The Best and Worst of the Fifth Season of 24

Best Moments:

5. The Motorcade Ambush

I list this because it was nice to see them go all out for an action moment that had not a second of Jack Bauer. Plus after all these days, it was nice to see that Aaron Pierce can handle his business.

4. Jack Interrogates Walt Cummings

Torture is one of the more tired aspects of 24 but that doesn't mean it isn't memorable when done right. And Jack went after Walt like he hasn't gone after anyone maybe in the entire series. He was just brutal.

3. CTU is gassed

CTU getting attacked is nothing new but they went all out with the nerve gas attack. When CTU was blown up in season 2, they didn't concentrate on the dead bodies. This time around multiple techs and agents just fell to their death while Jack and friends watched. Then they topped it all off with Edgar dying in front of Chloe.

2. Logan is finally caught in the end

This was a great moment just for Mike and Martha's smirks when Charles realizes what happened. Still, I wish Jack was there to witness it. Which leads me to #1:

1. Jack murders the man who killed his friends and the man who ordered the hits

I'm not saying Jack should have assassinated the sitting President of the United States but Jack should have assassinated the sitting President of the United States. This is not my fault. 24 has trained me to think like this.

Worst Moments:

5. Martha Logan

I've already wrote that many loved Jean Smart's performance. Not this guy. It is my list but I'll play nice and only put it at 5.

4. Sexual Harassment Shari

Wait what?

3. Lynn McGill

Would have gotten to the top of the list, but was out-douche suited by characters later in the season. Watching these seasons back to back to back has made the repetitive characters mind numbing.

2. Kim Bauer

What the holy hell was that? Kim is screwing her therapist and hates her dad. Thanks.

1. Homeland Security

Here is why Lynn McGill did not win for the day. You want Lynn to be the season's storyline where someone is stopping Jack from doing his job, fine. But in the same hour that he dies, Homeland Security is introduced like an invading foreign nation. I still do no understand what was going on here. Why was the entirety of CTU fired? Why? I could understand if they were going to make Karen Hayes involved in whatever Logan bullshit was going on but no she just felt that it was her job to replace CTU with Homeland Security. This really pissed me off.