A 35-year-old fan of 24 agreed to allow himself to be hooked up to a heart rate monitor in a hospital while he watched 24 to find out just how stressful viewing an episode of the counter-terrorism drama really is, a Fox TV affiliate reported.

Unfortunately for the folks at Fox -- who likely would've loved to have found the guy's heart pound wildly during a tense Jack Bauer scene -- "his heart rate and blood pressure barely budged," according to MyFox Austin. I wonder if he was watching one of the recent, lackluster 24 episodes. If he'd been watching the amazing first four hours of this season, however, I'll bet they'd have different results.