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Jack's back on '24'.

Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)

| January 14, 2007 | Duffy, Mike | COPYRIGHT 2007 Detroit Free Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mike Duffy

Jan. 14--Welcome to Jack Bauer's nightmare.

Beat down by nearly two years of anguished, torture-laced abuse in a Chinese prison, the relentlessly intense man who saves the world for a living is one sadly haunted soul when "24" returns for a darkly compelling sixth season.

Feelings of regret and somber doubt have crept into Jack's life.

"I don't know how to do this anymore," he says. Yikes.

Those discouraging words are uttered by Kiefer Sutherland's super agent alter ego soon after the onscreen digital clock starts ticking on another scary day at the cliffhanger factory. Yes -- "24" blasts off with a double-barreled jolt of topical action and anxiety from 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday on Fox.

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