Three comments....
1. Jack was not involved with Marie Warner in season two. He was involved with her sister. Marie was the psycho that everyone loved to hate.
2. James Cromwell as Jack's dad is great! I can't wait to see it.
3. The new season starts on Fox Sunday January 14. Check your local listings! LOL!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHEN THE NEW SEASON STARTS

just a small note: you forgot to tag you article in the 24-category

i bought a messenger bag a couple months before the season started that looks very similar to jack's bag 'o tricks. mine only came with c4, a number of bullets in clips and some chapstick. i wish i could get that treo 650 that can upload pictures in a second and recieve data instantenously.

hopefully he upgrades to the 750.

The messenger bag of death rules! They should market that as the must have accessory for any would be badass! It contains guns, knives, communication equipment, decoders to break through security alarms, bomb defusing devices, and extra MacGuyver materials such as string and paperclips. Jack never travels from home without it.

Meg, I heart Jack's manpurse. I fret when they are apart.

"So...was Donald Sutherland too busy?"

I dunno. While it may seem like the obvious choice, I think ultimately it would be the thing that would make the show jump the shark. I would be constantly reminded of the real life father/son connection and that would erode my perception of 'Jack Bauer'.

Plus, James Cromwell is badass, as anyone who's seen LA Confidential knows. I can totally buy him as Jack's dad.

Random factoid: Kiefer was in a failed TV pilot for an 'LA Confidential' series as Kevin Spacey's (!!!) character...

Meg, I

"Jack's daughter Kim (Elisha Cuthbert) is estranged from her father, as he has been responsible for the death or appendage removal of everyone she loves."

Actually, it's Kim's fault that Miguel (her boyfriend in season 2) had to have his leg amputated (lost it?) when Kim set fire to the police van they were in (after being arrested) that rolled down a hill. Rick (season 1) was shot, but lived. Chase (season 3) lost his hand, but was having it reattached, as per dialogue from Jack).

No one's mentioned Jack's manpurse yet?

OH yes! One last important note:

There is a deadly, uber-sexy bisexual assassin named Mandy (Mia Kirshner) who started the show by blowing up a plane, tried to assassinate President David Palmer with a toxic handshake, then resurfaced again to torture a classic CTU couple, Tony and Michelle, before Curtis (with a haymaker to the face) and Jack arrested her to find Day 4's main villian, who she had been working with. Expect Mandy to resurface this year... she is Nina 2.0