24

Synopsis: Federal Agent Jack Bauer races against time to stop terrorist attacks against the United States.

One thing to say about this show -- the GREATEST ACTION/DRAMA TELEVISION SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF ACTION/DRAMA TELEVISION SHOWS! I love this show. If you hate it, there's only one reason why you hate it and that's because you are genetically related to Osama Bin Laden -- Ha!

24 is an action pack TV show filled with everything you'd want in a TV show -- explosions, fights, car chases, gun fights, political drama, treason, spies, moles, double agents etc. This show just never lets you go. Each episode is equivalent to one hour of a day, and Jack Bauer has a day to prevent a terrorist attack; so, with that said each episode leaves you with a cliffhanger. The last episode also has a cliff hanger, which is just as shocking, except for Season 6, the ending left the viewers wondering what's next for 24. This was a good strategies the writers used because it took the show in a different direction, which worked for the best.

The brilliance of 24 is the fact that there's so much drama happening and sub stories, which propel the show in various directions. These directions are directions that make the story even more interesting the following season. For example. In Season 4 Jack Bauer and his team were tracking a nuclear bomb, but the man they wanted was a Chinese National who was hiding out at the Chinese Embassy in L.A., the Chinese were procrastinating in spite of the dangers that were happening. Well Jack and his CTU agents (Counter Terrorist Unit) raid the embassy and extract the man (the Chinese National) and during this siege, no one was killed except for the Chinese Councilman (They were instructed to not use deadly force at any cost). Then at the end of Season 4 faked his death with Chloe O'Brien, Tony Almeida and Michelle Dessler (she's so gorgeous! Lol).

Then in Season 5, someone knows Jack is alive and sets him up to be framed, however, this thrusts him back into action. However at the end of Season 5 Jack Bauer was kidnapped by the Chinese and taken to China for the killing of the Chinese Counselmen in Season 4... In between Seasons 5 and 6 it's been two years or a year and a half and Jack Bauer has been missing, and the U.S. government knows the Chinese have him. Also, Jack Bauer has not spoken a word regardless of being tortured (He's a former Delta Force Operator) by the Chinese. In Season 6 President Wayne Palmer pays Jack's Ransom and gets him back from the Chinese in order to meet the demands of a terrorist, Abu Fayed, who says he will provide the location of the man -- Hamri Al-Assad -- who's responsible for all the terrorist attacks in the United States.

Jack is brought back to the United States and is handed over to the director of CTU Bill Buchanan, then Buchanan makes the trade with Fayed and in return Fayed gives Buchanan the location of Assad. However, Jack escapes Fayeds custody after discovering that Fayed is the one responsible for all the terrorist attacks and Assad is actually there to stop the Fayed and the terrorist attacks since Assad renounced 20 years of terrorism for peace. So at the end of Season 6 Jack is left looking out into the ocean...

Then the TV movie, 24 Redemption, comes into play where Jack Bauer's soul is in turmoil so he flees to Africa to find a place to find peace or redeem himself. However, he's been subpoena by the Senate to appear before them for crimes such as torture etc., but he doesn't want to go, nonetheless, at the same time, he's trying to help save a group of kids from being drafted into an army to kill for a dictator, so Jack sacrifices his freedom so the kids could flee the country, because the only way they would be able to leave is if Jack went with them.

Then it rolls over into Season 7 which starts four years after 24 Redemption events with Jack Bauer appearing before Senate. They wants to convict him of crimes he did (torture to get information etc.) even though his actions were done in the name of his country.

Fact: Jack Bauer killed James Bond,

Jason Bourne and Chuck Norris.

Now with that small example given above (there's more drama like that through out all the seasons, it's actually amazing) factor in all the other aspects of the show that spices it up even MORE: Drama, spies, moles, double agents, shoot outs, assassinations, fights, betrayal, politics, shoot outs, secret missions, interrogations, fight scenes, infiltration or undercover work, personal conflicts that effect his his work such as in Season 1, relationships, scandals, treason, MI6 Double agents, etc. I can literally go on and on about the things you will encounter while watching 24.

24 is one of those shows that keeps your attention the entire hour, as well as gets you hyped up to the point where you actually want to help Jack Bauer. Heck watching 24 makes me want to fight 300 Spartans plus a ninja clan, then bitch Slap Chuck Norris while I fupa punch the T-1000, then raid a terrorist camp with my flame thrower -- SEMPER FI -- pile-drive hulk Hogan and Slap him with a Slim Jim, then meditate and Astral Project to Mount Olympus and defeat the Gods of Olympus along with the Titans, then return to my body, then create the zombie virus and start the zombie apocalypse, kill all the zombies with a two dollar pistol and save the day, then plug into the matrix, fight Neo and a million Agent Smiths, then burn down a Jehovah's Witness congregation... Repeat. That's how great 24 is. That's how engaging it is. And that's how awesome it is. If you haven't seen this show, please check it out!

What do I rate 24? 5 Stars out 5 all the way!

-- Connor Murphy