Just heard Rush give a five minute discussion of 24. He apparently got a preview DVD copy of the first four episodes (the ones airing Sundy and Monday nights) because he's in the media and knows Surnow and Cochran.
He said that the four episodes are perhaps the best starting episodes they've ever done on the show and that they are "don't leave your seat" good.
And Rush also said 2 characters get killed in the first 10 minutes, any speculation as to who that might be?
Gosh - they've all been that good for me. Even when they were jumping the shark, it was "don't leave your seat" good (with the possible exception of the 6th or 7th time Kim got kidnapped - "Not again... I think I'll go make a sandwich, want anything?)
We got into 24 in kindof reverse order. We started watching it live midway through last season and got hooked. Then we spent this last season going through the DVDs to catch up, starting with the first season. It's tempting to sit and watch them for hours on end... just 'one more' at a time... but it's exhasuting! We quickly realized 3 hours a night was about our limit.