24

Never have I been so caught up in a network TV series. Granted, we have been DirecTV subscribers for about ten years and for all that time never watched the networks.

What we ever learned about the Super bowl, Grammy’s and the Oscars was always hearsay and I never felt like we missed much. (After watching about 10 minutes of this year’s Oscars – I KNOW we didn’t miss much!)

But 24 is the huge exception. Wow. This TV series on the Fox network is the finest material to hit the silver screen in decades. Now that we get local channels on our satellite we can watch the few things of substance offered by the networks.

Joel Surnow the talented executive producer of 24 has a real hit. I thank Rush Limbaugh for exalting this show on his radio program, for if it wasn’t for him I never would have taken the time to see what 24 is all about.

This TV show is more entertaining than 90% of all the big budget movies out there. It is based on fictional accounts of what is happening now on our war on terror. Each episode is an account of what could (or maybe is) happening within the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, et al.

Upon watching a single show from the current season (Season 5) I was determined that I had to go back and watch every episode since the shows inception in 2001. And since no video store in a 60 mile radius had the DVD’s we wanted, we subscribed to the Netflix service and boy are we glad.

We have watched every episode since Season 1. I would highly recommend this show to everyone. Especially to those weak-kneed, mamby pansy, pseudo Christian, politically moderate liberals out there.

I challenge any of you to watch this show and tell me that torture is “never warranted”. This is why the real happenings of national security must never be publicized, because quite simply- a vast majority of the American people do not have the intestinal fortitude to understand national security.

If for no other reason, watch 24 to get a view of what many times has to happen to maintain a free society. It is fascinating, exciting, sad, intense, maddening and most of all high quality television programming.