Anyone else pumped for the "very-special 2-hour" finale of 24 tonight?

[Footix]

I can't believe that I'm looking forward to this show tonight so much.

This is the first season that I've watched 24, and I only did so because I was tired of my wife giving me the recap every week, regardless of if I wanted to hear it or not. So I finally gave in this year so I'd have half a clue what she was yappin' about, and I discovered I was missing a really fun show.

Once I got past some of the absurdities of the show (the fact that nobody goes to the bathroom ever during a 24 hour workday, Edgar can call up absolutely anything on his computer within 2 seconds, Chloe makes some great Bobcat Goldthwaite faces, Jack Bauer seemingly runs the universe, etc.) I've really come to enjoy the tension of the show. I can do without the corny parallel romantic story lines, but whatever.

I know there's another 24 thread here, but like my man Jack...I don't follow the rules, baby.

CURSE YOU HABIB MARWAN!!!

[aloisius]

I watched season 2 last summer in daily sequence. I was never so hooked on any TV show.

The end of every episode was the worst moment of every day for me.

[FearM9]

Edgar must have "Super Google".

I've caught a decent number of episodes this season cuz my job status at REI changed and it freed up Monday nights. Prior to that I missed the past couple of seasons cuz of my REI schedule interferring with "24". Yes I do have a VCR, but always forgot to tape it.

What sucks is that it starts at 7pm here and that's usually when I leave the gym, so I'm gonna have to make it a very short night in order to make it home (I live 30+ miles away from my office).

[guamster]

* Raises hand *

Of course, I've watched the show from the first season and the show still manages to get my adrenaline running.

There are lots of opportunities for characters to theoretically take bathroom breaks. Even a central character like Jack Bauer is not in every single scene of the show and I am sure he is has time to do a number one or a number two when he is not on-screen.

You do have to suspend belief when characters are able to get from point A in LA (e.g. San Fernando Valley) to point B (e.g. CTU headquarters) in 5 minutes, in the middle of the day. CTU must have transporter techology available to them to cover those distances so quickly.

[aloisius]

I just don’t get distracted by such details, it’s not a documentary.

[skipshady]

Yeah, but it's a "reality-based" thriller and there are so many more inconsistencies and loose ends. And the real time gimmick is meaningless if they can just adjust time whenever inconvenient.