It’s intoxicating. I’m not talking about alcohol or drugs, I’m referring to the TV drama “24″. I’m sure you’ve seen or heard about it. It is what I call the “cocaine” of TV shows. It’s addicting for sure. Once you’ve seen an episode, you’re hooked. If you had the DVD set of the first season like I did….you couldn’t just take one episode in a single sitting. I found myself popping DVD’s to get another quick fix of Jack’s heroic adventures. I became engulfed in the world of Jack and the other characters trying to eradicate the world of terrorism, especially in L.A.. It was as though I living the life of a federal agent alongside Jack, which was precisely why they filmed it in real-time.

From start to finish it was unbelievable gut-wrenching drama that had you on the edge of your seat wondering what would happen next. Jack even executed a co-worker to satisfy the demands of a terrorist so he wouldn’t blow LA to smithereens. When I was done I felt like I had gone through emotional boot camp. I had done so many emotional push-ups I was exhausted. Up-Down-Up-Down-Up-Down and I had nothing to show for it but a false sense of reality.

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