Season 1 started in the year 2001 and season 8 ended in the year 2010. I watched this entire series for the first time in the year 2022 and believe me it does not feel boring for a single season even after a decade/couple of decades later. Characters, locations, timelapse, casting, music are so perfectly developed during the series. I liked the twists this series presents throughout the episodes. Almost all the time you can never correctly guess who is the real villain and his henchmen are.
There is same formula for series development carried over from series 1 with similar kind of story, heroes, unexpected villains, presidents, associates of presidents, hidden henchmen in CTU, death of protagonist associates, tortures etc. However, the series is powerful enough to root for the good characters. All the presidents are so good and feel real than reel. I believe few sub-plots especially involving Kim Bauer could have been avoided to maintain the fast series speed. Many of the other series starts good but ruins over few seasons, 24 is the exception and season 8 tops that. I give series 9 stars for a good entertainment time and maintaining the excellent consistency for 192 episodes. Now heading for 24: Live Another Day.
