I really love 24.
But, in season 4, I notice something.
In his relentless quest to defeat the terrorists, Jack Bauer violates every one of the rules he has sworn to uphold and protect.
Even to the point of performing terrorist acts on foreign soil.
Trampling civil rights, tampering with evidence. Perjury.
Now, I admit, that hard times take hard choices, and can admire and respect the character of Jack Bauer, but still. I think that Season 4 has stepped over a line.
How ironic that the very acts of terrorism against a so-called “free society” prompt the guardians of that society to violate their most closely held beliefs, lowering them to little better than the barbaric terrorists they claim to be guarding against.