24 Of 24's Most Memorable Characters - Ranked
1. Jack Bauer (Days 1 To 9 And Redemption)
The poor bloke cradled his dead wife Teri in his arms; sawed off someone’s head to set up a lead; unintentionally help blow-up CTU; secretly deal with a heroin addiction; unavoidably execute Ryan Chappelle; chop Chase Edmund's hand-cuffed-to-deadly-virus-canister off; fake his own death…only to come back from the not-really-dead.
He gets kidnapped by the Chinese and have all manner of torturous things done to him; unavoidably shoot dead all-round good guy Curtis Manning; find out his brother Graem ordered the assassination of David Palmer, that and dealing with a sociopath of a father; heartbreakingly learn of the death of his second true love, Audrey Raines; with the help of daughter Kim, perform a near-Lazarus-style comeback after being poisoned by a deadly pathogen; watch on helplessly as his third true love, Renee Walker, dies; eventually turn fugitive from the country he served so heroically and willingly; always tries to do the right thing in order to save innocent lives yet somehow gets reprimanded because of his perceived unethical methods.
Aaand breath. Unfortunately it's extremely unlikely the Russians are treating him to some well-deserved R&R right now.
Naturally, reader, you will have your own designs on such a list - and that's the point: debating is the fun part. So please add your own favourite character in the comments below that may have been, in your opinion, shockingly omitted.