Jack Bauer And 24 Too Close To Reality?

January 22, 2007

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Hugh Hewitt Townhall.com - When the ABCNews.com column assignment arrived mid-morning –”Is the TV show “24″ going too far by depicting a nuclear attack in Los Angeles in its opening episode?”– the drama went out of tonight’s two-hour program. Or so I thought. As zero hour approached, I found myself assuming that the program really wouldn’t actually depict a nuclear detonation near Los Angeles.

I noted as the show unfolded that the script had the doomsday scenario putting the casualties of such an event at somewhere north of a hundred thousand, a remarkably low estimate, and that no mention was made of the catastrophic impact of radiation sickness or the second level but still devastating impact to surrounding infrastructure, the immediate refugee problem, or the collapse of the national economy. Given that the consequences of such a blast, I found myself doubting that the program would risk absurdity by depicting a post-nuclear attack America far more simple than anyone has a right to conceive.

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