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2* [[Characters/BurnNoticeTeamWesten Team Westen]]
3* [[Characters/BurnNoticeVillains Villains]]
4[[/index]]
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6[[foldercontrol]]
7
8!!Michael's Relatives
9
10[[folder:Madeline Westen]]
11!!Madeline Westen
12->'''Played by:''' Creator/SharonGless
13
14[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maddie_6.jpg]]
15[[caption-width-right:350:...family, too[[labelnote:*]]...if you're desperate[[/labelnote]]...]]
16
17Michael's chain-smoking, meddlesome mother. She is the only thing that scares him.
18----
19* AlmightyMom: Spy or not, Michael takes her seriously when she lays the rules down, and she's decent at helping him in some of his later adventures.
20%%* ApronMatron: Do NOT trifle with her.
21* BewareTheNiceOnes: She can kick ass with the best of Team Westen when given the opportunity.
22* ConsummateLiar: Lies shamelessly if she thinks it'll help her loved ones in the long run.
23* CoolOldLady:
24--> '''Maddie:''' What kind of sissy wouldn't [[PillowPistol sleep with a gun under his pillow]], anyway?
25%%* DeadpanSnarker: Must be where Michael and Nate got it.
26* DomesticAbuse: Maddie was the victim of it from her husband, and had to watch her husband beat Michael and Nate.
27** "Bloodlines" throws this into sharp relief, as Michael takes on a persona identical to his father and Maddie must remain undercover while allowing Michael to slap her around.
28* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Calmly smoking a cigarette before checking out with C4.]]
29* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the series finale, to protect Charlie and Jesse.]]
30* {{Hypochondria}}: A characterization that didn't really stick past the first episode. Her pills are still part of the set dressing, but it's not actually a part of the character any more. Though this may be because it was a call for Michael's attention. She doesn't need it anymore since he's back in Miami.
31* LethalChef: She gradually improves over time, but the low quality of her chocolate-chip cookies is a RunningGag. On the other hand, she does appear to have a good recipe for iced tea.
32* MamaBear: Threats to her sons might get you slapped or threatened with serious violence.
33%%* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal
34* NeverMessWithGranny: As she becomes more accustomed to Michael's life, she steps into it and becomes more of a badass, to the point that she can break a man by acting like a kind grandmother while delivering death threats and a last cigarette.
35* ObfuscatingStupidity: Her part and parcel. She plays up the neurotic, chain smoking old lady angle to get people to underestimate her. As early as the second episode, where she leaves an agent alone in her house long enough to plant a bug, it's questionable whether she was playing him or not as she is immediately able to point out the house the listening crew is in when Michael asks.
36* OneLastSmoke: [[spoiler:Right before she blows herself up.]]
37* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:She finally quits smoking when she adopts Charlie.]]
38* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:When her youngest son, Nate, dies.]]
39* ParentalSubstitute: To Jesse. He lost his mother young and she cares more for him than Michael does.
40* ShipperOnDeck: For Michael/Fiona. She often encourages Michael to go on dates with Fiona and is saddened whenever there is friction between the couple.
41* StepfordSmiler: Her role in the family history. She gave everything she had trying to pretend her family had a happy, normal life and that her husband wasn't an abusive JerkAss.
42* TeamMom: Even though she can't cook.
43* TookALevelInBadass: The poster girl for the trope. We've lost count of the actual levels she's taken, but she starts out a nagging, hypochondriac chain-smoker in the pilot and over three seasons, has become virtually equivalent to a spy herself.
44** Best demonstrated in "The Hunter", where Sam and Fiona are interrogating a pilot to find out where Michael has been taken. Sam gives up the questioning when the pilot makes it clear he's not afraid of anything, and goes to think through new options with Fiona. Madeline calmly walks out to the garage where he's being kept, lights a cigarette, and comes back 4 minutes later with the coordinates, having not even had to TOUCH the pilot.
45** There's an excellent moment in the season 3.5 opener, "A Dark Road", when she [[spoiler:outright blackmails a woman she's become friends with because the woman possesses information that Michael needs to save lives. She hates it, but she stonewalls the woman and gets the files.]]
46** She shows off her MamaBear status in the season three finale when she stalls and misdirects a set of government agents who only very slowly come to realize that she's not an innocent old woman. She tips Michael off that the FBI is at the house, then sends the feds on a wild goose chase. This whole time she is interrogated in her own home, given photographs of bad stuff Michael has supposedly done and she doesn't even flinch, but she pretends to crack to keep the agents fooled. When they finally threaten to arrest her for aiding and abetting, she practically puts the handcuffs on herself, and oh, yes - slaps a federal agent.
47** To show her new badassery, when Michael tells Sam and Fiona that she's trying to hold them off, Sam says "She's good, but she's not that good." When a former Navy SEAL thinks you're tough, that's saying something.
48*** Of course, this isn't the first time said Navy SEAL acknowledges her badassery - from "The Hunter":
49---->'''Madeline''': Sam, let me remind you you're sleeping in my guestroom. You call me or God as my witness I will smother you in your sleep.\
50'''Sam''': Okay, we'll call!
51** Season Four has her delivering multiple WhatTheHellHero moments to Michael, helping Sam blackmail a congressman, searching a suspect's house, distracting a cemetery guard for Fiona, and pulling a StealthHiBye on Michael and Jesse. Maddie has become a full-fledged badass.
52** Season Five's "Bloodlines" sets a whole new record for Maddie. Successful undercover operation, where she poses as a nurse to a Yakuza drug lord? Check. Keeping her cover while her son masquerades as his father and reenacts the abuse she used to suffer? Check. Pulling a faked escape with said drug lord and after he leads Team Westen to his hideout, triple-crossing him and holding him at gunpoint with a shotgun? CHECK.
53*** Later in S5, she's searching a house for evidence and picking the locks in the process.
54** In the Season 6 Premiere Anson sics a paranoid-schizophrenic on her to lure Michael away, allowing him to escape. Jesse goes instead to rescue her. She ends up saving Jesse. [[MoreDakka With a double-barreled shotgun]]. [[ImprobableAimingSkills Through the floor of the attic into the downstairs living room.]]
55-->'''Jesse:''' Why didn't you shoot sooner?\
56'''Maddy:''' I had to listen to know where you both were to know where to shoot.
57[[/folder]]
58
59[[folder:Nate Westen]]
60!!Nate Westen
61->'''Played by:''' Creator/SethPeterson
62
63[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nate_1.jpg]]
64-> ''"Jesus, bro, dad's dead, you're not in Afghanistan any more; when are you going to learn there are people you can trust?"''
65
66Michael's younger brother and Madeline's youngest son. He started out as a ConMan with a [[TheGamblingAddict gambling problem]], but now owns his own limo business, has a wife and kid, and sometimes is a support member in Michael's jobs.
67----
68* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: It becomes increasingly apparent that his conman persona is an earnest but ultimately futile attempt to emulate his brother's superior criminal and espionage expertise. In the sixth season mid-summer finale, [[spoiler:he dies trying to be as good as Michael and fit into his life as a spy]].
69* TheAtoner: Never treated as a ''bad'' guy in the show but is trying to put his past transgressions behind him.
70* BrokenPedestal: While he ''does'' love his brother, after getting roped into a few of Michael's missions, it soon dawns on him that his brother's supposedly glamorous life of intrigue is dirty, dangerous, and self-destructive, so much so that he moves out of Miami to stop getting roped into his antics and even tries to convince their mother to leave as well. Michael for one ''encourages'' this since it means he's less likely to get hurt.
71* CharacterDevelopment: Starts off a petty, irresponsible criminal but later becomes more responsible.
72* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: To a certain extent. Nate's more naive than stupid. He isn't a spy, criminal, or soldier like the main three, but he's got serious car-boosting skills and his improv at playing a cover has saved the day several times. More or less, he's Michael without the badass attitude or proper training.
73* DarkAndTroubledPast: The same as Mike's: an abusive, alcoholic father who hit everyone in his family. However, where Mike became a broken human who could be a living weapon, Nate just broke and became an alcoholic, a drug addict, and a compulsive gambler.
74* DeadpanSnarker: Must be a Westen family trait.
75* DeliberatelyBadExample: In the first 2 seasons or so, Nate tends to show what would happen if a normal person tried to do what Michael does. It tends to end with him getting death threats by bad guys, being beaten up, or winding up as a DistressedDude a lot.
76* DistressedDude: Whether or not it's his own doing, he's often ended up like this.
77* FiveFingerDiscount: Even early on, he was able to do this to ''Michael''- he was never totally useless. He's even ''better'' than Michael at stealing cars.
78* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Zig zagged}}. At first glance Michael is the responsible one given Nate was an addicted gambler, but as the series goes on the latter becomes more responsible.
79* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Arguably the most loveable and innocent recurring character in the show, his death sets the stage for season 6 getting very, very dark.]]
80* NiceGuy: Gambling and criminal ways aside, he's the type of guy who wears his heart on his sleeve and really does want to do right by his family.
81* PapaWolf: He flies across the country to take a job finding stolen cars when he learns his wife is pregnant.
82* ParentalAbandonment: Big brother abandonment. Michael took off and joined the army at 17, then became a spy. He disappeared for decades, leaving Nate and their mother to deal with Frank without him. Nate never got over it.
83* ProfessionalGambler: Nate spent a lot of time mixing this trope with TheGamblingAddict. While he had the perpetual financial problems associated with the addict, he also had some of the skills associated with a pro gambler. Said skills [[ChekhovsHobby were occasionally useful]] on one or two of Michael's jobs.
84* RecklessSidekick: In some episodes Nate takes a direct role in helping Michael and is decently skilled in certain areas like stealing cars or doing improvised acting when Michael needs an extra person, he's also a little too impulsive and shortsighted for Michael's taste and has a problem when it comes to [[KnowWhenToFoldEm knowing when to give up]]. All of this gets a LampshadeHanging in the season six mid-summer finale. [[spoiler:Michael spends the episode chewing Nate out for doing the wrong thing in a spy op, then weeps over his body after Nate falls to a sniper.]]
85* RedOni: To Michael when they work together.
86* SpannerInTheWorks: In "Enemies Closer".
87* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:The teaser for "Shock Wave" all but went out of its way to foreshadow Nate's impending death, and then fully invoked this trope in the last 10 minutes of the episode when Michael relied on him to catch Anson. Also a rather egregious case of DeadStarWalking.]]
88* TropaholicsAnonymous: Begins going to Gambler's Anonymous after he couldn't make himself leave the card table even as his baby was being born.
89* UnwittingPawn: Occasionally, particularly in "End Run".
90* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Even though they were just recently divorced, Nate's wife Ruth was nowhere to be seen at his funeral.]]
91** Season 7 offers slight handwaves [[spoiler:for her absence; an offhand comment talks about Ruth having fallen OffTheWagon entirely, hinting that she had fallen prey to a substance addiction either in the wake of, or even before, Nate's death. Furthermore, the very next episode sees Madeline having to confront one of Nate's old bookies, because he couldn't find Ruth to shake down.]]
92[[/folder]]
93
94[[folder:Charlie Westen]]
95!!Charlie Westen
96->'''Played by:''' Creator/WilsonPennel
97
98Nate's adorable son, born during his short-lived marriage. [[spoiler:Adopted by Madeline after Nate's death.]]
99----
100* HeartwarmingOrphan: [[spoiler:After Nate dies.]]
101* {{Nephewism}}: After [[spoiler:Madelein's heroic sacrifice, he ends up raised off screen by Michael and Fiona, and provides the justification for Michael's voice-overs.]]
102* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Not exactly Nate's fault, but Ruth dropped him off in foster care before [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse taking off.]]]]
103* RaisedByGrandparents: Madeline cares for him for most of his screen time.
104* WalkingSpoiler: Fucking hell.
105[[/folder]]
106
107[[folder:Frank Westen]]
108!!Frank Westen
109->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimGriffin
110
111-> '''''Madeline''': You know, you missed your father's funeral by eight years.''\
112'''''Michael''': Well, last time I talked to him, he said "I'll see you in hell, boy," so I figured we had something on the books.''
113
114Though long dead by the beginning of the series, the (abusive, short-tempered) patriarch of the Westen family nevertheless remains something of a central mythical figure in the series due to the incredible influence he has over the Westen family, even after he died of a heart attack prior to the series. This influence only grows as of season 5 with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Anson used Frank to gain information on Michael and arranged for his heart attack.]]
115
116[[spoiler:Michael is "visited" by a drug-induced hallucination of Frank in season 7 (played by Tim Griffin).]]
117----
118* AbusiveParent[=/=]DomesticAbuse: Verbally and physically abused his family on a regular basis.
119* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:He's the only reason Michael beats and survives James's interrogation. In fact, not just due to the terrifying confrontation with "ghost" Frank, but a EurekaMoment provided by Mike's younger self:]]
120--> [[spoiler:'''Adult Michael''': What did you tell him?]]\
121[[spoiler:'''Young Michael''': Nothing. I never tell him ''anything''.]]
122* DoomItYourself: By all rights a terrible mechanic, and not much better at being a father. Didn't fare much better as an electrician, if stealing wiring out of a neighbor's air conditioner counts.
123--> '''Michael''': ''(voiceover)'' My dad's approach to machinery was the same as his approach to his family: If you don't like the way something works, [[DomesticAbuse keep banging on it till it does what you want]]. If something doesn't fit, force it. And above all, [[WatchThePaintJob make sure it looks good on the outside]].
124* TheGhost: Other than the occasional appearance of a family photo in Madeline's house, with a man in the picture that may be Frank, he remains unseen [[spoiler:until Michael hallucinates Frank berating him in "Psychological Warfare".]]
125* HeelRealization: Shortly before his death, spending time with a therapist helped him realize how truly awful he'd been as a husband and father.
126* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler: Anson murdered him because he was thinking of going Face.]]
127* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Bequeathed his [[CoolCar Dodge Charger]] to Michael. Sort of. Actually, it was a ploy by Madeline to make Michael think his dad gave a crap.
128--> '''Madeline''': I remember what fun you two had always working on cars in the garage.\
129'''Michael''': Fun? I remember him making me fake a seizure at Mr. Goodwrench so he could steal spark plugs.
130* JerkAss: A big part of Michael's upbringing and issues can be traced back to his less than ideal parenting.
131* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler:Anson had him killed]].
132* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for years before the series started.
133* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Right around the time Frank realized just how horrible of a husband and parent he was, [[spoiler: Anson decided to arrange a heart attack for him to prevent any pesky father-son reconciliation.]]
134* SeeYouInHell: The last thing he said to Michael's face. [[spoiler:Michael makes an IronicEcho of this to Anson at the end of season 5.]]
135[[/folder]]
136
137!!Government Figures and Employees
138
139[[folder:Agent Harris & Agent Lane]]
140!!Agent Harris & Agent Lane
141-> '''Played By:''' Creator/MarcMacaulay (Harris), Creator/BrandonMorris (Lane)
142[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harris_&_lane.png]]
143[[caption-width-right:350:"Old Friends" at the FBI]]
144
145[[ThoseTwoGuys Two FBI agents]] tasked with leaning on Sam in season 1 to conduct surveillance on Michael. Sam, in turn, acts as Michael's double agent to only feed them ''just'' enough info to keep Harris and Lane's superiors happy (and help get a real crook or two turned in). They eventually get reassigned once Michael stirs up enough trouble to be someone else's problem, but one or both of them turn up as allies of Michael in later seasons.
146----
147* TheBusCameBack: Three times so far.
148* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Not actually defeated, per se - somebody higher up the food chain, ominously, had them taken off the assignment. They're also not really his friends.
149* PutOnABus: A couple episodes before season 1 ended.
150* ThoseTwoGuys: Tow somewhat interchangeable, casually laidback federal agents.
151[[/folder]]
152
153[[folder:Jason Bly]]
154!!Jason Bly
155->'''Played by:''' Creator/AlexCarter
156[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bly_7.jpg]]
157[[caption-width-right:350:Government Agent]]
158-> ''"Man, I have to say, Miami's treated me pretty well."''
159
160A CSS agent sent in ostensibly to investigate Michael in season 1 when Michael is freshly burned, but really to convince him to sit down and shut up about wanting his job back. Michael eventually puts together information to blackmail Bly into leaving him alone, although Bly attempts to return the favor in season 2, at which point the two call a truce. He reappears again in season 6.
161----
162* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: The CSS is a real government agency, but what the hell would one of its people be doing pressuring Michael like that? It's a branch of the NSA dedicated to coordinating between intelligence agencies for the analysis of signal intelligence, not a domestic police force. There's a reason you've probably never heard of it.
163* TheBusCameBack: In the Season 6 premiere "Scorched Earth", [[spoiler: interrogating Fi]].
164%%* DroppedABridgeOnHim
165* FireForgedFriends: After the events of "Bad Breaks", he actually helps Michael and they part amicably.
166* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Michael tries to tell him he didn't really deserve to be burned, Bly momentarily loses his cool and tells Michael he [[KarmaHoudini should be in jail]]. Later we find out what the government thinks Michael did. Bly was really understating the case.
167* HeroAntagonist: For all he's a SmugSnake, he really is on the side of angels and the dossier he has on Michael would make anyone think Michael was a monster.
168* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Or at least of a somewhat reasonable person.
169* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He isn't one himself, but he ''really'' knows how to make use of them, seeking to inflict "a slow death, drowning in red tape" on Michael.
170* OutGambitted: A bunch of things he thought were going well for him turned out to be Michael setting him up to look corrupt. And to rub it in, after dumping TheReveal about this in Bly's lap, [[spoiler:[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Michael drives off]] in the [[CoolCar Mustang]] that Bly thought was his!]]
171* PunchClockVillain: Sure, he's obnoxious about it, but he's just doing his job.
172* PutOnABus: Michael blackmails him into boarding one in S1, only to see him return with a grudge ([[FireForgedFriends which gets resolved]]) in "Bad Breaks". Disappeared afterward, until...
173* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:In the sixth season finale.]]
174* SmugSnake: When he has (or thinks he has) the upper hand on Michael. Cue MacGyvering or other such plot development to prove him wrong.
175[[/folder]]
176
177[[folder:Detective Michelle Paxson]]
178!!Detective Michelle Paxson
179[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paxson_5.jpg]]
180[[caption-width-right:350:Michael's Worst Nightmare]]
181->'''Played by:''' Creator/MoonBloodgood
182
183->''Stuff's been blowing up pretty steadily since you arrived in Miami. So are you going to answer my questions, or am I going to pick my way through everything you own?''
184
185A Miami Detective who shows up investigating Michael at the start of season 3, almost immediately after he turned down Management's offer to help him stay off the radar. She makes the connection between Michael and some of the group's [[StuffBlowingUp flashier pyrotechnics]], and promptly starts hounding the team and staking out all the spots where they store their equipment. She keeps the pressure up for several episodes, causing a number of problems for Team Westen before Michael helps her catch a dangerous criminal she's been trying to bring down for years. She reluctantly backs off at that point, but notes that if Michael slips or she ever hears of him becoming a criminal for real, she'll arrest him.
186----
187* ByTheBookCop: As by the book and honest as you can possibly get.
188* DueToTheDead: She's seen attending the funeral of an InnocentBystander murdered by the subject of another of her cases.
189* EnemyMine: And to make charges stick on said enemy, she has to swear that he was using the explosives she was trying to tie to Michael and Fiona.
190* FairCop: Is played by a model.
191* FoeRomanceSubtext: Michael and Fiona comment on this, although Michael denies it.
192-->'''Fiona:''' Was that flirting or does she hate you?\
193'''Michael:''' I am ''not'' her type.
194* PutOnABus: After Michael convinces her he's not a villain, she backs off and never shows up again.
195* SpannerInTheWorks: Deliberately shows up during one of Michael's jobs to throw it off (while not knowing exactly what it is) to put the heat on him in retaliation for Michael getting her partner fired (or suspended) by giving the two fake information implicating a political in criminal activity. This causes Michael to decide to engineerings an EnemyMine situation with her to clear that up.
196* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: She's a pain in the ass obstacle for the Team, but in real life if Team Westen was making all those explosions go off in your city, you'd want them arrested too.
197[[/folder]]
198
199[[folder:Diego Garza]]
200!!Diego Garza
201->'''Played by:''' Creator/OttoSanchez
202[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/diego_5.jpg]]
203[[caption-width-right:350:Michael's Point of Contact]]
204->''I assume you're here because you want back in? Trying to reach out? I don't want this to hurt your feelings, but I'd like you to get the hell out of here.''
205
206A laid back CIA field agent who is quite happy with his position working undercover at the Miami Airport overseeing an import/export business instead of risking his life in the field. He reluctantly becomes Michael's official Agency contact during the first half of Season 3, and finds much more than he bargained for concerning a certain Tom Strickler...
207----
208* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Gilroy certainly thought so.]]
209* MauveShirt: He gets a few episodes to showcase himself beyond simply being a one-off character [[spoiler:and is then killed to really drive home how bad killing Strickler really was for Michael]].
210* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:His death is officially ruled as one, and given he's shown chugging some alcoholic beverage in a panic right before his offscreen demise, it's not completely implausible to a medical examiner...]]
211* OhCrap: Once he realizes just how deep Strickler really was. [[spoiler:And what it would mean for anyone digging in his business]].
212-->What the hell were you doing working with Strickler? Do you know what sort of people he was in bed with?!
213* RetiredBadass: He essentially considers his current job a paid retirement, and he is ''not'' rocking the boat.
214-->I have 20 years with the company. I've seen villages burned, kids orphaned. I've been shot. Twice. Then they transferred me here. Now, you know what the hardest part of this job is? That forklift over there turns funny. Now, if I report back that I made contact with a burned spy, do you know [[ReassignedToAntarctica where they'll send me]]? Me neither.
215* ReassignedToAntarctica: Other agents would view his current position as this. Garza, who has had enough danger in his life, ''loves'' it.
216[[/folder]]
217
218[[folder:Congressman Bill Cowley]]
219!!Congressman Bill Cowley
220->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnDoman
221[[quoteright:332:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cowley_7.png]]
222->'''Sam:''' Sir? I'm a war vet ok, this is about my disability. I'm one of your constituents.\
223'''Cowley:''' [[JerkAss Yeah, but just one.]] *Rolls up window and drives away*
224
225A blowhard congressman on the House Intelligence Committee with ambitions of reaching higher office. The team first encounters him midway through season 4, when they attempt to blackmail him into helping their client, a retired CIA Agent, get into Witness Protection. Cowley isn't interested in helping, but is forced to due to circumstances of the episode. [[spoiler:In a last ditch effort to get the existence and identity list of the Burned Spies Organization into the open, Sam approaches him and tries to enlist him. Cowley is eventually convinced of the truth and brings a group of Marines to save the rest of Team Westen from certain death at Vaughn's hands.]]
226----
227%%* BadBoss
228* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:In the season 4 finale.]]
229* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler:Done en masse to Vaughn and his mooks.]]
230* CorruptPolitician: Illegally sent troops into Columbia in '86, which turned out to be a disastrous bloodbath. He shrugs off both the deaths of the soldiers who took part in this and attempts to use the information against him, stating that he has someone ready to take the fall for him.
231* {{Jerkass}}: Just look at the way they established his character in the quote.
232* TheLoad: In both episodes, although [[spoiler:it's somewhat alleviated when he brings TheCavalry to save Team Westen.]]
233* PhotoOpWithTheDog: Team Westen keeps approaching him at these...
234* SkepticNoLonger: In both episodes he offhandedly dismisses what Team Westen says, then his eyes get opened.
235* VillainWithGoodPublicity: And at least partially thanks to Team Westen, much to their chagrin.
236[[/folder]]
237
238[[folder:Marvin "Marv" Paterson]]
239!!Marvin "Marv" Paterson
240->'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardKind
241[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marv_2.png]]
242[[caption-width-right:350:Jesse's Old Handler]]
243->''I never believed what they said about Jesse, but I'm not about to do any favors for a couple of burned spies. I'm sorry.''
244
245A veteran counterintelligence agent at the DOD who has worked counter-intel for nearly 30 years. He was also Jesse's former handler, and although he believes Jesse was given a raw deal when he was burned, Marv doesn't dare speak up about it for fear of losing everything. Despite his reluctance to have anything to do with burned spies in general and Team Westen in particular, with a little arm twisting he helps them several times with information and resources. [[spoiler:When Michael uncovers the full list of members of the Burned Spies Organization, he tries to convince Marv to help them bring it to the government. Unfortunately Brennan and Larry threaten Marv's family and force him to turn it over to them instead, and kill Marv along the way.]]
246----
247* FriendOnTheForce: Essentially becomes a reluctant, Intelligence version for the team.
248* SacrificialLion: He's given significant screen time to show he's a decent, normal guy. An intelligence guy, but not a field guy like Michael and Jesse. He's goofy, he's warm, he's got a wife... [[spoiler:and then he's shot to death by a guy we already hate.]]
249* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Brennan's mooks kill Marv about five seconds after he hands them the thumb drive with the Burned Spies Organization roster.]]
250[[/folder]]
251
252[[folder:Gabriel Manaro and Matt Bailey]]
253!! Gabriel Manaro and Matt Bailey
254->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrendanOMalley & Creator/JohnAles
255
256[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_1_2153.jpeg]]
257A pair of CIA agents who ran afoul of Sam during his mission in Colombia in The Fall Of Sam Axe. All of their appearances involve them being far more of a hindrance than a help.
258----
259* TheLoad: Whether it's manning a CIA outpost that basically sees no action, or running a field mission where they haven't actually made any real progress, they've a tendency to cause more problems than they solve, and complain about others who do try to get things done.
260* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In any given emergency, they have more reasons (read: excuses) for why they won't help than ways they actually will. They'll rattle off procedural obstacles, logistical problems, and whatever else they can pull out of their asses if it gets them out of doing their job.
261* PoliceAreUseless: In this case, CIA Agents Are Useless. These two are usually behind a desk, being of absolutely no help for the most part. Their fieldwork is actually even less of an asset. It's a miracle they've managed to keep their jobs for this long.
262* ThoseTwoGuys: You can count the amount of times they show up on screen apart from each other on one finger.
263[[/folder]]
264
265[[folder:Max]]
266!! Max
267->'''Played by:''' Creator/GrantShow
268[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/max_8.jpg]]
269[[caption-width-right:350:CIA Operative]]
270
271A capable and friendly CIA operative who becomes Michaels' partner in hunting down the members of the Burned Spies Organization early in season 5. After that he continues to be Michael's partner on some small scale CIA work while Michael is gradually worked back into the Agency. [[spoiler:Is very suddenly murdered in an attempt to frame Michael.]]
272----
273* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:And unlike the norm, he doesn't have anything cryptic to say as he's dying - just musings about his wife. It takes a bit before it's realized in-universe that Max was just an unwitting fall guy.]]
274* ByTheBookCop: Although he does, with some convincing, give Michael some help with Michael's side jobs.
275%%* MauveShirt
276%%* NiceGuy
277* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's a friendly guy who gives the team some leeway and appreciates what their trying to do.
278%%* SacrificialLion
279[[/folder]]
280
281[[folder:Agent Dani Pearce]]
282!!Agent Dani Pearce
283->'''Played by:''' Creator/LaurenStamile
284[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearce_7.jpg]]
285[[caption-width-right:350:CIA Bloodhound]]
286
287->''You guys were there when I needed it. I said I wouldn't forget and I haven't.''
288
289Initially assigned to look into the death of [[spoiler:Max]], Pearce eventually becomes Michael's de facto handler in the CIA and takes over the role of SixthRanger from Jesse. Because she's an agent in good standing unlike Jesse who quit due to his idealism and Michael due to his CowboyCop-like attitude, Pearce has both a lot more resources at her disposal but also a lot more responsibilities riding on her shoulders. Nevertheless, while her relationship with Team Westen has not always been smooth, by season 6, Pearce has come to owe them a lot. As a result, she has taken to helping them out - often without any CIA knowledge and usually by bending rules (helping the team out by helping out on other agency business in the same location). In this role, she serves in a similar capacity as Jesse when Jesse is unavailable or in the field himself - MissionControl and analytics. Eventually she breaks too many rules trying to help the team, and is ReassignedToAntarctica.
290----
291* ActionGirl: She's able to keep up with Michael in a fight.
292* BestServedCold: She finds out that the man who killed her fiancée is now a protected CIA asset, convinces him that he's dying, arranges for him to unknowingly give up the information he's holding, and then reveals what she's done done complete with CruelMercy.
293-->I'm not killing you, Ahmed, but believe me, your life is over.
294* BrainyBrunette: A smart brunette who often is able to figure out what Michael is up to.
295* CowboyCop: Isn't called a "[[FunWithSubtitles CIA Bloodhound]]" for nothing. [[spoiler:It finally catches up with her in season 6.]]
296* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her fiancee was murdered years ago.
297* {{Determinator}}: She's like a pit bull when it comes to an investigation.
298* HeroicSacrifice: A non-lethal version. She willingly takes the fall for Team Westen blackmailing a man at an intelligence conference, without even telling Michael before she's already done it. Her last order to him as his senior officer is for him to not reveal the truth.
299* ReassignedToAntarctica: Reassigned to Mumbai after breaking another rule for Westen. She mentions it could have been worse, as the CIA was looking to fill an ice station post in Reykjavik.
300* RevengeBeforeReason: She was fully willing to destroy her career to get revenge.
301* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Eventually comes more and more to this mindset after hanging around Team Westen long enough.
302[[/folder]]
303
304[[folder:Rebecca Lang]]
305!!Rebecca Lang
306->'''Played by:''' Creator/KristannaLoken
307[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rebecca_8.jpg]]
308
309A CIA field operative who is introduced as part of a team that Pearce assembles for Michael to command in his first major operation back in the CIA. Is secretly being blackmailed by Anson (who is threatening to turn over information about her brother's whereabouts to a criminal organization that wants to kill her brother) and is one of the agents he intends to use in rebuilding the Burned Spies Organization. [[spoiler:She eventually winds up helping Michael and the CIA track down Anson, although she disappears anyway, claiming she doesn't trust the CIA to protect her brother and is going to make sure it gets done.]]
310----
311* {{Blackmail}}: Is the victim of it, courtesy of Anson.
312* DarkActionGirl: She does a good job fighting both against and alongside Michael and the others, and while not necessarily a bad person by choice, is serving Anson in a decidedly villainous capacity for a lot of her screen time.
313* TheDragon: Essentially this to Anson in early season 6.
314* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:... for a given value of face, anyway.]]
315* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:And she has suspiciously bad timing about it, since she bolts right around the time that Anson and Nate are both killed. Michael tracks her down and puts a bullet in her shoulder before she convinces him that she had nothing to do with it.]]
316* SympathyForTheHero: Shows some for Michael after [[spoiler:Nate]] dies, even after he'd just shot her in the shoulder.
317* VillainExitStageLeft: She's done some terrible stuff for Anson and takes a bullet for it, but she gets to walk away.
318[[/folder]]
319
320[[folder:Tom Card]]
321!!Tom Card
322->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnCMcGinley
323[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/card_5.jpg]]
324[[caption-width-right:350:The Man Who Trained Michael]]
325
326-> ''"Imagine that you're onto holding two bottles. They drop on the floor, what happens? They both break. But it's how they break that's important. Because you see while one bottle crumples into a pile of glass, the other shatters into a jagged edged weapon. The same environment that forged older brother into a warrior... crushed baby brother. Don't get me wrong, Mrs. Westen, Michael '''is''' damaged. But he also happens to be a little boy who just wants to protect his mother and his baby brother. Which means that everyone that Michael ever helped actually has to thank... you."''
327
328-> ''"I'm proud of you, son."''
329
330Michael's training officer. As with Frank and Larry, Tom serves as something of a father figure to Michael. He acts as a middle ground between the two extremes of Frank and Larry. Like Frank, the relationship between Michael and Tom is at times antagonistic and based more around what the other can do for them. Like Larry, Tom taught Michael the skills he would need later in life. His contribution to Michael's life comes in transitioning Michael from petty criminal escaping his home life by entering the military to budding young spy with enough potential to attract Larry's mentorship and Anson's eye.
331----
332* AmbiguousSituation: Since he's the only one available to supply information about it, we never really learn the truth about [[spoiler:his relationship with Anson and the Organization. Was he a DragonWithAnAgenda? Part of a triumverate along with Anson and Management? Just another cog, albeit one in a prominent position, like Vaughn or Carla?]] All we really know is he's desperate to save his career.
333* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:First half of season 6.]]
334%%* BoomHeadshot
335* CatchPhrase: "I'm proud of you, son."
336* ConsummateLiar: Card is constantly manipulating Michael and the others with falsehoods in a convincing manner.
337* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:This is more or less Card's version of events about his partnership with Anson and the Burned Spies Organization. After trying to use the Organization to do the right thing while avoiding bureaucracy, he became another of Anson's blackmail targets/tools, and had to take Anson out (and Nate, incidentally/accidentally) to protect his career and keep serving his country... albeit illegally.]]
338* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]]. Tom has so many of the same mannerisms as Dr. Cox (the "attention whistle" and the way he rants) that you almost expect him to call Michael a girl's name or "newbie." It probably helps that they are played by the same actor. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end however, as Cox is a KnightInSourArmor crossed with GoodIsNotNice, while Card is ultimately a self serving manipulator only looking out for himself and his agenda]].
339* FairWeatherMentor: He acts like a caring and devoted teacher to Michael but will throw him under the bus or hurt people close to him for self-preservation.
340* AFatherToHisMen: ... a distant, strict, demanding, jerkish father.
341* ItsAllAboutMe: In his first appearance, Michael deduces from Card's impatient attitude that he ''needs'' one of his ops to end sunny side up in order to save his slipping CIA career. [[spoiler:Reinforced hard after TheReveal that he paid Nate's killer to lure Michael into a suicide mission, just out of fear that Michael might find out he was in cahoots with Anson.]]
342* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}. That's the mask he wears. In truth, he's a ''MASSIVE'' JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.]]
343* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:His pre-mortem BreakingSpeech is ''all'' about this.]]
344* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:In a sense. Card was one of Anson's "clients" on certain unspecified black ops, and most likely, was the one who supplied Anson with the encrypted communications device found in his apartment during season 5.]]
345* MotorMouth: Quite the fast talker.
346* PetTheDog: His speech to Maddy, [[spoiler:even though it's subverted a few minutes later when he calmly orders Michael's assassination after lying to both of them]]. Also, in his first appearance he seemed genuinely disgusted by the [[CorruptCop Corrupt Agent]] and passionate about doing the job right.
347* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem
348%%* TheSvengali
349* TheUriahGambit: [[spoiler:Attempted this in the Season 6 mid season finale. Although he didn't intend to marry Fiona.]]
350* WalkingSpoiler: Talking about him is difficult without revealing his role as an [[spoiler:ArcVillain]].
351* WellDoneSonGuy: One of several father figures that inspires Michael to be this. [[spoiler:He's as bad as the rest of them. Michael has really shitty luck in this department.]]
352* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He claims that people like him and Michael have to 'make calls' and for all his treachery, he seemed like he legitimately wanted to advanced the goals of and protect the interests of the United States. ]]
353[[/folder]]
354
355[[folder:Olivia Riley]]
356!!Olivia Riley
357->'''Played by:''' Creator/SonjaSohn
358[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/riley_9.jpg]]
359[[caption-width-right:300:CIA Heavy Hitter]]
360
361Counter-Intel legend send in to capture Michael Westen after [[spoiler:the murder of Tom Card]]. Judging from her actions, she seems to be another person manipulated by [[spoiler:Card]], as she took it ''quite'' personal upon learning of his death.
362----
363* AntiHero: CIA operative and specialist of counter-intelligence who wants to bring down Michael badly. Even after telling their side of the story, [[spoiler:including the bit about Card collaborating with Anson,]] she couldn't care less.
364* ArcVillain: Second half of season 6. Though she starts off relatively sympathetic, by the end she's plunged into outright villainy by [[spoiler:betraying the CIA and the DEA to a cartel just to kill Team Westen without ruining her career]].
365* BadBoss: A mild version in that when a field agent comments that there are live explosives and they have no real protection against that (eg bomb defusal equipment), she remarks that she'll just find an actual field agent that will do it. That is she seemed more interested in catching Westen right then and there.
366* BitchInSheepsClothing: With a heavy helping of SmugSnake about it. [[spoiler:Sends one of her guys to beat up Jessie than blames it on said guy, claims she has the document on his mother's murder, when it was just a bunch of empty papers and never planned on helping; then [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope loses what little sympathy she had left]] when enlists the help of a Drug Cartel just to have Westen killed, and later tortures Sam in the hospital just for kicks.]] Why did she do all of this? Was it because he [[spoiler:killed a CIA agent despite knowing it was in self defence]]? Nope, it was because he was ruining her reputation.
367* BullyingADragon: Sam outright tells Riley this is what she did [[spoiler: when she sent a Cartel Hit Squad after Michael's mother. Stating she no longer had to try to find Michael, as he was now coming after her]].
368* CerebusSyndrome: Know the voiceovers we hear before utilizing them against the perp? Contextually, it's kind of similar here, except now Westen is on the receiving end of them. Olivia is able to utilize conventional and unconventional means of catching, trailing, and interrogating perps. She successfully catches Sam's lies and plans out defensive and offensive strategies against Team Westen.
369* DistaffCounterpart: To Michael.
370* {{Determinator}}: Pretty much her defining character trait as she claims she'd travel to the ends of the earth to catch Michael.
371* TheDreaded: Both Michael and Jessie exchange OhCrap faces when they realize who they're up against. After they explain to Fi that she's literally wrote the book on counter-intelligence, it doesn't really make the situation any better.
372* {{Foil}}: To Michael, more so than any antagonist in the series to date. To an extent, she's also something of a foil to Jesse who had a similar history with Michael. This aspect of her character is particularly notable in the latter part of season six. [[spoiler: It's been stated by WordOfGod that Michael tends to (or use to) value his own reputation and such over that of others. Olivia shares this with him... but will cross more lines than he will to preserve it, given that she lacks the family he does.]]
373* HeroAntagonist: When she has Michael cornered, she orders her team to take the shot no matter what... even when the field agents can clearly see that Michael is unarmed and surrendering.
374* HyperAwareness: Much like Michael, she is able to notice tiny features that can tell whether a perp is lying or not. This is evident when she catches Sam wince when she analyzes that Michael is bound to be at a weapons storage as opposed to where Michael is.
375* [[{{INeverSaidItWasPoison}} I Never Said When]]: Catches Sam in a lie when he tries to say the boat picture was taken a couple of weeks ago when the scar on the side of the boat was done six months ago.
376* InspectorJavert: Though at the end she even loses this aspect. [[spoiler: Where a Javert will still follow and believe he is following the law, Riley goes as far as to hire a Drug Cartel hit squad and deliberately betraying the CIA and DIA to kill Westen and his team rather than bring them in. She even clearly makes reference to the fact she knows what she is doing is illegal.]]
377* JerkAss: More so with every episode.
378* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:Steadily becomes more of a jerkass throughout season 6, before outright torturing Jesse and Sam and betraying the CIA and DEA to a cartel. Even her own men clearly notice a more extreme aspect in her personality since she has been chasing them, starting to believe she would be capable of trying anything.]]
379* KnightOfCerebus: She's damn good at her job, and it shows in her debut episode. See also CerebusSyndrome.
380* ShadowArchetype: Think of her as Michael if he were fully manipulated by Tom Card.
381* PerpSweating: Several kinds, legal and illegal.
382** Maddie: arrests her and lets her stew (emphasis on "stew") in an interrogation room for some length of time, then smokes a cigarette when she finally does start asking questions, just to make Maddie (the chain smoker, mind) even more upset.
383** Jesse: when he acts like a smartass during his detainment, sends in a burly underling to [[TortureFirstAskQuestionsLater beat the crap out of him]] until she feels he "[[JerkAss understands the gravity of the situation]]".
384*** Which in a way shows the differences between her and Westen. Where She would allow her guys to use torture, Westen and his team would only suggest using this to scare them and never actually hurt them.
385** Sam: subverted; she barely even tries to get answers out of him. Instead, [[spoiler:since he's laid up in the hospital and can't resist, she switches his morphine for a "stimulant" that increases his sensitivity to pain... ''[[ForTheEvulz for no reason!]]'']]
386* SmokingIsCool
387* TragicVillain: When she first appears, she is just an agent doing her job since she doesn't know all the facts. However, she continues to pursue Michael after he explains what Card was planning. Her obsession with catching Team Westen leads to her crossing major lines and becomes her downfall.
388* TwoFirstNames: Her last name, "Riley", can be used as a first name.
389* WeWillMeetAgain: Tells Michael as such after their first encounter.
390[[/folder]]
391
392[[folder:Andrew Strong]]
393!!Andrew Strong
394->'''Played by:''' Creator/JackColeman
395
396%%* AntiHero
397* BadBoss: Plays it painfully straight with Michael, but subverted with the rest of his team who don't seem to mind him. [[spoiler:''His'' boss, the Deputy Director of the CIA, proves to be even less charming and may explain Strong's more desperate acts.]]
398* {{Blackmail}}: It's his EstablishingCharacterMoment, even.
399* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:He might not have been responsible for pulling [[PsychoForHire Simon]] out of prison, but he sure did see ''nothing'' wrong with sending him to aid Michael, provided the job got done. Commence everything imaginable going wrong.]]
400* InspectorJavert: His years-long obsession with catching Randall Burke prompted his wife to take the kids and split. Then again, he isn't the most pleasant person on Earth as it is...
401* {{Jerkass}}
402* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Doesn't really get any comeuppance for his JerkAss ways or questionable methods.]]
403* KnightTemplar: Contrasted against James. [[spoiler:Both are willing to throw law and due diligence to the winds for their goals, but Strong has more or less elevated it to the level of a personal vendetta.]]
404* MarriedToTheJob: Strong was so focused on taking down The Family it ended his actual marriage.
405* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:"Overkill" doesn't begin to describe what Simon does for Michael on Strong's paycheck. Rather than catching James, [[HeroicBSOD quite the]] [[FaceHeelTurn opposite happens]].]]
406* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: To paraphrase: Go on this physically, psychologically and morally draining deep cover op to apprehend this [[CrazyPrepared extremely cautious terrorist]] for us; refuse and [[spoiler:you, the most notorious/hated spy in the CIA, spend the rest of your days with your friends & family in a detention facility. A clean slate awaits everyone if you succeed but failure or death is unacceptable]]. No pressure.
407* PetTheDog:
408** Unpleasant looming presence though he is, Strong is a decently skilled field agent and is responsible for talking down [[spoiler:James's former Special Forces squadmate]] from blowing up Jesse.
409** Gets a repeat performance in the series finale by [[spoiler: getting Jesse and Sam released from custody despite a lot of people wanting them in jail. And plays hardball in order to get Michael a star on the CIA Memorial Wall.]]
410[[/folder]]
411
412!!Other Recurring Characters
413
414[[folder:Raymond "Sugar" Mosley]]
415!!Raymond "Sugar" Mosley
416-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ArturoFernandez
417[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sugar_6.jpg]]
418[[caption-width-right:350:Michael's Old Neighbor]]
419
420-> ''"I've got guns and duct tape."''
421
422The drug dealer who lived downstairs from Michael in the pilot, until Michael shoots him and convinces him to move. He shows up later asking for help, and after a turn as the client of the week he becomes friendly with Team Westen. Afterward he becomes a source of information and insight into Miami's drug world.
423----
424* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Michael shots out his leg, he grows to respect him, almost to fanboy-levels.
425* HeelRealization: Pre-series -- He used to bully and neglect his mentally challenged cousin Dougie. When Dougie rescued him from some hostiles despite the mistreatment, Sugar realized what a JerkAss he had been towards him.
426* HiddenDepths: Sugar has a mentally challenged cousin named Dougie that Sugar would ''die'' to protect... [[spoiler:at least in part because Sugar used to pick on Dougie, but Dougie saved Sugar anyway when Sugar needed it.]]
427* TheInformant: After his turn as a Team Westen client, he gets called on several times to give the team info on targets in the drug world. Mostly this just adds up to telling them what bad news the latest VillainOfTheWeek is.
428* LeeroyJenkins: He spends the entire episode as a Client being a Leeroy.
429* TheLoad: He tends to get shot whenever he gets involved, and Team Westen usually has to drag him ''out'' of the line of fire.
430* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:Got released, and Team Westen helps make it up to him.]]
431** PutOnABusToHell: After the aforementioned season 6 cameo, Jason Bly tells Michael in the finale that Riley found out about the phone call anyway, arrested Sugar, and is doing god-knows-what to him in some unknown prison. This becomes even darker when it's later seen [[TortureFirstAskQuestionsLater what she's willing to do]] to Jesse and Sam.
432* {{Stupid Crook|s}}: Initially. In one of the most iconic MacGyvering scenes of the series, Michael outwits him with ''duct tape''.[[note]]And a gun, but mostly duct tape and garage tools.[[/note]] Gradually wises up with every appearance, though.
433[[/folder]]
434
435[[folder:Barry Burkowski]]
436!!Barry Burkowski
437-> '''Played By:''' Creator/PaulTei
438[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barry_20.jpg]]
439[[caption-width-right:350:The Launderer]]
440
441-> ''"You want me to make two hundred grand just, *poof*, appear in your numbered account? Michael, I'm good, but I can't just will that kind of money into existence."''
442
443A metrosexual money launderer who nevertheless manages to look like a graying [[Series/DinersDriveInsAndDives Guy Fieri]] with extra piercings. Team Westen goes to him for information and financial advice time and time again, and he has been the key to making a number of their plans work.
444----
445* BigFun: He's got a noticeable gut, and despite being a money launderer he never fails to be polite to Michael and the gang, even helping them with many jobs.
446* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Got released, and Team Westen helps make it up to him.]]
447* PutOnABusToHell: [[spoiler:Got sent to prison for four months.]]
448* CampStraight: He's fussy at times and often nicely dressed and groomed, but is into girls and not guys.
449%%* TheDandy
450* TheFixer: As a money launder, Barry is an endless source of connections to the Miami underworld. His financial expertise also comes in handy to Michael for many of his cases, often to make someone appear corrupt, or to give the appearance of wealth.
451* KnowledgeBroker: He's a money launderer, so he needs to be this to stay in business and alive. He's Team Westen's go-to guy when Sam's and Fiona's contacts can't get them everything they need.
452* SpikyHair: Almost never seen without it.
453[[/folder]]
454
455[[folder:Carmelo Dante]]
456!!Carmelo Dante
457->'''Played by:''' Creator/ToddStashwick
458
459-> ''"If I ever see your face again, I'll kill you"''
460
461The second largest heroin dealer in Miami, Carmelo is a dangerous underworld figure who has been forced into aiding Team Westen on two different occasions, both against his will. Although he's never been a direct enemy or a VillainOfTheWeek, he is not happy about having been forced into such a situation and each time warns Michael that he’ll kill Michael should he ever see Michael again.
462----
463* AxCrazy: Although he's capable of being surprisingly cordial when he wants to be (or is forced to be, as is the case with Michael's bomb), There should be no mistake that Carmelo is an unhinged, violent man, much more so than simply what is required to maintain his position in the criminal underworld. He relishes in beating and threatening Sam when Sam goes to Carmelo as one of Team Westen's schemes.
464* DeathGlare: Carmelo has wide, bulging, angry eyes that communicate his desire to commit violence.
465* EnemyMine: In his second appearance Michael manipulates him into such a position against a Serbian mob that had acquired military technology. (Namely, a predator drone and missiles for it.)
466* MexicanStandoff: Michael gets the better of Carmelo in both of their encounters by getting him into a situation where Carmelo could certainly kill Michael, but doing so would also destroy him, either literally or metaphorically. The first time it involved Michael planting a bomb in Carmelo's club and then waltzing in and making demands. Sure Carmelo ''could'' shoot Michael just for the disrespect, but if Michael dies the bomb will go off, killing Carmelo. The second time involves Michael finally revealing that he's been manipulating Carmelo just as the police are closing in, leaving Carmelo the choice of killing Michael and either getting shot by the sniper Michael has as backup (or, if he survives that, being busted next to a couple of dead CIA assets and stolen military tech), or working with Michael and getting immunity from prosecution by becoming an informant. In the second instance in particular Carmelo is clearly tempted to shoot Michael and take his chances, but he chooses discretion in both cases.
467* UnwittingPawn: He has zero desire to either work with Team Westen or help the U.S government, but in his second appearance Michael essentially forced him to do both.
468* VillainCred: Carmelo is very proud and very protective of his. Michael predicts Carmelo will never allow the truth about their second encounter to be known on the street because it would out Carmelo as having cooperated with the government, and that would utterly destroy his reputation.
469* WeWillMeetAgain: At the end of both encounters with Michael, Carmelo warns Michael that he'll kill him if he ever sees Michael again.
470[[/folder]]
471
472[[folder:Seymour]]
473!!Seymour
474-> '''Played By:''' Creator/SilasWeirMitchell
475[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seymour_4.png]]
476[[caption-width-right:350:ArmsDealer]]
477
478-> ''"[[CaptainObvious You are such a badass]]. It's kind of [[RuleOfCool awesome]]. You need my help? Okay. One condition.[[IJustWantToBeBadass You got to teach me some of these moves]]."''
479
480A rather flighty gun runner that Michael encounters in the second season, he has useful connections in the world of gun runners and specialty guns. His aforementioned flighty and weird nature (and his tendency to draw Michael into his problems, including shootouts with other crooks) is somewhat less useful.
481----
482* BadBoss: He calls his bodyguard ''Jackass''. Need more be said? To be fair, the man in question is ''not'' very bright.
483* CloudCuckooLander: He's...odd, to say the least.
484* GeniusDitz: While he is an idiot most of the time he does seem skilled at modifying weapons somewhat as he makes water shells for Mike to shoot through a demo trap. He also manages to stay in business so he isn't quite as dumb as he looks. His "jackass" bodyguard on the other hand is a complete moron.
485* NewAgeRetroHippie: Conforms to the value of tai-chi.
486* ShipperOnDeck: He makes matching custom daggers for Mike and Fi and tells them they should be together.
487* {{Stupid Crook|s}}: Not as bad as Sugar, but one wonders how the hell he's stayed alive and become so successful.
488[[/folder]]
489
490[[folder:Ann "Ayn" Rand]]
491!!Ann "Ayn" Rand
492-> '''Played By:''' Creator/ZabrynaGuevara
493A fellow prisoner who befriends Fiona in jail.
494----
495* AffectionateNickname: Her nickname, Ayn stands for '''A'''nything '''Y'''ou '''N'''eed and references her scrounging skills.
496* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: She has a son she's worried about losing to social services.
497* FriendInTheBlackMarket: Ayn is the prison smuggler, something Fiona uses to her advantage.
498* MeaningfulName: Her name is a reference to the author Ayn Rand, who was famously an alcolyte for the free market. It just so happens that she runs a small business in prison, getting people anything they need for a good enough price.
499* TheStoolPigeon: Subverted, Fiona has her sell out information that she wants found out to get Ayn a release.
500[[/folder]]

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