24 Casting Spoiler

[shipperx]

24 Clocks Back In with a Shocking Return

When Fox's 24 launches Season 7 on Jan. 13 and 14 with a two-night premiere, a familiar (though unexpected) face will put in an appearance. "With CTU dismantled, the show's setting moves to Washington, D.C., where Jack Bauer faces trial for his actions in the pursuit of justice," reads the Fox press release. "Bauer's day gets off to a shocking start when former colleague Tony Almeida (played by Carlos Bernard), last seen in Day 5, returns after being left for dead by a terrorist conspirator in CTU's infirmary." Say wha?! "Tony's uncertain fate... left the door open for his return," explains exec producer Howard Gordon. "And since there was no silent clock at the conclusion of his last appearance — the 24 tribute to a major character's demise — we always kept this as a possibility." Indeed, it was widely rumored (and, I believe, perhaps even filmed) that Tony was to resurface in the final seconds of last season. Wait until you-know-who finds out that wife Michelle herself is alive, and working as a chaplain at ER's County General!

Comments

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Heh, every time I read something like this about a dead character who was only mostly dead, I can't help but think about Whoopie Goldberg in Soapdish:

The guy was killed in an auto accident! I looked it up! He was driving in the Yukon, in a pink convertible, to visit his brother who's an ex-con named Frances, when a tractor trailer comes along and decapitates him. You know what that means, it means he doesn't have a head. How am I suppose to write for a guy who doesn't have a head? He's got no lips, no vocal cords. What do you want me to do?

*g*

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

His uncertain fate? As much as I love Tony, this kind of screams "jump the shark" to me. If that's even possible on a show as insane as 24. *g*

[sourisvho.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Now, I love me some Tony, so in theory, YAY! But on the other hand, WTF?