| 24: Season One |
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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 22-MAY-2007
Media Type: DVD
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By Gwenevere Richardson (Houston, TX)
For several years, I've heard that "24" was a good show, but since I pretty much gave up on weekly television shows several years ago (due to a busy schedule, an inability to keep up with the programming times and the dearth of good material), I had never watched one episode. At Thanksgiving dinner this year, my stepdaughter told me it was a great show that she thought I would enjoy. I purchased Season 1 on her recommendation. It's been five weekends since then, I've purchased a season each week, and I can't get enough. It is simply the best television ever, completely absorbing with compelling characters. My husband and I are both totally addicted. I've purchased the seasons one at a time. We usually start on Friday night, watch for chunks of hours at a time and are done by Sunday evening.
Jack Bauer (played by Keifer Sutherland) is an excellent, multi-dimensional character. Patriotic, morally grounded, yet with human frailties. I've only seen Sutherland in one film (Flatliners) and had no idea about his acting abilities, which are simply superb in "24."
I also love David Palmer's character (played by Dennis Haysbert). He possesses the qualities I believe most of us would like to see in our President. It is also prescient that Palmer plays the first Black president on television, several years before Barack Obama was elected. I see several similarities (other than the type of woman who plays the first lady) -- it's almost like a premonition.
After watching Season 1, I was curious as to whether or not the intensity and strong storyline could be maintained over time. I just finished Season 5 today and have already purchased Season 6. I haven't been disappointed yet and each season is so good, that I really can't pick a favorite. My only caution would be that I would never want to watch the show as a weekly activity. I wouldn't be able to wait seven days for the next episode. For Season 8 (which starts in January), I'll just wait until the DVD comes out toward mid to late-2010.
By Charles Valenzuela
24 hours of intrigue, suspense, and betrayal. You won't be able to turn the TV off until the last disk is done.
By Michael
Prepare to have an elevated pulse rate while watching this show. 24 The first season
should qualify as a bona-fide calorie consuming weight loss program as long as the
viewer isn't munching down on junk food while enjoying the show. Wear your seat belts.
By jackbauerfan
24 is by far my favorite television show of all time. This is probably my favorite season. That could be because it was the first one I saw, or it could be because it is actually the best. I don't know. I just like this one the best.
Let's start with the characters. Jack Bauer is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. I just love his courage, loyalty, and self-sacrifice (which we don't really see in this season). In just about every season of the show, Jack gets messed over at the end. But that never stops him. In the next season, he's back and ready to serve his country again. He goes into these situations knowing he could get hurt, but he cares about his country more than he cares about himself. He gives whatever he has to to protect it. Now let's get into some of the other characters. I love David Palmer. He is a senator running for mayor. There is a terrorist group trying to kill him. Why? He's a black man running for president. But is that really why they want him dead? Another character I love is Tony Almeida. I didn't care for him too much in this season, but as time goes on, he gets better. Nine Myers was another character I initially liked. She's fiercely loyal to Jack and does whatever he tells her to do with no questions asked, even if she knows she could get into trouble or lose her job. There's an interesting twist to how her character turns out in this season. I don't want to give anything away in case some of you guys haven't seen this yet, but man, that thing with her at the end of this season, wow. Probably the most surprising twist of the entire series. I actually liked Kim in this season. I know I could get killed for that, but I didn't really have a problem with her. Many people hate her character, and I can see why, but for some reason she didn't really bother me. The only character in this season who I was supposed to like and disliked was Teri. Some people liked her, but I couldn't stand her. They try to make her the strong mother who will do anything to protect her child, but to me she just came across as the naïve woman who stupidly gets into danger that anyone with half a brain could avoid. I couldn't stand David Palmer's wife Sherry, and I wasn't supposed to like her. She is an overbearing, power-hungry, manipulative woman who is obsessed with getting her husband into the white house at any cost. I loved to hate her.
As far as the plot goes, it was probably the simplest of all the seasons in the series. The bad guys want to kill Jack and Palmer. Wheras the other seasons usually had the bad guys doing some complicated act of terrorism, this season just has this one plotline. Jack has to protect himself, his family, and David Palmer by finding out who is after them and why. The villians in this season were amazing. Ira Gaines, the villian for the first half of the season, is one of my top three villians of the whole series. His performance, incredible. Victor Drazen, played by Dennis Hopper and serving as the villian for the second half of the season, was not quite as good. It wasn't because of his acting or the way he was written. It was simply because the guy could not do a slavic accent. That kind of ruined all the good lines he had, and made him look like less of a threatening villian. But he was still okay, in my opinion. His obsession with killing Jack made him kind of scary despite his horrible accent.
To recap, this is my favorite season of my all-time favorite show. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and it was so intense that I just could not stop watching it. I watched this entire season in two days. It was that good. As a side note, this season has probably the least amount of action out of the series. It was more about the suspense than the action. That's one of the reasons I love it.
By M. Herzog (chicago)
24 is known as "adrenaline" television. This is because the show it utterly intentse, with contstant twists, and never really lets up. Honestly, if you watch one episode, you'll be drooling to see the next one. In fact, most people go through this show on dvd very quickly as its hard to stop. That being said, watching the episodes back to back lends itself to a few problems. No this isn't about the fact that no one ever sleeps, naps, eats, or uses the bathroom. That would make for lame television and I don't really care about that. No the problem is with the fact that SOOO many things happen in such a short span, or episodes forget what happened before. [BEGIN SPOILERS] For instance, there is a girl who is kidnapped, drugged, broken arm, hit by a car and in surgery within only a few hours. Now, while this is possible, seeing it back to back makes you start to role your eyes in boredom. What was next, he mom calls and tells her she was adopted? Or she finds out that she's actually dead, and this is purgatory? Also, watching the show back to back really made the biggest shocker, the traitor at the end of the series, far less believable. Somehow, a character, who was set up to be killed by the bad guys, found out who another traitor was, and investigated her, as well as was the only reason Jack Bauer succeeded most the time was actually a traitor? This was very unbelievable, and was disapointing. [END SPOILERS]
That being said, the show is very entertaining. I was hooked and enjoyed watching each episode, and was dying to see more. Other than some mild problems with the plot, and some odd plot decisions that didn't make sense, I was very pleased. Highly recomended!
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