24 Season 8 Gets Thumbs Up Pre-Review

Updated – preview video added.

Although I was a very reluctant and late starter, the miracle of Hulu and Netflix got me caught up for last season’s 24 and it quickly become one of my favorite shows of all time. Plenty of moral wrangling, action, and plot twists go great with Jack Bauer – definitely the greatest action TV character of my time. The gimicky real-time filming actually is what makes the show great.

An early look at the first 4 hours of 24 was posted up over at The Live Feed and it looks like this season is going to be a pleasant return to form for the show. If you don’t watch, check out the back-to-back season premieres on Fox later Sunday Jan, 17. If you do watch, you’ll want to keep doing so.

As always, the biggest trick with “24″ is presenting the familiar plotting and twists for an audience that’s been here many times before. Though this season’s assassination storyline is familiar, the execution is strong and grounded in realism juuuust enough — at least, so far.

Click here for the full Early Look at 24 Day 8.