Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and WON

24, is a modern television show revolving around the world of Jack Bauer and his actions to save the world from terrorists in you guessed it, twenty four hours. He is a merciless man that has no regard for human life. Jack Bauer is the modern version of John McClain, or a more recent version of Chuck Norris. Like Norris, people have derived a “top 100 facts” about Jack Bauer such as, “The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.”

Jack Bauer is as heterosexual as it gets, he is manly, muscular, and all the girls flock towards him. In 24, the topics at hand are serious, such as nuclear attacks, chemical warfare, among others, causing the show to have a very serious tone to it.

More specifically, I’ll be focusing in on Season 1, Episode 7 which deals with Jack’s daughter, Kim being captured and being used as bait to get Jack to help the terrorist (Gaines.) This episode and the overall series on a whole portray Jack and the rest of the characters to be very heterosexual. Usually, masculinity is linked with heterosexuality while being weak and feminine is linked with homosexuality.

This episode deals with a secret love triangle, between Jack, his wife who he is separated with (Teri), and Nina Myers. The episode also delves into a love interest between Kim Bauer, played by Elisha Cuthbert and her kidnapper.

The show never touches the idea of homosexuality. The only part of the show that could be deemed promoting homosexuality if dissected greatly could be women holding positions that people often associate with men. This idea breaks the barrier between feminine and masculine jobs in the workforce.

Overall, the show on a whole promotes the heterosexual privilege, as overall the characters are comfortable within themselves.

Just remember, if you wake up in the morning, it's because Jack Bauer spared your life.



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Keep track of Jack Bauer's kill count on this website. Through yesterday (the two hour episode) he has killed 15 people this season, which is a low number for Jack. Unfortunately the real Jack Bauer Kill counter has been blocked by the school, so we have to settle for this.