How I got hooked

When 24 first came out when I was back at secondary school (seems ages ago now, must be getting old!) I wasn’t really interested in it, but a couple of my mates were raving about how good it was but I just ignored them.  And it wasn’t until last year that I started to watch it.  When one of me housemates lent me the first series I thought I will give it a go but wasn’t expecting to watch the whole lot.  But how wrong was I? I was gripped from start to end and there is no way you can just watch one hour without watching 2 or 3 on the DVD’s and since then I have not looked back.  After starting to watch the current series, 8 with the aid of a bit of help from one of my Uni mates (you know who you are!) I am still gripped and can’t wait to watch the next hour in the life of Jack Bauer. How did all of you get hooked by it? Was it like my school mates right from the beginning? or just like me in the recent years?