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24
Ran: 9 Seasons plus 1 Special (2001 till 2014)
Episodes: 204 Episodes plus 1 Special
Following Jack Bauer, a CTU Federal Agent based in LA, the shows main gimmick was its semi-real time format of having a 24 hour storyline told over 24 hour long episodes. The first season began with a simple tale of Jack's life being turned upside down during an attempt on the life of US Senator David Palmer. With each subsequent season the price for Bauer rose as he faced down domestic threat after threat culminating in the final season that saw him dragged away to a Russian prison where he remains to this day. The show originally became a phenomenon due to its high stakes twists and hollywoodised action but became too heavily tied within a formula that increasingly made the storylines convoluted and reliant on political babble. It became easy to play 24-Bingo, marking off the threats on his dim daughter, his screaming about a bomb to a suspect, there being a mole in CTU and a central character getting bumped off. Regardless though, Jack remained the anchor of the show throughout its life.
24: Legacy
Ran: 1 Seasons plus 1 Special (2017)
Episodes: 12 Episodes
With only one returning character, the short lived spin-off proved the show hung on one character. Legacy followed an ex-Army Ranger who finds his squad mates are being hunted one by one. The real-time format returns but due to the shortened episode count uses time jumps to keep events within a 24 hour window. However, the show attracted the same criticisms as the main shows later seasons and without Jack viewers failed to see a reason to hang on in there resulting in the shows cancellation.
Share your thoughts and memories of 24!
24
Ran: 9 Seasons plus 1 Special (2001 till 2014)
Episodes: 204 Episodes plus 1 Special
Following Jack Bauer, a CTU Federal Agent based in LA, the shows main gimmick was its semi-real time format of having a 24 hour storyline told over 24 hour long episodes. The first season began with a simple tale of Jack's life being turned upside down during an attempt on the life of US Senator David Palmer. With each subsequent season the price for Bauer rose as he faced down domestic threat after threat culminating in the final season that saw him dragged away to a Russian prison where he remains to this day. The show originally became a phenomenon due to its high stakes twists and hollywoodised action but became too heavily tied within a formula that increasingly made the storylines convoluted and reliant on political babble. It became easy to play 24-Bingo, marking off the threats on his dim daughter, his screaming about a bomb to a suspect, there being a mole in CTU and a central character getting bumped off. Regardless though, Jack remained the anchor of the show throughout its life.
24: Legacy
Ran: 1 Seasons plus 1 Special (2017)
Episodes: 12 Episodes
With only one returning character, the short lived spin-off proved the show hung on one character. Legacy followed an ex-Army Ranger who finds his squad mates are being hunted one by one. The real-time format returns but due to the shortened episode count uses time jumps to keep events within a 24 hour window. However, the show attracted the same criticisms as the main shows later seasons and without Jack viewers failed to see a reason to hang on in there resulting in the shows cancellation.
Share your thoughts and memories of 24!
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