24 - Season Four starring Kiefer
Sutherland, Carlos Bernard, Reiko
Aylesworth, Kim Raver, Mary Lynn
Rajskub
Stupendous
Oh boy. Here we go again! Just another exciting day in the life of 24 super-
agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). The season kicks off with a deadly
terrorist strike resulting in the kidnapping of his new boss, the U.S.
Secretary of Defense James Heller (William Devane). Although a fired, ex-
employee of the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU), it is no surprise who is going
to shift into full gear to bring the terrorists to justice. However, it doesnt
take the super-agent long to discover the kidnapping of his boss is part of
a much larger plan, master-minded by Habib Marvan (Arnold Vosloh) the
middle eastern terrorist cell leader the US government has been trying to
track down for years. Considered by many to be the best season of the
first four, 24 - Season 4 is a definite departure from the first three seasons.
First, the cast is almost entirely new. Second, the pacing of each episode
does not seem as frantic. There appears to be a shift from the reliance on
plot-shifting cliff hangers (which in some ways dragged down the quality of
Season 3), to a focus on complex, over-arcing, multiple storylines, albeit
very violent. What may be missing in superficial action clichés is definitely
compensated for in a richer plot. Thats not to say the show has slowed
down; its still amped up beyond anything else on TV, but compared to the
previous seasons, 24 has gotten a lot smarter, and in turn, better. --Rob
Bracco
Just when it seemed that 24 couldnt get any better, it did. A lot better.
Season Four introduces the usual agonizing plot twists but adds several
exceptional new players: Edgar, Chloes geeky (and ample) sidekick,
Secretary of Defense Joseph Heller, his daughter Audrey, and the steely,
purposeful terrorist Marwan.
Jack Bauer continues as the shows pivot: preternaturally principled in
defense of his country, tactically beyond the pale, always on the edge of
love but never quite achieving it.
The show is riveting, compelling, addictive. Superlatives need not apply,
weve already got most of the available ones on salary and hard at work.
Good grief, this is excellent television, a periodic DVD treat thats right up
there with fried scrapple, my mothers macaroni and cheese, and just one
or two other really good things.
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