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The sixth season of 24 wasn't all bad. In fact, the opening four hours were downright exhilarating, culminating in a nuclear bomb detonation and the death of Curtis Manning. But after that, he show very quickly fell off the rails and the result is what is correctly regarded as the show's worst season ever.

There was the awkward way the show introduced Jack Bauer's extended family, with his evil brother and even more evil father. The presidential subplot revisited storylines the show had already done. D.B. Woodside was highly unbelievable as a president. His sister Sandra was a completely wasted character, and what ever happened to her boyfriend, Walid? At CTU, Nadia and Milo became my least favorite couple ever, and instead of being dramatic, Milo's sudden death was a moment worthy of applause.

Above all else, however, there are two principal reasons the sixth season of 24 was one of the worst shows of the year. The first is Charles Logan. I love the character, and I think Gregory Itzin was the find of the decade, but in his final episode, his wife stabbed him. Then…what? Sure, 24 has pulled this stuff before (see: Behrooz), but with such an important character, I figured we'd find out what happened to him in the next episode, and the one after that, and so on, to the point where the fate of Charles Logan became such a massive distraction that I couldn't care about the rest of the season.

But the number one reason 24 was one of the worst shows of 2007: Brady Hauser. Jack Bauer has faced off against many formidable foes in his past: terrorists, heads of CTU, presidents. Yet nothing could prepare us for the arrival of computer whiz and mentally challenged Brady Hauser. Seeing Jack Bauer try to deal wth the mentally handicapped was an embarrassing moment for fans and, I hope, for Kiefer Sutherland as well. It was a new low, one that rivals Kim and the cougar for the all-time worst moment in the history of the show.


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