Dave Berry asks a very important question of 24 fans...

ATTENTION, PEOPLE WHO CANNOT STOP THEMSELVES FROM WATCHING 24 NO MATTER HOW LUDICROUSLY IMPROBABLE THE PLOT GETS (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) OK, so the president of the United States is about to launch a missile strike against a building in California in an effort -- assuming I understand the plot correctly -- to kill Secretary of Defense William Devane before the terrorists can kill him first. Jack Bauer is also on the scene, but he has been ordered to -- as they say on 24 -- "stand down." So the question is: Will Jack defy orders and go in there and kill a dozen bad guys? Or will Jack defy orders and go in there and kill two dozen bad guys? The suspense is killing us.[emphasis is mine]