I came late to the 24 fan base, but wow what an awesome series. Watched all 8 seasons, including Redemption, Live Another Day and the season prequels all under a year. It is now one of my favorite shows of all time and I'm sure it will not be surpassed. Definitely one of the best shows that will ever be on TV. 24: Legacy, sadly, was not the same.

This is a complete joke of a show. Its not a 2-hour horribly ridiculous movie - its TWENTY-FOUR hours of ridiculous, unbelievable, and stupid pseudo-drama. For instance, Sutherland gets poisoned and starts to have a heart attack. In minutes, he self-injects a medication to stop his heart attack, but within 5-10 minutes, he is running "full speed" down the street after a "bad guy". Yeah. Sure. If you watch one hour, you've seen all 24. If you've been kidnapped and forced against your will to watch all episodes, watch the first, ...go catatonic for the middle 22, and then watch the 24th. Now, you've got the whole story. This show should be a form of torture at Gitmo. I gave it a '2' instead of '1' because some of the commercials are pretty good.

I am going to summarize this for you. All 10 seasons of it!There are terrorists. Good terrorists, bad terrorists, terrorizing terrorists, mesmerizing terrorists... Say it 9 times, fast!In good ol' USA, there is a very powerful agency called CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit).6-8 people work in CTU. 1-3 of them are employed by terrorists at any given moment!CTU headquarters is in Los Angeles. The building and its resources can be accessed by anyone and everyone:* from front * from back * from top * from bottom * from sides * from windows * from basement * from HVAC pipes * from roof above * from sewage canals belowAnyone can enter the building with a federal ID, with a driver's license or with a Walmart gift card. You can probably pass all security checks and find yourself right in the middle of OPs room just by imagining about it! (Seriously, real CTU should sue the hell out of these people for portraying them as the most imbecilic people on planet)Those who enter the building can install C4 explosives, nuclear bombs, nerve gas canisters, EMPs, IEDs, PVTs, EBDs, XEVs, SUVs and untold number of harmful acronyms, and while doing that, can probably carry an elephant or two on their backs between floors without being noticed. They can shoot anyone at random, including very important witnesses that are left to walk around aimlessly. As an additional bonus, CTU building has empty rooms for moles to operate in total privacy.Then there is Jack Bauer, who saves anyone and everyone from bad guys, but not believed or trusted by anyone, even those whose lives he saved multiple times in a row.Jack has a daughter, Kim Bauer. Kim likes to play table tennis and take long walks on the beach. This, of course, is whenever she has time from getting kidnapped -- 8 times per season, sometimes back-to-back or 15 minutes apart. She psychologically broke me. Whenever I see her pop up on screen, on any movie, I feel terrified that she is going to be grabbed again and a new 24 nightmare will start over!Well, 9 seasons of this shythe and a terrible series ending with no closure: Jack surrendering to Russians 39th time, as happened 8 seasons before. Die already!.........And then... And then.............. When you think you have seen it all, there is the masterpiece: The BLACKJACK! The 24 Legacy, Season 10.Jack is replaced by a 16-year old, Politically Correct, Diversity-Certified black boy. This season is a special kind of awful.But I am sure this season was intentional to warm up the audience for what is to come in Season 11: BlackJack Duplex: Black-Gay-Female-Muslim-CecilTheLion Jack in lead, Transgender Freakshow Jenner as President!I mean, come on, bloody hell! The show had great potential, but they overdid it and laced it with stupidity. I was forced to watch it because of gf and it was really painful to finish it all. It was freaking tormenting.See Homeland for a good one. Don't waste your time on this.PS: That gong... I hope whoever decided to torture us with it has it played to him nonstop when he is dying on his deathbed.

A fully-formed, crazy addictive adrenaline rush right from the start and it doesn't let up until the final minutes of the 24th hour.This thriller series is innovative.With its breathless pace, moral dilemmas galore, and an innovative format, 24 is an extremely exciting show ....Forget sleeping through this one--you won't even want to blink.