In case you weren't tuned in and turned on last night, the fourth season of 24 on Fox got off to an amazing start. Episodes 3-4 are on tonight.
It's not too late to be drawn into the non-stop action and intrigue. The 24 website has detailed summaries of episodes 1-2.
What a great, risky show.
[A]s in past seasons, there's no way to tell from the first hours where the new story line is going or what the ultimate threat to America might be. Even [executive producer and writer Howard] Gordon and the other writers don't know -- as hard as viewers may find that to believe.Posted by Alan at January 10, 2005 05:10 PM"Not only do we not plot far ahead, we seem to plot less far ahead with every year," Gordon says. "And this year, we're going closer to the edge than we've ever gone before. We've really had a stronger idea of where we were going in previous years. This year, it's by the seat of our pants."
But, he adds, that creative brinkmanship is "what gives the show the energy and freshness, the spontaneity. We're kind of watching it as we write it.
"We continue to have to surprise ourselves -- along with the viewers -- rather than knowing every note we're going to hit along the way."