If you are reading this article, chances are that you are already one of 9.2 million people with a serious 24 addiction. What is the draw of the show, or should I say who? Well first and foremost, the draw is Kiefer Sutherland, in the role of Jack Bower, an agent in the Los Angeles Counter-Terrorist Unit. The Fox message board, for the espionage thriller, has a forum for this character alone, that has 159,149 posts in 4,907 threads. But no man is an island, so they say, and Jack is no exception. Jack relies on many people to watch his back, as he tortures terrorists and faces many dangers, each 24-hour time period that he lives and breathes.

Jack has the hots for beautiful FBI Special Agent Renee Walker (Annie Wersching), even after she stabbed him.

So far many fans are not going for the connection, but at least one considers her a “female Jack.”

Chloe O’Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub) is a computer genius who has unspoken feelings for Jack, and will do nearly anything for him, even to the point of risking her job, to aid him.

Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) didn’t happen along until season seven, but plays the first female President of the United States of America, with enough honesty and courage to turn her own daughter over to the authorities, after discovering her daughter ordered revenge for her brother’s death. Rob Weiss (Chris Diamantopoulos) is her Chief of Staff.

Kamistan President Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor) came to the United States to negotiate a peace treaty with President Allison Taylor and narrowly escaped an assassination attempt during the process.

Season eight additions to the cast are CTU data analyst Dana Walsh (Katee Sackhoff), CTU operative Cole Ortiz (Freddie Prinze Jr.), special agent Brian Hastings (Mykelti Williamson) and Arlo Glass (John Boyd).

Word has it that even though Kiefer Sutherland’s 24 contract is over after eight seasons, he has expressed interest in continuing the role. Could it be that with all the late additions to the series, that the show will go on? 9.2 million fans hope so.