The writers strike may be over but television viewers will be feeling the fall out for months to come. Some shows aren’t returning until next year. That strike really wreaked havoc with a lot of people’s viewing pleasure, not to mention a lot of other people’s livelihood. The show 24 won’t return to the air until January 2009. For anyone that hasn’t seen it, the show 24 is an action-adventure-espionage series that is shot in “real time”. Fans of the show are quite enamoured of it.

Degree, the deodorant, has put together an internet series called “The Rookie”, that is styled in the same fashion as 24. Despite having watched 24 twice and not caring for it, when I was asked if I wanted an opportunity to review the Degree show I couldn’t pass it up. This is actually The Rookie’s third season. I’d not seen either of the previous ones, although I had seen a television commercial containing a piece of one. the third season is called Day 3: Extraction. I watched the Day 3 season from beginning to end, which took about a half hour.

Day 3 follows an American agent named Jason Blaine, whose boss was kidnapped by a well known cruel drug boss. Day 3 begins with how and why Jason’s boss got kidnapped. Viewers watch Jason, with help from headquarters, use technology and brains to try and find his boss. I don’t want to give away any more details for those that haven’t seen it yet.

The sound quality was excellent and the video pretty clear. Once or twice my internet got bogged down and the show stopped, but it did resume in short order. The videography of The Rookie Day 3 was very much like that of 24. As I later learned, that’s because The Rookie Day 3 was directed by Rodney Charters, a director of photography on 24. The Rookie Day 3 also got a lot of help from members of the 24 production and stunt crews.

The show’s season is meant to be watched in short installments of 3-5 minutes each. I think watching it in that manner keeps it much more interesting, and more like a series instead of a movie. All of Season 3′s installments can be seen on The Rookie Day 3: Extraction channel. I do have a suggestion for the folks at Degree. I’m one of those people that can’t start watching a movie or show late because I don’t like to miss anything. It would be a lot easier for people like me to enjoy the show if we understood how it got to the point the storyline is at now. I looked all over the Degree Rookie home page and couldn’t find any past seasons or bio or anything. If you’re a fan of the show 24, or if you like espionage-adventure types of shows, you should definitely check out The Rookie. I’m including the first installment of Day 3 for you to check out for yourself.