Rues of Roo

24: Season 6 Cast

I just finished season 6 of 24 in about 2 weeks (which if you think about it is actually quite steady and self-controlled viewing, an episode a day, or so?) so if you’re one of those people I’ve been sincerely informing of my busy-ness, now you know why. But seriously, I have been busy, so watching that amount of TV a day isn’t very beneficial for anyone, and six hour nights were really getting to me by this weekend. (Yes, yes, six hours is a lot for some).

I think 24 is one of those series that you cannot watch on a weekly basis. I tend to wait til the season is over, ‘obtain’ the entire series and then watch it in one shot, or over a week or two. The reason is because while you know that every episode is going to end to the sound of those seconds ticking to the hour with an incredibly insane, life threatening finale, you still end up incredibly frustrated when it happens. That’s one of the reasons why I never did watch season 2,3 or 4, because it just got so irritating when I couldn’t find out what happened next.

Season 6 was a bit ridiculous in parts, but I’m glad they had the guts to set of a nuclear bomb in California. Doing it in episode 4 was pretty interesting. Well done terrorists, you managed to do something without talking about it beforehand too much. I do have a feeling the producers are running out of ideas at times, there are a lot of recycled ‘situations’ and the age old ‘Jack Bauer breaks the law, disobeys orders, but makes the right decisions which the authorities only realise later’ scenario is really frustrating. It happens at least four or five times in every season. The torture sequences also really do get to you at times. Sticking a knife in someone’s knee, or a power drill in your shoulder really don’t make pleasant viewing. Still, killing off key characters is something you have to give the producers some credit for. There aren’t many series out there that are willing to take out lead characters at the risk of losing viewership. However, the seeming invincibility of Jack Bauer does get a bit implausible at times. But still. Entertaining nevertheless.

And another thing I must give credit to the 24 producers for- they really know how to pick the irritating, spineless, American civil servants. They’re there solely for the purpose of being hated, and they do it so well.

For Jack’s kills in 24, a rather entertaining website is here. Please bear in mind I in no way advocate the killing of individuals for fun.
http://www.bauercount.com/v3/index.php/season/show/6