May 19, 2010

24 and Jack Bauer: The end of an Era

Another excellent episode delivered by Fox.  Jack Bauer don a black mask and outfit, which reminded me of Ironman, but instead of the red suit, it's a "black" ironman CTU agent.

For the last eight seasons, I have enjoyed watching the nerve-wrecking stories that unfolded every Monday.   The series finale  is next week, and I'm somewhat saddened by its ending.  CTU and Jack Bauer was created to fight terrorism in America.  A secret-agent man gone wild, in a sense, where Jack doesn't follow any protocols set by the US government, it's agencies including the presidential affairs.  Jack Bauer is the "superman" who can withstand, survive any torture, being stabbed, electrocuted, shot at, and has an amazing ability to shoot perfectly at his enemies with the first pull of the trigger, plus catch the culprit, all within 24 hours!

Every season, it's always a terrorist and a mole installed at CTU. Then, there's Jack who can't decide to retire or not, since the agency is begging him to come back (sounds like that football quarterback story?).

Seriously, the writers have come up with some of the best stories about the life of Jack Bauer in a 24 hour period, season after season. Each delivered an intense drama that left the their television viewers on the edge of their couches! It was an amazing TV experience that FOX Network delivered.  We'll miss Jack Bauer and the rest of the CTU operatives! 


Going dark now.

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