He's back and day 5 is faster, more down to earth. The new 24 starts with the death of two main characters from the previous seasons. More room for the super-geeks Cloe and Edgar, everyone's favourite special agents, the intrigue in the White House goes on and only one man can save mankind. His name is Jack Bauer.

What you should know about him:

"Jack Bauer is Arabic for 'I'm fucked'.

When Jack Bauer was a child, he made his mother finish his vegetables

Jesus died and rose from the dead in 3 days. It took Jack Bauer less than an hour. And he's done it twice.

When Google can't find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help.

If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef. Then it's fucking beef.

Jehovah's Witnesses once tried to convert Jack Bauer. After four minutes of interrogation, they admitted Jack Bauer was God.

Jack Bauer once killed so many terrorists that at one point, the #5 CIA Most Wanted fugitive was an 18-year-old teenager in Malaysia who downloaded the movie Dodgeball."

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