Just a heads-up: this review contains a lot of Amazon Affiliate links. I receive a portion of any purchases made through these links, at no additional cost to you. —TPP
Good ol’ Ponty sent over an unexpected treat: this excellent review of the early 2000s hit television series 24—at least, it’s his review of the first three seasons, along with his initial impressions of the fourth.
I remember when this show debuted. It was the perfect show for the War on Terror, back when that conflict still enjoyed some popular support among the American people. It was quintessentially Bush-era American: a brave lone warrior, coupled with a good counter-terrorism team, found the terrorists, while also resorting to (and often being the victim of) “enhanced interrogation techniques.” It was a time when we wanted terrorists, both on-screen and in real life, to get roughed up indiscriminately, “human rights” be damned!
24 delivered. I hadn’t thought of the show much since those halcyon—and, it turns out, dying—days of cable television until Ponty sent along this review. So come bask with us in those pre-Great Recession days, when it seemed like maybe we could actually install functioning, Western-style democracies in the Middle East.
With that, here is Ponty’s review of the television series 24:
