Day 1
Season One, also known as Day 1, of the television series 24 was first broadcast from November 6, 2001 to May 21, 2002. The season’s storyline starts at 12:00 a.m. on the day of the California Presidential primary.
“ Right now, terrorists are planning to assassinate a presidential candidate. My wife and daughter have been kidnapped… and people that I work with may be involved in both. I’m Federal Agent Jack Bauer, and this is the longest day of my life. ”
—Jack Bauer, introductory monologue for most episodes of the season. Note: This varies slightly between episodes; in some cases Jack says “missing”, “in danger” or “targeted” instead of “kidnapped”, and did not originally include his wife, Teri. He also uses “today” instead of “this” in some episodes.
