24 is back on telly after a 2 year absence...thanks to the writer's strike and Kiefer's spell in prison for drink driving. It's damn good to have it back though.
The change of setting to Washington DC along with a near complete overhaul in the cast makes this season feel fresher. And it's great to have Jack Bauer back into his good ol' fashioned torturous ways (even incororating the legal consequences into the storyline).
However unoriginality is hovering in the wings. We already have a Die Hard 2 style storyline (with the villains threatening to crash airlines via hijacked air traffic control systems). Plus two regular 24 plot devices have appeared early... the traitorous mole working inside the government agency... and the assumed dead, but actually not, cast member from a previous season... returning in a suprise twist.
Despite always being compulsive viewing, seasons 5 and 6 were getting extremely unbelievable in their contrived plotlines. Hopefully, this strong start to this season will be a return to form the series deserves
