24 - Season Two (2003)

Best Drama on the Tube

I discovered 24 through the DVD. While I was skeptical at first, after finishing just disc one I was hooked. The formula works. It's literally the ticking time bomb. But what really carries the show is the script and the superb acting.

No one really chews the scenery but rather underplays the tension. President Palmer is the lynch pin of the cast and the plot.

While at times Bauer's daughter Kim seems to go from the frying pan into the fire, it does make you want to scream at the screen and shout, "Don't go in there, Kim." But the other subplots are skillfully written and stitched together nicely.

The character of George Mason makes the biggest character arc and probably should have received at least an Emmy nod for his role.

I only wish more television was of this caliber.
August 16, 2008

24 Tips: The Best Way to watch this Fantasy Series.

This Series is pure FANTASY. In order to watch it, you have to actively suspend your disbelief. If you can't, you will not be able to watch it. Now, Keifer Sutherland is a superb actor. He plays Super Man Jack Bauer...an indestructible SuperHero with unlimited Super Powers: never gets hurt, travels at the speed of light, can hit any target with a pistol, is the most intelligent person ever created... etc. Only Jack Bauer, singlehandedly, can save the World! All the Villains are intensely Evil. If you like watching Bad Guys..specifically, Terrorist Moslems getting killed you will love this Series.. and that is a big plus. The Villains also has Superhero Powers and intelligence..however I guarantee you will get sick of Nena Myers popping up again and again and pray that she gets killed... The actress who plays Agent Michelle Gessler is the worse Actress that has ever appeared in the history of TV. She makes all these weird faces in an attempt to portay seriousness... it just makes her look mentally deranged. The actor who plays Tony Almeda is almost as Bad. They both reappear in Season 4, at about the same time...I am sure you will be disgusted with these two. After watching Four Seasons, I recommend you watch each Season as fast as you can. Otherwise, any person with average intelligence will lose interest...if you have time to think about the Plot you wil realize that "24" is really just a TV Comic Book: Superhero against SuperVillain... it is Fantasy with a big dose of Violence...and that's what the viewing public seems to want. July 12, 2008

24 - 2

I haven't seen all of it yet but so far so good.
The beginning of the season is good and suggests things are going to get increasingly interesting.
Thanks Amazon! May 28, 2008

Explosive!!!

The fun continues with season Two of "24." Full of unexpected surprises that keep your attention. Much easier to view than when interrupted by commercials. Jack Bauer's character and the whole CTU group make for riveting watching as they carry forward the "24" brand of TV action. You'll be blown away. May 15, 2008

Great Sophmore Season!

Many shows undergo a sophmore slump, but 24 manages to acheive nearly the same levels of excitement as seasons 1 and 3. The show takes a nosedive from season 4 on, when the writers seem to have run out of plot ideas.

Season 2 is still fresh with life. We are introduced to our first nuclear threat, while it was entertaining still (season 4, 5, and 6 all get nuclear so it wears out by then...). The focus on the Warners and Reza was masterful, at first the viewer does not see their importance, but you KNOW one of them is involved, just which one?

The reason this season did not merit five stars in my opinion was that the story lost some muscle once the nuke was detonated (a little more that halfway). Also, the story arc involving Kim Bauer was a little ridiculous: kidnapping, car theft, dead woman in trunk, boyfriend losing legs, cougars wanting to attack, crazy man with bomb shelter....

The involvment of Sherry Palmer in the story got a little overboard as did the removal of Palmer from power. I found the ending a little anti-climatic because all Jack was doing was trying to prove that an audion track was a forgery...apparently killing a bunch of terrorists in the LA Collesium will prove that...

We also got to see a glimpse of what would have made an amazing plot thread: the rumored 'Sons of Liberty' or Freemasons or whatever you want to call them. Basically a group of super wealthy and powerful men who use their influence to truly run the country and the economy. Using them as a plot backdrop could have created a mystifying element similar to the Smoking Man and company in X-files; however, the writers never revisit this aspect.

I bumped the rating up to four stars since the first half rates a five and the second half rates a three. March 23, 2008

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