Just ask the question, WWAND*? And see if it fits the likes of Bush, Obama, Cheney etc. and move on from there.

*What Would A Nazi Do? Torture, mass murder, lie, manipulate people not caring what happens to them? The USA fits it now as well as during the previous 8 years.

I liked the idea of the serial being reborn for the 21st century. Adding a black president, then his brother and then a woman president gave and interesting twist to the fantasy world where torture always gives forth true and correct information. That and multi-layered conspiracies to the stories were interesting. But maybe 8 years are enough. Especially without enough of the legendary outsider Jack Bauer called in to save the day time and again. Great fun but those Nazis that kept using it as a real life example to support Nazi polices like torture was too much. They only wished they operated that way without criticism. Embarrassing really. It is only a TV show after all.

...(Action shows are biased toward ticking-time-bomb fantasies.)...

True enough, with FANTASIES being the operative word here, since that’s all a so-called ticking bomb scenario could ever be. Every time I hear about a ticking time bomb I think of Popeye having to hurry and rescue Olive Oil from the train tracks that she’s been tied to by the evildoer.

He always got there just in time.

@samosamo:

Seconded. Watched about 3 minutes to confirm my suspicion and that’s it. Utter bullsh*t program. The squierliest (sic) dweeb in the office was a huge fan and that already spoke volumes to me.

Proud to say I never watched an episode of this dribble. I have
read several of vince flynns books where this ‘24’ stuff most
likely came from, and at first liked it a lot especially the first
book, ‘Term Limits’ when some disgruntled special forces people
started knocking off several of the crooked congressmen for
their transgressions, but in later books that had what appears to
be the ‘get bad with the terrorist’ crap, it all faded when at the
time I was reading the ‘REAL’ news and how our government
were the liars, terrorists and criminals, I just had to give up the
fucked up hubristic fantasy old vince flynn was pumping out as it
had no basis other than corporate cheer leading.
Once again, proud to never have seen a ‘24’ episode.

I hope this phony terrorist-fighting agent dies in the
end, you know, for his country.

But without Jack Bauer, who will there be to make Americans believe in the absurd “ticking clock” terrorist scenarios that keep us so afraid?

Kiefer Sutherland knows better than this.  He knows it’s b.s., as he’s made clear in statements.  But he can’t claim it’s “just a role”.  This show has served a cynical and manipulative political purpose and he has been an accomplice to it.

At least the people who teach at West Point should now have less work to do de-brainwashing their entering freshman, many of whom have actually believed that ‘24’ bears some resemblance to reality.  It got so bad that the dean of West Point actually paid a visit to Fox to ask them to get real.  (http://www.democracynow.org/2007/2/22/is_torture_on_hit_fox_tv)

I guess, having watched only about five minutes of one episode before getting sick to my stomach at this apology for torture and fear mongering, I am not really qualified to critique this show.

Kiefer, enjoy the money you sellout!