24 Redemption

24 Redemption was shown on Sky 1 earlier this evening, as a two hour “special event”, as I mentioned earlier.

Without ruining the story for those of you who missed it…

Jack Bauer is still Jack Bauer, but there’s no CTU (as my mother reminded me!), so it’s a lot more focussed on the “lone wolf” than the previous series.

Of course it’s also nearly 22 hours shorter than a normal 24 series, so you can’t really expect it to be anything like the normal series.

While watching it I was wondering how they’d manage to come up with a “full” story in 2 hours, when they’re used to doing a real time story that lasts 24 hours… I needn’t have worried – it works. It may not be a chef d’oeuvre, but it’s still damn fine tv entertainment.