24 - Season 1 Episode 1 🌟

The pilot features Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer, and Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer.

The episode established the series' signature real-time format , where each episode represents one hour of the day. 24 - Season 1 Episode 1

On a commercial flight to L.A., a woman named Mandy steals the identification of a photographer scheduled to meet Senator Palmer before destroying the plane mid-air. Production Facts The pilot features Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer,

The first episode of Season 1, titled " 12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m. " , originally aired on November 6, 2001. It introduces Jack Bauer, the Director of Field Operations for the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) in Los Angeles, whose life and career are upended in a single hour. Key Plot Developments Production Facts The first episode of Season 1,

Simultaneously, Jack's teenage daughter, Kim , snuck out of the house to attend a party, leaving Jack and his wife, Teri , frantic as they realize she is in danger.