[rulerboyz]

Well there definitely is an element of fantasy to it, in terms of the James Bond type impossible situations that Jack finds himself getting into. But that's a big part of the fun. On occasion it has been like the show Nip Tuck, where the writers are clearly trying to raise the "shock value" bar (being forced to chop off your future son in law's hand to save the world, or being forced to cause your fiancee's ex-husband's death must rank pretty high on the shock value scale).