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Jack shouting the line while interrogating Audrey Raines

"Damn it" is an expletive regularly spoken by characters on 24, especially Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer[]

The table below shows how many times Jack said "damn it" in each episode. Jack said "damn it" 145 times over the course of the show.

Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 10 Ep 11 Ep 12 Ep 13 Ep 14 Ep 15 Ep 16 Ep 17 Ep 18 Ep 19 Ep 20 Ep 21 Ep 22 Ep 23 Ep 24 Total Average DPEs
Season 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.67
Season 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 19 0.79
Season 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 13 0.54
Season 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 20 0.83
Season 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 18 0.75
Season 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14 0.58
24 Redemption - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2.0
Season 7 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 20 0.83
Season 8 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0.50
24: Live Another Day 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1.6

Damn it, (person)[]

One of the many variations of the phrase is used Jack shouting "Damn it" followed by the name of a person he is upset with. Jack has used this many times in the series for a number of characters.

Use by other characters[]

Below is the same chart as above including references by all characters other than Jack. They said it 137 times over the course of the show. The first person to say the phrase in the show was Teri Bauer in the pilot episode, before Jack is heard saying it.

Ep 1 Ep 2 Ep 3 Ep 4 Ep 5 Ep 6 Ep 7 Ep 8 Ep 9 Ep 10 Ep 11 Ep 12 Ep 13 Ep 14 Ep 15 Ep 16 Ep 17 Ep 18 Ep 19 Ep 20 Ep 21 Ep 22 Ep 23 Ep 24 Total Average DPEs
Season 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 13 .54
Season 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .38
Season 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 - - 1 - - 2 0 3 - 16 1.0
Season 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 15 .62
Season 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 12 1.1
Season 6 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - 2 1 - - 1 1 3 - - 2 - 24 1
24 Redemption 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 -
Season 7 - 2 3 3 1 - 1 2 - 1 - 1 4 1 2 - 1 - - - 1 1 1 1 27 -
Season 8 2 3 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 2 0 0 2 15 -
24: Live Another Day 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 -

Totals[]


Over the course of the show "damn it" has been used 282 times by all the characters including Jack.

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