The much maligned season 6 of 24 comes to DVD on December 4th, with possibly the best box-set presentation ever given to a season of 24.  The special features are fairly extensive, and the commentaries are abundant.  Like most 24 fans, I was extremely disappointed with the direction 24 took for most of its sixth season.  However, I've been an apologist in this regard: 24 and FOX needed a failure of a season to break out form its tried and true formula.  They weren't going to break the mold of what worked until it proved to be redundant.  Season 7 of 24 looked poised to bring something new and exciting to the series.  That is, until the writers' strike hit and put the series on indefinite hiatus.  The season 6 DVD might be worth purchasing, however, for its special features and the first four spectacular episodes.

No one talks about this anymore.  Those first four episodes, climaxing with Jack Bauer killing Curtis Manning and a nuke going off in Valencia, California, were awesome.  They raised the stakes when you didn't 24 could raise them any higher.  The rest of the season paled in comparison, unfortunately.

Here's a look at the special features that can be found on 24: Season 6 DVD. 

Over 25 minutes of deleted scenes
A multitude of on-set featurettes
Webcast Diaries
Inside the Writer's Room
Deleted Ricky Gervais cameo
Mobisodes
Season 7 Preview
A variety of commentaries featuring Kiefer Sutherland, Howard Gordon, Manny Coto, Adoni Maropis, Jon Cassar, Joseph Hodges, Evan Katz, Carlo Rota, Scott Powell, Eric Balfour, Jayne Atkinson, Powers Boothe, Gregory Itzin, Jean Smart, James Morrison, Marisol Nichols, David Fury, Bryan Spicer, Sean Callery, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Joel Surnow.


How crazy is that list of commentaries?  That's the beauty of having such a large cast, I suppose.  For any crazed 24 fan, even a mediocre season like Day 6 will make one hell of a Chrismukkahwanza present.


-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
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