And all is right with the world...well, sort of......

A miraculous event is upon us...the return of the best show on television, 24!!! Due to the excitement, I figured that I must post some commentary on this miraculousness. As most of you already know, I am physically and emotionally unavailable during 24 and since it is aligned on the same night as Prison Break, I may be forced to go krav on your ace if you ever attempt to contact/distract me on Monday nights....

24's plot centers on the one and only man who has any ability whatsoever to save the world from complete and total annihilation, Jack Bauer. My screensaver actually scrolls the following phrase: "In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What have you done??" (and that only counts the first four seasons!) The man is, quite literally, the man. In the first night of the season premiere, he stabbed one guy, ripped another man's throat out with his teeth, escaped a terrorist mastermind, sidestepped an air missile strike, kicked a suicide bomber off of a moving subway, and clubbed a dude with a log. Jack Bad-A must know at least 486 different ways to kill someone.

Granted, the show takes serious liberties with time, resources, and coincidence, but who cares? It's marvelous entertainment. In fact, the only thing I have trouble accepting is why the other people on the show ever question Jack's assessment of the situation. Let's see, he's only been right every single freakin' time he's ever spoken; why wouldn't they question his judgment? Why not be skeptical of the one dude who single-handedly saved the world on at least 5 different occasions?

Oh, one more thing I don't get....if they keep killing off main characters, they are going to run out of people to kill! Although, after the deaths of Palmer, Tony, Michelle, and Edgar, (oh, and Jack a few times!), I'm kind of unshockable at this point. It's just not an episode of 24 unless someone who seems critical to the storyline dies...or there is an unthinkable explosion of some sort. (Tonight's episode: 2 for 2)

Now, aside from the fact that there was a nuclear explosion in Los Angeles and there are at least four more on the way, all is right with the world. And since Prison Break also returns next week, I now get to sit glued to the edge of my seat for the next five months. Yes!!!!