11:59: Jack follows the wake of dead CTU guards that Nina left in her path. He enters the transformer room and finds Teri with bullet wounds in her abdomen. He picks up her lifeless body and collapses to his knees. As Jack cradles his dead wife, he breaks down in grief and sorrow.
I guess dead means just that, dead.
I guess dead means just that, dead.
Are you sure? Maybe if we trace the English word "dead" back to it's Latin or Germainic roots we can find another meaning somewhere and Jack's wife could return next season.
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