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George Mason is a Fiction al character in the Fox Television series '' 24 ''. He was portrayed by actor Xander Berkeley . BIO In Season 1 , Mason was the District Director of the Los Angeles division of the Counter Terrorist Unit , an agency of the Federal Government that seeks and hunts down Terrorist Groups . There is initial friction between him and Jack Bauer , because Bauer had recently blown the whistle on three CTU officials that he believed were taking bribes. Later in the season, Mason is suspected of being a Mole but is cleared. By Season 2 , Mason had become the Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles office, a step down from his position in the CTU regional office during season 1. As the closest available agent, he was sent to a suspected site of terrorist activity, where he came in close contact with weapons-grade Plutonium , and was given less than a day to live by the doctor who examined him. Mason returned to CTU and kept his radiation sickness from his coworkers as long as possible. Eventually Michelle Dessler and Tony Almeida discovered his condition and convinced him to resign his position. Before doing so, he reconnected with his long-lost son, to whom he bequeathed his life savings. As his last act before leaving the office, Mason named Tony as the acting Special Agent in Charge. That episode, he received the Silent Clock . Jack Bauer and his team eventually located the nuclear device in time to prevent its detonation. Since the bomb technicians were unable to defuse the device, CTU and President Palmer decided to fly the bomb into the Mojave Desert to prevent damage to populated areas. Jack Bauer volunteered as the pilot of the plane to fly with the bomb; however, knowing he was fated to die, Mason secretly boarded the plane, heroically took over the flight controls, and convinced Jack to parachute out of the plane before they reached the blast radius. He successfully crashed the plane and safely detonated the bomb, resulting in his death. |
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