24: Legacy

24 is probably one of my top ten favorite TV shows ever, so I struggled with a lot of this - it still has that amazing 24 format with the ticking/beeping clock, percussive score, split screen, twists and deaths and endless forward momentum, but the storytelling is very stupid at points and man oh man oh man oh man does it ever miss Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer; no new character compares.

not so good

It's hard to rate this fairly, because obviously, 24 doesn't quite feel like 24 without Jack Bauer. However, this show doesn't do a terrible job recreating some of the aspects of the show. I wouldn't have minded a second season, although like Live Another Day, I really don't like the 12 episode format for a show freaking called 24.

The interface color has been changed from orange to blue, and the protagonist color from white to black, but aside from that this hits all the beats you'd expect from a 24 season. Miranda Otto is great as Renee 3.0 and the epilogue is oddly self-reflective and almost beautiful but ultimately there isn't enough of interest to prevent this from ranking as one of the weakest 24 seasons. Tony is brought back in a role so inconsequential it makes you wonder why they bothered. Yawn.