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I know, I know, everyone is talking about Lost and I'll say this now, Iv'e never watched lost so it should come as no surprise that I didn't watch the season finale. The reason is simple, it's not a bad show by any means, I just never had the urge or time to start watching it. I used to watch Prison Break and 24 would come on right after, after awhile, I felt intrigued enough to go out and buy the first season on DVD. And before I knew it, I had watched all five seasons in less then a month, this was in 2007. I missed most of the sixth season but I watched the last few episodes anyway. Once it came out on DVD later that year, I got all caught up. Unfortunetly, because of that stupid Writers Strike, I had to wait a full extra year for season seven, then after that, season eight came around and that was the last we'd see of Jack Bauer on TV, or so we thought, no seriously, they actually ended it that time, for good.
Before I can talk about the eighth season & the finale, I might as well briefly discuss the series and it’s progression. The first season is still to this day one of the best, the concept was very interesting and original for it's time and it introduced us to some great (and not so great) characters. The second season wasn't as good as the first but still had some good moments and created the ongoing sequel status that it is now. Season three was an improvement from the last two and in my opinion was the best of the first three. Season four wasn't as exiting and memorable as the first three. Season five however, while I didn't like how they killed off so many of my favorite characters we got to know over the course of the series was the best by far, it had me on the edge of my seat (or "couch") and was TV Drama at it's best. Season six was it where it dropped the ball and was in my opinion, the weakest of series. It started out with potential but then just fell flat on it's face. The writing wasn't as intense or nail biting as it's predeccors, it explored tired ideas and just lacked the freshness of it's predessors. Season seven gave us a new look at 24, I didn't like how they brought back Tony Almada just to make him the bad guy. He just went against everything he fought for in the first five season. It did however have some decent twists and got rid of the bad taste in my mouth from season six.
Overall, the really liked the eighth season, not the best of the bunch but certainly not the worst. A 24 movie sounds hit or miss to me, if they are to go out and make a feature length film, I would like to see them do something we havn't seen on TV already, that's the problem, 24 has raised the bar so high, they would have to top it. I mean why go out to the movie theatre, pay extra for popcorn, deal with everything you have to deal with in a movie theatre when you can watch something just as good in your own living room?
24 is not perfect by any means but it is a show that has impacted TV, politics and how America views itself more than anything else on television.
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