Twenty-Four (24)

last 4 days have been remarkably relaxed. as some of you know i am now hooked on '24' (its all your fault weeyang! and you too sam!). sam and i greet each other in the hallway with our fingers pointed at each other in a 'pseudo-gun' shape with the words, "freeze ... federal agent jack bauer!".

24's really gripping stuff, it takes hold of you and thats not let go for one moment .. each episode hangs with a veritable cliff-hanger making you come back for more of agent bauer. i like jack bauer because like jason bourne in the bourne identity series, his persona is very realistic. bauer is NOT the rifle-totting madman that arnold swazernagger plays in most films, neither is he the suave and all-talk agent, james bond. instead he comes through with his wits, love for his family, the loyalty of his friends and sheer tenacity. additionally, there's so many twists to the story it just leaves you spinning! oh and the name 24 stems from the fact that each episode last one hour and one season of twenty-four episodes covers one full-day in real-time - pretty innovative!

finally, from the mouth of an addict: be warned, if you're gonna catch 24 ... you're gonna have to watch all five seasons ... one hour or even twenty-four hours just doesn't satisfy!