Bad news for Fox and for the 24 series loyal fans.
Seems like a DVD that contained the first four new episodes has been leaked, and is now illegally available on the Web.
It is not clear yet if it was a promotional DVD for the press, or a retail one.
Anyway, the point is that one week before the official release this is just not right. People should at least respect the actors, and then the producers that provide us with this wonderful show for yet another season.
Here is a suggestion…
Completely ignore the leaked episodes, the associated files on torrent sites, and wait for next Sunday to watch the show, along with the majority of 24 fans.
The following takes place between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM, on Sunday the 14th of January.
Oh and… this way it would be only one week until episode 5 (22nd of January).

I don’t think it’s bad for Fox, or 24. After watching them, it makes me even more excited to watch the rest of the season. Some people even think it could have been released by Fox themselves. I think it will really help 24, more than it will harm them.
we just watched the 1st 4 parts why would fox add 12 mins of next 1 if they didn’t wants us all to be hooked. We will watch them all and we will buy the box-sets aswell . to me this is a promotional stunt and will only benefit fox we cant wait to watch the rest