I keep in mind when season 5 began on FOX on Sunday, January 15, 2006. I used to be watching the present proper earlier than it (I need to say it was “Household Man” however I actually don’t keep in mind), and the previews for season 5 puffed up the primary 10 minutes of this new season. I figured I might watch 10 minutes and see what all of the fuss was about.

After 5 minutes, I used to be hooked.

If you wish to attempt the present, my recommendation is to hire the primary disc of season 4. It’s my private perception that this season has the most effective starting. Additionally it is the most effective indicator of what “24” is like, and if the primary two hours don’t get you hooked on the present, then nothing will.

If the beginning of season 4 does hook you (which it ought to), then return to the start. Begin with disc 1 of season 1, and luxuriate in. You may need to drive your self via the primary couple of hours, however you can be vastly rewarded with the drama series  that follows all through season 1, and each different season.

It will likely be troublesome to cease watching season 4 after what you see, however there are issues in season 4 that you’ll not get the complete significance of if you don’t return to the start. Each season could be very gratifying by itself, however to get the complete impact, it’s best to go so as.

My father and I did this in the summertime of 2006. Having seen all of those episodes myself, I understand how good they’re. My dad wished to attempt it, and now he’s hooked. As I’m typing this evaluation, he’s within the technique of catching up in season 5. He’s watching two episodes per week, and he’s consistently calling me as we speak in regards to the present on a regular basis. Throughout this summer time, we watched every of the primary 4 seasons collectively. He would inform me when he might solely watch yet one more episode after which needed to go to mattress. One episode with out business breaks is about 40-43 minutes.

Almost each time he would say “yet one more”, we’d watch 4 extra hours as a result of the cliffhangers had been so good, he couldn’t cease after any given hour. I used to be the identical method throughout that yr in school. I’d say to myself “after this hour, I gotta go research” at 1 a.m. 5 episodes later, I’d nonetheless be saying, “Okay ONE MORE hour, and THEN I’ll research”. I’ve additionally performed the identical to a buddy of mine in school. She and I watched season 4 collectively, and we watched the primary 12 hours of that season in a single evening. This present is sort of inconceivable to get away from.

The center-stopping motion from minute to minute makes 24 by far the most effective present on tv. Each cliffhanger drives you loopy as you do not need to attend one other week to see what occurs subsequent.

The present isn’t flawless. On very uncommon events, a part of the storyline appears a bit of skinny, however these moments are so few and much between which you can and should overlook them since you need to see how it’s going to finish.

Kiefer Sutherland is the one particular person that would play the function of Jack Bauer. Then once more, perhaps it solely appears that method since I’ve grown accustomed to seeing him on this function. With that stated, he has shortly grow to be my favourite actor.

I’d say that his efficiency blows away everybody else within the present, however there’s not one actor within the present that I’ve disliked. From Reiko Aylesworth and Carlos Bernard, to Dennis Haysbert and Mary Lynn Rajskub, and everybody else in between, the forged is phenomenal. As with every present involving loads of violence, characters die. I cannot say who or when or how, however there have been a number of wonderful actors on the present, and simply once you suppose they’ve killed off your favourite, somebody new is available in that’s simply nearly as good. You don’t suppose {that a} present might consistently discover such likable actors and characters, however “24” brings in the most effective folks for each function each time.

There are folks I do know who’ve claimed that they tried the present and didn’t prefer it. These folks made a mistake. They watched an episode in the course of the season. As a result of a season on this present covers someday, and each episode is one hour out of that day, you can’t get a lot from it once you begin in the course of a season. My dad tried that in season 5, and he didn’t prefer it. As soon as he tried it from the beginning of a season, effectively, you already learn that. He’s virtually extra hooked than I’m.

My brother didn’t just like the present both, however his drawback was that he was not from the beginning. He felt an obligation to humor me and provides it a shot, however he sat via it as if he was simply ready for the present to finish. He didn’t attempt to get pleasure from it, and he didn’t.

So long as you attempt the present from the start of a season, (I recommend the beginning of 4), and so long as you might be open to the potential for the present being gratifying, I can not think about a viewer not getting hooked on “24”. Some characters take time to develop on you. Others won’t. Some reveals take time to develop on you. This one won’t. In case you have not performed so but, discover a buddy who has the DVDs or hire them, and begin catching up on, and having fun with “24”, the most effective present on tv.