I love Kiefer Sutherland and was originally intrigued by the split screen / multiple camera thing. Didn't get to watch it much while it was running on TV and finally decided to binge watch it.

I'm not going to lie: Season 1 is pretty awful - I'm talking bad, Bauer and Palmer are the only two characters worth anything - unfortunately you have to suffer through it to understand what happens in the next seasons.

First season's plot is too far fetched and convoluted. Everyone on the show doesn't sleep in 24 hours and our hero also doesn't need to eat, drink or go to the bathroom. The script is cringe-worthy in parts. People act and talk unnaturally for the situation they're in. Jack keeps repeating the same lines over and over when talking to his wife. His wife and kid are extremely poorly developed characters, and the dialogue is terrible. She has various obvious issues but when asked, her response is always "I'm fine" when she has no reason not to speak up.

There's plenty of crying, often annoyingly noisy. But no tears pretty much until the final 2 or 3 episodes. Just plain bad acting.

The feds are being made to look like complete amateurs, incapable of defending a safe house from a single intruder or getting a team to a location FAST. Heck, they can't even keep all entry/exit points covered at a presidential candidate's hangout.

The Tic Toc Timer gets old in a hurry, esp. when binge-watching.

Season 2 is 10/10. Excellent story line, gripping, with great foresight and a bitter-sweet "that's what's happened in real life"...

Season 3 is 7/10. At first not much to rave about, but it picks up midway. Not everything makes a lot of sense, they did mess up on a few plot lines.

Just started Season 4. Will update the review as I'm finishing this show.