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!!Robert Biel (Creator/AdamArkin)
A U.S. Attorney specializing in medical ethics. He visits the town for two cases in season 2.
* HeroAntagonist: His positions clash with those of the main characters, but he is a compassionate and logical man who makes good arguments about why he disagrees with the heroes, is willing to apologize to people who his positions may hurt, and makes arguments that can win people over.
* LogicalLatecomer: He is an outside observer of various bizarre events that the townspeople take in relative stride and is willing to tell them how weird he finds it all.
--> ''The last time I was called to Rome, your hospital wanted to take the heart of an Alzheimer's patient and give it to somebody else. You denied that request, and since then, I've learned that the gentleman with Alzheimer's has been made, er, the mayor of this community. Now I've been dispatched again because you're endeavoring to turn a nine-year-old boy into a science experiment.''
* PerpetualFrowner: He constantly has a severe or frustrated expression, as the cases that bring him to Rome give him little to smile about, and he doesn’t like to let his guard down.
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!!Franklin Dell (Creator/DenisArndt)
A lawyer who typically represents the local hospital, its employees, or patients (provided they don't want to sue the hospital).
* AscendedExtra: He makes one appearance in season 1 and eleven more appearances across the next three seasons.
* ConsummateProfessional: He is far more straitlaced than Wambaugh, doesn't jump into cases until he is sure they are consistent with the hospital's positions or interests, and (like Wambaugh) does his best for his clients regardless of his own feelings about specific issues. Depending on the episode, this can make him either a PunchClockVillain or PunchClockHero, although he genuinely cares about some of his nobler cases.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He often takes an uncompromising pro-life stance in euthanasia or abortion cases, but does side with Howard Buss when he seeks to give his heart to his son (due to Howard having Alzheimer's and his son having a deadly coronary condition), defends Jill when she mercy kills a patient and admits to worrying about religious wars that could come from the aftermath of a potential divine pregnancy that he is arguing against terminating.
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A lawyer who typically represents the local hospital, its employees, or patients (provided they don't want to sue the hospital).
* AscendedExtra: He makes one appearance in season 1 and eleven more appearances across the next three seasons.
* ConsummateProfessional: He is far more straitlaced than Wambaugh, doesn't jump into cases until he is sure they are consistent with the hospital's positions or interests, and (like Wambaugh) does his best for his clients regardless of his own feelings about specific issues. Depending on the episode, this can make him either a PunchClockVillain or PunchClockHero, although he genuinely cares about some of his nobler cases.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He often takes an uncompromising pro-life stance in euthanasia or abortion cases, but does side with Howard Buss when he seeks to give his heart to his son (due to Howard having Alzheimer's and his son having a deadly coronary condition), defends Jill when she mercy kills a patient and admits to worrying about religious wars that could come from the aftermath of a potential divine pregnancy that he is arguing against terminating.
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* VillainsOutShopping: Wood is [[spoiler:a StalkerWithACrush to multiple teenage girls]] and is introduced while acting in a community theater production of Theatre/TheWizardOfOz.
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* TheAtoner: While she initially has few regrets about robbing the rich and giving to the poor, she does eventually accept that she should be punished for breaking the law and rejects an easy opportunity to appeal her community service sentence.
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* OutlawCouple: Her husband, a wrongfully disgraced doctor, assists her in her robbery spree in her first episode.
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* TheCreon: Jimmy is asked to run for mayor in an early episode and is highly tempted by the power and a chance to do more for the town than its current mayor, but he eventually accepts that several recent failures as sheriff make him unfit for higher office.
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* EmasculatedCuckold: Oslo's wife hasn't had sex with him in six years as of season 3, and the reveal that she’s been having an affair (combined with how dismissively the cops treat him as a potential suspect) almost drives him into making a false confession out of a frustrated desire to be taken more seriously.
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* EmasculatedCuckold: Oslo's wife hasn't had sex with him in six years as of season 3, and the reveal that she’s been having an affair (combined with how dismissively the cops treat him as a potential suspect) almost drives him into making a false confession out of a frustrated desire to be taken more seriously.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In "Cold Spell," Littleton is prosecuting a case where the town is trying to terminate the parental rights of a Wiccan whose daughter painted a pentagram in the school out of misguided fear of all the black kids being bussed into town (with her actions being influenced by the negative reaction most of the adults in town, even Jimmy and Jill, display to the bussing). Littleton's closing argument has him launch into a prolonged, sarcastic DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything speech where he says that of course the townspeople have a right to keep Rome pure and avoid interacting with people who are different than them under the argument that it leads to unpleasant tensions and opens the door for making them deal with even more different people. Everyone in the courtroom can tell that he is being sarcastic and really calling the townspeople out for their segregationist attitude, and he follows this up with a private, specific condemnation of Jimmy for seeing immediate desegregation as a cause for fear over hope and leading the town by example in that regard.
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* ButtMonkey: It is often PlayedForDrama, but Oslo is disrespected by both his offscreen wife (who cheats on him) and students, is wrongfully suspected of multiple crimes, and has a dying aunt who is eventually poisoned by a mercy-killer.
* EmasculatedCuckold: Oslo's wife hasn't had sex with him in six years as of season 3, and the reveal that she’s been having an affair (combined with how dismissively the cops treat him as a potential suspect) almost drives him into making a false confession out of a frustrated desire to be taken more seriously.
* EmasculatedCuckold: Oslo's wife hasn't had sex with him in six years as of season 3, and the reveal that she’s been having an affair (combined with how dismissively the cops treat him as a potential suspect) almost drives him into making a false confession out of a frustrated desire to be taken more seriously.
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* LetHerGrowUpDear: During Jimmy's bouts of OverprotectiveDad towards Kimberly, Jill often attempts to play the role of the peacemaker and the 'cool parent', most notably in the first season episode "High Tidings".
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* LetHerGrowUpDear: During Jimmy's bouts of OverprotectiveDad overprotectiveness towards Kimberly, Jill often attempts to play the role of the peacemaker and the 'cool parent', most notably in the first season episode "High Tidings".
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: After walking in on Kimberly having sex with her boyfriend in "High Tidings", Jimmy tries to have the boyfriend arrested on the spot for statutory rape. He also threatens to ''cancel Christmas''.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Jimmy is often shown having to be the mediator between Jill and his ex-wife Lydia. That is, until they both gang up on ''him'' about his OverprotectiveDad treatment of Kimberly.
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Jimmy is often shown having to be the mediator between Jill and his ex-wife Lydia. That is, until they both gang up on ''him'' about his OverprotectiveDad overprotective treatment of Kimberly.
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* Everyone has standards: When a convicted pedophile moves to Rome and is harassed by the townsfolk, he tries to enlist Wambaugh's assistance. Wambaugh, who often boasts he'll defend anyone, finally decides this is one client he won't take on.
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* Everyone has standards: EveryoneHasStandards: When a convicted pedophile moves to Rome and is harassed by the townsfolk, he tries to enlist Wambaugh's assistance. Wambaugh, who often boasts he'll defend anyone, finally decides this is one client he won't take on.
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* LikesOlderWomen: Develops a crush on the very attractive, mature Max, experiencing his first wet dream of her seducing him in a two piece bikini.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In the sixth episode, everyone in town wrongfully believes that he breaks asexually motivated "serial bather" due to how traces of potatoes were found at the scene of a break-in and Frank has a conviction for aggravated rape (although he claims he was innocent). Jill (who later feels remorse for her actions) and Mayor Pugen lead a movement to try to lock Frank up or run him out of town. Even after he is exonerated, people still treat him badly and he starts living in a cave due to being afraid of how the townspeople react to his presence.
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* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In the sixth episode, everyone in town wrongfully believes that he breaks asexually is a sexually motivated trespasser and "serial bather" due to how traces of potatoes were found at the scene of a break-in and Frank has a conviction for aggravated rape (although he claims he was innocent). Jill (who later feels remorse for her actions) and Mayor Pugen lead a movement to try to lock Frank up or run him out of town. Even after he is exonerated, people still treat him badly and he starts living in a cave due to being afraid of how the townspeople react to his presence.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: The whole basis of his relationship with Max. TheyDo. And then they break up. And get back together. And get married.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: The whole basis of his relationship with Max. TheyDo.They get together. And then they break up. And get back together. And get married.
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* SlapSlapKiss: Kenny and Max act out this trope to a tee in the season three episode "Close Encounters". CoitusEnsues.
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* SlapSlapKiss: Kenny and Max act out this trope to a tee in the season three episode "Close Encounters". CoitusEnsues.Coitus ensues.
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* MsFanservice: She may always be dressed conservatively at work but out of uniform she's frequently seen wearing short skirts, low cut dresses and [[BareYourMidriff midriff revealing tops]]. The episode "Bad Moon Risings" even has Matthew fantasizing about her in a bikini in a wet dream he's having.
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* MsFanservice: She may always be dressed conservatively at work but out of uniform she's frequently seen wearing short skirts, low cut dresses and [[BareYourMidriff midriff revealing tops]].tops. The episode "Bad Moon Risings" even has Matthew fantasizing about her in a bikini in a wet dream he's having.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Gives Kenny a couple of these in "Close Encounters" after their sexual tryst caused their relationship to go south. When wearing a beautiful red dress, she rhetorically asks "What are you looking at?"; he replies "Leftovers", prompting her to slap him. Then after angrily confronting her not to do it again, she slaps him a second time.
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!!Lydia Brock (Creator/CristineRose)
Jimmy's first wife, Kimberly's biological mom. Doesn't actually live in town, but drops in a good bit, usually at the worst possible moment.
* HiddenDepths: Lives a rather colorful life, and most people see her as rather shallow. She's not.
* LifeOfTheParty: Things are always more interesting when Lydia's around.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Sees Jimmy as this. At one point Lydia laments that Kimberly growing up will mean that she can't just storm into Jimmy's life whenever she wants.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jill, on their good days. On their bad days, it's just vitriolic.
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Jimmy's first wife, Kimberly's biological mom. Doesn't actually live in town, but drops in a good bit, usually at the worst possible moment.
* HiddenDepths: Lives a rather colorful life, and most people see her as rather shallow. She's not.
* LifeOfTheParty: Things are always more interesting when Lydia's around.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Sees Jimmy as this. At one point Lydia laments that Kimberly growing up will mean that she can't just storm into Jimmy's life whenever she wants.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jill, on their good days. On their bad days, it's just vitriolic.
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Jimmy's first wife, Kimberly's biological mom. Doesn't actually live in town, but drops in a good bit, usually at the worst possible moment.
* HiddenDepths: Lives a rather colorful life, and most people see her as rather shallow. She's not.
* LifeOfTheParty: Things are always more interesting when Lydia's around.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Sees Jimmy as this. At one point Lydia laments that Kimberly growing up will mean that she can't just storm into Jimmy's life whenever she wants.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jill, on their good days. On their bad days, it's just vitriolic.
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!!Frank the Potato Man (David Proval)
A homeless man who carries a sack of potatoes around with him and has a DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ChekhovsGunman: He is name-dropped in the third episode as someone who called in a police report and is the focus of a few subsequent episodes.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In the sixth episode, everyone in town wrongfully believes that he breaks asexually motivated "serial bather" due to how traces of potatoes were found at the scene of a break-in and Frank has a conviction for aggravated rape (although he claims he was innocent). Jill (who later feels remorse for her actions) and Mayor Pugen lead a movement to try to lock Frank up or run him out of town. Even after he is exonerated, people still treat him badly and he starts living in a cave due to being afraid of how the townspeople react to his presence.
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A homeless man who carries a sack of potatoes around with him and has a DarkAndTroubledPast.
* ChekhovsGunman: He is name-dropped in the third episode as someone who called in a police report and is the focus of a few subsequent episodes.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: In the sixth episode, everyone in town wrongfully believes that he breaks asexually motivated "serial bather" due to how traces of potatoes were found at the scene of a break-in and Frank has a conviction for aggravated rape (although he claims he was innocent). Jill (who later feels remorse for her actions) and Mayor Pugen lead a movement to try to lock Frank up or run him out of town. Even after he is exonerated, people still treat him badly and he starts living in a cave due to being afraid of how the townspeople react to his presence.
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!!Lydia Brock (Creator/CristineRose)
Jimmy's first wife, Kimberly's biological mom. She pays Rome frequent visits, usually at the worst possible moment.
* HiddenDepths: Lives a rather colorful life, and most people see her as rather shallow. She's not.
* LifeOfTheParty: Things are always more interesting when Lydia's around.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Sees Jimmy as this. At one point Lydia laments that Kimberly growing up will mean that she can't just storm into Jimmy's life whenever she wants.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Jill, on their good days. On their bad days, it's just vitriolic.
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!!Aiesha Campbell
A student from Green Bay whose class is bused to Rome during season 3, leading to a StoryArc where many townspeople display racist behavior while going to court to oppose the busing.
* BlackAndNerdy: Aiesha is African-American and looks more like a normal InnerCitySchool student than a nerd, but she proves to do better on tests than most of the white local students.
* DontYouDarePityMe: She gets very angry at any real or imagined CondescendingCompassion about how she is an InnerCitySchool student.
* DreadlockRasta: She is an unhappy InnerCitySchool student who wears her hair in dreadlocks.
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!! Peter (Creator/MichaelJeter) and Milton Lebeck (Creator/ChrisOwen, later Creator/BrianChristopher)
A single father who is obsessed with frogs and his depressed young son.
* AnimalLover: Peter is obsessed with frogs and thinks people should be more like them.
* DaddyIssues: Milton feels embarrassed by Peter and tries to legally emancipate himself from his father in their second appearance.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Milton runs around town in a frog mask, committing crimes and non-fatally shooting Kenny,, but is portrayed sympathetically due to his FriendlessBackground and issues with his loving but difficult father.
* TakingTheHeat: In their first appearance, [[spoiler:Peter tries to take the blame for his son's crimes.]]
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A single father who is obsessed with frogs and his depressed young son.
* AnimalLover: Peter is obsessed with frogs and thinks people should be more like them.
* DaddyIssues: Milton feels embarrassed by Peter and tries to legally emancipate himself from his father in their second appearance.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Milton runs around town in a frog mask, committing crimes and non-fatally shooting Kenny,, but is portrayed sympathetically due to his FriendlessBackground and issues with his loving but difficult father.
* TakingTheHeat: In their first appearance, [[spoiler:Peter tries to take the blame for his son's crimes.]]
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!!Brian Latham(Gregory Vignolle)
A young drifter who is accused of murdering his teenaged girlfriend. His arrest, trial and appeals are a major StoryArc that take up almost half of season 3.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: The town in general and the sheriff's department in particular decide that he's guilty well before he enters the courtroom, and only Wambaugh believes his claims of innocence. [[spoiler:Wambaugh is right to believe Brian.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He gives the police information that helps them find his girlfriend's body due to his desire to see her [[DueToTheDead get a proper burial]]. His knowledge of where to look for the body and physical evidence suggesting the two of them fought get him convicted of murder. It takes several episodes to reveal whether this is a case of NiceJobFixingItVillain or if Brian is innocent. [[spoiler:He is innocent, and it takes an embarrassingly short time for Jimmy to find evidence against the real culprits once he finally shifts his investigation from Brian to them.]]
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!!Agent Donald Morrell (Creator/SamAnderson
An [=FBI=] agent who often comes to town when a case involves federal crimes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is a gruff man but usually a fair one, and sometimes gets along with Jimmy and his deputies.
* JurisdictionFriction: He often fights with Jimmy about whether Rome has a right to investigate or try certain offenders, and in the second episode, Max and Kenny even hold him and his partner at gunpoint to keep them from taking evidence away from them.
* JustFollowingOrders: He shows little sympathy or hesitation when he tries to take custody of a Rome teenager who was caught distributing drugs so that a federal judge can give a harsher sentence than Bone will, saying that he it is out of his hands and he is following orders.
* SpottingTheThread: In one episode, he is the one to identify a SerialKiller after [[spoiler:another agent mentions how the killer sent Morrell a letter after [[JackTheRipoff a copycat]] was killed in a sting operation and blamed for all of the murders. Morrell never told anyone about that letter due to thinking at the time that it was a hoax, and he realizes that his colleague is the killer.]]
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!!Brian Latham(Gregory Vignolle)
A young drifter who is accused of murdering his teenaged girlfriend. His arrest, trial and appeals are a major StoryArc that take up almost half of season 3.
* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: The town in general and the sheriff's department in particular decide that he's guilty well before he enters the courtroom, and only Wambaugh believes his claims of innocence. [[spoiler:Wambaugh is right to believe Brian.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He gives the police information that helps them find his girlfriend's body due to his desire to see her [[DueToTheDead get a proper burial]]. His knowledge of where to look for the body and physical evidence suggesting the two of them fought get him convicted of murder. It takes several episodes to reveal whether this is a case of NiceJobFixingItVillain or if Brian is innocent. [[spoiler:He is innocent, and it takes an embarrassingly short time for Jimmy to find evidence against the real culprits once he finally shifts his investigation from Brian to them.]]
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!!Agent Donald Morrell (Creator/SamAnderson
An [=FBI=] agent who often comes to town when a case involves federal crimes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is a gruff man but usually a fair one, and sometimes gets along with Jimmy and his deputies.
* JurisdictionFriction: He often fights with Jimmy about whether Rome has a right to investigate or try certain offenders, and in the second episode, Max and Kenny even hold him and his partner at gunpoint to keep them from taking evidence away from them.
* JustFollowingOrders: He shows little sympathy or hesitation when he tries to take custody of a Rome teenager who was caught distributing drugs so that a federal judge can give a harsher sentence than Bone will, saying that he it is out of his hands and he is following orders.
* SpottingTheThread: In one episode, he is the one to identify a SerialKiller after [[spoiler:another agent mentions how the killer sent Morrell a letter after [[JackTheRipoff a copycat]] was killed in a sting operation and blamed for all of the murders. Morrell never told anyone about that letter due to thinking at the time that it was a hoax, and he realizes that his colleague is the killer.]]
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* HumiliationConga: His wife [[spoiler:His wife]] knocks him out with a frying pan, puts the body in the freezer, and then when they find they body his head gets knocked off as they're taking him out of his house. He was already dead for most of it, at least.
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The show's first mayor. He was overweight, grumpy, and generally unpopular, although his popularity spiked when he shot and killed a carjacker. He went on trial for murder, was convicted, and died right as he was granted a new trial.
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The show's first mayor. He was overweight, grumpy, and generally unpopular, although his popularity spiked when he shot and killed a carjacker. He went on trial for murder, was convicted, and died [[spoiler:died right as he was granted a new trial.
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* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: How [[spoiler:How he died. All that was left was a few bone fragments. fragments]]. Also doubles as an UndignifiedDeath [[spoiler:an UndignifiedDeath]] and as the beginning of a RunningGag where Rome's mayors tend to leave office under unusual circumstances.
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