WHAT. THE. HELL??? Apparently so! The producer, Howard Gordon says that killing off Kiefer Sutherland’s character, Jack Bauer was a consideration in ending the series:

“Yes, in many ways, I did [think about killing Jack Bauer]. I think I maybe even wrote that scene and in the end it felt too depressing,” “I think it would have been a really depressing moment. I don’t think it would have been surprising, I think it would have been more depressing than surprising.”

Um, duh, do you think so? Depressing is an understatement. Howard Gordon would have had legions of fans crying into his voicemail. That would have been horrible.  Yeah, I know it was just a show, but we are talking about Kiefer Sutherland here! He goes on to say:

“In a strange way, that’s probably the ultimate, tragedy and probably the most politically correct ending, but it wasn’t something anybody wanted to commit to,” Gordon continued. “Not just for the reason of the show, but honestly, if we had really felt that was the best ending, we would have all gone for it.”

Thank goodness common sense prevailed! Oh, and I am being a very bad stalker and future wife of Kiefer in that I forgot his birthday  So I wrote him a little poem:

Roses are Red

Violets are Blue

I will never tire

Of stalking you

 Happy Belated Birthday Kiefer Sutherland!!