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"Detainee #0027: DR. PEPPER. Nothin' feels better in the middle of a long hard day of torture than a tall frosty glass of Dr. Pepper. The only thing this prisoner is aiding and abetting is refreshment!"

So, I'm watching this season of "24" and there's torture every episode.
In the last ep the torture started before the credits were even over.
This time the bad guys were torturing a good guy that the good guys had tortured last week cause they thought he might be a bad guy.
However, even in the fictional "24" universe torture hasn't actually worked even once.
So, what are the writers trying to do?
They had the Secretary of State give a pro-torture speech,
but they aren't showing torture as being effective.