Shark Bytes

If I admit that I forgot where in the heck this show left off, does that make me a bad person? I guess the two hour "make up" special later this month (November) will answer several questions.

Ok...let me see if I have 24 down...

1. Some terrorist has a hard-on for Los Angeles...not DC, not NY...LA. Nucs, viruses, world domination...all from the Hollyhood hills. Must be the nice weather.

2. Jack is brooding, either from a breakup, drug use, prison, a faked death or some other trauma.

3. Chloe is looking like she smelled dog poo.

4. Jack goes off half cocked, while he shouts one of the following "I MUST TALK TO THE PRESIDENT", or "CHLOE I NEED IT NOW!", "THERE'S NO TIME, JUST DO IT!"

5. With all the technology they have, no one has hands-free cell phones, which never die, or lose signal.

6. Everyone who is injured, simply resumes work in the next hour. Tony's shot in the neck, Jack's torture, Morris' torture, Milo shot...no one even takes a pain med.

7. Assholes R Us, is the hiring agent for CTU. Does anyone have a decent personality at that place?

8. A mole, a breach, a leak...every season at CTU.

9. Shady presidential aides...again.

10. Jack can get anywhere in LA by the next commercial.

11. A significant look by any number of women at Jack. Anorexic Teri, Nina, Audrey, his sister-in-law, Kate...

12. No one eats. Have never seen Jack eat anything for 6 seasons.

Previous comment jumped the shark when it attempts to see the future

Jumped when Obama was the President. Jumped again when Hilary was President.

The show jumped when Jack's dad and brother were behind the terrorist attacks, but I think the new season is a full blown jump. A prequel with the first female president, and Jack is in Africa trying to stop Genocide, all taking place somewhere circa 1992? Not only is Jack not with CTU or fighting terrorists, but now we don't even get the technological aspect of the show which makes like 30% of the plot, not to mention all the back story they're going to have to put in to explain why Jack is in Africa.

I think that Day 5, Ep 1 was the best episode the show ever had... and from that moment on, the show has been ridiculous. Once Palmer, Tony, and Michelle died (okay, maybe not Tony), it's been bad.

This show had a great run, longer than most. However, the five-season rule to the television series definitely applies. Season six was classic shark jumping. Hell, it even had the female McGinley: Rena Sofer! Well, it was a great ride while it lasted!

The show jumped in season 5. That season has been called the best season of the show by most, but I would disagree. While it had an amazing beginning, and an amazing ending (and good performances by Jean Smart and Greg Itzin). However, much of the middle of the season was complete crap. People don't remember it as such because of the ending, but I was downright bored by much of the episodes in the middle of this season. So much so that I've never managed to watch this season in its entirety twice. The first four seasons I've seen at least three times each, season one probably more than that. Season five is when the show started to get really repetitive...ie, another unreasonable leader takes control of CTU, another terror attack takes place at CTU, Jack has to go it alone because command disagrees with him, there's a mole, etc. In short, I simply disagree that this is the best season because it isn't anymore near as original as some of the earlier ones. Season six, of course, is FAR worse, but the cracks in the wall began here.

Great show, i don't think it jumped but it came close in the last season, when it was shown Jack's dad and brother were terrorists. Also the next season, premiering in 2009 may be the season to kill the show. No CTU? Tony comes back to life? Tony is a terrorist? Let's hope for the sake of the fans, 24 stays true to its roots and cuts out these assenine ideas.

How did 24 get on the never jumped list? There are more "jumped" votes than"never jumped".

Jumped when Jack Bauer bullied those boys in the 1950's in an episode called "Stand By Me"...

im rewatching the seasons, jyst finished 1 again and it's probably the best. Granted; Kim getting kidnapped so many times was stupid as was terry's amnesia but i think it had everything.

Season 2 was also great, but yet again lim let it down for me.

Season 3 was also great as i particularly liked the chemistry between salazar and jack.

Chase was a nice addition, sadly not kept, it also introduced chloe who's great and tony, michelee and parmer were around.

4 was also good. 5 was decent but too much character killing and 6? well that was awful all round. slthough i loved morris.

I quit watching after the season when Tony came back and was doing ALL THE SAME THINGS JACK DID because he was a terrorist puppet JUST LIKE JACK WAS because the terrorists had his loved one as a hostage JUST LIKE JACK. I mean, WTF?

I also got tired of the repetitive cliffhangers and plot twists. It quickly became too improbable and unbelievable even for someone who wanted to believe the storyline.

Looking back, it lost all credibility for me during season ONE where hottie Kim and anorexic Teri are kidnapped and one of the kidnappers decides he's gonna rape Kim but- BUT decides to rape Teri instead because she pleads "Please oh please, take me, but spare my poor hot, voluptuous, blonde, teenaged daughter!" Seriously, what evil kidnapper/terrorist is gonna care enough to skip the hottie and do her old wrinkled anorexic, flat-chested Mom? Huh? HUH?

Maybe Tony wrote the plot of the 6th season, in retaliation for to get dead in the 5th. In this way, Tony sunk the show with a diabolical laugh, saying: "No more the Jack's show, now it's TONY!!! WAHAHAHAHA!!!".

For those of you waiting for new "24" episodes, here's some stuff you can COUNT on next season:
1.Jack "goes rogue" for the 186th time.
2.Jack screaming something dramatic like: "THE BOMB IS IN PLACE!",or "WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT!", all the while sounding as if he were having lower bowel issues or, in fact, a total rectal blockage.
3.That your local Wal-Mart or discount grocery store has better security than the CTU Los Angeles office.
4.Jack will torture somebody.
5.Jack, in turn, will himself be tortured (yet be good to go in about an hour or two afterward).
6.Whoever plays the President will either help Jack or completely screw him over (one of the two,or both).
7.That I'll be one of the idiots watching (if for nothing else, the comedic value).