First, a confession: I am a HUGE fan of this show. Got hooked on the first episode of the first season, and have never missed one since. But there is a trick to the long-term enjoyment of “24″ – if you try to just take it at face value, you will quickly lose the ability to take it seriously and become disaffected. I realized this along about midway through the show’s second season, when Jack Bauer’s daughter was kidnapped out of CTU custody for about the tenth time.
When will Kim be kidnapped this season?
The key to enjoying this show is to view it like a kind of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 deal. This show, if you don’t take it seriously, is one of the funniest programs on television. It is so filled with patently absurd plot devices that it defies any credibility whatsoever, but if you recognize that reality, the show quickly becomes one of the best laugh-fests around.
If you really want to have fun, make up drinking games to the various repetitive plot devices.
If you really want to have fun, make up drinking games to the various repetitive plot devices.
