Season Overview
Set 18 months after season 7, the story arc involves Jack Bauer contending with assassination threats made during a peace conference between President of the United States Allison Taylor and President Omar Hassan of the fictional Islamic Republic of Kamistan (IRK). The season is set in New York City, with CTU's New York City Office having been re-activated, but while there were originally no plans for filming in New York due to budget constraints, some scenes were shot on-location.
The three main acts of season eight are:
- CTU pursues Hassan's brother who is working with the Russian mafia to have nuclear rods transported to his home country.
- Multiple government agencies pursue Kamistani terrorists who kill Farhad Hassan and attempt to strike at America directly.
- Jack wages a one man war against the members of the Russian government who are responsible for the conspiracy after Allison Taylor refuses to do anything that could jeopardize the treaty.
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