The Grand Master 24: Legacy was never going to be the same without Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer. It was just common knowledge. At least 24 ended on a good note when it finished in 2010. I'm still yet to see 24: Live Another Day, but my interest was sitting on the 50/50 mark. I thought I'd give 24: Legacy a chance regardless, but after the first episode it was just the same thing done all over again albeit with a different cast.Nothing against Corey Hawkins stepping into the shoes as the heroic Eric Carter, but he just doesn't have the same presence and charisma as Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer.24: Legacy just didn't have me hooked from the first episode. Rewind back to the very first episode of 24, and there were plenty of twists and turns to have you hooked as well as a variety of interesting characters. 24: Legacy failed to tick all the right boxes.Just as well that 24: Legacy was cancelled after one season. It just could not resurrect the same popularity, and a lot of 24 fans were very indifferent. Sorry, but the 24 legacy should have been left well enough alone.4/10.

shadowfax73 Watched the first episode with optimism - 24 back, fresh start, new lead - Jack Baur was a great character but after seven seasons the character had become way too predictable. I suspect that was down to the writers and producers thinking that if it ain't broke don't fix it. First 10 minutes or so hit like a hammer but after that things for me started to go off kilter. The lead character seemed good but as others have said, the character had neither the charisma nor emotional range of Jack Bauer. I struggled to get through the remainder of the first episode, not because of the new lead - he did the best he could with the material, but because of the same old, same old, for example some people in CTU yet again running a secret off-the-grid op to support the main character because, and who could possibly have guessed(!), of a possible mole in CTU.The main female lead tasers her boss? That was as realistic and as cringe worthy as 'Red' Reddington getting a pen tube rammed into his neck in the pilot episode of The Blacklist. The CTU boss may or may not be the mole, a handler of the mole or just a plain old a$$hole. Annoying fecking sub-plots - terrorists should have at least got shot (no pun!!) of the wife, and where did Shiela E come from? The jealous girlfriend looks like she was getting ready to party like it's 1999. The school massacre sub plot made me want to ram my head through the wall, just a dire idea.Finally: As a great fan of the original I was willing to give this a chance but one episode was enough. No originality, none, and too, too frantic. Back in the day 'frantic' was one of the highlights of 24 but watching this episode reminded me of just how repetitive that had got and now, it was just annoying - no time to catch your breath. All in all a real disappointment. , just OK but has come up way short. As others have commented, lazy, lazy writing. Feel sorry for the actors as they deserve far better than the pale imitation of 24 they had to run with. Not their fault at all.

the_it Having been a fan of 24 since the very first episode and throughout every season (although one or two seasons were pretty mediocre!), this spin-off is quite shocking! The biggest problem, however, is the casting of the lead character- Corey Hawkins, as good an actor as he is- does NOT have the gravitas or is even remotely believable as a former Special Ops soldier. I mean, he looks like a college freshman!! The guy that played his brother would have made a better Eric Carter! That was absolutely awful casting that let the whole show down- I know we've had to stretch credibility in the past with 24 but that was a stretch too far- he's totally not believable in the lead role! And the rest of the show was just rehashed, reheated 24 by numbers. Really disappointed with this, especially given the fact that a college kid is the lead....!!!!

sonerayanlar I have watched the whole episodes of 24 with Kiefer Sutherland..great work and always exciting .it kept always us wondering where it is leaded what would happen next..This Legacy can not be a good legacy of previous one..Scripts are real poor ..actions are far from the reality No van may enter in CTU like they did on the episode 09 of Season 1 that is BS.. well i would say that not delicately done friends..I don't see excitement ..sorry