The beginning of Season 6 of 24 is the best thing since the invention of Hot Pockets

And believe me, I love me a hot pocket. **Spoilers**

For God's sake, they nuked Los Angeles.

This is the first time I've ever watched 24, aside from the occasional passing-by on Fox or A&E. I've always thought it was stupid on paper, that Jack Bauer was like Superman without the kryptonite. That being said, I'm a changed man after miraculously finding the first four episodes of season six on DVD. Bauer has such a character arc, having not much to live for but still being the most important person in the president's phone book.

And yeah, it's intense. This is maybe the best television I've ever seen, right up there with LOST and THE WIRE. Anyone who would watch shlock like HEROES over this on Mondays deserves to be donkey punched.