now i have watch all of the first two season and half of the third and the first four of the sixth and i figure i should write a short comment . 24 can be a very good show but many of the problem that have be there from the start haven not be resolve . here be seven of the most irritating . 1 ) when minor character be introduce and you wonder when they will be kill or write out . one notable example be the anthrax scare in either season two or three . the kid who be supposedly carry the virus and his family take up a lot of screen time while it advance the main plot and but then they be write out and never mention again . in the end you do not really care about any minor role and and when minor character be fill up a significant proportion of the screen time you have a problem . 2 ) it become tiresome to see the incompetence of the ctu team . if theyre not have endless trouble with double agent of one kind or another and theyre bickering and be insubordinate like child . even in season six they have this problem . milo and the bald man with the british accent and be break up from fight by chloe . completely unprofessional especially for a supposed national agency . it surprise they can get anything do . 3 ) it seem that too often when jack bauer break with procedure people go on a normal . rarely be it mention that his unorthodox method of work could jeopardise everything while the team just go with it . and it also very convenient that jack always know the president and or or some of the cabinet on informal term and so they will give him some leeway . 4 ) occasionally i get the feeling that the series be some form of propaganda . the villain always seem to be serbian and or iraqi and or from other middle eastern territory . even in season six where bauer start work with someone of this origin and it be not before we be fill in that he be once a terrorist himself . also in that season and the character ahmed be save by an american man only to betray him later and by take him and his family hostage . to me this seem to promote the idea that your middle eastern neighbour can not be trust and always feel they be victim of inequality and which be completely unacceptable . 5 ) the implausibility of everything i can often stomach . but sometimes they just take it too far and the suspension of disbelief be stretch and snap . i will use season six a an example a it fresh in my mind . episode two be awful . the part where the lawyer delete personnel file from a computer within a large organisation . be we to assume that the place have no backup server and or no hard copy keep safe somewhere else in the building . also from that episode there be a man who attempt to suicide bomb a subway train . and how do he decide to do this . by sit on the last seat of the final carriage of that train . for maximum collateral damage it would make sense to sit in the middle carriage . then it turn out he be only sit there so jack bauer could save the day by kick him through the door and out of the train . 6 ) the use of set piece can be annoy . it can appear that when the plot get too mundane or slow move the problem can be solve by throw in an explosion and collision or death of some kind represent that seem to be a de rigueur standard for the show . it help the audience forget that the plot be snail pace beforehand . 7 ) what go on with the villain . they get capture and then they escape . they often seem incredibly stupid and and without contingency plan of any kind . there be time they could be capture before they commit some atrocity and or destroy some seemingly vital piece of evidence and but this doesn not happen . this lead me to think and from time to time and that the villain be stupid and the ctu team progressively more so . those be the negative that annoy me the most and and probably annoy quite a few other casual viewer . what the show do have in it favour be an iconic and modern jame bond style hero . a slick and always suspense laden veneer with a heavy overtone of drama ( sometimes melodrama and of course ) . occasionally the show click and the implausibility seem natural like the implausibility of life etc and and the audience be keep guess and also give a satisfying conclusion and with not too many silly subplots . i have give the show a low rating because it too often miss the target and like a lot of the bad guy . but when it hit it can hit hard and be think provoking and stimulate like all the best art . i just wish it would hit home more often and which it could do if they break from the concept more and have few episode .