24 stick sutherland in the vortex of suspenseful intrigue involve an assassination plot and kidnapping and murder and countless look askance and um . oh and yeah and and the in flight demolition of a jumbo jet . set in 24 hour of real time where a minute in the series be a minute on the screen and this 16 hour ( approx with the deficit go to commercial advertising time ) linear story heap suspense upon suspense fill huge and gap plotholes with it for a riveting edge of the seat small screen experience . all but the most analytical cynic will get catch up in this well craft thriller which squeeze 10 pound of dramaction into a 5 pound bag magically make room for the excess with hi tech gadgetry . good stuff for t. v. junky . ( b ) .