It wasn't so much the absence of Sutherland as it was the light-weight Hawkins trying to make believe he was of the same caliber as Bauer.
Also, the writing left much to be desired. I just do not care to watch TV/movies with heavy thuggery/gangs and drugs.
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I dropped Designated Survivor when they had their gun-control theme in 2 consecutive episodes. It was just too much liberal agenda.
Bauer was a career-hardened government counter-terrorism assassin. Carter was a discharged military ranger suddenly caught up in a terrorist plot.
It was super-spy versus everyman. The dynamics are just... different.
Wasn't it the first episode of season one when Bauer walks into an interrogation room with two perps with information, and he asks the other CTU handler if the first guy was guilty. The agent says "yes," so Bauer pulls out his gun and shoots him between the eyes, and then turns to the second guy and says "talk."
That's the difference between the two characters, and the mood of the two shows.
-PJ
Those gun grabbing episodes on Designated Survivor were terrible. Stupid network and writers doing a very stupid thing. They should take their pens and cell phones then stick them where the sun don’t shine.
I think a 24 revival could work with Sutherland in a more mature and senior role. If I remember right; Jack Bauer was given to the Russians as part of the deal made with them in the last season so some kind of plausible reason would have to be given for him to still be alive and not crippled.
A very good actor would need to be found to be “the guy” to take his place in the field though. Hopefully an ex-special forces guy with a lot on the ball and a natural skeptic. At 51; Sutherland could still have some field time. He just get keep gettinL-pyroglutamic acidg beat up all the time because no one bounces back that fast at that age and older.
Seems like every season had a plant inside CTU. That’s unacceptable but then I think of all the leftist deep state traitors in our agencies and think; what’s the difference?