The acting by Kiefer Sutherland (Bauer) and Dennis Haysbert (Palmer) is magnificent. I am surely going to miss the actors if the next 24 hours goes off in another direction and leaves the CTU members and Palmer and family behind. What will they do next year?

I'm amazed at how Sutherland manages to insert "sir" and "please" into his dialogue and have these words sound so sincere, as if he truly respects all of those he is speaking to. I was never a big fan of his, hadn't seen anything he had done before this. I'm a convert now.

Finally, we have something to look forward to each week. Pair it up with "The Shield" and you have 2 full hours of suspense and entertainment in the same night. Say YES to adult programming with decent plots and twists!