I never watched one second of 24 until last night, but since I was home for Quick's one-day-early MLK holiday, I decided to see what all the hype was about. And I'm already hooked.

Maybe it was the scene in which Kiefer Sutherland got in touch with his Lost Boys roots by killing a terrorist with a neck bite. Or maybe it was the scene in which the U.S. president ordered an airstrike on a home in Inglewood, Calif. Or maybe it was the scene in which Kiefer kicked a terrorist out the back of a subway train just as the guy ignited his explosive vest.

But to be honest, I was most likely hooked because they gave a major role to Alexander Siddig, a.k.a. Dr. Julian Bashir of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It always warms my heart when former Star Trek actors find work beyond the conventions.