A great post by Todd VanDerWerff on 24, which arrives in just five more days. Even though he expresses some concern about the initial direction of Season 6, the following passage makes it clear that, once again, the ride will be worthwhile:
Yet two moments at the tail end are so legitimately shocking that they seem to kick the whole season into gear. The first is a plot twist, arrived at via barely-motivated plot machinations but carried out with ruthless efficiency; the second is a moment of absolute terror, played with the requisite gravitas. Together, these incidents encapsulate what the series does best: kinetic melodrama and political exploitation. The two go hand-in-hand.
My family and I were latecomers to the 24 party. For reasons that are long forgotten, we didn't even bother to take a look at Seasons 1-3 (although we later watched Season 1 on DVD), and it was only when my teenage son insisted that I watch 15 minutes of an episode during Season 4 that I got hooked. That's all it took, and we haven't missed an episode since. As crazy and illogical as the plots may be, there really has never been anything quite like it on television - and there probably never will be.
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