Adrian Cross

Adrian Cross was a hacker who was friends with Chloe O'Brian during Day 9.

Day 9
Shortly after 12:00pm, Chloe returned to the Open Cell residence after being released by Jack Bauer and Belcheck who helped her escape from CIA custody. Jack, however, tracked her down and held everyone at gunpoint on his search for Derrick Yates. Cross told Jack that Yates was released after he auctioned off classified data and hacked into military weapons systems. Cross gave Jack the location of Aron Bashir, a heroin dealer and known associate of Yates. Cross told Jack to thank him by never returning to the Open Cell residence.

Jack and Chloe headed back to the Open Cell residence after Simone Al-Harazi escaped with the override module. Cross warned that he told Jack never to return, and reluctantly agreed to help Chloe make fake credentials for Jack to get inside of the U.S. Embassy building to question Lt. Chris Tanner. Behind Chloe's back, Cross had Chell flag the "Ron Fairbanks" ID so that Jack would be arrested. However, Cross's plan backfired as Jack managed to get inside the building by running along with a crowd of bystanders who were fleeing a shooter.

Cross admitted his part in trying to set up Jack, as the Open Cell organization weren't supposed to be helping the government. However, he later came to Chloe's aid and helped Jack transfer the proof of Tanner's innocence, and said that it was for Chloe, not for Jack.

Cross helped Chloe find proof that Tanner's drone was hijacked by finding the override code hidden in Tanner's flight key. After sending this information to CIA agent Kate Morgan, Cross, Peter, Stosh and Chell prepared to leave after having already compromised what they stand for by helping the government. Cross attempted to talk Chloe into going with them, but Belcheck defended her against Cross when she refused to go, wanting to help Kate and Jack out further. Cross refused to stay behind and help when she begged him, telling Chloe he loved her before he left with Peter, Stosh and Chell.

Background information and notes

 * Adrian is the only character on the main cast of LAD to not appear in every episode of the season thus far.
 * Michael Wincott, known for playing villians, appears to be a reluctant ally in the show, a trend after Michael Madsen and Powers Boothe's similar roles on the show as Jim Ricker and Noah Daniels respectively.