24: See you in the next life, Jack!

Very brief spoilers about last night's "24" -- including my explanation for why this'll be the last time I write about the show for anytime soon -- coming right up...

Okay, I'm good.

I went into this episode feeling like it was a chore -- that, as a professional TV watcher, a blogger of various interesting shows, etc., I needed to stay current with "24." And I was dreading it. As I suggested back in my column before the season began, I'm tired of all of it: the torture, the stupid behavior necessary to make the plot work (was there any way the Vice-President First Gentleman wasn't going to be betrayed by his Secret Service man?), the cartoonish villains (the guy from the Attorney General's office was portrayed to be nearly as loathsome in his defense of the Constitution as the ACLU-type guy was a few seasons back, or the UN observer from "24: Redemption"), etc.

I don't care how Jack's going to get out of this latest mess, who's loyal at the FBI and who isn't, whom President Taylor can really trust, any of it. I'm out.

I know plenty of you are still perfectly happy with the show, and good for you for finding something you enjoy. But it's better for all of us if I just cut the cord here.

For the last time (for now, anyway) on "24," what did everybody else think?