More Long Days For Jack Bauer

The news come directly from Fox's "24" website : Kiefer Sutherland has signed for 3 more seasons of the popular show. Am I happy about it? You bet. Few shows have managed to glue me to my seat, episode after episode, disregarding bodily protests about something called sleep. One has to wonder though, how will the writers manage to come up with enough ideas so that they won't repeat themselves. I mean after assassinations, nuclear weapons, deadly viruses and traitors in the White House, the options for terrorism plots run thin. Of course, Jack Bauer is quite a versatile action character and I can speculate, even at this early point, that we may see him spending his long day away from CTU. Hard to imagine how the "24" factor will fit if the bad guys aren't terrorists but let's hope the writers will be resourceful whichever way they choose to go. It's also hard to not feel sorry about Bauer's character. He's too busy saving the world that personal life is out of the question. It took a few kidnappings and betrayals for Jack to learn the lesson and the 3 more days that await him show that he learned it well. Of course, alongside Jack, Kiefer Sutherland feels somewhat tortured as well. It's all on this Rolling Stone article. Well, good luck to everyone involved so we can enjoy the show for 3 more years!