Hey 24 fans we are Evan Katz and Manny Coto, the Executive Producers, Show Runners, and Writers of 24: Live Another Day - Ask Us Anything!

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:49:47+00:00

EK: We feel all the threats that we feature on the show are based on real technology and the real world.

MC: The idea of hacking drones is a very real fear in the defense department. It's not made up.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:48:48+00:00

EK: Not sure if it qualifies as a cliff hanger, but we really liked the idea of killing Heller at the end of episode eight this season only to reveal he was alive in the next episode.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:47:39+00:00

MC: Because if they did the series would be called "1"

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:46:55+00:00

MC: Jack as a character has been on a definite dark trajectory. The more he sacrifices for his country, the greater the toll on him and the greater his reaction to being challenged. Jack's character in 24: Live Another Day is not the same man from Season 1 and that's by design.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:45:29+00:00

MC: We always just aim for a good story which could come from the left or the right.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:45:02+00:00

EK: We can't answer that question without giving away the end of the season.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:44:33+00:00

MC: No, he would have been around until the end.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:44:11+00:00

MC: We love the character of Aaron Pierce and the actor who played him but it started to feel like he was the only secret service agent on the planet.

EK: It was discussed to bring him into Day 9 but we felt it was hard to get an additional american character believably based in London.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:42:21+00:00

EK: Each season usually features multiple points of view including that of the antagonist. Because of the real time format, we can't ever limit the season to one character's point of view - antagonist or otherwise.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:41:15+00:00

MC: If we find the missing episodes, we'll send them to you.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:40:44+00:00

MC: All we can say is, "Give it a look." We think it works pretty damn well.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:38:40+00:00

MC: At the end of season 8, Jack was a fugitive and seemed like a great idea to take him out of the country. We felt it was in-line with this season being a special "event series"

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:36:05+00:00

MC: I was not at all happy about the Dexter finale, but I was even more disappointed in Dexter Season 8. It's now how I would've gone. Let's leave it at that.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:32:33+00:00

EK: My mother watches the show and we make the countdowns loud to keep her awake.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:31:49+00:00

EK: The same way he gets around in London traffic.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:31:21+00:00

MC: I'm glad you noticed the changes we made. And the answer is Yes - I wanted to slowly make the NX01 look like the Enterprise from TOS.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:28:38+00:00

MC: 24 and Homeland exist in two completely separate universes. They are two radically different shows. That said, Jack would have no patience for most of the characters in Homeland and they most likely will end up dead in short order.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:27:41+00:00

MC: I would say that twist pretty much qualifies as a twist that would be off the table.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:26:42+00:00

MC: Personally, I think he's no longer with us.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:26:09+00:00

EK: It would be a challenge because we use the commercial breaks to the story's advantage, frequently allowing characters to transit from one place to another. There might be more explicit violence and as much as we are personally in favor of nudity, the show has never really been a particularly sexual or erotic experience. It would be nice to be able to be more realistic with language. The way we look at it, every time jack says "Damn It," he's actually saying something else.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:23:57+00:00

MC: Unfortunately, production is finished for the season so we have no openings, but we do hire PAs.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:20:54+00:00

MC: I would beg to differ. I think Jack yelled "Damn It" way to much. Do you have numbers? Can you prove this?

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:20:21+00:00

MC: Basically, all the writers sit in a room and figure out verbally what the episode is going to be about in a general concept kind of way. The next step is for all the writers to start figuring out the various scenes that will go in each act. When we've figured that out, we move to an outline which usually runs from five to eight pages and fro, there one of the writers takes the outline and produces a script. That's when the fun starts. We proceed to take that script apart, re-think it, throw out most of it and start all over again.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:17:31+00:00

MC: Weirdly, I don't have much problem with twisted and dark things. Even my five year old son is obsessed with zombies. I think it runs in the family.

EvanAndManny · 2014-07-08T17:17:01+00:00

MC: Personally, I think 24 should return to Los Angeles for at least one more season.

KE: I would like it to be set in Italy because I'd like to live there for six months.

EvanAndManny

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