24: The Unofficial Guide

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24: The Unofficial Guide
Written by	Jim Sangster
Publisher	Contender Books
Publication date	July 25, 2002
Pages	256
Reference #	ISBN 1843570343

24: The Unofficial Guide is the first of five reference books to cover season 1, written in a lively style by "a writer who happens to be a fan."

Contents 1 Who's Who? 1.1 Actors and Characters 1.2 Crew 2 The Making of 24 3 Episode Guide 4 The Last Word 5 Supporting Characters 6 References

[edit] Who's Who?

Brief character refreshers, as well as information on the biographical and career highlights of some of the actors. Certain key members of the creative team are also included. (Crew members and guest stars are also highlighted throughout the book, as part of the episode guide.)

[edit] Actors and Characters

• Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer
• Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer
• Leslie Hope as Teri Bauer
• Dennis Haysbert as Senator David Palmer
• Penny Johnson Jerald as Sherry Palmer
• Keith Palmer
• Nicole Palmer
• Sarah Clarke as Nina Myers
• Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida
• Karina Arroyave as Jamey Farrell

[edit] Crew

• Joel Surnow
• Robert Cochran
• Stephen Hopkins
• Brian Grazer
• Tony Krantz
• Howard Gordon
• Ron Howard

[edit] The Making of 24

Two pages on the behind-the-scenes pilot creation process, including snippets of interviews with Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran.

[edit] Episode Guide

Each episode includes a production code, list of cast and crew, and detailed event summary. Other features are:

• Who's Who? - Career highlights of one or two notable guest actors.
• Time Checks - Notes every instance of time being mentioned on screen.
• Music - Notes music from sources other than Sean Callery's score.
• Death Count - A running tally of the body count.
• Trivia - Names and numbers appearing in the show, such as license plates, passwords, phone numbers, and so on.
• Comment - Page-long elaboration of a topic relating to a given episode.
• Questions Arising - Questions unanswered in a given episode. (Sangster: "Some are just instances of me being bloody-minded, for which I apologize in advance.")

[edit] The Last Word

Rumors about season 2.

[edit] Supporting Characters

Additional character snapshots, saved for the end of the book to preserve the surprise for those who have not seen every episode of season 1.

• Victor Drazen and his family and associates
• Richard Walsh and other CTU administrators
• Mike Novick and other Palmer campaign workers
• George Ferragamo and other miscellaneous characters

[edit] References

Works cited in the book and other sites of interest. These include:

• Working Around the Clock by Elina Shatkin
• A Day in the Life by Ian Rothkerch
• What if 24 Calls it a Day After 13 Hours? by Cheryl Klein
• It's Been a Long Day by Bernard Weinraub