After an 18 months gap 24 returned last night in the USA. We will see the new series tonight on SKY1 at 9 pm. Here are the spoilers from the first two episodes and there will be two tomorrow as the USA are getting a 4 hour premier:
  1. 8:00am - 9:00am

    Michael Latham, an engineer who was abducted, is in a warehouse being forced to work on a firewall module by a man named Masters. Meanwhile, Jack gives testimony to a Senate Hearing in Washington, D.C. about human rights violations by the recently disbanded CTU. He answers questions posed by Senator Mayer but refuses to regret the choices he made as a CTU agent because he only did what was necessary to prevent terrorists from killing innocent people. The hearing is interrupted by FBI Agent Renee Walker. She has a subpoena to obtain Jack immediately. At FBI headquarters, Agent Larry Moss briefs his team while analysts Janis Gold and Sean Hillinger prepare for Jack's arrival. Masters monitors air traffic control systems about a flight headed for New York. When Jack arrives at FBI, Larry explains that they need his help with an investigation. The CIP firewall protecting the national infrastructure might be breached. Renee shows Jack that one of the men behind the threat is Tony Almeida. Jack cannot believe that Tony is still alive. Apparently, Tony was rushed from CTU after Jack saw him "killed." Tony enters the warehouse and Masters tells him that they have accessed air traffic control, but their CIP module is spotty. Tony orders Latham to make the module work or else they will kill him. In the Oval Office, President Allison Taylor watches newscasts about General Juma's "ethnic cleansing" in Sangala, Africa. She discusses with her Chief of Staff Ethan Kanin that she is adamant to send troops in to stop Juma. Taylor's husband Henry doesn't think the invasion will go over well with the press and he offers to handle a reporter. Ethan privately tells the President that Henry may not be up to the job because he's still not over the death of their son, Roger. Latham gets the module to work. FAA air traffic controllers notice a blip in their system. Renee thinks that Tony is angry about his wife's murder and wants justice. Jack is sure that there is a logical explanation, but he agrees to help the FBI find Tony. Word of the air traffic control interception comes in, and the FBI notifies the White House. In the White House situation room, President Taylor argues with her generals and cabinet members about the invasion. She is interrupted with news about the FAA breach. Taylor is suspect about the timing of this event and her decision on Sangala. Henry receives a call from the private investigator he hired to look into Roger's "alleged" suicide. Roger's girlfriend might be hiding something and Henry wants to talk to her personally. Henry asks his Secret Service tail Agent Gedge to escort him somewhere and keep it off the manifest. With full access to the FBI intelligence, Jack realizes that Tony must have forged an access card and may have used an old CTU informant named Schector, who is in Washington. Jack knows that Schector will call his lawyers if the FBI goes in with a warrant. Larry accuses Jack of wanting to resort to his torture methods instead. Renee offers to accompany Jack to see Schector. She promises Larry that she will keep Jack on a short leash. Jack and Renee go to see Schector, who knows what Jack is capable of. Schector claims he doesn't know that Tony is alive nor did he help steal a device to breach the firewall. Renee tries to bargain, but Schector refuses to budge. Jack grabs the gun from Schector's bodyguard and holds Schector at gunpoint to find out about Tony. Renee begrudgingly gives Jack the go-ahead to "do whatever it takes." Schector is in fear when Jack holds a ballpoint pen to his throat. Schector is about to tell them about Tony when shots fire through the window. Schector falls dead. The phone rings, and Jack answers. It's Tony, who tells Jack to stay away. The flight to New York begins to descend as the FAA controllers lose communication with its pilots. Yet the pilots don't know anything is wrong. Tony speaks to them as if he is an air traffic controller. He instructs Masters to change the flight's course.
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Episode originally aired 1/11/09


9:00am - 10:00am

  1. The FAA still cannot get in touch with the flight but notice that it is changing its course. They hear a recording of Tony speaking to the pilots, and notify the FBI. Renee radios Larry Moss and she informs him that Schector was shot. He sends a SWAT team. Jack questions how Tony knew that he was there, suspecting a mole in FBI. Renee isn't sure what to believe, but the agents on the ground know that the sniper is still on the scene. All of the FAA screens suddenly lock. Tony instructs Masters to send another airplane into the same landing pattern as the one heading for New York. Tony calls the FAA manager and says, "I want you to see what we can do." The FAA controllers see that the two planes are about to crash into each other on the runway. Suddenly, Tony orders one of the planes to pull up. This avoids a collision. The FAA screens are unlocked. "Whatever we do next will be the real thing," Tony says. A man named Emerson arrives at Tony's hideout and he is shown the module. Emerson asks Tony about the FBI intrusion, and Tony says he can handle Jack. Yet Emerson refuses to tell Tony about the end goal of their mission. White House Press Secretary Angela Nelson informs reporters that the President supports protecting the African country against Juma and is meeting with former Sangala Prime Minister Matobo. President Taylor assures Matobo that she will help his rebel faction but she demands that be Juma dealt with in a court of law instead of held to a summary execution. Ethan informs the President about the near miss on the runway and Tony's involvement. They don't yet know what he wants. Taylor calls for an emergency meeting with Homeland Security. The sniper calls Tony and says that he is trapped inside the building. Meanwhile, the SWAT teams swarm outside in the hunt to find him. Agent Lennert radios his whereabouts to the tactical leader outside. He finds the sniper and tells him he's there to get him out. Lennert gives the sniper an FBI jacket and instructs him where a car is waiting. Lennert radios that he is clear. Outside, Jack sees a man in an FBI jacket sneak off. Jack notices that the man is wearing construction boots instead of the regulation black agent boots. He points him out to Renee as the sniper, and she confirms that all her agents are accounted for. Jack stops her from notifying the tac leader until she knows how deep the Bureau has been compromised. He suggests they go after him alone. Renee and Jack take a car and follow the man, who drives off. Emerson shows the module to Colonel Dubaku of Juma's army. Homeland and NSA brief the President about the implications of a potential threat to the CIP firewall. Ethan Kanin gets a call from Secret Sevice Gedge that Henry Taylor is going to confront Roger's girlfriend because he doesn't believe he committed suicide. Gedge says he is concerned about Henry's state of mind. Janis tells Larry that Renee and Jack left the scene of the crime. Larry becomes alarmed and calls Renee. She claims they are following up on a lead. Larry calls her on the lie, but Renee asks him to trust her. Larry still has Janis perform a triangulation to track Renee's walkie. Renee asks Jack how far he was prepared to go with Schector. She wants to know how he justifies the things he has done. Jack doesn't answer, and points out that he is helping her find Tony. Henry arrives at Samantha Roth's office and she meets him on the roof. Gedge is in close proximity. Henry asks about the $400,000 wired to an offshore account after Roger's death. Did someone pay her to keep quiet? Samantha says that the money is really that of a relative and she helped hide it. She says that she loved Roger and isn't lying. Jack and Renee follow the sniper to Tony's hideout on a boat. Renee gives Jack a gun and they surround the sniper before he enters the gate. Jack attacks the guy and demands to know if Tony is there. Jack shoots the surveillance camera guarding the door. Tony sends men out to check the entrance, and Jack and Renee fire at them. They enter the boat where Tony is. Renee sees the computers deleting their files. Jack chases Tony outside and calls for him to stop. Tony looks at Jack and starts to run. Jack catches him and they fight. Jack holds Tony, and Renee says that the device is gone and the files have been deleted. Jack demands to know where the device is but Tony says nothing. Suddenly, Larry arrives on a chopper and sees that Jack has Tony in custody. "What the hell happened to you?" Jack says to his friend in frustration.