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A Wonderful TV Show!
When I first saw 24 I admit that I wasn't too sure, but that was because it was episode 18, and after watching I was a bit lost. Too completely understand 24, you have to watch it from the first episode. Mostly becaase of it's real-time concept, each episode lasting an hour, each series a day, every episode connects to each other, and if you miss one, you miss a vital bit of information.

However, after I bought the DVD set, I watched it in 3 days, (7 on Saturday, because school got in the way) I LOVED IT!!! I didn't think it would be good, but it wasn't. It was great!

24 is about a man Jack Bauer, who must contiuosly save the day, while dealing with personal problems too. The first series is the day of the California Presidential Primary, when Jack has to protect Senator Palmer from an assation attempt. While also trying to find his daughter, Kim, who has been kidnapped. Others are his wife, Teri, and his co-workers, Tony Almeida, Nina Myers, and George Mason.

Kiefer Sutherland plays Jack Bauer, and his fantastic in the role, Jack Bauer was definately his calling! After taking a break from acting for a couple of years, it was a great comeback. Kim is played by Elisha Cuthbert, who is wonderful at playing her, and getting into trouble. Palmer is played by Dennis haysbert, who is great as a political and family man, while trying to do the right thing for everyone. The other actors make the whole show come together, and they work off each other wonderfully.

I would recommend this set to anyone, whatever age, whatever genre you usually prefer, this set will not disappoint you. I would only say, watch it from the beginning.

Have fun watching 24!!

Tick, tick, tick...

Hannah

We're hooked
When I first saw the commercials for 24 I knew it would be a good show, but I never watched it because I didn't want to get hooked. One night in the middle of season 2, I was home with nothing to do when 24 came on. Well, after seeing just 1 episode in the middle of the season, I ordered season 1 on DVD. My wife and I popped in disc 1 late one Friday night, but, having a 2 month old baby, we soon were tired and only got through 2 episodes. That wasn't going to stop us though. The rest of the weekend was devoted to 24. (No we didn't neglect the baby). We finished off the entire season by Monday night. Needless to say we love it and are hooked. I will be buying season 2 the day it comes out on DVD. Everyone probably knows the premise by now, so I won't get into that. I'll just say that the production, acting, editing, writing and everything else are done at blockbuster movie quality. The time aspect makes the show just that much more intense and suspenseful. I'm glad that I watched the entire season on DVD because I'm not sure I'd be able to watch just one episode per week. I guess I'll have to learn since season 3 will be starting this fall. In short: Highly recommended, but set aside some time because you'll be hooked.

Awesome start, but falls apart later on
Make no mistake about 24: it's groundbreaking television, it's Hollywood-level quality, and it's darn addictive. It deserves most of the accolades it gets.

It's a bit unfortunate, however, that is started as a 13 episode series and got expanded to 24 at that point, because it affects the tightness of the overall story. Throughout episodes 1-13, thee series is just perfect. Yeah, there are cliches, and there's an awful lot of things happening in such a short period of time, but it's so unbelieveably well-plotted and TENSE that you can't stop watching.

Then the series hits episode 13, and it feels like it was just dragged on for the rest of the show. The stories stop making sense (you certainly heard about the amnesia angle...) and the events become less and less believeable.

As the series approach the 24 episodes mark, things seriously fall apart. Plot twists stop even trying to make sense, and are thrown out there for pure shock value without consideration for the damage they cause the story.

Regardless of this, the concept of the show, the acting and the original 13 hours are so awesome, it makes you overlook the flaws of what follows. Make yourself a favor, and rent or buy this series if you have not already. It's very, very rare that we get such quality television outside of HBO, and 24 heralds a time when even Hollywood cannot approach the depth and excellence of what is put out there on network television.

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