It?s been three years since CTU agent Jack Bauer thwarted a terrorist attempt to plunge the United States into war. Now he?s back in L.A. after working undercover for six months bringing down drug lord Ramon Salzaar. But then the FBI receives a phone call threatening the release of a deadly virus in Los Angeles if Salzaar isn?t released from prison within six hours. As CTU races to locate the virus, Jack realizes that the only way to prevent additional terrorist demands is to find the source of the virus - by breaking Salzaar out of prison himself.
Day 2: ?Season two picks up approximately one year after the conclusion of the first season, and finds Jack Bauer, who headed the government?s Counter Terrorist Unit, and his daughter Kim dealing with the trauma of events from Season 1. Just as their lives are beginning to return to normal, the President reaches out to Jack, who is called upon to stop another terrorist plot with global implications.
A precedent-setting television series in which the entire season takes place in one day, with each of the 24 episodes covering one hour, told in real time, the series begins at midnight on the day of the California Primary and Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), who heads up the government?s Counter-Terrorist Unit, is trying to stop an assassination attempt on an African-American presidential candidate. Making use of its unique real-time element, ?24? will follow several key characters as they live through a day that none of them will ever forget.