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I'll start with a couple:

- Nearly all of the characters have exactly one dimension.

- They've fooled people into thinking that it's okay to wait through 24 hours of tv-watching just to get a resolution (do they even do that? I've only seen a few episodes).

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I've only seen a few episodes

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So why does your opinion matter at all?

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So why does your opinion matter at all?

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Joke? How many terrible shows have you watched for more than 4 hours?

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The show is absolutely ridiculous on all levels.

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because it hasn't started yet and i'm too lazy to find/dl it.

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If you don't understand why 24 is the best show on TV, then you are dumb.

End of story.

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LOLOLOLOL looking at 24 for character arc or w/e,

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because it never ends

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It's used to be a great show, but now its very stale

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They've fooled people into thinking that it's okay to wait through 24 hours of tv-watching just to get a resolution

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What a completely retarded "point". This objection would also apply to The Wire, Rome, Lost, etc. Basically any show that doesn't solve everything in each episode.

Here is a real complaint with the show:
The show is always set in LA.

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Jack's going to be gruff and unshaven at the start of the new season, but by the end of the first episode I bet he's a clean-shaven torturing machine. The problem is they already did this in season 2.

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It sucks because I just got done watching season 1 on dvd, and I havn't bought season 2 yet [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Havn't watched any episode from any other season either.

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I left when the daughter did.

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If you don't understand why 24 is the best show on TV, then you are dumb.

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you'll get much farther arguing if you don't lay things down in such absolutist terms....humor me, why is it the best show on tv?

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I've never watched the show but I keep seeing the ad for "special 4 hour -two night premiere". What kind of stupid gimmick crap is that? It's such a stupid idea and it doesn't even make sense, this alone makes me not want to watch.

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Ive only seen the first 2 seasons, and that was back when they were first broadcast, but-

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WORST CHARACTER IN ANYTHING EVER.

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It's used to be a great show, but now its very stale

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Wrong. So very, very wrong.

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bad writing which is dumbed down to make everything painfully obvious to even the slowest viewers

Characters talk/act unrealistically (I don't care about the realism of the show in general)

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I've never watched the show but I keep seeing the ad for "special 4 hour -two night premiere". What kind of stupid gimmick crap is that? It's such a stupid idea and it doesn't even make sense, this alone makes me not want to watch.

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OK, how does this not make sense?

They want people to watch the show.
Watching the show requires dedication/obsession.

What better way to tie people into the show then have them watch the first 4 hours in 2 days?

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I've never watched the show but I keep seeing the ad for "special 4 hour -two night premiere". What kind of stupid gimmick crap is that? It's such a stupid idea and it doesn't even make sense, this alone makes me not want to watch.

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You're right. I prefer to have a new episode to rerun ration of 3:2 like most other shows - makes for much better viewing. 4 episodes who 2 nights? Pfffft, who are these clowns?

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I've never watched the show but I keep seeing the ad for "special 4 hour -two night premiere". What kind of stupid gimmick crap is that? It's such a stupid idea and it doesn't even make sense, this alone makes me not want to watch.

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OK, how does this not make sense?

They want people to watch the show.
Watching the show requires dedication/obsession.

What better way to tie people into the show then have them watch the first 4 hours in 2 days?

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I understand the marketing behind it. It's just that a premiere is ONE night, the first night, you can't have a two night premiere. It just comes of as if network knows the show stinks so they come up with this crap.

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"It just comes of as if network knows the show stinks so they come up with this crap."

This man's logic is impeccable.

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keefer

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It's just that a premiere is ONE night, the first night, you can't have a two night premiere.

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*head explodes*

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it just pisses me off how the president and ctu keep negotiating with terrorists in the same episodes that they say verbatim "we do not negotiate with terrorists." and this keeps happening.

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What's so unbelievable about that? It's good to have a reputation of not negotiating with terrorists, it's good to negotiate with terrorists. Not contradictory.

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also,

there are way way way way too many people on the inside. like 15x as many people who could likely even come remotely close to being on the inside.

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i've only seen a few eps. but jack always shoots somebody in the leg to get info?!

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i've only seen a few eps. but jack always shoots somebody in the leg to get info?!

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this only happened like twice. other methods of torture are preferred

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OVER-ACTING

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I love 24 but,

1. The plot line get less believable each season, which isn't a huge deal to me.

2. Kim Bauer, wtf bring her back for a full season.

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everyone is well rested despite being up 24+ hours.

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i'm working my way through season 4. i really enjoyed the first 2 seasons, and then I saw during season 3 it was just losing steam. The 24 hour constraint and constant "HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER PROBLEM TO EXTENUATE THE STORYLINE to make it 24 hours" sometimes hurts the show. Now it's just a guilty pleasure or popcorn entertainment. They do have some interesting political themes. It'd be nice if they change it up and did a drama with Jack that follows a storyline like Sleeper Cell.

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- They've fooled people into thinking that it's okay to wait through 24 hours of tv-watching just to get a resolution (do they even do that? I've only seen a few episodes).

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You'd probably be much better off sticking to watching re-runs of "Friends" or "Mad About You" where every storyline is wrapped up in a 30 minute episode

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i've only seen a few eps. but jack always shoots somebody in the leg to get info?!

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This is part of the perfection of 24. What better stress reliever than when anytime Jack gets near a terrorist you get to yell "Shoot Him in the Leg, Jack!" from the couch in the living room with the family. Good times!

Why it sucks: We won't get to watch season 6 until next fall when the DVD comes out because it's more fun to watch all 24 hours in marathon sessions.

The Poker Mom

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Because watching TV is probably the 3rd dumbest thing you could do with your time.

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Maybe OP needs to turn the show into a drinking game, e.g., take a shot every time Jack operates outside the chain of command, or is accused of doing so?

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Because it's on network TV.

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i'm working my way through season 4. i really enjoyed the first 2 seasons, and then I saw during season 3 it was just losing steam. The 24 hour constraint and constant "HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER PROBLEM TO EXTENUATE THE STORYLINE to make it 24 hours" sometimes hurts the show. Now it's just a guilty pleasure or popcorn entertainment. They do have some interesting political themes. It'd be nice if they change it up and did a drama with Jack that follows a storyline like Sleeper Cell.

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Season 4 is awesome.