User blog comment:KillRoy231/Seasons 7 and 8/@comment-5064943-20141102173924

I was alright with Surarov being one of the guys pulling the strings as it gave him something different to do.

I know I'm in the minority but I actually feel like bringing Mandy back would've just been plain annoying. Logan's return was one of the better aspects about the otherwise unneeded Day 8 but repeating the whole kidnapping and then wiring with audio capture was just silly.

Season 7 I've seen three different times and all I can say is that the main issue is that some of the various subplots aren't wrapped up too nicely near the end, the second portion feels beyond different in tone due to the writer's strike and the whole fake-out with Bauer supposedly about to die was very pointless.