24

I'm generally a slow adopter of anything and everything. And, often, the advertisements for TV shows tend to make me not want to watch the show.

Take the TV show 24. I thought the idea of a season of shows representing each hour of a day from midnight to midnight was really good, but I was not interested in a show that glued me to my TV. I thought it would be problematic to miss an episode. I was right.

Stacey and I are streaming the first season on Netflix. We are about half way through. It is clever and suspenseful. The only way to see this series, for me, anyway, is to have the DVDs (or equivalent). Half way through, and I am starting to correctly guess what's next. "Starting" as in I have been right one time on what is really a very minor development.

I do have issues with the series, though. There overall tech-talk and computer usage is really, really BAD. At one point they have tied into private security cameras and at another point they can't triangulate a cell phone call. Two different bits of "encrypted" data is being decrypted a tiny little chunk at a time (so they can get partial clues).

My biggest issue with this show, though, is political. We are inside the Counter Terrorism Unit supposedly cheering them on while they are stomping the Bill of Rights into dust. The lead character, Jack Bower, is committing a felony an hour and, because there are seven more seasons, will be forgiven all by the end. Where the hell is Due Process? I guess the 14th Amendment doesn't count either.

Still, I like the show and will finish this season and start the next. We will see if it can hold me for all eight streamable seasons.

It certainly isn't Dr. Who. :)