tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post3522150135125134401..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: Previously on 24...Earl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-6894839732089292172014-06-13T23:12:13.455-06:002014-06-13T23:12:13.455-06:00Full disclosure: I haven't watched a minute of...Full disclosure: I haven't watched a minute of 24, any of them. <br /><br />Even so, I think you can cut the team some slack. I looked it up: 24 had nine seasons! The first season (from what I read) had a fairly standard good-guys versus bad-guys premise. The events of 9/11 changed all of that, and the plots became a lot more charged with America fighting ultraviolent terrorists. <br /><br />So nine seasons of this, they are going to run out of creative things to do. After 80-100 episodes, or Season 4, most shows go into "syndication mode", where instead of paying per episode, the studios will pay for blocks of episodes, since proven shows sold in bulk are cheaper, like Costco for TV. The crews (but not the talent) usually end up with cheaper contracts. <br /><br />Or put another way I know you'll understand: Rascals and A Fistful Of Datas are back to back, Joe Piscopo is a featured guest star, Vic Fontaine?!? and Janeway finds visiting an Irish village for entire episodes irresistable, pretty much the entire last season of Enterprise... and Spock's Brain is the ultimate Star Trek Episode! <br /><br />However, as far as the morality of 24 goes in its run over nine seasons, I would have to agree with you. 24 is too dark for me to want to watch. I prefer Benny Hill over Capitol Hill.<br />"Jeffscent, Part II"noreply@blogger.com