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http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/may/05/24-guide-past-eight-seasons-tv-kiefer-sutherland-jack-bauer-recap

This article I've chosen its related to the television series "24". It is basically a recapitulation of the previous eight seasons (and TV movie). The article's liner notes says it is a way to follow the upcoming series without have watched the previous eight seasons.

The article tells what basically happened each season from beggining to last:

Jack Bauer is the main character. A family man who has a daughter (who is an idiot) named Kim, and a job at an counter-terrorism wing of the US government. He discovers an assassination plot against the president and then his daughter (who is an idiot) gets kidnapped. Kidnappers wants him to kill the president. Then his wife gets killed. Jack is sad.

Eighteen months later, there is a nuclear bomb somewhere. Jack helps his boss to take the bomb in a plane and crash it into the desert, because he is a man of action. His daughter (who is an idiot), runs and scream at things all day. The president gets poisoned and faints.

Three years later, Jack is an heroine addict. Got a helper named Chase who is in love with Kim (who is an idiot). Terrorists want to release a new virus, and the president wife is now a murderer. Jack saves the day by cutting off Chase's hand.

Eighteen months later, again, Jack has to stop someone who wants to blow up some power plants. Jack stops him. The president now wants Jack dead, then he fakes his own death and runs away.

Eighteen months later, everyone is dead. There's some nerve agent, and the president did it all. Then, the chinese torture Jack on a boat.

20 months later, Jack is back and discovers the president's brother is now president. A nuclear bombing destroys most of L.A., and now Jack's father is now the baddie. Jack blows him up in an oil rig and gets sad.

Jack goes to africa for some peace of mind, and kills some soldiers.

Jack goes to Washington to face some charges and stops terrorists from blowing up the white house. He gets poisoned, but later saved by advances in stem-research.

Finally, he goes to New York to kill as many russian soldiers as he can. He is in steps to make a movie, but nobody wants one and comes to london to make another series.

The article mocks on the series's intention of extension and action-man based scenes to counter-promote the new series, in a certain way.