12 Bloodthirsty TV Episodes That Killed The Most Characters

America's own version of the iconic James Bond character is CIA agent Jack Bower, played by Kiefer Sutherland in the hit TV show 24. In the series, Bower has to survive for 24 hours straight as he tries to stop whatever terrorist attacks may threaten America under his watch.

Bower has killed an entire army's worth of bad guys over the TV show's nine-season-long run. And the deaths of his family and friends are almost always worth it as long as Bower gets the bad guy, democracy wins, and America gets to go about its day without ever being the wiser.

Then season 6 episode 4 was released, and fans of the show saw something they never expected to see; Jack Bower lost. He was unable to stop the terrorist's plan, which resulted in a nuclear bomb exploding in the centre of Los Angeles at 10:00am exactly.

This was an absolutely shocking upset compared to how things usually went during a season of 24. Overall the episode kills well over 12,000 people instantly, and the radiation cloud causes even more damage to America. Ultimately this episode showed fans why terrorism only ever needs to succeed once to topple any democratic nation.