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An article that was a delightful throwback to my favorite show of the early 2000's:
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/24/33992/24-ranking-the-seasons-in-order-of-quality
I stopped liking it at season 4; that's where they really jumped the shark for me. That's when the plots started to get increasingly dumber, and they abandoned the cold professionalism and clever spy double-crossing in favor of more and more action, to the point of absurdity.
An even bigger sin for me was to turn away from the "family is everything" moral to go towards the surprisingly (for a US show) quasi-Communist value of "the State is everything". I really liked how in the first three seasons, Jack and the other characters (even the baddies, to a certain extent) were struggling with varying degrees of success to find a balance between their personal lives and the people they truly cared about versus the greater cause they were supposed to defend. The constant stream of unlikable characters they brought in to replace the awesome people they had in the earlier seasons was the last nail in a coffin that's probably never gonna be open again.
It's still a great show, a stellar one even if you just watch its first three seasons.
I'd like you guys opinion as well! What's your favorite memories of 24? What did you like/hate about this show?
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/24/33992/24-ranking-the-seasons-in-order-of-quality
I stopped liking it at season 4; that's where they really jumped the shark for me. That's when the plots started to get increasingly dumber, and they abandoned the cold professionalism and clever spy double-crossing in favor of more and more action, to the point of absurdity.
An even bigger sin for me was to turn away from the "family is everything" moral to go towards the surprisingly (for a US show) quasi-Communist value of "the State is everything". I really liked how in the first three seasons, Jack and the other characters (even the baddies, to a certain extent) were struggling with varying degrees of success to find a balance between their personal lives and the people they truly cared about versus the greater cause they were supposed to defend. The constant stream of unlikable characters they brought in to replace the awesome people they had in the earlier seasons was the last nail in a coffin that's probably never gonna be open again.
It's still a great show, a stellar one even if you just watch its first three seasons.
I'd like you guys opinion as well! What's your favorite memories of 24? What did you like/hate about this show?