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Season 1 – I enjoyed the first season a lot. The moment where Jack shoots Nina and it turns out he had given her a bulletproof jacket is the moment I became a fan. Loved that. Nina being the mole and killing Teri was a huge shock. I was surprised the show didn’t provide a happy ending. Little did I know this show doesn’t tend to like those…

Season 2 – I liked this season as well. If you told me that I would come to admire George Mason and that he would go out like a hero, I wouldn’t have believed it; and yet that’s what happened. It was, however, starting to get annoying how Kim kept getting into trouble. Michelle was a nice addition to the show and Sherry continued to be a good villain. Mandy popping up in the finale to poison David Palmer was nicely done.

Season 3 – Wasn’t so keen on this season but it had some good moments. I liked the twist that this time the CTU mole Gael was actually working with Jack and Tony. It was good to have Kim at CTU as it stopped her getting in trouble. Wasn’t a fan of her boyfriend Chase, though. I didn’t like Chloe much initially but would grow to become a big fan later on. I liked the virus storyline but Stephen Saunders was a weak villain imo. Nina coming back felt a bit contrived. I did feel for Chappelle and was shocked he didn’t get saved as I felt sure he would.

Season 4 – This season picked things back up in my eyes. I thought Habib Marwan was one of the better villains. Edgar, Curtis and Bill would become some of my favourite characters, and it was nice to see Michelle return. Jack finally going up against Mandy was fun as well. I also liked Logan as the Vice-President finding himself over his head. Not everything was great. Didn’t like the storyline with Erin and her daughter; I thought they could have done more with Erin’s character tbh. Overall, I liked it.

Season 5 – Fantastic opening episode to this season and I was shocked that both Michelle and David Palmer died. Gutted later in the season when Edgar died. Tony appeared to have a pretty underwhelming exit, although considering what happened to the character, I sort of wish he had died here. Kim returned with some very wooden acting upon finding out Jack was alive. I thought Charles Logan was great in this season. Martha Logan too. Aaron really steps up also as a character. I would say this is one of the better seasons and maybe the best one.

Season 6 – Seems like this is one of the least popular seasons. I get that, although I didn’t hate it as much as Season 8. The family stuff with Jack doesn’t really work well and I think it’s his brother that’s the biggest problem as they just weren’t believable as siblings. I liked Wayne Palmer but he was probably the worst President on the show as far as suiting the role. I liked Nadia and would have liked to see more of her. Likewise, Mike Doyle disappears after this season - presumably blinded? Biggest thing I hated about this season was Curtis getting shot by Jack. Such a lame way for him to go out.

24: Redemption – Annoyingly, this isn’t on Disney, so I had to order it off Amazon. I got the version with extra footage but I didn’t think it added all that much. I did like the insights offered in the commentary part which Kiefer Sutherland is involved in. I liked this episode and thought it set up the new season well. I enjoyed the relationship between Jack and Willie too, and the new President was set up strongly.

Season 7 – I had high hopes for this on the back of Redemption, and while I liked the first half or so, I felt it became a big mess. On the plus side, I liked the introduction of Renee. (Annie Wersching died while I was going through this season, which made it tough to watch at times). I came to like Larry and Janis. Bill Buchanan went out like a hero, which I was pleased about. The stuff with Tony is, I suppose, what soured me on everything. I was a fan of the character but the stuff he does here, like the callous killing of Larry, endangering Renee, mistreating Jack etc really irritated me. I get his motivation, but I think the writers could have tweaked things slightly here and there to make him more sympathetic. I also think Jack because of his exposure to the virus was made way too ineffectual. They nerfed him too much. I liked President Taylor at least, but even that would change…

Season 8 – This for me was the worst season of 24. Renee dies, Jack goes mental, Chloe ends up at odds with him, and I even turned on Logan in this season. The Dana turn seemed to be done for shock value given how meek she was early on. President Taylor went from this dignified stateswoman who locked up her own daughter to protect her principles, to turning into a bully by the end. The ending was at least good, and I liked Jack’s comment to Chloe along the lines of, ‘I never thought you and I would be the ones to last’, and thinking back to everyone who came and went, it’s pretty mad that’s how it panned out.

Season 9 aka Live Another Day – I thought this was a return to form. I liked the London setting and thought Agent Morgan was a good addition. It was good to see Audrey and James Heller return. Fry as British PM was fun. Margot Al-Harazi wasn’t one of my favourite 24 villains, although the drone concept was interesting – I liked how Jack dealt with her! Nice to see Cheng pop up and fitting since Audrey was back. My main issue with this season was how unrelentingly bleak this ended up being – even by 24 standards. Chloe’s kid is dead, along with Morris, and her life seems in bits. Audrey fecking dies and poor Jack has to have another meltdown. Morgan seemingly quits over failing to keep her alive. And that conversation between President Heller and the PM at the funeral – wow, has there been a more depressing and disheartening moment than that? Overall, good season but the most demoralizing for me.

And that brought me too…

24: Legacy – Yeah, this ain’t it. Some familiar elements to enjoy in terms of the structure and pacing but the main guy, Eric Carter, just doesn’t have sufficient charisma. The love triangle with his wife and brother rather fizzles out at the end as well. I liked Miranda Otto's character Rebecca the most and she was the most believable of the new CTU crew. The others are pretty bland. ‘I was Edgar Stiles’ cousin’. Oh yeah? Anything else about you? Tony showing up was spoiled for me ahead of watching but even that appearance is lacklustre, and here he’s willing to kidnap a little girl without any qualms. Those writers did such a number on his character. Speaking of the writing, in the finale, the bad guy who has betrayed his boss in order to save his daughter decides to tie up his boss and not to bother to check if there is any potential weapon in the vicinity? Such as a handy pistol within arm’s reach? I wasn’t a fan of this series and can’t say I’m disappointed it got cancelled.

really spunk it on the Boston Stranglers business whatever modern theories there are it's easily known McLaughlin only ever thought DeSalvo was responsible...a right fail that & the telling of the copycat killers was pretty shoehorned too imo