This show is certainly one of the best one created in the Television history because of some aspects making the difference with another classics (CSI, Law&Order....).

First of all, the most obvious: the Script. It's the only show which is a real time show. Most of the time, the whole story is included in one episode. On 24, one episode represents one hour. This means that the audience can follow the hero as he/she is a partner. The result is a complete addiction to the season: when we watch the first episode, we cannot stop ourselves to watch the next one and the suspense is saved until the last minute. Very efficient.

The second aspect concerns the main character: Jack Bauer who is also the only one present in all the seasons. Jack is not, unlike a lot of US main characters, a superhero who saved everybody and killed all the villains alone. Not at all: Jack has his own defaults: he goes easy to the torture, he is a manipulator and has problems to keep his family straight. And he can't save everybody or avoid every disaster. In brief, he's a realist cop who can burn out anytime because of what he did or saw. Kiefer Sutherland show his real talent on 24.

In short the drama is a masterpiece!