Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

"Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m."
24 episode
Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer in a pivotal scene from the first hour of 24: Day 5
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 1
Directed by	Jon Cassar
Written by	Howard Gordon
Production code	5AFF01
Original air date	January 15, 2006
Running time	43 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Reiko Aylesworth as Michelle Dessler Jude Ciccolella as Mike Novick Connie Britton as Diane Huxley Brady Corbet as Derek Huxley Sandrine Holt as Evelyn Martin Jonah Lotan as Spenser Wolff John Allen Nelson as Walt Cummings D. B. Woodside as Wayne Palmer Thomas Vincent Kelly as Marc Besson Jeff Kober as Conrad Haas Eric Winzenried as Kohler Dennis Haysbert as David Palmer
Episode chronology
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"Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." is the fifth season premiere and the ninety-seventh episode overall of the Fox television series 24. It was written by executive producer Howard Gordon and directed by co-executive producer Jon Cassar. The episode was broadcast as the first hour of a two-night, four-hour season premiere, airing at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2006. The premiere was pre-empted by fifteen minutes on the East Coast by an NFL Playoff Game.

The episode picks up eighteen months after Jack faked his own death in order to avoid assassination by rogue government agents. During this episode, Jack is forced to come out of hiding after a clandestine group begins assassinating those who know he is still alive.

The first hour of the fifth season was both highly controversial and critically acclaimed. It was the most watched episode of 24 of all-time. Kiefer Sutherland won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work in this season by submitting this episode. Series director Jon Cassar won both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Directors Guild of America Award for directing this hour.

The fifth season picks up eighteen months after Jack Bauer faked his own death to avoid assassination by corrupt United States government officials. He is now living under the alias 'Frank Flynn' in Mojave, California. He is renting a room in the house of a single mother, Diane Huxley, and her teenage son, Derek, who is antagonistic towards Jack.

Back in Los Angeles, David Palmer paces across the room of his penthouse as he discusses the writing of his memoirs with his brother Wayne. Wayne confronts David about his mood since returning to Los Angeles, just as Palmer lingers over a newspaper headline referring to a peace treaty to be signed that day by current President Charles Logan and the President of Russia. David brushes off Wayne's concerns and turns away to the window. As Palmer looks out on Los Angeles, an assassin's bullet flies through the window and hits him in the neck. Wayne screams for help and begins cradling his brother's dying body.