- 8.6/1010 votes
#1 - Day 3: 4:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M.
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2004
Jack and Chase track Amador in the hopes that he can lead them to the man behind the virus attack. Michelle faces a mob riot when the hotel is quarantined. Sherry extorts Palmer, forcing him to manufacture her alibi for the police.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 8.6/1010 votes
#2 - Day 3: 5:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M.
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/2004
Saunders begins making demands on the President. He forces Palmer to hold a strange press conference and then orders the death of the CTU agent who can trace him. Jack learns of a woman who can lead him to Saunders, but a surprise attack shifts the balance of power. As Gael's symptoms get worse, Michelle devises a way to relieve the suffering of the victims at the hotel.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 8.5/1011 votes
#3 - Day 4: 2:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M.
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/7/2005
Jack and Audrey hide out with an embittered Tony as Audrey makes a positive ID of the man from the kidnapping. Marianne successfully diverts suspicion from herself, leading Driscoll to torture the wrong person for information. Behrooz takes Dina to a hospital for medical attention, but the doctor becomes suspicious of her gunshot wound and phones the police.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 8.5/1011 votes
#4 - Day 4: 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 2/21/2005
Audrey places herself in a compromising position when she and Jack learn of her husband's possible involvement with the terrorists. Marianne offers Curtis information on the location of the override device in exchange for a lighter sentence, but the tables soon turn and Curtis discovers that there's another player in the game. Sarah bargains for a stronger position at CTU, while Tony takes charge of the interrogation of Dina and Behrooz.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 8.3/1011 votes
#5 - Day 4: 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/10/2005
Jack acts as a bandit and takes hostages to buy Chloe more time to get satellite surveillance. Meanwhile, Chloe must confide in Edgar for help when Driscoll becomes suspicious. Behrooz discovers just how far his mother is willing to go to insure that their secret mission is successful. Heller and Audrey attempt to escape from Omar, while Driscoll uses her influence to deal with a personal crisis.
Director: Brad Turner
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 8.0/1013 votes
#6 - Day 3: 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2003
Michelle is torn by personal and professional obligations when she must take charge of CTU after Tony is wounded. Kyle and Linda are captured by Hector's men. Jack and Palmer have a secret conversation, leading Jack to take drastic action in the face of the Salazars' threat. But Jack's plans are complicated when Chase gets in the way. Anne pushes Palmer back onto moral ground in the face of her ex-husband's blackmail scheme.
Director: Ian Toynton
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 7.6/1011 votes
#7 - Day 3: 10:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2004
Jack and Tony clash as the time for the hostage exchange draws near. Keeler meets with Palmer and demands his resignation, while Wayne begins a secret operation against Sherry.
Director: Frederick King Keller
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 7.0/101 votes
#8 - Broken Promises and Deadly Barriers
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/6/2011
When the Bay of Pigs invasion proves disastrous, JFK makes a difficult decision he must later atone for. “John F. Kennedy changed the image of the United States when he was president. People around the world remember that time and remember the days when America was the leading shining light for freedom and democracy, which was represented so well by Kennedy at the time.” - Executive Producer Michael Prupas
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 7.0/101 votes
#9 - The Eraser
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1986
Mac inadvertently leads a hit man to his target, believing that he's helping a father find his lost son.
Director: Paul Krasny
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 7.0/101 votes
#10 - Out in the Cold
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1987
When MacGyver and Pete go skiing, a man switches poles with MacGyver, only moments before being gunned down and killed by his former friends. But the gunshot starts an avalanche, which covers MacGyver completely, leaving it up to Pete to convince the mountain rangers to stage a search and rescue before the next avalanche comes. As MacGyver finally is dug up, the gangsters are there, waiting for him, and whatever is hidden in that ski pole.
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 7.0/101 votes
#11 - Back From the Dead
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1987
Jimmy Kendall, living undercover after testifying against his Mob bosses, surfaces when he becomes the manager for a winning baseball team.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 6.5/102 votes
#12 - Friends
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1987
MacGyver's friends throw a birthday party for him, but he's somberly reflecting on his past and future. While reflecting, MacGyver decides to leave the Phoenix Foundation to get married and have a family. Can Pete convince him of how important he is to the Foundation and get him to change his mind?
Director: Cliff Bole
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 6.0/101 votes
#13 - A Father's Great Expectations
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/3/2011
The Kennedys rally to put Jack in the White House, but their difficult past illuminates a deeper struggle. “People talk about the curse that seems to echo down the generations of the Kennedys and in a certain sense it’s true,” says Tom Wilkinson. “And if you are going to see it in the kind of Greek tragedy sense, there isn’t a better sort of patriarchal figure than Joe Kennedy because his world view was extreme. His world view was: ambition, money and family. It’s almost medieval in its simplicity … but almost everything else went by the boards.” -Tom Wilkinson
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 6.0/101 votes
#14 - On the Brink of War
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/2011
The Cuban missile crisis brings America and Russia to the brink of war; Jackie leaves JFK after one infidelity too many. “The lasting legacy of Jack and Bobby Kennedy was to resolve political crisis with the least amount of bloodshed possible…We never went to war with the Soviet Union. Had that crisis not been handled the way it was, we wouldn’t be here. This planet would be dead. Everything else pales to insignificance compared to that.” - Writer Stephen Kronish
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Stephen Kronish
- 4.0/102 votes
#15 - Shared Victories, Private Struggles
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/3/2011
The Presidential election comes down to the wire; Bobby tells Joe Sr. he’s leaving politics. “John F. Kennedy was a very complicated person who meant a lot of things to a lot of different people. I have my own interpretation of who he was and what his legacy was. Kennedy served as President of the United States during an extraordinary period of time and brought us exceptional social and political changes in a short time, in 1000 days. He gave this country a sense of purpose and enthusiasm which was much needed at that time.” - Greg Kinnear
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Stephen Kronish