into CTU, and are debriefed. After an emotional reunion with Audrey Raines, McGill becomes convinced that Jack was set up and reinstates him to CTU on a provisional basis. CTU then learned that 20 canisters of Sentox VX nerve gas were stolen by terrorists.

When Jack is told that Tony wishes to speak to him, he heads to CTU medical and Tony is unresponsive. Jack is then attacked by an assassin named Hank. Fortunately, Jack is able to kill Hank with a pair of scissors. Jack then learns that Spenser Wolff gave the assassin clearance. Being exposed as a mole, Spenser confesses he was following the orders of White House Chief of Staff Walt Cummings.

Realizing the threat Cummings emposed, Jack decided to secretly meet with Mike Novick at the presidential retreat, but Cummings learned about the meeting and convinced President Logan to have them arrested. While being detained by Aaron Pierce, who served under Palmer, Jack was able to convince Pierce to let him go and interrogate Cummings.

Jack told President Logan about Cummings being involved with terrorists, but Logan admitted he recently found out and Cummings didn't know the location of the stolen nerve gas. After interrogating Cummings by threating to cut his eye out, Walt confessed and revealed everything he knew. Ivan Erwich later called Cummings and claimed he was a traitor, revealing he was planning to us the stolen canisters of nerve gas on US soil.

After Logan asked Jack to work with CTU for the remainder of the day, Jack agreed and he learned the location of one of Erwich's contacts. Jack and Curtis Manning lead a team to the location, and they were able to dispose of the hostiles. They learned that Jacob Rossler was hired by Erwich to trigger the canisters. Rossler agreed to follow CTU's instructions if he was given full presidential immunity, and if 15-year-old girl Inessa Kovalevsky was brought to a location of her choice.

Fearing that Rossler would rape her, Inessa grabbed a gun and shot Rossler to his death. When Erwich called, Jack posed as Rossler and was told where to meet Erwich's men. Jack posed as Rossler and met with Komar and Polakov, who grabbed Jack and pushed him in their van. They decided to use Jack to help them release a canister of nerve gas in the Sunrise Hills Shopping Mall.

When Lynn McGill gives Jack the trigger code, he refuses to give the terrorists the code to trigger the nerve gas, and they knock him out. Polakov is able to find another way to release the gas, and Jack manages to kill Komar. Polakov manages to escape after releasing the gas. Jack has the fanning system shut down, and only 11 people died in the mall. During the crisis, Jack managed to save the life of a dying girl.

Jack and Manning pursued Polakov and were eventually lead to the base were Erwich planned the attack, but Polakov committed suicide before CTU could take him into custody. Lynn McGill then ordered for Curtis to bring Jack in, for disobeying a presidential order, and Curtis was forced to comply.

When Audrey gets a call from James Nathanson, Walt Cummings' contact, he asks to speak to Jack and Audrey patches him through. Nathanson tells Jack that he is willing to help him stop the gas from being released on US soil. Jack is forced to knock Curtis out, and escape from CTU custody.

Jack and Nathanson meet, but before Jack arrives, Nathanson is pursued by gunmen. Nathanson is able to take him out, but a plane attacks him while he is on the rooftop. Jack arrives and is able to take the plane out, but Nathanson is critically wounded. Moments before Nathanson died, he gave Jack a computer chip that housed information about the nerve gas. Jack transmitted the chip over to Chloe's station, and she learned Omicron supplied the gas. Jack asked if Christopher Henderson was an employer there, and Chloe clarifies it.

Jack later revealed that Christopher Henderson was the man who recruited him to CTU, and Henderson was one of the men Jack busted years ago taking bribes. With help from Chloe, Jack is able to gain access to the Omicron building, but Henderson finds him and knocks him out with a stun gun. When Jack accuses Henderson of being complicit of the selling of the gas, Henderson agrees to help Jack's investigation, and he claimed that either Nina Myers or George Mason set him up for those bribes.

When Henderson locks Jack inside a bunker, Jack realizes that he has been double-crossed and that the bunker has been rigged to explode. After surviving the explosion, Jack decides to head over to Henderson's home and see if he can pull information of his personal computer. Despite Jack bad-mouting Christopher, Miriam Henderson continued to believe that her husband was a good and genuine man, who was never guilty of anything.

When Henderson arrives at his house, with a suitcase full of cash, Miriam begins to wonder where he got the money from. Jack then interrogates Henderson and demands to know his connection to the nerve gas, but Henderson won't budge. When Jack shoots Miriam in the kneecap, Henderson still won't reveal his information. Jack then ties Miriam's knee up with a bandage and calls for an ambulance. He then takes Henderson into his car and transport him back to CTU.

After bringing Henderson to CTU medical, Jack reunites with his daughter Kim, who was brought into CTU by Audrey at his request. When Barry Landes refuses to allow Jack alone with his daughter, Kim convinces him she is fine. Jack claims that he only lied about his death in order to protect her, but Kim still feels hurt and betrayed over him staging his death and not telling her.

When Lynn McGill reveals that his key card was stolen hours earlier, Buchanan initiates a lockdown and Jack discovers Ostroff. When Jack learns that Ostroff set nerve gas to go off, he has Buchanan order an evacuation. When everybody isn't able to get out of the building, Jack has Chloe seal off some of the areas. After getting into one of the sealed areas, Jack witnesses the death of Edgar Stiles, who mutters the word "Chloe" before dying.

When Jack tries to get confirmation on Henderson's survival, Rick Burke doesn't respond and Jack is startled to hear Tony is taking control of the situation. Learning that Henderson was responsible for the death of Michelle, Tony wanted to kill Henderson in cold blood. However, Jack was able to convince Tony to hold his anger back long enough for Henderson to be cracked.

After accusing Barry of taking advantage of Chloe, Chloe learns that the nerve gas is breaking through the seals. Jack decides to climb through the walls and get to the CTU server, in order to shut down the air condition system. When learning he won't be able to get to the computer, Jack convinces Lynn McGill to do the task. McGill agrees and is successful and stopping the nerve gas from breaking through the seals. McGill and guard Harry Swinton die as a result of being exposed.

Realizing Henderson entered a coma and was no longer any use to CTU, Tony planned on killing him by taking a syringe full of Hyoscine-pentothal. Tony couldn't bear himself to go through with it, and Henderson woke up and stabbed him with the syringe. Tony fell on the floor and Jack found him. Jack held Tony in his arms, moments before Tony died from the overdose.

After the name Collette Stenger is found on Henderson's computer, Jack and a TAC team raid her hotel room. Stenger is nowhere to be found, and Theo Stoller threatens to kill Curtis if Jack doesn't stand down. Jack stands-down and learns that Stoller is a German Intelligence Agent, who has been working undercover. Stoller agrees to work CTU on the operation, if Jack gets him the WET list, which has names of undercover agents around the world.

When Karen Hayes, who has taken over CTU, learns that Chloe gave Jack the WET list, she becomes furious at Jack, but allows him to go forward with his operation. Jack is able to bring Stenger into custody, and the WET list is detonated when Stoller attempts to send it to his superiors. Stenger then claims that she got her information from a DOD informant. The name she gives is Audrey Raines, and Jack threatens to kill her if she is lying.

With help from Bill Buchanan, Jack is able to convince Hayes to allow him to interrogate Audrey. When Audrey claimed that she was innocent and gave no information, Jack is convinced she is telling the truth. However, Hayes has Burke interrogate her by giving her cc's of Hyoscine-pentothol. When Jack is able to prove that Stenger was lying, her pardon is broken, and he learns that Vladimir Bierko plans on releasing nerve gas through the Wilshire Gas Company.

Jack and Curtis lead a team to the Wilshire Gas Company, and find Bierko there. Bierko has the nerve gas released through gas pipes, but Jack is able to stop the attack by blowing up the building. While attempting to bring Bierko in custody, the two get caught in the explosion. Luckily Jack is able to survive it, and Bierko becomes unconscious. While Bierko is brought back to CTU, Jack decides to find Henderson.

Jack learns through Aaron Pierce that Wayne Palmer came back to Los Angeles, after learning First Lady Martha Logan's assistant Evelyn Martin had recent contact with President Palmer. Evelyn told Wayne that she had proof of who is behind the day's events, and she will give it if he is able to save her daughter Amy, who was grabbed by Henderson's men.

Jack and Wayne lead a mission to save Amy from Henderson, and their plan is partially successful. They are able to save Amy, but Henderson manages to escape and Evelyn is shot in the leg. After bringing Evelyn to a motel room and applying pressure to her wound, Wayne and Jack learn that Evelyn stored an audio recording in the bank, which implicates President Logan in the assassination of President Palmer.

With help from Carl Mossman, Jack and Wayne were able to gain access to the bank where the recording was stored. After confirming that it was Logan on the recording, Jack discovered that Henderson's men were waiting outside for him. He then set off the silent alarm, hoping that Henderson and the Army would take each other out, as Logan initiated Martial law earlier. Jack's plan worked, though Carl was shot and killed when they were leaving the bank.

After meeting up with Buchanan and handing off Wayne, Jack goes to meet with Audrey at the airport for the arrival of her father, Secretary of Defense James Heller. While Jack was convinced that the best way to handle the situation was to expose Logan, Heller was convinced forcing Logan to resign was a better idea. Heller handed the recording to one of his guards, and had his guards take Jack and Audrey into custody until he gets back from the presidential retreat.

Henderson is able to find Jack's location, and he has his men distract Jack, while Henderson gets to Audrey. After Jack kills all of the hostiles, Jack discovers that Henderson cut her artery and will kill her if Jack doesn't hand over the recording. Jack is forced to comply to Henderson's demands, and Henderson escapes from the building with the recording. Jack then tied her arm up to stop the bleeding, but Audrey needed immediate medical attention.

After Chloe picked up Henderson's location through satellite, Jack was able to locate him and take him into custody. Jack then learned that Henderson has a plane following Secretary Heller, and his men will kill Heller if they aren't contacted by Henderson every 15 minutes. When Heller learns what Henderson is doing, he demands for Jack to get the recording and tell Audrey he loves her. He then drives his car off a cliff, ultimately leading to his presumed death.

After learning that Henderson handing the conversation off to someone, who was boarding Flight 520, a diplomatic flight, Jack decided to stow away on the flight. Henderson's men then arrived at Henderson and Audrey's location, but Curtis arrived and was able to save take out the hostiles and bring Henderson back to CTU. Hours later, while sitting in CTU medical, Audrey learned her father survived the accident.

With help from Chloe, Jack learns the flights details and he knocks out George Avila, the air marshal. Jack then acts as the air marshal and interrogates Hans Meyer, who had a connection to Henderson. When Jack realizes Meyer was innocent, he hi-jacked the plane in an effort to find the recording. After learning co-pilot Scott Evans has the recording, Jack informed pilot Stan Cotter, who was knocked out by Evans before letting Jack in the cockpit.

Jack is able to get the recording from Evans, but he soon learns a distress signal was sent out to shoot down the plane. Despite the fact that Jack wasn't planning on using the plane as a weapon, President Logan wanted to make it look that way in order to cover his tracks. Unfortunately for Logan, Admiral Kirkland called off the fighter jets, as Evans and Jack were able to land the plane safely on a Los Angeles highway.

Learning that Logan would have the military arrest Jack, Karen and Buchanan sent Curtis Manning to pick up Jack and bring him back to CTU. Curtis was able to find Jack, but the military wanted to search his vehicle. Curtis managed to convince the military that he was also looking for Bauer, and they let him go. Jack returned to CTU and handed off the recording to Chloe, in order for her to prepare it for the meeting with the Attorney General.

When Miles Papazian learns about Logan being involved in Palmer's assassination, he erases the recording and earns a place in Logan's administration. Jack nearly physically assualted Miles, but managed to stop himself, and Karen slapped him across the face before he left CTU. Agent Davis then contacted CTU and revealed that Vladimir Bierko managed to escape custody, and his men were talking about a bigger attack.

Realizing Christopher Henderson would be a huge help, Jack offered to give him immunity if he gave up names. Henderson told Jack that he wouldn't be able to touch him, but agreed to help stop Bierko if Jack helped him stage his death. In order to learn about Bierko's plan, Henderson had to go undercover and confront Joseph Malina. When Henderson revealed to Malina that CTU was monitoring them, Jack is convinced Henderson double-crossed him, while it was part of Henderson's plan.

Joseph Malina attempts to escape and he ends up shooting Curtis Manning in the shoulder. Curtis is able to substain minimal injuries, and Malina gets shot in the hip and is transported back to CTU. Jack then learns that Bierko is planning to take over the Russian ship the Natalia, and he informs Lt. Southern about Bierko's plans.

Bierko is able to kill the entire crew of the Natalia by releasing a canister of nerve gas, and the only way to stop Bierko from releasing a warhead missile is by having fighter jets destroy the ship. However, this will be prevented if Jack, Henderson, and Agent McCullough are able to gain access to the ship and stop Bierko's plans.

With help from surviving Petty Officer Rooney, Jack is able to get in the ship and he is forced to give Henderson a weapon. While Henderson worked on stopping the missiles, Jack took out the hostiles and killed Bierko by snapping his neck. After successfully stopping the warhead missiles from being launched, Henderson used his firearm against Jack. Henderson learned that his firearm was empty, and Jack killed him in revenge for the deaths of President Palmer, Tony, and Michelle.

Petty Officer Rooney witnesses Jack killing Henderson in cold blood, but he remains silent. Jack then informs Buchanan about Henderson's death, claiming that Henderson fired on him first and he had no other choice. Jack tells Buchanan that he is headed back to CTU, while he tells Chloe that he plans on getting President Logan to confess to his crimes.

With help from Aaron Pierce, Mike Novick, and Martha Logan, Jack is able to gain access to the helicopter transporting Logan to Palmer's memorial. Jack lands the helicopter and brings Logan into a warehouse, while Morris O'Brian hands off communication equipment. Logan refused to confess and Jack couldn't find himself to kill him, and he ultimately was forced to surrender. Jack was taken into custody, while Logan was transported to Palmer's memorial.

However, getting Logan to confess in front of him was never Jack's plan. Jack planed a transmitter device on Logan's pen, and had Logan confess to his involvement in Palmer's death and the supply of the nerve gas in front of Martha Logan. Chloe played the recording for the attorney general and he ordered Secret Service to take Logan into custody.

After being released, Jack reunited with Audrey and they shared a passionate kiss. Jack was then informed by an agent that he had a phone call from Kim Bauer. While taking the call, Jack was abducted by masked men and it was later revealed that Cheng Zhi was behind it. Zhi and the Chinese still wanted Jack for the death of the Chinese consul 18 months earlier. Jack was held prisoner on a ship, that was heading towards China.

After Day 5
The Chinese sought after American National Security information and they brought Jack back to China, torturing him until he would give up any sensitive information. Jack stayed silent and he struggled to stay alive, not wanting to die for nothing. Seven months into his incarceration, Jack was tricked into revealing that Hong Wai was a spy for the United States. While Jack wouldn't reveal any information through torture, Cheng Zhi created a false resuce attempt in which two American mercenaries masqeraded as Special Operations agents to retrieve Jack from China. As they escaped, the two agents and Jack met up with Hong, who Jack clearly recognized. Zhi was able to determine Hong was the spy and he executed him, and had Jack returned to his cell.

Day 6
During the beginning of Day 6, America was suffering from a series of terrorist attacks, that began 11 weeks earlier. Terrorist Abu Fayed was willing to give up the leader of the attacks, Hamri Al-Assad, if he received two things in return, $25 million and Jack Bauer. President Wayne Palmer was forced to agree with Fayed's terms and the Chinese agreed to release Jack into CTU Los Angeles's custody.

Bill Buchanan and Curtis Manning picked up Jack from Cheng Zhi and they told him about the exchange. Learning that Kim and Audrey didn't know about his release, he agreed to be used as a sacrifice. Jack was let go into the custody of Fayed and he was brutally tortured. Jack then learned that Fayed was responsible for the attacks and Assad came to America to stop him and bring peace between his organizations and the West. When Jack learned of this, he escaped and contacted CTU with the information.

When President Palmer learned that Assad wasn't responsible for the attacks, he was reluctant to call of the strike. With pressure from Thomas Lennox and Karen Hayes, Wayne decided to go through with the strike. However, Jack was able to arrive and warn Assad about the attack. Together they managed to escape in time and they decided to stop Fayed on their own.

After Jack stopped a train bomb from occuring, CTU and President Palmer learned that Jack was right about Assad and they agreed to work with him and Assad on the case. However, the lead Jack and Curtis followed committed suicide and Assad didn't know any other information that would give up Fayed's location. It was very clear that Curtis was uncomfortable working with Assad.

President Palmer decides that Jack is the best man to run the operation and Jack agreed to do it. When a woman named Jillian Wallace claims that her son Scott Wallace is being held hostage by a terrorist, Jack realizes she is telling the truth when she mentions Fayed's name. Curtis and Jack follow up on the lead, but unfortunately the terrorist, Ahmed Amar died before giving any information up. However, Scott was able to tell them about an address his father, Ray Wallace, was forced to go to by Ahmed.



Assad agreed to work with CTU on the case if President Palmer gave him a pardon for past crimes in writing. Jack told Curtis about it, and though he didn't like it, he seemed to accept it. Chloe O'Brian then contacted Jack and told him about Curtis and Assad's history. Curtis then grabbed Assad by the neck and was preparing to kill him. With no other choice, Jack was forced to shoot Curtis in the neck, which lead to his death. Moments later a nuclear bomb went off, at the location Scott gave up.

After the nuclear bomb went off, Jack saw no other choice but to continue working on the case, despite being forced to kill one of his close friends. After helping civilians, Jack learns that his father, Phillip Bauer, had recent contact with Dmitri Gredenko, a name that Assad gave up. Jack decided to follow up on this lead himself and when Phillip was missing in action, he decided to confront his brother Graem Bauer, who unbeknowst to Jack, was responsible for the events that took place 20 months earlier.

When Graem didn't give Jack any answers on their father's location, Jack was forced to torture his brother by suffocating him with a plastic bag. Eventually Graem caved in and told Jack that their father was at the family company, BXJ Technologies. Jack learned that Graem had access to give Soviet suitcase nukes and an employee, Darren McCarthy, sold them to Fayed. Graem and Jack's father seeked out to handle the mess, hoping to prevent Graem from facing prison time.

Jack contacted Chloe and told her to send two field units to Elegra Global. After arriving at the company, Jack handcuffed Graem in McCarthy's office and was attacked by a guard. He then came face to face with his father, who eventually agreed to let CTU in the loop of the situation. Just as Jack began calling CTU, Graem had his father's guards take Phillip and Jack into custody. Phillip was shocked to see that his son was responsible for killing CTU agents, and he was loaded into a van with Jack.

Jack and his father were brought to a remote location to be killed, but Phillip refused to get on his knees. He began yelling at one of the guards, while Jack struggled with the other, which ultimately lead Jack to shooting one of the guards. Jack planned on interrogating the other guard, but Phillip shot and killed him before he had a chance. Jack then contacted Bill Buchanan at CTU and gave him an update of what was happening. Jack told Bill to see field units to surround his brother's home.

Jack and CTU stormed into Graem's house and Graem ultimately surrendered, realizing he was out-numbered. Jack had Rick Burke set up an interrogation, and he told Marilyn about the current situation. Marilyn was new what her husband was capable of, but was furious with Jack's actions. She warned him to keep her son Joshua out of it, by not telling him anything. Jack then began to interrogate Graem, demanding for the location of Darren McCarthy.

Burke told Jack that the machine showed deception and Graem was holding something back. Jack ordered for Burke to give Graem more than 8 cc's and eventually Graem confessed to a crime that had nothing to do with McCarthy. Graem revealed he ordered the assassination of President David Palmer, Tony Almeida, and Michelle Dessler nearly two years earlier. Jack was willing to kill Graem, but when Phillip looked in, he stopped himself.

Jack headed back to CTU, and he told Burke to transport Graem back to CTU once he was physically capable of doing so. Whil heading back to CTU, Bill called Jack and told him that the engineer Fayed needs to retrigger his suitcase nukes is Morris O'Brian, who left to visit his brother in the hospital. Chloe was able to contact Morris on the phone, but McCarthy showed up and kidnapped Morris before he was able to escape. Jack arrived back at CTU and went into a chopper, planning to rescue Morris before he is forced to do the unthinkable.

After losing Fayed's location, Jack was able to intercept a call that was placed to LAPD. Jack discovered Darren McCarthy's body, and a witnessed identified that a blonde woman shot him and drove off with someone matching Morris' description. After looking through McCarthy's cell phone, Chloe was able to find the location of Fayed. Jack and Agent Al Turner were able to lead an operation to storm Fayed's apartment.

After taking out all of the hostiles, Jack discovered that Fayed had managed to escape and Morris was critically unjured. When Jack discovered a suitcase nuke, he managed to disarm it with help from Chloe. Jack then learned from Morris, that Fayed has a device that will allow him to detonate the remaining three bombs.

After arriving back at CTU, Jack was questioned by Buchanan for his actions in Graem's interrogation. When Bill wanted to cover up the report, in order to avoid an Internal Affairs investigation, Jack refused to allow this to happen. It then became apparent that Gredenko was involved with Fayed, and was somewhere in Los Angeles.

After questioning his father about Gredenko, Jack spoke to Marilyn and she revealed that she followed Graem to a house one evening, and overheard her husband speaking to men with Russian accents. Jack and Marilyn left the building, in order for her to identify the house, and Milo and a CTU team was placed 6 blocks behind them. When Marilyn identified the wrong house because Phillip threatened to kill Josh, Jack and CTU stormed it and discovered a bomb was inside. Jack jumped out of the window moments before the house was blown up.

Jack contacts Buchanan and tells him about the ambush, but of them speculate that Gredenko was behind it. Jack is then lead to a junkyard, killing two hostiles and in the result saving Milo's life. Kozelek threatens to kill Marilyn, but Jack claimed if he wanted her dead, she would be dead already. After Jack threatened to use his weapon on Kozelek, he decides to surrender and Jack has Milo watch him.



Jack then grabs Marilyn and throws her against the fall, accusing her of tipping of Gredenko. Marilyn eventually confesses that it wasn't Gredenko's man who ambushed Jack's team, it was Phillip's. Marilyn tells Jack that Phillip was the one who killed Graem and he threatened to kill Josh if she didn't take Jack to the location he gave her. After Jack promises to do everything in his power to rescue Josh, Marilyn gives up the location of Gredenko's home.

Jack calls Bill and tells him to send a TAC team to Gredenko's home, and send a smaller unit to the junkyard. While Milo is being treated, Jack has Kozelek call Phillip and tell him Marilyn won't give up Marilyn's location. Jack informs Marilyn to not negotiate with Phillip and only agree to cooperate if she gets Josh back. With no other way of finding Gredenko, Phillip agrees to Marilyn's terms and tells Kozelek to bring Marilyn to the hotel he is staying at.

After giving Marilyn a bullett proof vest, Jack enters his father's hotel room with Kozelek and Marilyn. When he discovers Phillip isn't there, he gets a phone call from his father. Marilyn and Jack discover Phillip is in the building across the street, pointing a gun to Josh. Jack offers his father a deal, he will surrender in exchange for Josh's release. Phillip agrees to these terms, but demands for his son to come alone and unarmed. When Jack arrives and it is proven he is unarmed, Josh is released and Jack tells him his mother is waiting in the stairwell.

Phillip tells his son to get on his knees, preparing to execute him. Phillip admits that Gredenko blackmailed him when he learned about Phillip's role in the assassination of David Palmer. Jack then confesses to the real reasons why he left the family all of those years ago, and he then realizes that Phillip left. Jack runs out to the roof and notices his father left a PDA behind, with a number on it. When Jack calls it, he is shocked to learn it is Charles Logan's cell phone. Logan tells Jack to meet with him if he wants Gredenko.

Day 4

 * Audrey Raines: Is it going to be hard?
 * Jack Bauer: What?
 * Audrey Raines: Going back to CTU. Seeing Driscoll again.
 * Jack Bauer: I don't blame her for her decision.
 * Audrey Raines: How can that be? She forced you out of CTU.
 * Jack Bauer: She didn't want an ex-junkie on her staff. That's not unreasonable.
 * Audrey Raines: You weren't a junkie. You were doing your job.
 * Jack Bauer: I was addicted to heroin. It didn't matter why.

Day 5

 * Jack Bauer: What's your status?
 * Petty Officer Rooney: My status is... he's dead.


 * Jack Bauer: Dammit!


 * Jack Bauer: Yeah?
 * Mike Novick: The President has just notified Secret Service he's going to be delayed.
 * Jack Bauer: How long?
 * Mike Novick:  He didn't say, but Mrs. Logan knows we need as much time as possible. Jack... if Logan doesn't confess... how far are you actually willing to go?
 * Jack Bauer: As far as I have to.


 * Christopher Henderson: Hold it, Jack! Now lower your arms, real slow, and turn around! You weren't ever really gonna let me go, were you?
 * Jack Bauer: No.
 * Christopher Henderson: (after finding out his gun had no ammunition) Good for you, Jack.
 * Jack Bauer: You were responsible for the deaths of David Palmer, Tony Almeida, and Michelle Dessler. They were friends of mine.
 * Christopher Henderson: That's the way it works. (Jack shoots him twice in the chest. He falls down, dead.)


 * Jack Bauer: Captain... I can fly this thing if I have to, which leaves you with one of two choices; you either do as I say and you live, or you don't and you die for nothing. Do you understand me?


 * Cheng Zhi:You surely must be aware, Mr. Bauer, that China has a long memory. Only eighteen months ago, you invaded our territory and killed our consul.  Did you really think that we would forget?
 * Jack Bauer: I know how this works... I need to make one phone call... Please... just one phone call. (Silence) Kill me... Just... kill me...
 * Cheng Zhi: Kill you? You're far too valuable to kill, Mr. Bauer.


 * Jack Bauer: A year and a half ago, I was warned that my life was in danger by someone within the government. I was told the only way I could stay alive was to create the illusion that I was dead.  I was forced to deceive people that I loved.  My only daughter will never forgive me.  As I see the depth of your corruption unfold, I have no doubt that you are that source of danger.  David Palmer was a great man, and he was a great President.  He was also my friend.  He tried to warn me about you and now he is dead.  Other people tried to help me, and they are dead, too.  So Mr. Logan, I hope you understand... I have absolutely nothing to lose.  You are going to be held accountable for your part of everything that happened today.  You will not be able to hide behind the Presidency - right here, right now, you are going to face justice!  And make no mistake about this, this is personal.  And if you think for a second that I am scared to put a bullet in your brain, you don't know me.  I am going to ask you one last time. Who are your co-conspirators? You have until the count of three, or I will kill you.


 * Jack Bauer: What are the names of your co-conspirators?
 *  Charles Logan: There are no co-conspirators, because there is no conspir...
 * Jack Bauer: Walt Cummings! Christopher Henderson!  James Nathanson! have all admitted to being part of this conspiracy, now they are dead!  Right before Christopher Henderson died, he acknowledged that there were others, what are their names?
 * Charles Logan: A man will say anything under torture, this won't mean a thing--
 * Jack Bauer: Mr. Logan, I'm not here to torture you, but you are gonna tell what I want to know, or so help me God, I will kill you.

Day 6

 * Jack Bauer: We are not the same! (Then pushes Graem And Chair to the floor)

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Background information and notes

 * Jack Bauer is the only character to appear in every episode of the series. He is also thus far the only character to appear in all six seasons.  Of the four characters to appear in the first five seasons, only Jack and Aaron Pierce have survived (David Palmer and Tony Almeida were killed during Day 5).


 * The Bauer home phone number during Day 1 was 310-555-3067 and they lived on 10th.


 * Jack's password for the video archives as of Day 1 was C22717. This was given to Paul Wilson in the finale episode of the season.


 * As seen in the premiere episode of Day 3, Jack's Badge Number is 9431066 and Jack's Employee Number is 68025638X. We also see that he is 5' 10 '', 168 pounds, and has green eyes.


 * During Day 1 and Day 2, Jack's primary weapon was the SIG P228. His weapon of choice during Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, and Day 6 was a Heckler & Koch USP Compact.


 * He was parodied on an episode of the children's show Sesame Street in a sketch also known as 24. The Sesame Street version lasts for 24 seconds (as opposed to 24 hours) and features the Muppetized Jack Bauer hanging from a cliff for the duration until he finally realizes that he was only a few inches from the lower ledge, and lets himself drop.  Jack and Chloe will also appear on an episode of The Simpsons called "24 Minutes."

Action Figures

 * McFarlane Toys is making two Jack Bauer action figures. The first is set to release in 2007. it would've been released earlier, but Kiefer Sutherland tortured and burned the first edition of the figure. He later apologized for the issue and the figure was re-made into the current edition set to release.
 * Medicom Toys produced two 12-inch action figures of Jack Bauer as he is portrayed during Season 4 (One with CTU action gear and vest, another with suit and tie) and is set to release a Season 5 version in 2007.
 * Diamond Select Toys is set to release four series of Minimates with characters from the earlier seasons and a 12-inch Jack Bauer action figure with three different outfits and head sculpts.