24: Legacy is an American television series created by Manny Coto and Evan Katz that aired on Fox network from February 5 to April 17, 2017. The series is a spin-off of 24 which was created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran and its premiere served as the lead-out program for Super Bowl LI before moving to its regular time slot of Monday at 8:00 p.m. The series' premiere was watched by 17.6 million people, the lowest post-Super Bowl program viewership since 2003's Alias but the most viewed episode in the franchise's history. Consisting of 12 episodes, the show follows the life of war hero and ex-United States Army Ranger Sergeant Eric Carter (Corey Hawkins) using real time method of narration. Miranda Otto plays Rebecca Ingram, the former National Director of the now revived Counter Terrorist Unit in Washington, D.C. Set three years after the events of 24: Live Another Day, it adheres to the real time concept of covering the events of a 24-hour period and begins and ends at 12:00 pm. However, like Live Another Day, there is a 12-hour time jump within the final episode. In June 2017, Fox announced that the series was cancelled. At the time, Fox had plans to develop a new incarnation of the 24 franchise. Those plans were later cancelled.
Synopsis[]
After leading a mission to eliminate terrorist leader Sheikh Ibrahim bin-Khalid, Eric Carter (Corey Hawkins), an ex-United States Army Ranger Sergeant who returns to the U.S. and finds out that he and his squad mates are being hunted down and killed because one of his team unwittingly stole a flash drive containing a list of US-based terrorist sleeper cells and the codes to activate them for future attacks. With nowhere else to turn, Carter asks CTU to help him save his life while also stopping a series of devastating terrorist sleeper cell attacks on American soil. The series takes place three years after the events of 24: Live Another Day and is set in Washington, D.C.
Cast[]
- Corey Hawkins as Eric Carter, an ex-United States Army Ranger Sergeant who has returned to the U.S. and is determined to stop the terrorist attacks that may follow. It is stated in episode 3 that Carter also served in Army Special Forces after the Rangers.
- Miranda Otto as Rebecca Ingram, the former National Director of the Counter Terrorist Unit, and the wife of Senator John Donovan, who is running for President of the United States.
- Anna Diop as Nicole Carter, a nurse and Eric's wife.
- Teddy Sears as Keith Mullins, the new, ambitious and driven National Director of CTU, who previously worked under Rebecca.
- Ashley Thomas as Isaac Carter, a drug dealer and older brother of Eric who is angry at him for their bitter past involving Eric's wife, Nicole.
- Dan Bucatinsky as Andy Shalowitz, a communication analyst at CTU who is trusted by Rebecca and is unhappily paired with computer analyst Mariana.
- Coral Peña as Mariana Stiles, a bright, young, self-taught computer analyst and cousin of former CTU intelligence analyst Edgar Stiles; she is paired with Andy.
- Charlie Hofheimer as Ben Grimes, Eric's former comrade and an ex-Sergeant in the Army Ranger unit who is now suffering from PTSD.
- Sheila Vand as Nilaa Mizrani, Senator John Donovan's campaign manager.
- Raphael Acloque as Jadalla bin-Khalid, a university student who has embraced his father's jihadist campaign since his death.
- Gerald McRaney as Henry Donovan, the father of presidential candidate John Donovan, who is a powerful oil man and passionately devoted father, dedicated to putting his son in the White House, no matter what the obstacles.
- Jimmy Smits as John Donovan, a Senator who is running for president, and Rebecca Ingram's husband.