I thought with this marathon we'd settle on a series/season, and then watch each episode, in order, 1 a week (or 2, or 3, or 4, however many the thread starter decides)?
You are right, with 24 there wouldn't simply be another choice than going by order and through the entire season.
I always pictured though that for series where the episodes are self-contained, we could jump all over the place and just cherry pick episodes, especially if it's a rerun for the participants.