Clayne Crawford has and T.J. Ramini will both play recurring roles in the upcoming season.

Crawford will play a bad boy from Dana Walsh’s (Katee Sackhoff) past. He will be an expert data analyst at CTU with a secret past who is involved with CTU agent Davis Cole (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

Ramini will play Tarin Karoush, an associate of the Middle Eastern leader played by new series regular Anil Kapoor.

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24 Season 8 Returns with Two-Hour Premiere Event Sunday, January 17, on FOX

Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mykelti Williamson, John Boyd, Jennifer Westfeldt and Chris Diamantopoulos have joined the cast of 24 for the series’ eighth season. The Emmy Award-winning drama starring Kiefer Sutherland returns for its next astonishing day with a two-night, four-hour premiere beginning Sunday, Jan. 17 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Season Eight will unfold in New York City amidst the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations. In this new day, CTU has been upgraded and is run by MBA-schooled and razor-sharp head honcho Brian Hastings (Williamson, “Forrest Gump”). Cole Ortiz (Prinze Jr.), an ex-Marine who wants to follow in Jack Bauer’s (Sutherland) footsteps, runs the division’s Field Operations. Expert data analyst Dana Walsh (Sackhoff, “Battlestar Galactica”) collaborates with systems analyst Arlo Glass (Boyd, “The Notorious Bettie Page”) inside CTU. Rob Weiss (Diamantopoulos, “The Starter Wife”) serves as President Allison Taylor’s (Cherry Jones) new chief of staff, and Meredith Reed (Westfeldt, “Grey’s Anatomy”) is an ambitious journalist with ties to the unfolding situation.

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Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Katee Sackhoff, from Battlestar Galactica, has been tapped to play the series regular role of Dana Walsh on Season 8 of 24!

Walsh will be a highly respected and down-to-earth data analyst at the new and improved New York branch of CTU.

Her character is in a relationship with fellow agent Davis Cole (played by the just-cast Freddie Prinze. Jr.), and she apparently has a skeleton in her closet she’s trying desperately to keep hidden.

Season Eight will unfold in New York City amidst the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations. In this new day, CTU has been upgraded and is run by MBA-schooled and razor-sharp head honcho BRIAN HASTINGS (Williamson, “Forrest Gump”). COLE ORTIZ (Prinze Jr.), an ex-Marine who wants to follow in JACK BAUER’s (Sutherland) footsteps, runs the division’s Field Operations. Expert data analyst DANA WALSH (Sackhoff, “Battlestar Galactica”) collaborates with systems analyst ARLO GLASS (Boyd, “The Notorious Bettie Page”) inside CTU. ROB WEISS (Diamantopoulos, “The Starter Wife”) serves as PRESIDENT ALLISON TAYLOR’s (Cherry Jones) new chief of staff, and MEREDITH REED (Westfeldt, “Grey’s Anatomy”) is an ambitious journalist with ties to the unfolding situation.

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Freddie Prinze Jr. (She’s All That and Scooby Doo) has signed on to play Davis Cole, a Marine who now heads up the resurrected CTU’s Field Ops division. In that role, Cole fancies himself the new Jack Bauer!

Nazneen Contractor (CBC’s The Border) will be playing the daughter of Anil Kapoor’s Middle Eastern leader. Counting down to her untimely kidnapping in five… four… three…

Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein) will play the recurring role of Meredith Reed, an ambitious journalist with ties to Arman Hashemi (Anil Kapoor), a Middle East leader who comes to the U.S. on a peacemaking mission.

Mykelti Williamson (Black Dynamite and CSI: NY) will play Brian Hastings, the head of CTU New York and a man of razor-sharp intellect.

John Boyd (The Notorious Bettie Page) will be a regular on the series, playing CTU systems analyst Jonah Schwartz.

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Chris Diamantopoulos — best known as Debra Messing’s gay BFF on The Starter Wife — has been tapped to play the series regular role of Rob Weiss, the argumentative and tough new Chief of Staff to President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones). He replaces Taylor’s current C.O.S., Ethan Kanin, who snatched his job back in last Monday’s finale after the prez’s psycho daughter, Olivia, was taken into federal custody.

Season 8 is switching cities and will take place in New York City.

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Thanks to David G. for his recap:

After escaping from Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, Jack found a branch of a major Taxi Cab company.  He was seconds away from stealing one of the cabs, but Tony intervened shooting at Jack.  One of the bullets pierced a tank in the cab, leaving it leaking gasoline.  So at that moment, he thought the best thing to do was to blow himself up in an attempt to take Tony with him.  Tony, however, was quick, and stopped Jack from committing suicide.

At the White House, Ethan decided to show up again, revealing that he knew what Olivia did, as did Aaron. She offered to resign if he wouldn’t make it public, but he was determined to let President Taylor know the truth about her daughter.

While Tony was holding Jack, he flip flopped once more, and told Jack it was all a play.  He had no intention of using Jack to get the pathogen.  He said a man named Alan Wilson was behind basically every attack on 24.  He said everything he worked on that day was to meet him face to face, to kill him.  So in a way, he thinks it is a means to an end.  Then he told Jack he wouldn’t kill Alan, Jack would have to pull the trigger, so to speak.  Tony strapped a bomb to Jack’s chest.

Alan then arrived with his posse. After his men searched Tony and his girlfriend for weapons, he exited his limo.  They then brought Jack to Alan.  Just about when Tony was going to blow Jack up, Renee showed up in a helicopter, thanks to Bob’s laptop and a shootout pursued.  Renee found Jack, and disarmed the bomb.

Hiding in the warehouse, Tony shot his girlfriend while escorting Alan.  He confronted Alan.  Tony was about to pull the trigger when Renee shot him in the shoulder.  Jack shouted at Tony to stop, but he wouldn’t, so Jack shot Tony’s hand, which stopped him.

At a half hour left in the show, Jack was ready to be sent to the hospital. He spoke to Renee, who told him Alan denied everything, which was expected.  She offered to make him talk…Jack style.  She asked him what to do, but all Jack said was that he couldn’t tell her what to do, she just had to do what’s necessary. He told her to “Try to make choices she could live with.” This really feels like Jack is handing off the job of running the show to Renee.

At the White House, Olivia met with her mother and father, to tell them what she did. At first, President Taylor thought it was because she leaked the location, but Olivia told them that it was worse, she ordered the attack on Jonas Hodges. President Taylor was furious, but Henry wanted to cover it up, and then blamed his wife for not stopping their son’s death.

At the hospital, Jack was told the only thing they could do is induce a coma, so he wouldn’t feel a thing.  They told him he had a visitor, I thought it’d be Kim to save the day, but it was the preacher from before. They said a small prayer, before Jack said, “It’s time.” For what? Death? Coma?

In the White House, the President finally made her decision.  She had a sworn duty to obey the constitution, so Olivia was taken away by Aaron Pierce into Federal custody. This upset her husband, making her feel as if she lost her whole family.

At 4 minutes remaining in the show, Alan Wilson arrived in FBI Headquarters and went straight to the holding cell.  Janis asked Renee to sign transfer documents, but Renee wasn’t happy with that, she was determined to get answers. She cuffed Janis, and stepped into the room with Alan.

Kim showed up at the hospital, but was too late.  Jack was already in the coma. Kim said she wasn’t ready to give up, and asked the doctor if it was too late to try the experimental treatment.  It wasn’t, so the doctor made the call.  Ending day seven.

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Thanks to David G. for his recap:

Last week, 24 was brought back to the good old days of season 1.  Thanks to Kim’s terrible luck, she was kidnapped again. Rather she had some very bad people keeping an eye on her.  This fact lured Jack into doing whatever they want.

This episode started off with a debriefing.  Olivia Taylor was being questioned about Hodges death.  It was only a formality, they had to question everyone who knew about his whereabouts. Meanwhile her mother, President Taylor was busy in a meeting.  She was laying down her concerns about everyone else who was involved in the creation of the bio-weapon. They needed to question Tony more to find out who all was in that group.

At the airport, Kim noticed a scratch on Bob’s neck from his fight earlier.  His “wife” covered for him, saying it was from the cab’s door.  Apparently it hit him on the way out.

While in the transport vehicle with Tony, Jack commandeered the vehicle, threatening to kill a fellow officer.  Probably not the best move in the world, but it keeps my interest.  After he took control of the vehicle, he explained that they had his daughter. When they got to the meeting spot, Tony grabbed Jack.  Tony’s “girlfriend” told him to kill Jack, but Tony explain Jack had the pathogen in his system, that they should try to extract it from him.

At the White House, Ethan arrived, and Aaron greeted him.  He told them the reason he had him come over, was because he believed Olivia was somehow involved in Hodges death. He needed him to access a digital recording in the room where Olivia met with Martin Collier. Ethan understood, and accessed the recording.

After her debriefing at the top of the hour, Olivia walked into her office and found Ethan, trying to cover his footsteps.  In only a few minutes, she figured out what he was up to, and ordered security to stop Ethan while leaving the white house.

Renee called Chloe at FBI Headquarters, and explained the situation.  She told Chloe to call the agent at Kim’s Gate at the airport. After being called to the front, Kim got the call from Renee, and she told her that people were following her.  She knew almost immediately it was the couple who’s been talking to her.  When Bob came around asking if she needed help, she covered herself by saying it was airport security. Her ruse worked for a minute or two before Bob noticed airport police looking for them, that’s when all the excitement happened.  Kim stole a pen earlier from the desk, and stabbed the woman holding her hostage.  She was free, but the man continued to escape.

At 6:32, Olivia spoke to Ethan, currently being detained. She asked for the digital recording.  When he said no, she had an agent search his suitcase and pockets, finding the recording. After she recollected the recording, she broke it. Thankfully, Ethan was paranoid, and kept the actual recording.

Meanwhile, Jack was brought to Dr. Frankenstein.  A small lighted operating room in the middle of a huge warehouse. He was forced onto an operation table, and was injected by something, most likely a mild sedative.  After gathering a large needle, they started extracting spinal fluid from Jack, leaving him screaming.

A few minutes later, Renee and her team arrived at the airport.  Kim was missing.  Apparently, she was following Bob while he was attempting to escape.  Looks like she’s got a bit of her father in her. She decided to stop following him, and report her findings to the nearest security guard.  From him, she was able to call Renee.  She told her the location.  Bob showed up again, trying to run her down.  The security guard noticed in time to shoot him, his car crashed and started burning.  Kim ran to the car, and grabbed the laptop.  Bob grabbed her, but she got out in time, her arm on fire. Despite the obvious thing to do, she did not stop drop and roll.  She just discarded her jacket.  Thankfully she got the laptop, and handed it to Renee when she arrived. The laptop was sending a signal to Jacks location.

Meanwhile, Ethan listened to the stolen digital recording incriminating Olivia.

At Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, the doctor said Jack probably only had 2 hours left…which means he can’t die at the end of this season. Which means a cliffhanger.  When the doctors set Jack free, they did not anticipate him being awake.  So the second he was free, he single-handedly took down all the doctors.  His back was probably feeling like crap at that second, but he escaped, Tony not too far behind.

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Set in Washington, DC, “Day 7″ opens four years after Season Six with CTU dismantled and Bauer on trial. Bauer’s day takes an unexpected turn when former colleague TONY ALMEIDA (Carlos Bernard) returns. Meanwhile, newly elected President ALLISON TAYLOR (Cherry Jones) leads the country alongside White House Chief of Staff ETHAN KANIN (Bob Gunton) and First Gentleman HENRY TAYLOR (Colm Feore).

A national security crisis prompts an investigation by a team of FBI agents including JANIS GOLD (Janeane Garofalo), RENEE WALKER (Annie Wersching), LARRY MOSS (Jeffrey Nordling) and SEAN HILLINGER (Rhys Coiro). Although CTU is no longer, CHLOE O’BRIAN (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and BILL BUCHANAN (James Morrison) are back for another momentous day of shocking events.

Episode 1: Day 7: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Air Date: January 11, 2009
The FBI pulls Jack Bauer from a Senate hearing because an old pal of Jack’s may be planning terror, while the President calls for military action in Africa.

Episode 2: Day 7: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Aired: January 11, 2009
A device that overrides the nation’s homeland systems falls into enemy hands while the President’s husband investigates his son’s recent death.

Episode 3: Day 7: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Aired: January 12, 2009
Conspiracy may be deep within the President’s administration, her dead son may not have killed himself, and a colleague Jack thought was dead has turned terrorist: how are these surprises related?

Episode 4: Day 7: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Aired: January 12, 2009
Bauer decides to trust two former CTU colleagues, and he helps a third escape from the FBI.

Episode 5: Day 7: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Aired: January 19, 2009
Jack helps terrorists kidnap a deposed prime minister while an FBI agent and the President’s spouse are in grave danger.

Episode 6: Day 7: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Aired: January 26, 2009
The President defies murderous demands while Jack and CTU colleagues unearth an FBI agent and plant a wire on a deposed prime minister. Who’s in the conspiracy?

Episode 7: Day 7: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Aired: February 2, 2009
Jack and his patchwork team race to prevent an act of terror against a chemical plant; the President’s husband and an African prime minister remain in danger.

Episode 8: Day 7: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Aired: February 9, 2009
Jack and an FBI agent believed dead have less than an hour to rescue the First Gentleman from certain death. Can they trust anyone?

Episode 9: Day 7: 4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Aired: February 16, 2009
The President rushes to the hospital as Dubaku plans an escape to Belize with Marika. The mole at the FBI keeps burrowing.

[Promo] [Sneak Peeks]

Episode 10: Day 7: 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Aired: February 23, 2009
Moles within the U.S. government go to great lengths to protect their anonymity when they fear that Dubaku’s list of corrupt employees will fall into FBI hands.

[Promo] [Sneak Peeks]

Episode 11: Day 7: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
Aired: March 2, 2009
Intelligence suggests another attack is imminent, so Jack goes to the White House to interrogate a Senator’s chief of staff.

[Promo] [Sneak Peeks]

Episode 12: Day 7: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Aired: March 2, 2009
General Juma’s direct attack on the White House endangers Jack, Bill Buchanan, and the President’s daughter.

Episode 13: Day 7: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Aired: March 9, 2009
While the President is in danger and the Vice President vacillates, Jack and Bill try to counter Juma, realizing later that his plot is part of a larger threat.

[Promo] [Sneak Peeks]

Episode 14: Day 7: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Aired: March 16, 2009
Jack visits a U.S. Senator in pursuit of links between Juma and Starkwood, an international corporation. Security leaks at the FBI continue as they hunt for Jack.

[Promo] [Sneak Peek]

Episode 15: Day 7: 10:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Aired: March 23, 2009
Perilous circumstances lead Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida to a shipyard, and back at the FBI, Agent Moss needs complete cooperation from his staff when the stressful situation takes an unexpected turn. Meanwhile, First Daughter Olivia Taylor (guest star Sprague Grayden) becomes increasingly involved in the politicking, and the administration reels when a high-ranking official delivers devastating news.

[Promo] [Sneak Peek | Sneak peeks]

Episode 16: Day 7: 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.
Aired: March 30, 2009
As a major development changes the game for the country and Jack Bauer, the FBI is forced to collaborate with other federal agencies. Theories tying Starkwood to Sangala emerge, and the imminent threat targeting the nation places thousands of lives at risk. Meanwhile, after the day’s unthinkable setbacks, the administration seeks a new perspective

[Promo] [Sneak Peeks]

Episode 17: Day 7: 12:00 a.m.-1:00 a.m.
Aired: April 6, 2009
Jack battles the effects of toxic exposure; a reporter squeezes the President’s chief of staff; and, it’s a race against time to locate weapons on the Starkwood compound. Kim Bauer makes a highly anticipated return.

[Promo] [Sneak Peeks]

Episode 18: Day 7: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m.
Aired: April 13, 2009
Jack Bauer endures the elements and fights on to prevent an attack that could change the country forever. As the catastrophic blow to the nation nears, Tony Almeida operates from the field and Kim Bauer (guest star Elisha Cuthbert), who was last seen in Season Five, returns. Meanwhile, the stakes are raised when the administration is faced with a blackmail scenario.

[Promo] [Sneak Peek]

Episode 19: Day 7: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.
Aired: April 20, 2009
As the nation remains vulnerable, Jack Bauer endures the worsening pathogen pain. The FBI deals with recent deadly developments while matters involving key players takes this day into a unexpected direction.

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Episode 20: Day 7: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m.
Aired: April 27, 2009
The nation remains vulnerable as Starkwood mastermind Jonas Hodges (guest star Jon Voight) remains at the epicenter of the mounting terrorist threat. Meanwhile, the FBI and the administration scramble to provide security and justice, and Jack Bauer questions a key suspect.

[Promo] [Sneak Peeks] [Recap]

Episode 21: Day 7: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m.
Aired: May 4, 2009
While lives remain on the line, some are lost, and an emotional Chloe copes with the declining conditions. With only three hours left, the devastating day worsens when the politicking inside the White House corners the divided administration.

[Promo] [Sneak Peek]

Episode 22: Day 7: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m.
Aired: May 11, 2009
Innocent lives remain in the line of fire as this terrifying day draws to a close. Jack is faced with an unthinkable situation while his perpetually imperiled daughter, Kim (guest star Cuthbert), gets involved. Meanwhile, the imminent threat stokes the heated rivalry between Chloe and Janis.

[Promo]

Episode 23: Day 7: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m.
Aired: May 18, 2009
After 22 hellacious hours underscored by the loss of innocent lives, the evil betrayal of Tony Almeida, the First Gentleman’s kidnapping and shooting, a vicious siege on the White House, heroic sacrifices, a conspiracy, exposure to a lethal pathogen and an unthinkable bio-weapon attack, Jack Bauer reaches an emotional breaking point as this remarkable day reaches its climactic conclusion.

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Episode 24: Day 7: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
Aired: May 18, 2009

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Jack is told to break off from his convoy to facilitate an escape for Tony.

3 more …

Jack jumps up and pulls a gun on everyone, telling them to put their weapons on the floor.

Kim describes who is video-taping her.

Jack is laying on the floor as Tony’s captive.

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At the beginning of the interview, Mary Lynn said that she knew she was supposed to be a comedian when she was trying to be serious on stage and people started laughing at her. The “24” star was actually a comedian before she became an actress.

“24” is a huge leap from comedy!

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