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You may kill Renee, you may kill Hassan, BUT YOU WILL NEVER GET RID OF US THAT EASILY ASSHOLES!

Omar Hassan

4PM ~ c. 8AM

When he first started on 24 this season, many, myself included, had their doubts. We criticized his hair, picked apart his paranoia and infidelity, and made numerous allusions to his role on Slumdog Millionaire. Right up until the end, he was dogged by that reference. He overcame that adversity, however, injecting humanity into the role. He was not perfect, but he did the best he could with a bad script. We felt his pain as he was betrayed by his brother, we understood his panic as his daughter went missing, but, most of all, we knew his guilt as terrorists threatened to detonate a bomb if we were not turned in. And turn himself in he did, for he felt that it was better for him to die, than thousands, if nor millions, of innocent citizens. He truly was a hero. With the exception of Drew, none of us really expected him to die, we expected another at the last minute rescue (much like what happened with the bomb, an episode earlier). In a stroke of brilliance that the writers have not shown us until this late in the season, it really looked like Hassan would live, making the revelation of his death all the more tragic. It was a brilliant and moving piece of writing, and the reactions from the other characters were wonderful, showing us what we all knew, that these are all good actors, and the problem, up to that point, was with the writing. Hopefully this signifies a turning point in the season, and the writing from here on in will be great. Then, Omar Hassan will truly have died a hero. Either way, with his amazing acting, Anil Kapoor has a new fan.