"24," season seven: Hopes are not high

Production is being shut down so the writers can come up with better scripts. I suppose there's a way that this could be seen as a good thing--better, at least, than just rushing into production with scripts they know aren't good.

But still, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence. And "24" needs to inspire a lot of confidence, at least if they want to get me watching again (and as we all know, that is in fact their deepest wish).

(Ever since it became clear to me--sickeningly so--that the show had become about promoting the idea that torture is a workable way of dealing with terrorists, I've found it unwatchable.)