The first season takes place on the day of the California Presidential Primary.
The season’s main plot revolves around an assassination attempt on U.S. Senator from Maryland, David Palmer, a candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, on the day of the primary in California. The central character is Jack Bauer, a former Delta Force operator who is the Director of the fictional Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) in Los Angeles. Bauer becomes professionally as well as personally involved when his wife Teri and daughter Kim are kidnapped by the people behind the assassination plot.
S1 - E112:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M. Nov. 06, 2001
S1 - E21:00 A.M.-2:00 A.M. Nov. 13, 2001
S1 - E32:00 A.M.-3:00 A.M. Nov. 20, 2001
S1 - E43:00 A.M.-4:00 A.M. Nov. 27, 2001
S1 - E54:00 A.M.-5:00 A.M. Dec. 11, 2001
S1 - E65:00 A.M.-6:00 A.M. Dec. 18, 2001
S1 - E76:00 A.M.-7:00 A.M. Jan. 08, 2002
S1 - E87:00 A.M.-8:00 A.M. Jan. 15, 2002
S1 - E98:00 A.M.-9:00 A.M. Jan. 22, 2002
S1 - E109:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. Feb. 05, 2002
S1 - E1110:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M. Feb. 12, 2002
S1 - E1211:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Feb. 19, 2002
S1 - E1312:00 P.M.-1:00 P.M. Feb. 26, 2002
S1 - E141:00 P.M.-2:00 P.M. Mar. 05, 2002
S1 - E152:00 P.M.-3:00 P.M. Mar. 12, 2002
S1 - E163:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. Mar. 19, 2002
S1 - E174:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Mar. 26, 2002
S1 - E185:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. Apr. 02, 2002
S1 - E196:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Apr. 09, 2002
S1 - E207:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. Apr. 16, 2002
S1 - E218:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M. Apr. 23, 2002
S1 - E229:00 P.M.-10:00 P.M. May. 07, 2002
S1 - E2310:00 P.M.-11:00 P.M. May. 14, 2002
S1 - E2411:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. May. 21, 2002