This is one of the coolest shows on TV. I even picked up a legit copy (think its a Japanese import) with subtitles, so I may show it to my classes. They love drama, and it's actiony enough that they won't be missing a lot if they miss some of the dialogue (it goes pretty fast).
This is a good example of how to do TV correctly. Even though I think the series Peters out a bit after the first season (I mean, how long can you maintain 24 hours as a theme? It gets old), and it is a clear propoganda bit for Homeland Security, but even so it is a really fun ride. The action is evenly spaced in the first three episodes, and the plot has lots of twists and turns, but it keeps them simple enough so you don't get too lost. The first time I watched this season, back with Matt in the States, I came in on about episode 5, so I didn't have a clue what was going on. Still, the plot was engaging and the acting good enough it didn't really matter.
Overall summary of the first three episodes: Jack Bauer, head of CTU-LA (Counter-Terrorism Unit) gets a call that an assassination attempt is going to be made the next day on the first potentially successful African-American presidential canidate. Throw in a subplot about his daughter sneaking out for the night and that he and his wife have just recently gotten back together after being seperated, and that Jack had an affair while seperated with his 2nd in command, Nina; and that Nina and Tony (another coworker) are seeing each other, and that there is a conspiracy inside CTU about the assassination, and that there is another corrupt guy in CTU Interal Affairs that dislikes Jack, and that Jack's daughter is kidnapped as part of the conspiracy... you get the idea.
Good, suspenseful spy vs. spy gig. Lots of American bravado (Jack is a bad business man, working for the good guys, and takes no shit from anyone. He also is a Patriot with a serious captial--if the rest of the word was in 12 point font, the "P" is in like 72 point), and a wonderful job of telling a story in a new and interesting way.
The one problem I saw was that in one of the scenes, Jack and Marshall (Jack's soon to be dead boss) are sneaking through a hallway with bad guys gunning for them, and you see a couple of the camera crew for a brief second at the edge of the screen. For shame, 24 production people. For shame.
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