Last night I watched the concluding episode of 24. It was the first major series in quite a while which I've managed to stay with from beginning to end. Exciting at times, it was ultimately, a disappointment. The real-time conceit was not utilised sufficiently well and the succession of unlikely story elements continuously erroded it's credibility. Still, it was worth watching and while not commiting myself at the moment to seeing all of the second series, I will try and catch the first couple of episodes in the hope that the producers will have learnt from their mistakes.