The show's central character, and the only person to appear in every single episode. His defining traits include his conservative tactics, incredibly quick thinking, and Kiefer Sutherland's voice.
Crazy-Prepared: Egregiously so in many cases, particularly towards the end of Season 8 where he outwits absolutely everyone that tries to stop his Roaring Rampage of Revenge, and only backs down at the last possible moment aiming a sniper rifle at YuriSuvarov by choice.
Weapon of Choice: his two standard sidearms are both Cool Guns: a Sig P229 in the first two seasons, and a USP Tactical for the rest of the show.
Teri Bauer (Leslie Hope)
Jack's wife, with whom he had a trial separation just prior to the first season. A graphic designer and homemaker, she gets sucked into the events of Day 1 and pushed to her limits.
Sacrificial Lion: As soon as she died its was pretty much the writers' policy that any of your favorite main characters could, and most of the time WOULD, die.
Kimberly Bauer (Elisha Cuthbert)
The Kimberly. Something of a Bratty Teenage Daughter when first introduced, but being dragged into Day 1's intrigues turned that around fast. Nonetheless a lot of people felt that her presence in Days 2 and 3 were kind of forced, and cries of irritation could be heard whenever Elisha Cuthbert's name appeared in the credits.
Contractual Immortality: Word Of God was that they could never kill her off because, after Teri's death, for Jack to lose his daughter too would throw him headlong over the Despair Event Horizon (he even says as much late in Season 7). This didn't please many fans, as she is The Kimberly—the Former Trope Namer for "Damsel Scrappy."
Revenge Before Reason: See Victor Drazen below. There was also Gary Matheson from season 2 who was almost able to get away with beating his child and killing his wife but couldn't resist trying to kill Kim when he realized she was in the house.
Took a Level in Badass: She gets closer to being a genuine Action Girl each season she shows up, and arguably is one in Season 7 (she sure kicks some ass when she needs to).
Spell My Name with an S: During Day 5 he was often referred to as "Graham" (even by the show's captions) until Day 6 revealed his name as "Graem Bauer".
Jack Bauer's father and the closest thing to a Big Bad in the sixth season. He was a co-conspirator of Charles Logan's in the David Palmer conspiracy and later attempted to move his operations to China after he was discovered to be a criminal.
A Democratic senator running for President. More pertinently, a black senator running for President, and then proving he could do a pretty damn good job of it once he got the office. Is believed to have positively influenced the successful campaign of current Real Life United States President Barack Obama.
Badass More-Normal: Comparatively speaking. For obvious reasons he doesn't fight in the field like Jack, but that doesn't make him any less awesome. Assassination attempts, threats of war, trouble his wife... This guy will endure anything thrown at him for the good of the country.
Being Evil Sucks: He found out the hard way in Season 3. He got Sherry to help him with Alan Milliken. This action causes the deaths of four people by the end of the day.
Black Dude Dies First: In the first season, the fear of this trope is lampshaded by more or less everybody. It's ultimately subverted hard. He lives for four whole seasons and a bit of the fifth before he's finally killed off; and even then the lessons that he's taught those he was close to linger for years to come.
Determinator / Made of Iron: Survives a couple of assassination attempts with nothing but luck and sheer bloody-mindedness.
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: He never makes the full leap, but Season 3 especially seems to turn the entire world against him and try to force him to make some really bad (in every sense of the word) decisions. He decides to walk away from office rather than let things escalate.
A presumably Republican Senator introduced in Season 3 running against David Palmer's re-election campaign for the presidency. He won after David Palmer dropped out of the race, only to get his plane shot down in Season 4.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Like Wayne Palmer later in the show, an assassination attempt on him left him in critical condition, never to be mentioned again, resulting in Charles Logan being sworn in as president and being pretty much the worst president ever.
Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin)
John Keeler’s inept and cowardly vice president, who is forced to step up when Keeler is taken out of commission. He was revealed to be the Big Bad in the fifth season, being involved in the day's events such as the assassination of David Palmer. Even after Jack and co. exposed him, Logan would return to cause more trouble in Day 8, again as one of the primary antagonists. He is not a fan of Jack Bauer and tried to have him killed numerous times.
Bastardly Speech: He delivers a eulogy for David Palmer and is promptly arrested afterwards when his role in Palmer's assassination among others things is finally exposed.
Big Bad Duumvirate: With Yuri Suvarov in Day 8. He was also involved in a Big Bad Triumvirate with Phillip Bauer and Alan Wilson that spanned over multiple seasons
Bigger Bad: The Reveal of Logan being the Big Bad of Day 5 heavily implies he was this in Day 4, as the events of that season lead to Logan becoming [1] in the first place.
Breakout Villain: Logan at first merely seemed like a cowardly President Buffoon, only to be revealed as President Evil and the Big Bad of Day 5. He became arguably the most popular and most well-known villain from the show, and became one of the series primary antagonists, and he even hijacked the final season.
Driven to Suicide: in the series finale, although it was mentioned that paramedics might be able to save him, he would at best have permanent brain damage.
The Corrupter: Plays Corrupt the Cutie with President Taylor, luring her into abandoning her ideals, all in a plot that he hoped would end with himself looking like a hero.
Hijacked by Ganon: He is the one responsible for the cover-up conspiracy that forces Jack to go on his bloodthirsty rampage
Joker Immunity: Interesting variation as it wasn't due to him being a major villain, but him being the President which had him survive season 5, only being exposed and arrested, though it was played straight since he only got house arrest, leading to him being able to appear in season six. Invoked by Word Of God after fans were pissed over his storyline ending with his fate unclear, thus he got better as well as pardoned of his crimes, and eventually returned in season 8 to antagonize Jack once more. Interestingly it's not revoked in the series finale when he shoots himself in the head, though he possibly suffered brain damage.
The Man Behind the Man: Oh. Dear. Golly. Anton Beresch, the ringleader of the Russian terrorist group attacking the train station, is merely an underling of terrorist leader Ivan Erwich, who is himself an underling of the group's true mastermind, Vladimir Bierko. Bierko is merely the pawn of Christopher Henderson, who is himself Logan's Dragon.
Logan also hijacks the Russian government by blackmailing them and manipulates Taylor into throwing away her beliefs in order to try and repair his image. He manages to do all of this despite initially having nothing to do with the season
Taking You with Me: Does this to his Dragon Jason Pillar and tries to do it to Jack in the series finale.
Villainous Breakdown: Logan's had a few of these, though the most notable one was in the series finale, in which once he realizes Jack has thwarted his plans once more, he murders his own Dragon and attempts to commit suicide just to make sure that Jack would still be executed on his orders.
Villain with Good Publicity: Logan's goal seems to be getting the public to view him as one of the great US Presidents, despite him actually being the worst, Even after he was arrested and removed from office, the public was unaware of his villainous actions. In the series finale it becomes clear that Logan will finally be exposed as the villain he truly is, which causes him to snap.
Wham Episode: His villainy came as a shock to the actor, who had genuinely played him as a good guy.
Hal Gardner (Ray Wise)
Logan’s vice president, who takes control after Logan is arrested.
David's brother who is president during Day 6. He is constantly underminded by his Straw Conservative vice-president, and is nearly killed in an attempt on his life by more Straw Conservatives wanting badly to go to war with the Middle East.
What Happened to the Mouse?: While a newspaper from Redemption suggests that Wayne died as a result of complications from the attack, Word Of God states that he believes Wayne is alive.
Noah Daniels (Powers Boothe)
Wayne Palmer’s ambitious and aggressive vice president who later becomes president before losing his bid to Allison Taylor.
Continuing 24's love affair with the "Our Presidents Are Different" trope, Allison Taylor is a Republican woman. On the whole, she did a pretty good job of taking after David Palmer... at least during Season 7.
Corrupt the Cutie: Former President Logan does this to her in Season 8, luring President Taylor away from her ideals...with utterly disastrous results for everyone. Eventually results in Taylor having a My God, What Have I Done? moment towards the end, and ultimately choosing to face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will mean the end of her career. (Meanwhile, Logan attempts to take the cowardly way out and shoots himself in the head. It's left vague whether he survived or not.
Heroic BSOD: At the end of Season 8, after she realizes how former President Logan has corrupted her and twisted her away from her ideals. Overlapped with My God, What Have I Done?.
Heroic Sacrifice: Not of her life, but of her political career. At the end of Season 8, Taylor decides to do the right thing and face the consequences of her actions, fully aware that it will likely mean the end of her career.
Married to the Job: Ultimately decides to send her daughter to prison for killing Jonas Hodges, and ultimately get divorced by her husband in the name of upholding the law. Her devotion to her job leads her to go to questionable lengths to uphold the treaty.
Jack's girlfriend during Day 4 and the daughter of Secretary of Defense James Heller. After Day 5, she ends up being tortured and brainwashed by the Chinese so they could force Jack to give them a Russian nuclear circuitboard.
Heroic Sacrifice:Drives his car off the edge of a cliff to prevent Jack and Audrey to have to choose between his safety.
I Have Your Wife: Targeted by Christopher Henderson's men to try to secure his release.
It's All About Me: He views his son's actions as a reflection on him rather than anything he chose on his own.
Jerkass: To his son and later to Jack.
Overprotective Dad: Gets a restraining order put on Jack after Season 6, and blames him for what happened to her. Jack calls him out on it and claims that he can't accept the fact that it was her decision to search for him.
Horribly averted with his son. He quite clearly dislikes him and has no problem letting CTU torture him for information, having little regard for him outside of his use or threat to him politically.
Parental Favoritism: Pretty blatantly prefers Audrey to his son Richard. To the point he has no problem letting CTU subject him to nightmarish torture methods for information.
Well Done Son Guy: To his son Richard. Its pretty clear he doesn't like him at all.
President of the Islamic Republic of Kamistan who was set to sign a peace treaty with America that day, but his own brother and members of his government conspired against him to kill him and ultimately succeeded.
Authority Equals Asskicking: A former IRK Army officer, he helps Jack kill some American commandos trying to capture him.
Anti-Hero: Type V in Season 7, when he admits that he has done "a lot of bad things" in the past, and is willing to let a security guard who is collaborating with them die for the sake of expediency. This is subverted when he kills Larry Moss
Author Appeal: Tony's Cubs mug is a product of actor Carlos Bernard being a huge fan of the team.
Evil Counterpart: He is what Jack could have become if he lost both Teri and Kim.
Foil: To Jack in almost every way, and most tellingly how they each react to threats against their wives. Jack is outwardly berserk while remaining inwardly very clear-headed and pragmatic, while Tony's reaction on Day 3 shows he's capable of masking a complete inner meltdown under his usual soft-spoken, businesslike demeanor.
Fallen Hero, Well Intentioned Extremist (In the season 7 finale)
Foreshadowing: Season 3 pilot shows him turning down a job offer in DC because there's no openings for Michelle. This willingness to put her well being first would cost Tony dearly in the finale.
You Are in Command Now: Gets this on Day 2 and on Day 4, the latter being an example that's borderline hilarious (Tony goes from angry unemployed drunk to head of CTU in about four hours), but somehow, manages to fall under the Rule Of Cool.
The first in a long line of Obstructive Bureaucrats on 24, Mason nonetheless proved himself to be a Reasonable Authority Figure when the chips were down. This is, sadly, more than can be said about some of the others who followed in his path.
Convenient Terminal Illness: As he is dying, he volunteers to take Jack's place in delivering the nuclear device to its destination, saying it would be less painful than dying of the symptoms...
Feminine Women Can Cook: Falls under Type 2, the "Independent Successful Career Woman" who's inept in the kitchen. Notably, it's mainly a source of ribbing from Tony and not really used to ding her femininity at all.
Working with the Ex: Divorced Tony after he let his life fall apart after being released from prison, leading to some tension between them on Day 4, but got back with him at some point between Seasons 4 and 5.
Chase Edmunds (James Badge Dale)
Jack's partner during Season 3. He is secretly having a relationship with Kim.
Heroic Sacrifice: He doesn't die, but Jack is forced to cut his arm off with a fire axe to prevent the Cordilla Virus from being released, although Jack mentions that the doctors at the hospital Chase was taken to afterwards believed they could re-attach it somehow.
Bill was a departure for the 24 writers. Most of the time, The Captain of CTU is either a Stupid Boss or Obstructive Bureaucrat from the Armchair Military, or a Reasonable Authority Figure who has learned to trust Jack, but for that reason has become hamstrung by his own Stupid Bosses. Bill was the only CTU leader who managed to retain power despite allying with Jack. This made him one of Jack's most powerful supporters, since he not only had the authority Jack didn't, but was willing to throw it around at Jack's discretion.
Perhaps the classic Voice with an Internet Connection on the show, Chloe's defining traits were her proficiency at Hollywood Hacking, her Deadpan Snarkery, and her unshakeable loyalty to Jack. In the end, she supplanted Tony as the (non-Jack) character who appeared in the most episodes.
An Hour in the Limelight: Day 8: 4-5 AM where Jack and Cole spend the hour exchanging fire with terrorists and Chloe works to restore power to CTU.
Jerkass who used his authority to interfere with Jack and co. in the early seasons. He became more sympathetic when he allowed Jack Bauer to kill him on the demands of Stephen Saunders.
A Stupid Boss who was jumped by his sister and her boyfriend who stole his card, which landed in the hands of a terrorist who was able to break into CTU and unleash Sentox VX-1 Nerve Gas in the building. McGill wound up making a Heroic Sacrifice to save the survivors.
Heroic Sacrifice / Redemption Equals Death: Goes out to activate the controls to clear the gas knowing that he'll leave the safety area and be dead before he can get to safety
What the Hell, Hero?: Gets a fairly powerful one from Harry Swinton, the guard watching over him.
Harry Swinton: So we're all going to die... because you were scared?
Nina Myers (Sarah Clarke)
A former CTU agent and colleague of Jack's who turned out to be a traitor who worked for Victor Drazen as well as other Big Bads, and was one of the early recurring antagonists. While trying to escape, she winds up [[spoiler:killing Jack's wife Teri, making it personal.
Arch-Enemy: To Jack Bauer. She shares the role with CharlesLogan for the series, though she's [[spoiler: Killed Off for Real early on in the series and always appeared as a hired Mook for the season's Big Bad while never reaching that status herself.
Dragon Their Feet: In Day 1. While she was never actually The Dragon in the series, Jack only discovers she's The Mole and captures her after he had coldly executed Big Bad Victor Drazen. Subverted in Season 2, in which, although she outlives the season's Big Bad, she is just a Karma Houdini who was released from prison as part of a deal, which happened offscreen. We last see her midway through the season still in custody, and she doesn't appear at all in the final act. And finally subverted HARD in Season 3, when Jack finally kills her in the middle of the season after she tries to kill Kim.
It's All About Me: She doesn't care about anyone other than herself.
Karmic Death: Dies in the exact same room where she murdered Teri Bauer
The Mole: A Double Subversion. She is first suspected at the end of the second episode, but this proves false, then it's confirmed at the end of the penultimate episode of the first season.
Only in It for the Money: As Jack says "You don't even have a cause; you don't believe in anything. You would sell anyone and anything out to the highest bidder."
Pet the Dog: Her feelings for Cole at least seemed somewhat genuine. She avoided killing him when escaping from him and even stroked his cheek late in the season.
The writers even tried to portray Jack Bauer killing her as his ultimate Moral Event Horizon. Because she was this, as well as a dangerous traitor and antagonist, it failed.
An FBI agent introduced in Season 7, Renee quickly distinguished herself as a Distaff Counterpart to Jack, not to mention a Supporting Protagonist, telling Jack's story from another character's point of view. Had the show gone on longer, she probably would have had an impact similar to Chloe and Tony.
A female assassin-for-hire with the distinction of being a Depraved Bisexual, and, unusually for most bisexuals on TV and certainly anyone on this show, not only survives the entire series, but is given a pardon for it too.
A Chinese agent who was a reoccuring enemy of Jack Bauer. He originally wanted justice for the Chinese consul, who was accidentally killed during a raid led by Jack Bauer, but after he failed to break Jack, he decided to use Jack for something else...
Motive Decay He originally starts off as a Well-Intentioned Extremist who goes to extreme lengths to get justice for the Chinese consul accidentally killed in a raid led by Jack Bauer, but in season 6 turns into a terrorist wanting to start a war, kidnaps and tortures the daughter of a former Secretary of Defense to insanity, and helps Jack's evil father kidnap his grandson.
President of Russia who was a good guy in earlier seasons, but it is revealed that he is behind the Russian involvement in Day 8's events. He's then blackmailed by the original President Evil, Charles Logan, into going along with signing the treaty he commited his crimes to get out of, and helping Logan kill Jack Bauer.
Face Heel Turn: It's even debatable that Suvarov was already working with terrorists in season 5.
Fridge Horror: Which would mean that both of the presidents who signed the anti-terrorism treaty in season 5 were independently working with terrorists themselves!
Alternatively He became corrupted over time, possibly by Charles Logan, who had successfully manipulated Taylor into going along with his plans
Hijacked by Ganon: He was behind the original conspiracy, but he was blackmailed into going along with Charles Logan's cover-up conspiracy to sign the treaty and kill Jack Bauer. What makes this interesting is that Logan hijacked Suvarov before Suvarov even appeared and before his involvement was even known
Unwitting Pawn: The IRK were this to him, and he would become this to Charles Logan in return.
Villain Ball: If he would have just left Renee the hell alone his entire plan wouldn't have fallen apart.
Day 1 Antagonists
Ira Gaines (Michael Massee)
A mercenary leader who was the first major antagonist in the series. Originally he came across as the Big Bad, though he was revealed to be The Dragon to the Drazens.
The Bad Guy Wins: In only one aspect though, as Drazen lost in almost all the other possible aspects. He failed to kill Jack, Kim, and Palmer, lost both of his sons leaving his entire family dead, and finally gets his own Karmic Death at the hands of a VERY pissed off Jack Bauer. However, he winds up actually having one huge success when his Mole in CTU kills Teri, which completely changed Jack's life for the worse and would haunt him for the rest of his life, as well as begin the Trauma Conga Line that Jack would suffer for the rest of the series. And it was Drazen himself who indirectly caused this by forcing Nina to lie to Jack about Kim being dead in order to lure him into a death trap, which of course not only backfired, but also led to Jack realizing that Nina was the Mole, which caused her to try to cover up her role and escape before everyone else discovered. Unfortunately, Teri notices and follows Nina, discovering she's The Mole which leads to Nina killing her in order to keep her from telling anyone. Though Drazen was completely unaware of this as he was killed by Jack before this happened, so he died believing he had completely and utterly lost.
Revenge Before Reason: Victor really should have just gotten out of the country rather than wasting his time chasing Kim around to use as bait.
Shoot the Hostage: Drazen shows how much of a monster he is by shooting his friend's daughter whom Jack had taken hostage when there was absolutely no need to do so simply because he didn't want to deal with a hostage situation, then later kills his saddened and enraged friend.
The eldest son of Victor Drazen, and very much the acting Big Bad until his father is released from prison.
Bad Boss: So much that Gaines, himself a Bad Boss, chose to be killed by Jack rather than face Andre's wrath. Gaines' own Dragon, Kevin Carroll, didn't seem to realize this and tried to take Gaines' placeand negogiate with Andre, though Andre reveals his backup plan was already in effect and has his brother Alexis kill Carroll along with Gaines' remaining Mooks.
Though towards the end Andre starts to see reason and tells his father Victor they should flee the country, only for Victor to play it straight and try to lure Jack into a death trap which leads to Jack killing them both
Villainous Breakdown: Suffers a brief one after his brother Alexis dies in front of him and his father Victor, and tries to kill Kim before being stopped by Victor, who reminds Andre that they needed her.
An American businessman who helped smuggle in a nuclear warhead and participated in attempting to frame Middle Eastern countries in order to start a war in order to profit off of oil. Though the Big Bad of season 2, he was actually working for Max and a group of oil businessmen
A Mexican drug lord whom Jack Bauer had put in prison, and whom Jack then had to break out of prison in order to prevent him and his brother Hector (Vincent Laresca) from releasing a deadly virus.
A former British agent who helped Jack in the attempt to assassinate Victor Drazen, and was believed to be dead, though he turned out to be alive and emerged as the Big Bad of the third season responsible for using the virus to attack the US.
Karma Houdini: Somewhat. While Marwan does die and his plan is thwarted immediately afterwards, he commits suicide in order to prevent Jack from stopping his missle, amd dies believing he had won.
Offscreen Villain Darkmatter (As a result of the writers stretching him across more than half the season as the villain, he appears to have nigh-unlimited resources)
Say My Name: Other characters on the show drop his name so incessantly that it quickly descends into Narm. Some viewers even made Drinking Games based around it.
Taking You with Me: Attempts to do this to Jack, CTU, and the rest of LA by forcing Jack to drop him off a building to his death, believing it would stop CTU from finding his missle, which was heading for LA and would have killed everyone there, including Jack and CTU. This fails as the missle is found and destroyed shortly after Marwan dies, foiling his plan
Villian Exit Stage Left: One of the masters of this trope in any form of fiction, and the master of it in 24.
The leader of a terrorist organization of an unnamed Russian colony seeking independence. He was the intended pawn of a group of American conspirators, however his Dragon saw through their ruse.
The leader of a terrorist organization of an unnamed Russian colony seeking independence. He was the intended pawn of a group of American conspirators, however his Dragon saw through their ruse.
You Have Failed Me: He kills his Dragon Ivan Erwich for trusting the Americans and wasting one of the nerve gas canisters on America... Which he then did himself a few episodes later.
Villainy Discretion Shot (His killing of an informant's young daughter and the EMT's trying to rescue her is never brought up)
Day 6 Antagonists
Abu Fayed (Adoni Maropis)
A terrorist ringleader who wanted to use suitcase nukes against the US and who wanted to kill Jack Bauer for accidentally torturing his brother to death. Was the intended pawn of Dmitri Gredenko, but that didn't work out too well.
An Ex-Soviet General who wanted to establish Russia as a superpower again by manipulating the US and the Middle East into destroying each other, using Fayed as a scapegoat.
Too Dumb to Live: He screws himself out of an immunity deal and has his arm chopped off in order to escape with Fayed (CTU was tracking him via a nonlethal radioactive isotope injected into his arm skin), then betrays Fayed anyway and tries to escape, only to die of the massive blood loss as a result of chopping off his arm.
Day 7 Antagonists
Benjamin Juma (Tony Todd)
The genocidal dictator of Sangala after taking over the country in Redemption, he attempts to force the US to give up their attempts to remove him from power. When this fails, he attacks the White House.
And Your Little Dog Too (Threatens to torture and disfigure Olivia Taylor if Allison doesn't come out of the panic room.)
People's Republic of Tyranny: His army is called the "People's Freedom Army" and is used to overthrow a parliamentary democracy in favor of a military dictatorship.
Released To Elsewhere: Kills a hostage when President Taylor asks him to release the others now that she's surrendered and then asks her if she would like him to "release" any others.
You Look Familiar: Tony Todd appeared in season 3 as a detective investigating Alan Milliken's death.
Juma's right hand man who Juma sent to the US to try and force the US government to withdraw troops from Sangala. However his loyalty to Juma is questionable as he has his sights on an American girl.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Very, very confusingly done with the black American woman with the wheelchair-bound sister. He initially claims he's going to kill her, but doesn't go through with it.
A Corrupt Corporate Executive who suffered one big Villainous Breakdown after the government began cracking down on private military companies. He aided Juma in taking over Sangala in exchange for a deadly pathogen which he intended to use to hold the US hostage.
The mysterious head of The Omniscient Council of Vagueness that appears in season 7. He wanted to use the pathogen in order to frame Muslims in order to try and get the US government to back off on their crackdown of private military companies. He was also revealed to have been in cahoots with Charles Logan and was responsible for having David Palmer and Michelle killed, the latter being the motivation for Tony's actions. Served as the Big Bad of season 7, though arguably he was more of a Bigger Bad, since Tony Almeida was the actual antagonist.
BigBad Overload: Arguably, the Omniscient Council Of Vagueness was a group of multiple Big Bads, with Wilson merely being the most influential, so he would be this with Jonas Hodges and the others shown in season 7 He was also in a Triumvirate with Charles Logan and Phillip Bauer
Also Man Behind the Man to even more absurd lengths when it was revealed he was in cahoots with Charles Logan and Jack's evil father and brother, who plotted an already massive as it is conspiracy.
Save the Villain: Jack and Renee had to prevent Tony from killing him
The Man Behind the Man (He's described in almost exactly these terms by Tony in relation to Charles Logan, and considering who Logan's behind... he's also this to Hodges.)
Head of a Russian crime syndicate who helps Farhad Hassan gain nuclear rods to transport into Manhattan.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He runs the syndicate with his 2 sons, and he later asks for witness protection for him and his family for helping expose the Russian conspiracy. On the other hand...
Kick the Dog: He kills his son who was exposed to the rods, largely to punish the other son for his attempt to treat him.
Pet the Dog: He shows sympathy for his son afterwards, making sure he ends up with the angels and says he doesn't care where he himself ends up.
Farhad Hassan (Akbar Kurtha)
The brother to President Omar Hassan who opposes the peace treaty because he thinks it would make the IRK look weak.
Even Evil Has Standards: he turns on the rest of the Kamistani terrorists after Samir Mehran reveals his intentions to use the nuclear rods to blow up Manhattan, although probably just since he knew the USA would retaliate.
Heel Face Turn: After his Dragon changes the plan for the rods.
Redemption Equals Death: Gets killed by one of Samir's men after trying to turn himself in to CTU
Tarin Faroush (TJ Ramini)
Omar Hassan's chief of security and daughter's boyfriend, secretly in league with the IRK opposition.
Manipulative Bastard: After kidnapping Kayla Hassan and taking her to Samir Mehran he pretends to die freeing her just to send her to CTU with an EMP, which they were intending to use to kill her too, although he does seem regretful over it.
Motive Rant: "You think I don't know you, Omar? I watched over you day and night, remember? Watched while you betrayed your own wife with a western whore. You care for nothing but yourself." Said to President Hassan after the man gave himself up to save Manhattan from his and Samir Mehran's dirty bomb.
My Death Is Just the Beginning: After he kidnaps President Hassan, Jack almost catches up to him, but he has Hassan transferred to another car in a parking garage and drives off the top of it to create a diversion, killing himself.
Terrorist leader working with Farhad to blow up Manhattan and kill Omar Hassan.
The Bad Guy Wins: Essentially; his goal of stopping the peace treaty from being signed was accomplished, and chances are he was willing to die for his cause and didn't care what happened to his Russian co-conspirators.
Even Evil Has Standards: He claims he does not wish to kill innocent civilians, and actually keeps his word and stops the bomb when his demands are met.
The Starscream: He turns on Farhad when he gets the rods.
The Russian Foreign Minister adamently opposed to the treaty, and responsible for the deaths of Omar Hassan and Renee Walker. Logan wants Jack to believe that the conspiracy ends with Novakovich, but that's just not how it goes.
