LUconn wrote:24 wasn't on last year.
True, but I think he was referring to season 6. The problem with season 6 was that, by that point, the writers exhausted their plot points. Think about it -- they already had one where the ultimate villain was the most powerful person in the world, and they unleashed the greatest fear from terrorists, e.g., a nuclear explosion in the United States (actually, they did that twice). There's nowhere to go after that.
Still, 24's problem was that the writers were writing at as the show was going on. It worked in seasons 4 and 5 (which led them to believe that they could do it), but then it caused non-sensical plots in season 6, and Jack Bauer basically became a parody of himself. That's why I'm optimistic about season 7 and the Redemption film, because the writers at least put time and effort into it.
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