1. Kim Bauer Meets Up With A Crazy Survivalist; Tangles With A Cougar (Day 2)
The second season of 24 might be the program's best, but it also contains what most fans consider to be the silliest of storylines amidst the chaos caused by a nuclear detonation, Kim ends up in the woods with a crazy survivalist, and tangles with a cougar. Even the producers of the show couldn't help but joke about "the cougar" in later seasons, and for fans it has become short-hand for anytime the series committed a serious blunder. For a series that also gave one of its main characters amnesia for several episodes because it didn't know what to do with her, that's saying something. The Lesson: No more cougars, please. Were there other silly things on 24 that should have been included on this list? Let us know in the comments section below.
Michael is one of the founders of FACT TREK (www.facttrek.com), a project dedicated to untangling 50+ years of mythology about the original Star Trek and its place in TV history. He currently is the Director of Sales and Digital Commerce at Shout! Factory, where he has worked since 2014. From 2013-2018, he ran the popular Star Trek Fact Check blog (www.startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com).
