re: #111 GeneJockey

Imagine an episode where Bauer is CONVINCED that this guy’s the baddest of all bad guys, but we, the audience know he’s just a cab driver with a wife and kids trying to make a life for himself.

And with us knowing the guy us innocent, Bauer goes through his torture orgy, finally getting the guy to say something just to make it stop.

Nah. That would probably be seen as gratuitous violence.
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If you wanted to see a Iraq War era show in which gratuitous torture of the enemy was shown for the ugliness it is, watch BattleStar Galactica