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I remember waiting every week for every single episode when it first came out with some people even using the CTU's telephone ring on their mobiles. 20 years later and it took us some 6 months to watch all the seasons all over again, being left with the same feeling: a very good show, well edited, good acting although a bit repetitive and rather predictable at times of 'who is the baddie in this season?'. Some bits, like killing a CTU director was out of order, after all, a psycopath baddie is always going to ask for more, why give in? I will watch again in a few decades, by then is probably going to be a classic recommended all over the world.

I had to give up on this series purely because is so out of touch with the reality, although the screen writers threw even the 'kitchen sink' to make it more interesting. You have the Las Vegas party background in the first season, making it more interesting, but then they put in mobsters, FBI etc to ensure an international audience, although the series is well filmed/edited/put together. Where it fails is the pure detachment from the reality with Elodie Yung proudly saying 'I am a Phillippino doctor' who does not even re-train to be a doctor in the USA or wanting to go back to her country with the saved money but engages only in illegalities, with her family travelling back and forth via her mob connection, besides screaming at them full of attitude. Then she appears in front of a judge, with no ICE in sight to deport her for giving her sick son medicine not FDA approved in the USA - in real life she would have been deported straight away. You want to feel sorry for the illegals of the world, taking jobs from the inhabitants of a certain country, but the reality is, most of us are migrants working in legal contracts and will never consider doing what this character does. I honestly cannot understand how Fox, the channel distributing this series because probably the actors are very low paid, continue this fantasy for more series. This reminds me that apparently foreigners cannot even buy a house in the Phillippines even if married to a local: they have to put the house on the partner's name. For fairness you have to travel to our democratic countries with useless leaders, despite us being a minority in the world. You do not need to wait for 3 body problem (the series) to be taken over and feel like a stranger on your own street while you are being threatened by illegals for your way of life while in their part of the world you are asked to leave for being a foreigner. So unfair.

I star reviewers do not know on what planet they are living. This is a fun show to binge watch, just like Jack Ryan, Emily in Paris, Ted Lasso, Ray Donovan, 24, the Indian One more shot etc or even some Korean dramas - what I am trying to say is if you want something light, humorous and well edited, this is a good one. There is everything for everybody and if you want some badly edited movies or series there are plenty around you can watch for less than 5min and go for something else. Cannot wait for season 2.