24

In Canada: Thursdays, 9pm, CBC
In the US: Acquired by Ion Television
In the UK: FX probably

Firstly, as always, don’t go to the CBC web site if you want to have any surprises this season. They give the whole game away.

Secondly, where were we? Oh yes. Back at the end of the second season of The Border – Canada’s answer to 24 and Spooks in which its immigrations service, ICS, finds itself having to deal with nasty Muslim terrorists, and even worse, Americans – lots of people got blown up and shot. Maybe. We were left in a “Dynasty wedding scenario”, waiting to see who survived.

But it’s time for the third season so clearly we have to reveal how many cast members can withstand a fusillade of automatic weapons fire at point-blank range with near-zero cover to protect them.

Anyone want to guess if the number is greater than zero?

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