The Long Road

10/19/2003 Archived Entry: "24"

First and Foremost, 24 is the best show I watch regularly on teevee. I really enjoy all the wonderful plot twists weaved into each season as well as the cliffhangers that appear at the end of almost every episode. I think I would DIE of suspense if I actually had to watch this thing at a rate of only one episode per week, 24 is most definately best viewed on DVD. It is very hard to watch only 1, or even 2, episodes when the rest are sitting RIGHT THERE waiting to be viewed - when we start, we always end up watching until the wee hours of the morning. 24 is definately a show that rewards long-term viewers, each season seems to be completely planned out well in advance and there is a definite overall plot going through the whole series which will pay off eventually. Of course, it also helps that the show is littered with very attractive women like Sarah Wynter, Sarah Clarke and Elisha Cuthbert.

For all the good, 24 can be extremely frustrating sometimes. Conflicts are often created simply because one character chooses to arbitrarily withold information from another when telling the truth would make everything so much simpler, all the characters (except Palmer and Bauer) have instances of completely irrational behaviour. More often than not, the plot is advanced by locking someone up in a room somewhere. I think that they've yet to really make use of CTU, the organization has come off as little more than Jack Bauer support staff over the last two seasons, the Unit has not really done anything effective on its own. And after 14 hours or so it just seems ludicrious that so many things could happen to such a small group of people in a single day.

All in all, 24 is an awesome show. Tune in Oct. 28th on Fox at 9pm to watch Jack Bauer kick more ass than is humanly possible!

Replies: 3 comments

Suspend Disbelief. Worship!

Posted by Hyperion @ 10/20/2003 05:48 AM EST

Looking at those pictures of Elisha Cuthbert I can't believe she just recently (a year or two ago) anchored Popular Mechanics For Kids. I'd hit it, then I'd hit again just to make sure... What is she 12?

Posted by Narsil @ 10/20/2003 01:32 PM EST

more like 21 now

Posted by Rayne @ 10/20/2003 04:13 PM EST