Mr. Really Mean Conspiring Political Official and General Bomb Them Commies Good Now will once again have their plans foiled within 24 hours by brave antiterrorist agent and true hero Jack Bauer.
Basically, what's the point? You know how it's going to end: Jack wins. There's a cliffhanger every hour, some minor, some major. Jack Bauer is facing impossible odds yet manages to throw the dice in his favour every time. Help comes from inside snitches. Valiant True Americans will die protecting their country. Tough moral questions are sidestepped with breathtaking ease, although not the ease of 24's predecessor La Femme Nikita.
The series jumped the shark long ago.