Yet it will only take two hours to wrap this all up.
Maybe not ...
FOX seems to be stretching this half-season out as long as they can. I was expecting it to end next week with a double-episode, the way 24's season's usually end. But the "finale" will just be a single episode.
The network probably didn't want to commit to a whole 24 episodes without knowing if there was still an audience for the show. Now that they do know, FOX and the 24 crew might be planning a second half-season for next year, with a shocking cliffhanger ending to this half. Live Another Day II could pick up right where this one leaves off.
But that's a total guess.