24 Season 8 starts on Sunday with the typical 4-hour two-night premiere. As a huge 24 fan, it's always an exciting time of the year for me. Last year was a huge revival to the franchise after a year off due the the writer strike and season 6 was just flat out brutal. Season 7 featured a move from Los Angeles to Washington DC and opened the show to a all new opportunities for terrorists to attack the United States.
This season takes place in New York City - another great change for the show. Sticking around the same location gets frustrating and routine. How many times could terrorists target the White House? The trailer looks sick (but the trailer wouldn't be doing it's job if it wasn't awesome)
What I'm looking forward to most is the return of CTU. Too much of the storyline in the past few seasons has been about the "racial discrimination" and torture tactics from Jack and CTU. CTU NYC will be set up and Chloe should be able to operate with no backfire. Also returning is Renee from Season 7 - a character that really emerged as a younger Jack in the making.
The challenge of a show like 24 is being able to create enough drama to last 24 episodes. Most television show's are only like 18 episodes max. 24 goes way beyond that, making the storylines drag and seem less believable. It's bound to happen.
The show almost has become predictable in terms of what will hpapen, but we just don't know how. There will be a rat. There will be some authority that will block everything. Someone from CTU will die (I REALLY MISS BILL BUCHANAN AND EDGAR.) Such repetitiveness and expensive cost is causing many critics to believe that this will be the last season. While I really enjoy the show, these things cannot last forever. It's been a great ride, and I'm looking forward to one more successful season.
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