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What Does Jack Do During Commercial Breaks?

“The following takes place between 10 AM and 11 AM—Events occur in real time.”

So starts every episode of 24.  But what’s the deal!?  I mean, I’ve watched so many of these episodes on DVD, and I know that it’s not a full hour.  There’s very precious time that is spent where we don’t see it.

And there’s so many unanswered questions:

• When is the last time that you saw Jack Bauer eat?
• When does Jack take a dump?
• How is it that CTU can be so high tech and so vulnerable?
• Did Jack wear glasses for the same reason that Superman wears glasses—I mean, if it worked for Supe’s…
• How come there aren’t wanted posters in all terrorist headquarters with photos of Jack from CSPAN?