24 Redemption

As I mentioned earlier, 24 Redemption was on last Sunday, a 2 hour tv special that is supposed to bridge the gap between season 6 and season 7 of 24. We're big 24 fans so of course we set the show to record on our DVR and got ready for some action. After watching, it felt like it wasn't complete. It felt like it was just something to get us ready for season 7--which it probably was. It was good--just felt short and not complete.

My opinion on Redemption is that they did it for 2 reasons--first, because they had extra time because of the writers strike. Rumor has it that they thought about having Jack in Africa for season 7, but scratched the idea because of cost and logistics. So now they could do a small scale show in Africa with Jack. Second, is that to tell the complete story they had to tell some things separately because of the real-time aspect of the show. That always presents several difficulties and they did this extra show to help alleviate some of those problems. Now I'm ready for the entire season 7 to just start--which it will on January 11th, 2009.