The third season of the hit Fox drama "24" opens with an ultimatum made to the LA Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) to free a prisoned drug dealer (Ramon Salazar, played by Joaquim de-Almeida) or else his brother, who has terrorist ties, will infect Los Angeles with a deadly virus. Once again, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), who went undercover between the 2nd and 3rd season to arrest Salazar, co-siding with Tony Almeida (Carlos Bernard), lead CTU to try to stop this virus. The tradition for office-affairs continue at CTU, as Kimberly Bauer (Elisha Cuthbert), who joined CTU as a computer analyst, has been dating her father's new partner Chase Edmunds (James Badge Dale). Also, during the 3-year time-frame Tony and Michelle Dessler (the magnificent Reiko Aylesworth) got married. President David Palmer (Dennis Hasbert) survived the failed assasination attempt, and is now campaigning for re-election. In the beginning of the season, it appears the format of the "day" will be similar to that of Season 2: trying to stop a deadly weapon before it's too late. Only this time the story is much more complex, and the plot thickens with each hour, with 24's famous surprising twists. The season's not perfect (as witnessed in the the baby sub-plot, and the Anne sub-plot), but I truly believe that as a whole, this season is the best one yet. The arc of episodes from the 15th episode up until the fantastic 18th episode, are all top-notch, with amazing performences from all actors, especially Reiko Aylesworth.The DVD features (commentaries by Kiefer, Carlos & co, deleted/extended scenes and 3 featurettes) look very promising, and so is the box cover, so there's no reason not to purchase this box-set.