Reid About It

I am a huge fan of 24. I watch the DVD's in six-hour increments, I called in sick for the season premiere, and I have sent my Congressman an official request to make Jack Bauer's birthday a national holiday.

But, let's be honest, haven't we seen this before? We're four hours into this season, and already I feel like we're watching a "Best Of" show from the first five seasons. Here's what we've got.

• There's a bad guy who's unveiling his gambit, piece by piece, and his evil plan is revealed to be the tip of the iceberg, a mere diversion for something far more dangerous.
• There's a bad guy hiding in a suburban American family, with non-Muslim families struggling with prejudice.
• There's a power struggle at CTU.
• Nobody believes Jack, even though he's never been wrong in the six years the show has been on the air.
• There's a bad guy that Jack trails who kills himself before he can be interrogated, leaving the good guys without a lead to the next bad guy.
• There's another bad guy who they desperately need to get information from who gets killed in a firefight with CTU, even while Jack is shouting for them to stop firing.
• And in the first four-hour block, one of the terrorist plans actually works, setting the tone for the rest of the season that "anything could happen."

Did I miss anything?