Top 10 villains 10-7

Follow my search for the top 10 24 villains ever to have graced our screens,  here is numbers 10 to 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Blackthorne

10. Stephen Saunders (Paul Blackthorne)

Saunders was responsible for releasing the Cordilla virus in the Chandler Plaza Hotel in Season 3, which led to the death of many guests as well as Gael Ortega, a CTU agent who tried to stop it spreading through the hotel.

Saunders gave President Palmer a series of demands but he refused to on one occasion, after Saunders wanted a list of all undercover agents abroad.

 He rescinded his order to release the virus in San Francisco after he received a call from his daughter Jane, who had been captured by CTU.

Although captured he said if there was no communication between him and his men the virus would still be released.

That was until Jack Bauer threatened him with putting Jane into the hotel infected.

Whilst identifying the final courier of the virus he was shot dead by the widow of Gael Ortega.

But Bauer and Chase Edmunds found a lead with  Arthur Rabens, who was at school and after being found Chase beat down Rabens, but only after he had attached the virus to his hand, leaving Jack the task of cutting it off and putting it in fridge where the virus was released without any casualties.

9. Ira Gaines (Michael Massee)

Michael Massee

Gaines was put in charge by Andre Drazen to oversee the assassination of Presidential Candidate David Palmer and frame Jack Bauer for the murder in the first season of 24.

He had a lot of hired help throughout the day’s events which started with the capture of Kim Bauer as well as Mandy who captured Martin Belkin’s ID card and Jonathan Matijevich, who was to become Martin Belkin after plastic surgery.

Gaines used Kim as leverage over Jack who he forced to switch a key-card for one which contained incorrect data, and “kill” Nina Myers after she became alert to the switch of cards.

He then forced Bauer to go to President’s Breakfast with members of the press to frame him for the murder of Palmer, but he diverted the attack after firing a pistol causing a riot.

Kim and Teri were supposed to be killed but he changed his mind when mole Jamey Russell, In CTU rang saying it had been caused by division agents.

The Drazen’s then arrived on the scene ordering Kim and Teri again but Jack who had ambushed Kevin Carroll  came to help his family as well as Rick Allen who had betrayed Gaines.

They all escaped  and Jack was able to kill Gaines, after he decided he was no going to co-operate with CTU due to his fear of the Drazen’s capturing him.

8. General Benjamin Juma (Tony Todd)

Tony Todd

Juma was first involved in Redemption before appearing in Day 7.

He had tested a biological nerve agent on his own country before bombing the village to cover it up

Juma  with the help of Jonas Hodges was able to get any amount of weapons he wanted from the Starkwood head  and started to train up young boys in his homeland, Sangala.

And his second in command, Ike Debaku went out for revenge on Jack Bauer after his brother Youssou

For day 7 he remained behind closed doors allowing Debaku to take control of matters.

His first plan to hold the US to ransom failed after the CIP firewall was restored and Debaku had revealed co-conspirators by a chip under his skin, so he was forced into his second plan, which was to terrorize the US government.

Senator Blaine Mayer was at the head of Bauer’s trial but his chief of staff Ryan Burnett was conspiring with Juma.

Renee Walker learnt about Juma being in the country after one of his men made sure Debaku was dead, then she learnt the attack was on The White House.

He laid siege on the house and took control of it, but not before Bauer and President Taylor got to the lockdown where she could not be reached as Bill Buchanan took her GPS bracelet to divert them away from the President.

But her daughter Olivia was held hostage and Juma threatened to kill her unless she came out and was ordered to make a speech to her nation, which would be her last.

Bill and Jack discussed plans to trigger an explosion in the vault.

Buchanan sacrificed his life and blew Juma and his men to the floor.

Realising he had little options he asked his remaining men to kill the hostages but just before he was able to shoot down Blaine Mayer Bauer killed his final man Ngozi.

Juma decided to go for his weapon and attempt to shoot down Jack but Bauer was able to shoot him in the chest and his body slumped to the floor.

7. Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight)

Jon Voight

Again Hodges first appeared in Redemption before appearing in Season 7.

Hodges links with Juma was found by colleague Chris Whitley so Hodges ordered his mole, secret agent Henry Vossler and John Quinn to kill him and get rid of the evidence.

Hodges wasn’t involved in season 7 until Juma called him after President Taylor and Bauer had secured themselves in the lockdown.  Hodges alerted Juma to the fact that Olivia Taylor was not accounted for.

Bauer out of federal custody chased after Ryan Burnett who had vital information but Hodges assistant, Greg Seaton had ordered John Quinn to make sure Burnett stayed quiet, and frame Bauer for his murder.

Quinn then set about getting Bauer but he was unable to and was killed by Bauer.

After finding out where they thought the weapon was on his site through Seaton they stormed it only to find it empty and Hodges ordered them off the Starkwood estate.

Hodges then got suspicious of Chairman of the Board Doug Knowles who was working with CTU to help them, and he killed Knowles by throwing him off a balcony.

Hodges threatened President Taylor with releasing them if he was not allowed a meeting with her at The Oval Office, which she agreed reluctantly to and called off the air strike at the last minute.

During the meeting their missiles has been destroyed and he and Seaton were then arrested.

Hodges was then offered a pill by Cara Bowden who was impersonating his lawyer otherwise his family wasn’t safe.

He done so but his driver noticed him taking it and managed to make sure he did not die.

Bauer then interrogated him, assuring Hodges that to the world he was dead if he gave them names, but as he did not know any of them, the  only one he knew was the one that impersonated his attorney.

Olivia Taylor, the President’s daughter ordered him to be killed because he was responsible for the death of her brother and the fact that he was still free.

But upon gaining his new name from witness protection, his was blown up as he entered a transport van, after already sounding like he was plotting a way out of it.

Find out tomorrow which villains have made the top spots

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Aisha Tyler

6. Marianne Taylor (Aisha Tyler)          

In season 4 of 24 she became a CTU analyst and infiltrates the Los Angeles base in order to work for Henry Powell.

Taylor forced her way in against Curtis Manning’s will and she quickly learnt about Chloe O’Brian and Edgar Styles helping Jack in a covert operation.

Chloe was soon caught and detained and Marianne used this to manipulate Edgar into doing what she said.

She then framed Sarah by planting a voice recorder on her system.

Edgar soon took control of Taylor’s computer and realised it was her that planted the device on Sarah’s computer.

As she tried to escape her car was blown up, killing an agent, but she went on to help CTU by going to Powell’s office but as soon as they got into the office she was killed by Powell’s men.

5.Nadia Yassir (Marisol Nichols)

Marisol Nichols

Nadia became head of CTU for a small period of time after Bill Buchanan was fired.

She fought hard in her time in CTU as she often had restricted access due to her Muslim routes and is suspected of leaking information by CTU agent Mike Doyle but is later cleared.

She won the affection of Mylo Pressman’s heart and the pair share a kiss and to prove Mylo loved her he gave up his life when the Chinese invaded CTU and instead of Nadia standing up as head of CTU he does and ultimately gets shot.

 

 

 

 

4. Olivia Taylor (Sprague Grayden)

Olivia came into 24 in season 7 as the daughter of President Allison Taylor.

She is distant with her parents at the start but grows to work with her as Chief of Staff after she leaked some vital information she forced Ethan Kanin into stepping down.

She was used as leverage when General Benjamin Juma invaded the White House after originally escaping capture with Agent Aaron Pierce.

After leaking some information to the TV company CNB reporter Ken Dallao and after a meeting about Starkwood he again rang her up and asked for any information but she refused only to find out he already knew about the weapon of mass destruction.

She met up with him in a hotel and after he basically demanded a night with her to not leak the information. But she secretly recorded all what he said and used it against him.

Agent Pierce thought something suspicious was happening after she arranged a meeting with Martin Collier, a former colleague to help her kill Starkwood head Jonas Hodges.

They arranged to hire a hit man to kill Hodges but the gilt she was going to live with became too much and she did not transfer the necessary funds to the hit man but he carried out the act anyway, meaning she had to transfer the funds otherwise it would fall on her.

Kanin was called by Pierce and managed to get some information about her dealings before and after the confront her she admits it.

This leaves her mother with a tough decision as to whether to let her be arrested or not, and in the end she puts her own daughter behind bars.

Season 7

Cast of Season 7

Season 7 sees Jack staring the day being questioned for his actions of torture to stop the terrorist attacks. With CTU disbanded, the FBI become the focus of the series as they firstly attempt to locate Tony Almeida, who is thought to be one of the terrorists.

But it turns out Tony is working undercover with Bill Buchanan and Chloe O’Brian to expose a government conspiracy involving the CIP device.

Tony and Jack now work together with David Emerson and are given the task of kidnapping Sangala Prime Minister Motobo, whilst elsewhere the President’s husband Henry Taylor finds out from that his son, Roger was actually killed after meeting with his girlfriend Samantha Roth, but it killed by Agent Brian Gedge before she reveals anything, whilst Henry has been paralysed by Gedge, before he manages to kill Gedge.

Renee is then captured by Emerson’s team, before Emerson pulls a gun on Bauer, forcing Tony to kill Emerson. Jack then manages to rescue the Matobos and damage the CIP device as well as killing all of Ike Debaku’s men.

Henry Taylor

But Debaku captures Henry Taylor and before being able to rescue him he is shot by one of Debaku’s men.

The president now calls for her daughter and Renee learns about the planned attack on The White House with General Juma. President Taylor is then escorted to the safe room in the White House with Bill diverting Juma’s men given them enough time to get to the room. Juma forces President Taylor to come out with the threat on Olivia’s life.

Buchanan sacrifices his own life for the cause and Juma is soon killed after the explosion by Bauer.

Then in Jack’s hopes of tracking down the real people behind the attack he is framed for the murder of Senator Blaine Mayer and Ryan Burnett.

Olivia forced Ethan Kanin to resign and she becomes temporary Chief of Staff before leaking information to the press who force Olivia to divulge more than she wants to , forcing her to protect herself after having sex with a news reporter only in it for his own gain.

Whilst trying to find the bio weapon Jack is exposed before Starkwood gain control of it, pretending to help Tony with Jonas Hodges’ assistant Greg Seaton giving him a location of the bio weapon, which turns out to be false and diverts CTU’s attention.

They end up finding the bio weapon and President Taylor orders an air strike on Starkwood but Hodges bribes his way into a meeting with Taylor after threatening to release them on his own country.

Larry Moss

Hodges and Seaton are arrested after Tony manages to destroy the missiles and pathogen, but we find out Tony is again bad after he allows Galvez to leave the area with one remaining canister of the pathogen , and ultimately kills Larry Moss.

Kim Bauer comes back into the series after learning about her dad’s exposure to the pathogen and offers to help but he refuses.

Tony uses the country’s weakness to offer the people behind the attack the opportunity to release it today whilst the country is struggling.

Hodges is then killed, after his failed attempt to commit suicide and his witness protection turns into a disaster when he is killed ultimately by Olivia Taylor who wants revenge for the death of her brother.

Jack and Renee then learn of Tony’s connections with a Muslim who he has coerced into taking the blame for the proposed attack. They are able to stop the attack but after arresting Tony Jack is forced to help release Tony otherwise Kim will be killed. But Kim manages to survive the attack and gains information to locate the conspirators. Jack is recaptured by Tony and forced to wear a bomb when Almeida meets up Alan Wilson, the man behind the attack today, and behind his wife Michelle Dessler’s death, and his unborn son.

At the White House Olivia is forced to admit all to her mother after Ethan Kanin and Aaron Pierce find information about her connections with killing Hodges. Jack then deteriorates and is induced into a coma, before Kim comes into the hospital and decides she cannot allow him to die and volunteers to undergo a stem cell procedure that could save her father’s life.