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Idiot Box Marathon – 9 Seasons of Jack Bauer and 24 (Part One)

August 17, 2014

I always tell people I’ve never watched a single episode of TV dramas like 24, NCIS, Bones, Castle, Lost, CSI (well, actually only New York and Last Vegas – I’ve watched a few episodes of Miami before). I’ve nothing against them, I’ve just never had patience to sit through one hour of drama and 20+ episodes of storyline arc. Recently, I’ve done HBO series which have shorter seasons, like Suits or Homeland.

But I’ve also told my friends one day when I’m retired, I’ll do a marathon of these shows just to see what the fuss was all about.

Recently, though, Boone has been talking about the latest season of 24, so back in June, I started the 24 marathon, coinciding with the World Cup season. I do realize that most people started watching the series more than 12 years ago, so they don’t really remember much of it.

Season 1

Storyline –
Its the day of the US presidential primary, and terrorist kidnap Jack’s wife and daughter and forces him to assassinate the Senator David Palmer.

My thoughts –
as far as first seasons go, I thought this was okay. All through the season I kept wondering the same thing as everyone who watches the show – don’t these people need to eat and sleep? Don’t they need to charge their phones?? is there a software I can download off the Internet to control the satellites like they do??? Jack and presidential candidate David Palmer are of course the heroes, but I didn’t know who was more annoying – Kim Bauer or the David Palmer’s son. Jack’s wife was so gullible it was unreal. On an interesting note most 24 fans may not remember – the very first scene in the series is a night shot of KLCC Twin Towers.

Season 2

Storyline –
Jack and CTU race to find and deactivate a bomb in Los Angeles. President Palmer face traitors in his cabinet. Kim Bauer has her own storyline / crisis, mostly stemming from her stupidity.

My thoughts –
I felt Season 2, though having a rather weak first half, was overall better than Season 1. George Mason turns out to be a good guy and hero, although I think everyone saw that a mile away. On the other hand, Sherri Palmer shows how she can be even more annoying than ever. The cliffhanger with the President was good, though. I’m beginning to realize just how long it is to sit through 24 episodes. Maybe they should have just named it 10 or 12.

Season 3

Storyline –
Something to do with Jack busting a Mexican drug lord out of prison and back to Mexico in order to stop a deadly virus. Nina Meyers reappears like a rash that won’t go away.

My thoughts –
Storyline getting bit more kua-chiong (over the top). Also, Jack now has a sidekick, and it doesn’t end well for him. Jack has to kill Ryan Chappelle, which I thought was really unexpected. I start to realize more Federal agents get killed than the Star Trek extras in TNG. The bad guy turns out to be the guy playing the police chief in The Arrow, but wearing a turtle neck sweater. We are also finally introduced to Chloe O’Brian, and also Kim Bauer’s horrible new haircut.

Season 4

Storyline –
Jack starts off rescuing his boss and girlfriend, then tries to start an attack on Air Force One and then a nuclear warhead heading for Los Angeles. Main antagonist is a terrorist played by the bad guy in the Mummy movie.

My thoughts –
Although Jack started off with the Dept of Defense, and has seemingly left the CTU life behind, the first half storyline seemed quite the same as the earlier seasons. But the as the episodes moved on, the focus was more on his love interest, the continuing relationship with former president David Palmer and the importance of Chloe O’Brien. In the end, Jack fakes his own death and walks off into the sunset (literally), but hey, he’s fooling no one. There’s at least 5 more seasons to go, right?

To be continued – I’m starting season 5 soon…

(Click here for part two)

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