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transience ranks every notable character from "24" -- the top 10. (spoilers)
bill
was great with jack during the first few episodes, solid throughout the
season, then great again with jack when they attacked the oil rig at
the end --- sess |
3. Bill Buchanan Season(s): 4, 5, 6, 7 Bio: http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_Buchanan "Chloe, we're in an active code. We don't have time for your personality disorder, you understand me?" The best CTU director in 24 history -- better than Mason, better than Chappelle, better than Michelle, better than Tony, even better than Jack. Buchanan came to CTU from DISTRICT and was the man set up to come between Tony and Michelle. Needless to say, nobody had high hopes. So who knew he would be this awesome? Bill doesn't know Jack or Tony at all, yet manages to work with them. Within mere hours, he's letting Jack resign so he can torture a suspect. Even when Jack goes behind his back with the Lee Jong extraction, Buchanan does the rational thing and helps them cover it up. When Tony is taken prisoner, Bill does the one thing other CTU directors never learned: he calls Jack. The result is Tony staying alive. Bill always makes the right decision. He gets put into custody by Lynn in season 5 and later gets tossed by Karen Hayes and Miles Papazian, but during the time when Bill is in charge, things run smoothly. At the end of the season, he invites Chloe over and gets arrested to preserve Jack's mission. Bill is someone that knows what he's supposed to do, but will deviate if he needs to. He won't go completely offbook like Jack would, but he bends to accommodate him because he knows that what Jack is doing is necessary. Buchanan shines in day 6. He is absolutely awesome in the opening hours - comforting Jack when he sees him, assuring him that no one important to him will know about his sacrifice and then flipping the hell out on Chloe and Morris when they try to use a private satellite to track him. "DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE MOURNING JACK BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT" -- such a killer line. When Karen Hayes relieves him of his duty, CTU suffers badly. Everyone is lost without him, especially Nadia. But that's okay because Buchanan's best moments were still coming. Buchanan tracks the vehicle where Jack is being held and walks up to him unarmed. Jack knows him out and the Jack/Bill tag team begins. Buchanan is awesome this whole time -- Bill with a gun is something we never thought we'd see, but he's awesome there too. When Jack drops into the water from the chopper, Bill knows that he doesn't want to be found and calls it off immediately. Bill just knows. Season 7 has Jack, Tony and Bill working together. I love the scene of them in the van because it was the only time when they were all together besides the end of season 4 where Buchanan had yet to be established as totally awesome. What an all-star team. Buchanan ends up spending the day with President Taylor and Ethan, offering up ideas and consoling the President when her husband is shot. When Jack is arrested for torturing Burnett, he appeals to Bill to let him go and Bill says that he can't. Bill is right, but you knew right then that his time was coming. He went against Jack Bauer. Minutes later, Juma attacks the white house and Jack comes up with a plan to set everyone free. Buchanan knows that he's not Jack and can't do what Jack can. "You're the only one I know who can do this, Jack." And just like that, Buchanan was gone, sacrificing himself to take down Juma. I still haven't recovered from this silent clock. I think I watched that whole episode depressed as hell. I knew he was about to die but I still wasn't happy with it. I loved Bill Buchanan. --- xyzzy |
Bill is top tier for sure. Shame he didn't stick around to the series's conclusion. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2cgh5cj.jpg |
Only two acceptable choices will be 1 and 2. Well done. --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
*cries like a woman* You were a good one Bill ;_;> --- My God, did that predict good! Dr_Football-l-l it no goin' and you tell me do things, I done runnin'... |
I'm going to go for the upset and go with David over Jack. --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
you
know, this topic makes me want to rewatch season 7. I might need to do
this sooner rather than later. I don't have a solid opinion on it and
it has some killer scenes. --- xyzzy |
yeah it did the same for me too, though i still have to watch s8 <_< thinking about it for a while now and i'm okay with bill > tony. he really was consistently awesome. |
Personally, season 7 Tony is my favorite Tony and my favorite Tony scene in the final episode. These people think they can take everything away from us, Jack! Somebody had to stop 'em! And what did you do, huh? You ran away! That's right, you ran away Jack! You're one of them now! Congratulations! How would Teri feel about that, huh Jack?! Huh?! You lost your nerve! You're a coward Jack! --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
tony, palmer, and jack would be my top 3, basically tied for first so bill seems a bit out of place for me there not that he isn't good or anything but he wasn't quite that high tier --- it's an underwater adventure ride |
S7 was soooo much better during the rewatch for some reason. --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
I like George more than Bill *runs away* --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
It
really is insane how good this list was till the top 6. (the Evil
Palmer overranking and Nina underranking not withstanding of course) Then it just plummeted off the map. HTH is David still here. I really believe we are about to go 2 Jack 1 Palmer --- Meeks54's sig for a stupid pick that had no chance. I even had it coming in first. MWC>Yo Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be.....LIKE MWC!!! |
Can you rationally explain any hatred toward Palmer? --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
From: The Beginning | #114 I don't hate him at all. I had my my #4, he was an incredible character portrayed by one of 24's best actors. That said, he is absolutely NOTHING compared to Logan, Tony, and Jack. What really gets me is Bill though. Great character to be sure, definite top 10, legit argument for top 5. Not top 3, and should not be before Logan and Tony. --- Meeks54's sig for a stupid pick that had no chance. I even had it coming in first. MWC>Yo Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be.....LIKE MWC!!! |
really though if you put bill over logan you might as well shoot up a building, it's just as bad |
i bet tranny was the one behind the bhopal incident too |
bill's death was the most hard-hitting of the series for me, i think. that guy was a pro. --- ND |
I'm leaning more Hassan's death, even though he wasn't as good a character. Mainly because how shocking it was. --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
yeah, hassan's death is definitely right up there, but bill had the four-season history of being a cool dude going for him. hassan's was the most shocking for sure, and was one of the very best 24 moments just in how crazy it was and everything that lead up to it, then jack's and taylor's reactions. --- ND |
Terri's
death was one of the most shocking in TV history. Before that no one
killed off main characters like that, it just was unheard of. The only reason shows like LOST even exist (which is actually a bad thing to credit 24 for) is because of the end of Season 1. --- Meeks54's sig for a stupid pick that had no chance. I even had it coming in first. MWC>Yo Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be.....LIKE MWC!!! |
yeah, terri's was aces. that really made 24. argh i have to rewatch the series at some point, haven't seen anything since the airing dates. --- ND |
Problem
with Teri's death was that I already knew it happened. So that takes
away so of the sting. Keep in mind I watched 5, 6, 7, 4, and 3 before I
got around to 1. --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
Bill's death didn't hit me that hard for some reason. Maybe it was because it seemed so obvious that it was going to happen (the episode prior to 7x13 had me 100% convinced that either Aaron or Bill were going to die in the near future). I think Teri's death takes this one. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2cgh5cj.jpg |
some of the sting* --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
yeah, i knew it was going to happen but it still hit really hard for some reason. i guess i just really liked bill. teri's was hard-hitting, but more in a "holy **** did that just happen" way, and not the "aww man one of my very favorite characters just sacrificed himself" way. --- ND |
Yeah
I guess I can understand that. I like Bill a lot, but even then for
some reason I had trouble getting too affected by it. I wanted to, but
I wasn't. Might have been because it happened in the middle of the
episode and 2 minutes later things were moving again. If it was an end
of the episode thing, I might have felt differently. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2cgh5cj.jpg |
It
also didn't help that I didn't care much for Teri as a character. She
was OK and I understand the importance both for the show and for Jack's
character, but I'd definitely put Hassan and Bill's deaths higher
because, well, I liked them a lot more. --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
Now, it would have been a totally different story of Chloe had gotten killed at some point. That would have absolutely crushed me. --- http://i48.tinypic.com/2cgh5cj.jpg |
i have no idea how i would have reacted to chloe's death. edgars times thirty, really --- ND |
Depends
on when it would have happened. If it was during this season, it would
be pretty soul-crushing. Season 6? Not quite as bad. --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
Do
you think when they created the Chloe character in season 3 they ever
thought "This is going to be Jack's most reliable associate." --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
they were probably planning for her to be a mole or something ridiculous like that at the time --- ND |
bill's
death... it wasn't hard-hitting, but it was great. i knew bill's time
was up, and i was honestly happy to see him go out like a champ rather
than a chump like curtis. actually, i still don't think i've
totally wrapped my brain around the fact that bill is legitimately
dead, because he feels like someone who lived in a past era rather than
someone who died in this era. if that makes any sense. --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
Imagine if in season 6 or 7 it turned out she actually was a CTU mole. Wouldn't make a damn bit of sense, but still. --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
From: SenpaiDessus | #134 Nah, I think there's 3 distinct eras in 24. Season 1-3 Season 4-6 Season 7-8 --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
1-6 to 7-8 is way more significant a change than 1-3 to 4-6. |
1-6 to 7-8 is way more significant a change than 1-3 to 4-6. easy to say for you, you watched 7 and 8 semi-live and 1-6 all in a row... i think S7 has a ton more in common with S5 than S4 has with, say, S3 personally. --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
From: SenpaiDessus | #138 really now |
You can definitely break up 24 for into three sets of trilogies... 1-3, 4-6, 7-8+I'm guessing the movie. --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
also
i wouldn't have minded chloe's death after S6. she peaked S5
undoubtedly and has kinda been sliding/cruising since. she's great
support, but she hasn't been up at that level for some time, so she
doesn't shine as brightly now. 1) Jack Bauer Tony Almeida Charles Logan David Palmer 5) Bill Buchanan Jonas Hodges Habib Marwan Cheng Zhi Chloe O'Brian 10) Abu Fayed Hamri Al-Assad Renee Walker Allison Taylor Wayne Palmer 15) Omar Hassan George Mason Curtis Manning Ira Gaines Tarin Faroush 20) Colonel Ike Dubaku Aaron Pierce Samir Mehran Vladimir Bierko Henry Taylor 25) Ethan Kanin --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
Season 4-6 aka the bill years I guess the biggest problem with lumping those three seasons is that you've got one of the best seasons surrounded by two of the worst. --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
1 2-4 5-8 That seems about right to me, although I could see spliting 5-8 into 2 different 2 season blocks, what with everything taking place outside LA in those, and the tone being noticeably different. That said, no other season is remotely like season 1. --- Meeks54's sig for a stupid pick that had no chance. I even had it coming in first. MWC>Yo Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be.....LIKE MWC!!! |
whoa henry taylor --- ND |
I'd say season 8 Chloe was top-tier. She was running CTU and doing it semi-competently! --- TheRock ~ HERE'S MY SUNDAY BEST! Board 8 Late Night Crew |
From: SenpaiDessus | #141 ctrl-F Henderson. WTH? --- Meeks54's sig for a stupid pick that had no chance. I even had it coming in first. MWC>Yo Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be.....LIKE MWC!!! |
no
season is quite like S1, but S2 and S3 feature similar casts, similar
layout for CTU, and similar levels of technology (aka chloe hax isn't
as 'up there'). --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
1 2-4 5-8 That seems about right to me, although I could see spliting 5-8 into 2 different 2 season blocks, what with everything taking place outside LA in those, and the tone being noticeably different. That said, no other season is remotely like season 1. I agree with this production wise, but overarching plot wise I still think it's 1-3, 4-6, 7-Movie. Most blatant trilogy is Seasons 4-6, opening and closing with Audrey, story of Jack vs. China... --- "O, Lord, give me health and strength. We'll steal the rest." |
From: SenpaiDessus | #147 The cast and scenery might be the same, but the show is absolute night and day. No other season has a tone like season 1, which makes sense, the pivotal moment of the whole series is the very end of season 1, and it changes the show forever. In season 1 everyone is human, including Jack Bauer (the dude eats and sleeps) that all dies at the same time as Terri, from season 2 on the show is no longer about a pretty talented everyman....the show becomes about watching a virtual deity. --- Meeks54's sig for a stupid pick that had no chance. I even had it coming in first. MWC>Yo Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be.....LIKE MWC!!! |
don't forget redemption before S7! Most blatant trilogy is Seasons 4-6, opening and closing with Audrey, story of Jack vs. China... S4 and S5 spent a lot of time trying to 'shed' what S3 couldn't tie up, though. i think the middle trilogy defined my 24 experience. 7 and 8 both rank in the top half of seasons, but with 4 better than 1-3, 5 better than 4, and 6 being the worst of all, it was an interseasonal (as opposed to intraseasonal) roller coaster ride for me. --- Gandhi loved you, and look what happened to Gandhi. |
