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transience ranks every notable character from "24". (mega spoilers) (mega-list)
I
don't really have much of an opinion on Jamey. She doesn't seem
especially likable but she's not bad either. She doesn't seem like a
CTU analyst type at all. welcome to S1 CTU... it's so ghetto compared to to the CTU of later seasons, yet it still seems to get everything done. jamey is also 24's first mole, and that's hard to take away from her. worse still, she's not even particularly evil - i don't think she had any idea what she was getting herself into, and then we see the effect that it has on her family. she sold out her country for something like $300K -isn't that just the saddest thing? i still wouldn't rank her higher though alan milliken is certainly far too high, along with those other 'great' s3/s6 minor characters. don't think he should go much higher than julia. --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
Tim Woods too low --- My God, did that predict good! Dr_Football-l-l it no goin' and you tell me do things, I done runnin'... |
86. Graem Bauer Season(s): 5, 6 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Graem_Bauer Graem in season 5 is really good. He seems super powerful, telling the President of the United States to kill himself amongst other things. He is completely confident and in control. He seems absolutely untouchable. It's not every day that a terrorist gets away, and Graem wasn't even close to being touched. Then season 6 comes and this fat bald guy is somehow Jack's brother. It's the single worst moment in the show. Every single 24 fan remembers that moment as the point where season 6 went to hell. It's in episode 5, right after the four amazing opening episodes. Graem turns into a whiny guy, Jack shows up at his house and within minutes he's being tortured. Jack catches up with him a couple episodes later, 4 MORE CC'S happens and just like that, this untouchable guy is dead. It's kind of a tragedy, really. 85. Erin Driscoll Season(s): 4 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Erin_Driscoll Erin is made out to be a major nuisance in season 4. She fires Jack when she takes over CTU from Tony and is obstinate on just about everything. She takes Jack's disobedience to be a personal insult and puts every available resource into finding him. She has a schizophrenic daughter that is an absolutely miserable subplot. Once Heller is rescued, Erin calms down a little and becomes a little more reasonable. I actually like this version of Driscoll a good amount. Her relationship with Heller is one of mutual respect, of two parents who are having a very tough day. When Maya commits suicide, she perseveres as long as she can until finally she steps down, paving the way for Tony and Michelle to take the reins. Driscoll certainly isn't the coolest character but I like her slow progression from disaster CTU director to human being. --- xyzzy |
I cant even remember why the crazy daughter even committed suicide. --- My God, did that predict good! Dr_Football-l-l it no goin' and you tell me do things, I done runnin'... |
Erin Driscoll is most notable for being the only person Jack Bauer has dropped the f-bomb on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSALfHDuxEA --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/wesker.gif |
Dont remember that 0_o --- My God, did that predict good! Dr_Football-l-l it no goin' and you tell me do things, I done runnin'... |
graem
turning to mush makes sense when you consider that this kid grew up
with jack bauer. if anyone knows how badly he's gonna get ****ed up
when jack steps in, it's graem. graem's also part of the two best non-opener/10-11/season finale scenes: - graem you are going to tell me what i want to know or i'm going to have to start hurting you - you're hurting me now! - trust me, i'm not. - NO JACK NO I SWEAR, ON MY FAMILY'S LIFE - ...... not good enough. (a few minutes later) IF YOU LIE TO ME GRAEM THE BAG GOES BACK ON and of course later, FOUR MORE CCS was pretty awesome, as was jack's breakdown when he thought he'd killed his own brother phillip bauer ruins everything --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
props on not putting driscoll at the bottom. a lot of people hate
driscoll, and i honestly think she's one of the better female
characters on the show, not to mention a pretty legit head of CTU. i'd
expect to see hastings within the next 10 or so because i think she's
comparable to him. and what an awesome video --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
84. Behrooz Araz Season(s): 4 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Behrooz_Araz A typical teenager dragged into a terror plot by his dad, a key player in day 4's attacks. Season 4's "terror family" plot was all about Behrooz not wanting to kill people like his father - a fine plot, but it went on *way* too long without a good character. Of course, that didn't stop him from beating a man to death with a shovel in self-defense. Behrooz is eventually exchanged for Jack Bauer when Marwan wants to distract CTU during the Air Force One attack. Behrooz's fate is never shown on-screen, ending a fairly unfulfilling plot with no closure. Behrooz is often whiny and scared - completely defensible traits, but it still isn't great to watch him complain to his mom. He's easy to relate to, but not so fun to observe. 83. James Prescott Season(s): 2 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/James_Prescott David Palmer's Vice President and the main voice of dissent against David's decision not to attack the three unnamed middle eastern countries following the detonation of a nuclear warhead on US soil. Prescott collaborates with Mike Novick and several cabinet members and succeeds in getting Palmer removed from office; when Palmer is shown to be correct and Bauer produces proof, Prescott releases Palmer and offers his resignation. Palmer doesn't accept. The thing I like about Prescott and this plot arc is that he isn't on a power grab or evil - he's just doing what he feels is necessary. When Daniels does the same thing in season 6, there's a huge element of arrogance and him just wanting to be in power. 24 usually functions with antagonists wanting this kind of thing, so to see Prescott resign his position immediately when he is proven to be wrong is cool. He was a pretty good character but this is the only time he got to be involved. He's far more of a gray area character than most people who dare to oppose David Palmer. --- xyzzy |
Prescott has a fairly substantial role in the game, but I'm like one of two people that bought that. --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/wesker.gif |
i'm like 95% convinced that the president in MGS1 is also named james prescott is this just my being confused or what because i remember being like 'whoa what' when watching this episode glad to see that the araz family isn't too low, either. their plotline was silly and unfulfilling, but they were fun characters and a huge step up from amnesia, mathesons, and millikens. --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
MGS1 president is George Sears. >_> --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/wesker.gif |
i love alan 'fiyah waaaaaaaaaayne' --- sess |
82. Hector Salazar Season(s): 3 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Hector_Salazar The lesser of the two Salazar brothers, both in rank and in intelligence. Hector did and said a lot of stupid things, but there was a passion there that made him likable. While Ramon was in prison, Hector took over the family business and got a taste of being in charge; when Ramon came back, there was a power struggle and Ramon killed Hector over a disagreement. I always kind of felt bad for Hector. His girlfriend doesn't trust him or like him. His brother betrays him. He gets played by Jack. He's a hot-headed guy who thinks with his emotions instead of his brain and people take advantage of that. He could be a dick at times but he somehow stayed likable. His best scene is the face he makes when he gets shot. 81. Nadia Yassir Season(s): 6 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Nadia_Yassir Second in command at CTU until Bill Buchanan is deemed 'expendable' in order to find a scapegoat for the nuclear attack on Valencia. Nadia is completely unremarkable for most of season 6 with her major plot arc being that she is being denied access to CTU information based on her middle eastern descent. Eventually she becomes CTU director and struggles with being in command until she gets a pep talk from Jack. Her one good scene involves telling a doctor working on Audrey Raines to go screw himself. Everything else about her is kind of pointless - she doesn't seem particularly relevant and she ascends to the top of the office without ever having done anything. That said, she's not a *bad* character, you just wonder why the hell she's there. Milo and Chloe seem to have more experience than she does. Doyle does more things. But Nadia? She's just there. --- xyzzy |
80. Sherry Palmer Season(s): 1, 2, 3 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Sherry I used to *hate* Sherry Palmer. She is absolutely miserable. I always wonder how she lives with herself. She does the most awful things with seemingly no hesitation or introspection. At some point, I figure she has to sit down and think about how awful the things she did are. She never does on-screen though and even when she's dumped by David, she's thinking more about the ramifications than any kind of personal loss. Sherry Palmer is a snake. She knows how to 'play the game' and does it extremely well. She's deceptive and intelligent. She will ally herself with you until you are no longer useful and then dump you like a truck. She dropped the man who saved her husband's life because it was a risk politically. She betrayed Roger Stanton. She even talked a man in a wheelchair to death and withheld his medication, then covered it up. Every time Sherry seemed to go as low as she could, she went a little bit lower. Over time, I have come to respect just how devious she is. Characters like Miles Papazian are in the same category, but they're one-dimensional. Sherry is multifaceted and well-developed. She actually becomes a protagonist at the end of season 2 and does a hell of a job in the final scenes with Kingsley. Her slow corrosion with David in season 1 is amazing, culminating with perhaps the greatest scene in 24 history - when David snaps and she says that she's just protecting him. If anything, Sherry is the reason David Palmer is so good. She tests his honour and resolve on countless occasions and David shines because of it. She's a classic heel. How bad is she? The writers will occasionally take shots at her just because they know how many people hate her. Wayne's detective friend busts out an amazing cross-gender/cross-race punch to discover Milliken's medication bottle. Alex Hewitt stabs her for no good reason. When Julia MIlliken finally shoots her, you half-expect her to get back up. You can't kill the devil like that. It's really quite unfortunate that she died like that instead of by someone like Jack. Someone better deserved to be the one to put an end to Sherry's misery. God, Sherry Palmer sucks. I love it. --- xyzzy |
loved loved loved hated
sherry in S1. she was so perfectly written in S1, jesus. my main
objection with her in later seasons is that she just felt out of place,
especially in S2, though she pulls together really well at the end.
sherry talking alan to death was hilarious, but at the same time it was
like 'what the **** is this doing in my show.' and i can't help
but fault her idiocy at the end of S3, hopping back and forth to
different politicians and eventually just getting herself shot. didn't
fit with her conniving yet 'weirdly loving of david' character. ... speaking of which, why is she below dana walsh augh. nadia's hot. fully expect to see doyle soon because despite what he does, he doesn't deserve to be much higher than her. --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
I
think Sherry just likes being in a position of power and playing the
political game. in that sense, her becoming politically promiscuous
makes perfect sense. never saw Nadia as hot - heard a lot of people say it but to me she's just average --- xyzzy |
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never saw Nadia as hot - heard a lot of people say it but to me she's just average terrible taste transience --- sess |
Sherry is one of my favorite fictional villains of all time :( --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Dr. Football beat me, Yesmar in the 2010 Guru Contest! |
well...
i can agree that nadia certainly didn't seem hot on the show when i was
watching it, because her blandness was overpowering. >_> but she's definitely good-looking! --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
i always liked jamey, i thought she was a good season 1-style character and sherry is too low; i understand that she's a "love-to-hate" character but she was so good in season 1 she has to be at least top 50 --- it's an underwater adventure ride |
Tim Woods a bit too low for me, good placement for Driscoll lol Behrooz --- If you're seeing this sig, Dr_Football won the Guru Contest! |
man Tim Woods fanboys I'm glad to see others like him. I was skeptical of even putting him on the list until the finale, where he actually seemed relevant. I would put him higher too if I didn't get this feeling that he's pointless. --- xyzzy |
Sherry was a TV goddess in s1 which was enough to make me care about her weird placement and storylines later on. I don't really get the problems posted about Walsh. He seemed like a great mentor or whatever he was to Jack prior to s1. And he was the first shocking death. Also, Tim Woods should be in a better spot (never know how to properly say higher lower in these things), worse than Behrooz? Behrooz's only redeeming quality was that he was so awful that some of them are absolutely hilarious. "WHERE IS MY MOTHER!? WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME!? I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" Graem Bauer revealed to be a Bauer was the single most shocking moment in the show for me, never saw that coming in a million years. Bigger than Nina, bigger than Logan, bigger than Teri dying or anything. I literally yelled WTF when they revealed that. Now, obviously it didn't turn out so good, but at the time, that crap was insane. --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
Also Sherry writeup lacks mention of screaming at someone to death. --- If you're seeing this sig, Dr_Football won the Guru Contest! |
read it again --- xyzzy |
oh whoops! --- If you're seeing this sig, Dr_Football won the Guru Contest! |
79. Kim Bauer Season(s): 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Kim I hate ranking Kim Bauer. She's super easy to hate - as a teenager she was childish, self-centered and a pain in the neck. Her phone call with Jack when he's about to sacrifice himself (the best moment involving Kim by far) is perfect: Kim complaining how he can't do this to her. That's classic Kim, thinking of herself before anyone else. She gets herself into all kinds of trouble thanks to the writers turning her into a walking hostage for the better part of 5 seasons. Season 2 Kim is an absolute disaster thanks to them. Season 1 Kim really isn't so bad - she takes control of her situations and isn't *completely* useless. Season 3 has Kim as a CTU analyst which is only bad because of our previous perception of Kim in seasons 1 and 2. She even walks into a hostage situation voluntarily and gets out without a scratch. The storyline with Chase is a bit unfortunate, but at least it was relevant instead of some of the crap Kim has had to go through. Season 5 Kim is the worst. She comes in pissed off that her father is alive which just makes no sense to me. She then is involved in another attack on CTU. If I were making this list after season 5, Kim would be pretty close to the bottom. Season 7 redeemed her in my eyes. Here we have a more mature Kim, one who's had a child and is probably supposed to be like 30-35 years old at this point. Season 7 Kim isn't just a hostage - she actually tracks down the people who were trying to kidnap her and jumps into a burning car in order to get their laptop. Thanks to Kim, season 7 wasn't a complete disaster. So it really comes down to which version of Kim you're ranking: the hopeless teenage Kim, the disasterous young adult Kim or the competent adult Kim. I'm going with the complete package and giving her the benefit of the doubt thanks to her actions in season 7. She's not as annoying as she once was. --- xyzzy |
what about her breasts --- sess |
they were good in season 1 before she became tainted by the fact that she was Kim Bauer --- xyzzy |
s2 Kim has got to be the hottest character of the series. --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
not even the gratuitous wet tank top shot from the beginning of season 2 --- If you're seeing this sig, Dr_Football won the Guru Contest! |
He
ends up being a decent analyst but not necessarily a decent character -
he's just there because somebody else has to do something. That
somebody is Arlo. This is so so so so so so true. and I liked Alan Milliken too - his voice was the key for making me believe that this guy could have the legitimate ability to coerce the Palmer administration. --- Jays: 27-20 / TFC: 4-4-1, 1st in NCC / Leafs / Raptors SS - 3052 0230 3247 | Platinum (legalhacks) - 0775 7164 7136 |
Among the actresses who auditioned for the part of Kim Bauer was Katee Sackhoff huh! --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
78. Samir Mehran Season(s): 8 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Samir_Mehran Quite possibly the least notable villain of all time. I don't think he even got a proper name until his name popped up on "previously on 24". (as an aside, I miss when the "previously on 24" names were significant. it used to feel important when someone got top billing on the intro; now we get people like VICE PRESIDENT MITCHELL HAYWORTH. who, by the way, is the current 24 president. I've been thinking about this for two days and it is single-handedly ruining the 24 finale.) Samir has no real motive, no backstory, he was barely even mentioned at CTU. He double-crossed Omar Hassan's brother and assumed control of the nuclear rods. He killed Omar in cold blood and.. that's really it. Pavel kills him after dressing up as an EMT. (this happens way too often in 24) And yet I like him a good amount for some reason. He has a menacing stare that I love. He's from the Abu Fayed school of threatening middle eastern dudes, only he has zero interplay with the protagonists. 77. Marie Warner Season(s): 2 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Marie_Warner She starts the day as a happy bride to be and ends it as a superterrorist. Marie Warner is one of the biggest plot twists of the series - first we suspect Reza and then Bob Warner, but Marie? This girl was high-strung and useless, not a terrorist. I like how she even donned a wig after becoming a terrorist. Her heel turn was a good one. I like Marie's relationship with Kate when she turns bad. She has this open disdain for her sister and her last line to her, "you think you'll be safe out there - you won't be" is great. Marie the panicking bride to be wasn't so great, but once she looks at Reza, cries and shoots him? She's pretty good from then on. I kinda wish she would have shot Kate. Oh well! 76. Dina Araz Season(s): 4 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Dina_Araz Cold. As. Ice. This woman has two sides to her -- she will do anything to protect her son, and she hates the western world. She has a great line to Jack: In two hours all the reactors will have gone critical. After that it won't matter what I tell you and he can kill my son. I am only helping you to save his life. I believe in our cause, and if you can't save my son I will be happy to see the reactors melt down. The way she says it -- with complete conviction -- makes you believe it. Even Jack doesn't question it. Towards the end she softens up, turning the gun on the terrorists instead of Jack. Marwan gives one of his classic smirks and has her killed. She was a much better character when she had complete disdain for westerners. --- xyzzy |
From: transience | Posted: 5/26/2010 1:55:52 PM | #136 To be fair, neither did Saunders. --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE] http://img.imgcake.com/wesker.gif |
IMO,
samir mehran is one of the ultimate villains of the show. unlike marwan
and fayed - more charismatic dudes with a lot more character
development and interplay - samir doesn't have much ambition at all. he
has one goal, and one goal only, and by god he does it ****ing well. how many other villains succeed not just in one goal, but in their endgame? --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
Dina is one of my favorite villains, she was so good. And yeah Samir got EVERYTHING he wanted. Hassan dead, check, no peace treaty, check. So in the end I guess he won. --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
curtis
getting killed off totally happened before jack visiting graem, so
unless this happened in the same episode it's more like the great 2 or
3 opening episodes of s6. also sherry palmer is absolutely disgusting, which is exactly what she was supposed to be. way too low imho --- DON~! |
curtis getting killed happened in ep4 iirc --- If you're seeing this sig, Dr_Football won the Guru Contest! |
Curtis getting killed was effing stupid and completely contradictory to his character. --- My God, did that predict good! Dr_Football-l-l it no goin' and you tell me do things, I done runnin'... |
i loved samir --- sess |
I too liked Samir (Though I do lol at the fact that CTU doesnt even get to know his name or face until his last episode) But not as much as I would have liked the Russians in Season 8 --- FC 1849 0634 8041 Boring sig is boring |
I
would have liked Tim Woods to play a bigger role. Then again, his
smaller role might be why I like him. He seems to do a really good job
at what he does. Good guy to have around if you're President. But
that's it really. --- "Nostalgic melancholy: Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio." |
how many other villains succeed not just in one goal, but in their endgame? well if you aim for the floor it's a lot easier to hit that said, Mitch Anderson --- xyzzy |
hey now, 'the floor' was the entire plot of S1 and S2. mitch anderson's only goal was shooting down AF1, but he wasn't a 'main villain' for any portion of the show. even when he was doing his stuff we already knew he was a sideshow for marwan. --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
... where did S2 come from there --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
Speaking of AF1, How the hell did the president at the time live that? Albeit he never showed up again --- My God, did that predict good! Dr_Football-l-l it no goin' and you tell me do things, I done runnin'... |
75. Teri Bauer Season(s): 1 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Teri_Bauer The very definition of a mother. Teri Bauer spends all of day 1 frantically trying to protect Kim. She breaks into stores, waits in hospitals and even accepts being raped for the sole purpose of protecting her daughter. Teri is a pretty admirable character. There isn't anything that really makes you like her though. The closest thing is when she smashes Kevin's head with a rock when she finds out he's not Alan York, and even then she ends up captured. On top of that, she gets hit with some stupid-ass amnesia for 2-3 episodes and freaks out on Nina for her sleeping with Jack while they were separated. Teri's death is unfortunate for Jack but necessary for the continuation of the show. Jack was allowed to grow as a character without the burden of a family to hold him down. It gave him the leeway to dehumanize and do some really awful things -- for example, "I'm gonna need a hacksaw". I dunno, I don't have a very strong opinion on Teri despite her being a main character for the entirety of the most important season. 74. Roger Stanton Season(s): 2 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Roger_Stanton The head of NSA and a character with a lot of gray areas. Stanton is one of those crazy "patriots" who want to use the threat of a nuclear bomb in order to push the president to increase defense resources. He had planned to have a military group recover the nuke at the last second but that plan backfired. Palmer detains him and has him tortured to get information out of him. Stanton stands out because of his lazy mode of speech. He's very laid back and almost sounds asleep when he talks. He's like a grandfather who falls asleep during lunch. His best moment comes when Palmer detains him, tells him he knows about his involvement with the bomb and goes into specific details about it and Roger just slowly responds with "Mr. President, I have no idea what you are talking about." That lazy attitude of his really sells him as a character. It's hard to believe a guy like this is the head of NSA. 73. Reza Naiyeer Season(s): 2 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Reza_Naiyeer Reza starts out being portrayed as suspiciously as possible, with Kate being worried about him and the writers using his middle eastern descent against the audience. Reza is interrogated throughout the afternoon of his wedding day until he passes the suspicion on to Bob. Eventually he gets shot by his fiance when he brings a CTU agent to work to uncover the data on his hard drive. I always liked Reza. He really got screwed by Kate, then screwed by Bob and finally screwed by Marie. He's nothing but likable and never does a thing wrong despite the interrogation. It's too bad he got screwed over by Marie. --- xyzzy |
