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Members of the Bauer family are rebuilding their relationships now that Jack has moved home after being separated from Teri for six months.Jack finds himself in situations where he confronts his complex personal definition of compromise.A mole at CTU is sabotaging efforts to stop the assassination.The day's situations-both ongoing events and the relationships between these five characters and their associates-form the basis for the season's subplots. The show rotates between the points of view of each of the five main cast members: Jack Bauer, Teri Bauer, Nina Myers, Kim Bauer, and David Palmer, as well as one main villain-Mandy for the first three hours, followed by Ira Gaines, Andre Drazen, and finally Victor Drazen.

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As CTU tracks their activities, Jack learns why he and the Senator are being targeted, and motions to counter against the assassins.įox initially ordered only 13 episodes-the successful rescue at the end of the season's first half was planned as a series finale in the event that the show was not renewed.

In the second half, a second wave of assassins is discovered. This culminates in Jack's successful rescue of his family. The season is divided into two halves the first revolves around a mercenary group's efforts to control Jack Bauer by kidnapping his wife and daughter and forcing him to kill Senator Palmer.

Bauer becomes professionally as well as personally involved when his wife Teri and daughter Kim are kidnapped by the people behind the assassination plot. The central character is Jack Bauer, a former Delta Force operator who is the Director of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) in Los Angeles. Senator from Maryland who is a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, on the day of the primary in California. The season's main plot revolves around an assassination attempt on David Palmer, a U.S. As the hours pass, the conspiracy deepens, and Jack learns the surprising truth behind the plot and his role in it.The first season takes place on the day of the California Presidential Primary. Gaines' goal is simple: Jack is to carry out the assassination against Palmer himself. Gaines threatens to kill them if Jack refuses to follow his detailed instructions. Jack is contacted by terrorist Ira Gaines (Michael Massee), who informs him that his wife and daughter have been kidnapped by Gaines' henchmen. Palmer initiates an investigation to uncover the truth and must decide whether to break the story himself or wait. Meanwhile, Palmer, unaware of the assassination plot, receives a phone call from a dogged reporter who says she has evidence that his son Keith (Vicellous Reon Shannon) committed murder. Jack's mission is made even more difficult when he learns from his boss Richard Walsh (Michael O'Neill) that someone within CTU may be a mole involved with the foreign-based conspiracy. Shortly after midnight on the morning of the California Democratic presidential primary, Jack receives information that an assassination attempt will be carried out against Maryland senator David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert)-the first African-American with a legitimate chance of capturing the White House-sometime within the next 24 hours.

He's also a married man who is attempting to rebuild a trust-depleted relationship with his wife Teri (Leslie Hope), and a father to independent-minded teen daughter Kim (Elisha Cuthbert). Bauer is the director of the Counter Terrorist Unit in Los Angeles. Federal agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) is having a very bad day in this unique, action-packed drama series in which events unfold in real time and the entire season takes place within one 24-hour day.