Television
24
is a
fast-paced
television
series
with
a
premise
inspired
by
the
War
on
Terror.
Each
season
takes
place
over
the
course
of
twenty-four
hours,
with
each
episode
happening
in
"real
time".
Featuring
a
split-screen
technique
and
a
ticking
onscreen
clock,
24
follows
the
exploits
of
Federal
agent
Jack
Bauer
as
he
races
to
foil
terrorist
threats.
LOST,
which
deals
with
the
survivors
of a
plane
crash,
sees
the
castaways
on
the
island
forced
to
deal
with
a
monstrous
being
that
appears
as a
cloud
of
black
smoke,
a
conspiracy
of "Others"
who
have
kidnapped
or
killed
their
fellow
castaways
at
various
points,
a
shadowy
past
of
the
island
itself
that
they
are
trying
to
understand,
polar
bears,
and
the
fight
against
the
elements
as
they
struggle
simply
to
stay
alive.
Thrillers
have
also
made
the
leap
from
television
to
film,
including
the
Mission:
Impossible
franchise.
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