24 Day 5 Season Finale Tonight - Rumors, Speculation, Preview Clips

Fox's fantasmo "real-time" suspense hit 24 wraps up its rip snorting fifth season tonight with hours 23 and 24 running back-to-back, providing 120 minutes of gut-wrenching, sphincter-clenching action as Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer takes on the entire Executive Branch of the U.S. government in addition to Central Asian terrorists currently gassing it up on a nuclear-armed submarine.

What will happen? The question is being murmured on tense, perspiring lips across the land. In this exclusive preview clip from AOL TV, Jack and a crack team assault the sub while its missile doors open ominously. Via the magic of electronic communication devices, Jack asks omniscient Chloe what this means for their time frame.

In this clip Jack and Henderson are in the sub enlisting the recon aid of a doomed seaman who somehow survived the gas attack. Chills, baby!

Jeff Kouba, May Kay Williams, and Victor Lana have been methodically, wildly entertainingly following the action all season long. What are their thoughts on tonight's finale?

Jeff Kouba

FOX could make a fortune selling "graphic violence warning" T-shirts. Er, at least I'd buy one.

Why doesn't Bierko just sail the sub to Central Asia and attack Russia with the missiles? The first of his endless string of amazing plans was to attack Russia, after all.

Will Spenser Wolff spend the last episode singing "Where do broken hearts go, can they find their way home?"

Will CTU remember to go free the bank manager's wife?

Will they retrieve the dead bank manager from the police car?

Will they declare Wayne Palmer as Missing In Action?

Did Collette survive the gas attack?

Will the Russian slave girl find a new and better life?

Did Kim's boyfriend take her out of the city as Jack ordered?

And why hasn't Jack expressed worry about Kim lately?

Mary Kay Williams:

There have been rumors and speculation about how Day Five will play out.

Let's analyze these quickly.

1. Audrey will get killed off.

Could be true, after all, she's wearing more white. Also, Kim Raver reportedly signed with another show for next fall.

2. Jack will end up in a Chinese prison.

Well, I think if their spies are worth their soy sauce, somebody over there must realize that Bauer is actually alive - that is if Logan hasn't notified the Chinese directly.

3. Chloe and Edgar will hook up.

Umm, no.

4. Jack will off Logan.

He may want to in the absolute worst way, but he's going to try to take the high road and let Henderson do it.

5. Jack will off Henderson.

See above.

Also, could we get a statistic on the increase in retail sales of hoodies? I mean, they're magical and everything!

The white blouse - exactly how will it be soiled?

I think we ought to petition FOX to get some different product placements for next year. Between American Idol and 24, the whole 'Ford' thing is getting old. How about if they are shown eating something from Subway—oh wait—they don't eat. My bad.

Furthermore, I looked back at my early thoughts after watching the first four hours of the show.

"First off, there are some basic tenets of 24 that we must remember.

1. Chloe kicks ass