24

So my all time favorite tv show is 24. The show is a drama based on the central plot of CTU in the United States that is dealing with a terrorist attack in one way or another. CTU is the Central Terrorist Unit, so them being the main agency involved with the show makes sense. I love the suspense, plots, ideas, different characters, and the fact that every season has been different. I’ve been watching this show since the first season (and the eighth season is playing now), so I definitely know and have my favorite characters. Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer, is absolutely amazing in this show (he’s the main character). He creates the show; He is the show! I remember a few years ago he got convicted of a DUI, like his 3rd or something, so he had to go to jail, and the show couldn’t go on.

The show is so suspenseful I find myself on the edge of my seat yelling at the computer or tv (wherever I watch it) due to the events that happen. CTU tries to find the bad guys, with Jack Bauer’s help, and they never catch them until the 24th hour. Every episode is an hour, and there are 24 episodes, because there’s 24 hours in a day (duh). So the seasons are called “days” (This season is Day 8). All these things happen in one full day, and they never catch the bad guy until the day is finished. Sometimes the seasons start in the middle of the night. I feel so bad for the people in real life that has to deal with these kinds of intense situations.

Anyways, this season is the final season and I am so sad. I’m going to probably end up getting every season though so I can watch them over again, because the first one happened so long ago, I have no idea what the plot was. All I can remember is that the president gets shot in the first one (and he’s been my favorite president) and then in the second season his brother becomes president. There’s a lot of time in between the 5th and 6th section or 6th and 7th season because of Sutherland’s jail time, so the writers of the show created this plot of how Jack got stuck in China in a “concentration camp” (just like in the Holocaust except with Americans as the victims) for like 4-7 years I think. They only thought of this because the last season had Jack sailing off on a cargo ship that was going to China due to the fact that the Chinese captured him. It’s so sad when they capture him/ terrorize him. I hate the bloodiness/goriness of some torture scenes, but the show is known for it. It shows some of the stuff that actually goes on (not real footage but scenes that could possibly happen in torture).

I love the show so much, I never miss an episode. It’s hard to watch tv in college, so I usually wait to watch it online when I have time. BUT I NEVER MISS IT. I LOVE IT.