Why did it stand out from other TV dramas? I believe that played a part, but I think there were several other factors that really made 24 stand out. First, the acting. Keifer Sutherland was a well-known name prior to taking on the role of Jack Bauer.
But thanks to his excellent portrayal of the character, Sutherland is now most known for the role of Jack Bauer, a role he played magnificently, winning an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in Dennis Haysbert took on the role of David Palmer, a character who would be linked with Bauer from the start of the show until his death in Season 5.
Both Haysbert and Sutherland did such a phenomenal job in the first season of the show that I think it really helped 24 build momentum. Maybe more than the acting though, was the aspect of real time. Luckily it was the former.
The introduction of a legendary TV character, a legendary real-time concept and bombastic action. Chuck Norr… I mean CTU agent Jack Bauer has to deal with his daughter being kidnapped; his wife loosing memory and some villain blackmailing him to kill the black presidential candidate David Palmer. High tension, action-packed, great L. Nothing less than a nuclear bomb detonating in Los Angeles and world war 3 are on the line in 24 season 2.
Can Jack Bauer and David Palmer save the day despite so many obstacles, even among their own people. Amazing TV with many epic moments. Clearly the best! What follows, is an intrigue of unimagined dimensions. It came off the heels of an infamous Writer's Strike in - where nearly every show around at the time was effected. That's no excuse, and Day Six showed fans of 24 that behind-the-scenes issues could really impact the show.
Season 6 kicked off with Jack Bauer released from a Chinese prison: traumatized and jaded from almost two years of torture. What should have been an interesting character development, was hijacked and cast aside for some of the dumbest plot devices in the show's history. A nuclear bomb detonating in Los Angeles in the fourth episode of the season no doubt!
The poor reception of season 6 and a writers strike meant that season 7 had longer in the oven than any season since the first. Things would be different, we were told. No more writing by the seat of the pants. No more trying to go bigger and better.
No more reliance on Jack as the only vaguely interesting character. And by and large it was a success… for three quarters of the season at least. And there was a delightfully meta subplot seeing Jack defending himself and by extension the entire show against accusations of glorifying torture.
What made 24 so brilliant in its early days had returned to some degree — the plot was twisty turny and difficult to predict, some familiar and presumed dead faces returned, and you could trust no one. And then near the end of the run, the writers sprang one twist too many and tried to introduce the ultimate man-behind-the-man, undermining the excellent work that had gone before. Season 1 set the template for so much of 24 , yet the first half of the season is quite unlike anything the show produced afterwards.
The kidnapping plot was cold, calculating, brutal, and unlike anything on television on that point. In fact, if you want to get someone hooked on a TV show, show them the first season of So why so low on the list? And it shows. Kim and Teri are safe, and then Kim decides to go and hang out with her previous kidnapper for no valid reason and Teri gets amnesia, of all things. And we have Dennis Hopper with a preposterous accent. There existed a debate at the time of season 2 about whether it surpassed the first.
Contemporary opinion would tell you that no, it did not.
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