First of all, we should congratulate madeyoulaugh for making it through all 24 hours of his 24 marathon with only a few technical glitches (which were probably my fault anyway) and with nothing but some energy drinks and aspiring actress to get him through the night. Although he didn't manage to get Keifer Sutherland, he did get a cast member from the show, and you should all wait for highlights later in the week. Personally, I enjoyed being able to sleep and shower in the day leading up to the premier, but that's mainly because I would probably pee myself from the excitement as the show got started.

For this season, the day starts at 6AM and the United States is under siege from a terrorist threat, but unlike past seasons of 24, we don't know what kind of global conspiracy is driving this current threat. In fact, it's something that a lot of the world deals with all the time - suicide bombers. The news is reporting that buses are being blown and officials are calling for people to report suspicious activity. And although nobody wants a witch hunt and by "nobody", we mean "everybody", you know this is pretty much going to lead to a strategy of "If he's brown, take him down".

As we open, we see that there is a guy, dark and disheveled, carrying a backpack and looking very nervous as dozens of people are looking at him like he wants to martyr himself. He says that he just needs to get to work, but as he rushes to catch a bus that is about to drive away, the driver looks at him, thinks about what has been happening, and then drives away.

So, what do you do if you are an enterprising suicide bomber just missed your bus, but still want a chance to tap some of those virgins you were promised, even if all of those wives you were also promised would be nagging you about it, before the sun came out. Well, it is bus line, so you would probably wait for another bus to come buy in 10 minutes or so. As luck would have it, the person who couldn't catch his bus was actually saved by the prejudice that kept him off of it. There was a suicide bomber already on the bus, and since he presumably didn't have enough of an accent to make anybody worry, and he was able to explode his bomb and kill everybody aboard anyway.

Already, you know that this season is going to be different. Although 24 has often touched on terrorist themes that can make somebody nervous, it usually centers around a plot that is far-fetched enough that we can all feel safe about what we do in our normal lives. But car bombs? That is a whole new ball game.

It's obvious that the current President has a lot of work on his hands. For those of you who have not read any of the season previews or have been staying away from spoilers, the new president is a very familiar face. After the country was betrayed by the administration of President Pussy, it was time to elect a man who stands for principles and trust. That man? Wayne Palmer! Hey, I like the guy and everything, but if we were to remember from season three, he was doing a lot of shady things. Now, it turns out that most of the people who could testify to those shady dealings are dead, but why should I complain? The world of 24 has given us two African-American commander in chiefs, which is awesome, especially if one of them had "Funky President" as his ring tone.

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