Objectively, there is little to praise about this series. The plots are all variations of the same tropes. Only Jack can save the country... Jack communicates directly with the President... Every baddie gets immunity or some deal.... The vaunted CTU is filled with leaks, nepotism, fraternization and policies ignored or overwritten as the plot requires. All safeties, locks and other such obstacles can be magically bypassed by some code the primary actors produce as needed. EVERYONE is a backstabbing, self serving bureaucrat, except those who are outright traitors. Jack either screams or whispers.

And on and on ad infinitum.