History Characters / JustifiedCroweFamily

* EvilPoacher: Alligator poaching is a big part of the family business.

A sprawling family of criminal rednecks, with branches in Kentucky and Florida, the Crowes are a loose knit collection of smugglers, poachers, and general ne'er-do-wells, most of whom have done some time in prison. Initially represented by bumbling, would-be {{badass}} Dewey Crowe, the family's image takes a turn for the darker when Daryl Crowe Jr. and the rest of the Florida branch arrive in Kentucky, looking to make their fortunes.

* {{Badass}}: Thoroughly proven when he teams up with Boyd and beats the shit out of Gunner Swift, and later pulverises Mike in a fistfight.

* {{Badass}}: Despite having a gun aimed at her in a car, she escapes by swerving the car suddenly and making sure her assailant, Elvis Machado, gets hit with most of the damage. That's pretty awesome. She later shotguns a man's car in "Whistle Past the Graveyard" to prevent him from pursuing her, and manages to hurt Daryl during a fistfight.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[{{Badass}} A man that just talks is no man.]]"'']]

* {{Badass}}: Implied, given Danny's fear of confronting him head on.

* HookersAndBlow: When he robs two thugs of their ill-gotten Oxycontin stash, his first stop is the local brothel where he is very generous with the pills. Later, when he wins a $300,000 settlement from the Marshall's office, he purchases Audrey's brothel and spends much of his time frolicking with prostitutes. He later refers to it as his 'dream'. Dream big, Dewey.

* LethallyStupid: His stupidity and temper cost the family a lot of money and ruined their smuggling business. It cost Elvis his life and Daryl and Wendy have to cut a deal with the Marshall so that everyone involved does not end up in federal prison.

* TooDumbToLive: Dilly is beyond stupid, even for a Crowe. The man makes Dewey Crowe look like Stephen Hawking. Gambling away his family's criminal profits on dog-racing and a casino which HE CLAIMS IS RIGGED AGAINST HIM.

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Dewey]], [[PsychoForHire Danny]], [[TheBigBad Daryl]]]]

* {{Expy}}: They come off as a collective expy of the Bennetts.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: They're all criminals, even Wendy and Kendal. Even Dewey's father, and his late uncles (one of whom would be Daryl, Danny, Dilly, and Wendy's father) are all career criminals.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether We here to put down roots.]]"'']]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: The reason he got kicked out of Boyd's church.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Thick As Mud."
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:His death in the Season 6 opening.]]
* AscendedExtra: He was a minor character, whose popularity caused him to have an increasing number of appearances across the the show. This culminates in Season 5 when his cousins become one of the season's major threats, and he all but joins the main cast.

* BookEnds: Dewey's first and last appearance ends with Raylan giving him advice and Dewey responding "Man, I don't understand you."

* ButtMonkey: Nothing good ever happens to Dewey.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: One of his prized possessions is a "turtle dog" carving that his grandfather gave him. He also tells an old woman that she reminds him of his grandmother.
* ExtremeDoormat: Raylan and Daryl manipulate him with ease.

* IconicItem: His alligator tooth necklace and his "turtle dog" (a turtle-shaped wood carving). When he gives the items away to Tina and Mina in season 5, it signifies that Dewey has passed the {{despair event horizon}}. When he reclaims his necklace from a customer at Audrey's, it indicates that Dewey has found himself again. In season 6, Dewey finds the turtle dog among the garbage at Audrey's, which he interprets as a sign.

* ManChild: His maturity level, mannerisms, and dress are those of a teenage boy. He plays with Dickie Bennett in prison like children on a playground. Finally, Season 5 reveals that his life's dream is to own a swimming pool and frolic with loose women.
** In a 2015 [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/justified-postmortem-damon-herriman-interview/ interview]] with TV Guide, Damon Herriman describes Dewey as a childlike man.

-->'''Dewey''': God I ain't prayed in a while, I ain't fixin' to die out here in the woods like some animal, you hear me? That's bullshit. Jesus, if you help me find him, once I kill him, I swear, I'll straighten up, I'll go to church, Sunday school, whatever you want, but goddamnit, I gotta get this thing done, you understand? I ain't never asked you for shit, least you could do.

* DeadpanSnarker

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Toyed with. Daryl is certainly obsessive about keeping the family together, and he talks a lot about the importance of family, but given his [[spoiler:murder of Dilly, his abuse of Dewey]], and his disregard for Wendy and Kendal's feelings, how much he really cares for any of them is questionable. It's eventually confirmed that he ''does'' care, when he is deeply upset about Danny's death, and tries to apologise to Wendy during their ensuing fight.

* HandsOffParenting: The adult Crowes raise Kendall in a corrupting environment and make no effort to hide their criminal ways from him. They even involve the boy in the day-to-day operations of Audreys.

* TheLoad: [[spoiler:The Crowe men become increasingly burdensome to Boyd and Duffy as Season 5 progresses. Daryl and Danny kill Johnny's henchmen during a delicate heroin smuggling operation, creating additional problems for Boyd. Later, Dewey flees with half of the drug shipment while Danny is distracted. In "Weight", Picker warns Duffy that Boyd and the Crowes are more trouble than they're worth.]]

* {{Misogyny}}: The Crowes operate Audreys brothel and have no qualms about exploiting women to make money. In "Raw Deal", Danny brags about a sexual encounter he and Daryl had with a Mexican woman, making it clear that they had little respect for her. In "Weight", Daryl taunts Danny by joking that Chelsea has shacked up with a mastiff and is "taking it" like a "bitch". It seems that Crowe patriarchs have a history of keeping the Crowe women browbeaten into submission.

* GeniusBruiser: While uneducated and uncultured, Daryl's no one's dunce. He's a competent criminal, capable of playing both Raylan and Boyd as needs be. He's also a big, powerfully built man, who can lay a beatdown on anybody he cares to.

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* ConMan: Makes a living ripping people off at gambling.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"We here to put down roots."'']]

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He claims to never trust anyone who has English as a second language, though given that he employs Jean-Baptiste, and is contemptuous of Gunner Swift and his Neo-Nazis, this may just be a line said to annoy Elvis Muchado.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Does your campaign of harassment against my family know no limits?"'']]

-->'''Raylan:''' Look, best case scenario, you are the civilised white sheep in a flock of killers and cons.

* {{Badass}}: Despite having a gun aimed at her in a car, she escapes by swerving the car suddenly and making sure her assailant, Elvis Machado, gets hit with most of the damage. That's pretty awesome. She later shotguns a man's car in "Whistle Past the Graveyard" to prevent him from pursuing her, and manages to hurt Daryl]during a fistfight.

* EvilRedhead
* HandsOffParenting: She's Kendall's mother, but she doesn't seem to mind that her brothers are raising Kendall in a corrupting environment. This gets better as Season 5 progresses, however. After the fiasco with Uncle Jack, we see Wendy spending more time with Kendall and assuring him they'll leave Kentucky soon.
* HelloAttorney: She's a paralegal, and still has a tramp stamp.

* MessyHair: Constantly looks like she just got out of bed.

* ParentsAsPeople: She's a less than stellar mother to Kendall and is fully aware of it.

* ParentalSubstitute: To her younger brothers.

* UnkemptBeauty: Wendy's very good looking, but has permanently messy hair, no obvious makeup, and a tramp stamp.
* WhiteSheep: Invoked by Raylan when describing her, though he clearly doubts it to really be the case.

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* DullSurprise: Kendal reacts very flatly to most things. Daryl claims it's because he's seen things the likes of which Daryl and Raylan never have.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"These are the end times for Dewey Crowe!"'']]

->''"I know you think I'm stupid, Boyd. But... {{Beat}}{{Beat}}{{Beat}}{{Beat}}{{Beat}} I ain't."''

* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: His death in the Season 6 opening.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Boyd shoots him in the head in "Fate's Right Hand".]]

* [[spoiler:SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Boyd easily catches on to Raylan's attempt to get Dewey to turn on him, and elects to take him out just to be safe in the Season 6 premiere. Though he does let Dewey's last thoughts be of hope for the future.]]

->''"You got yourself a dark twisted mind, don't you Raylan?"''

* TheCorrupter: Towards Dewey, who he tries to turn into a genuine criminal, forcing him to commit [[spoiler:his first onscreen murder.]]

* DomesticAbuser: [[spoiler:A sibling example. Daryl beats Wendy to a pulp, manipulates her for his ends, and blames her for Kendal's incarceration when it was he himself who forced Kendal to make a false confession.]]
* DontSplitUsUp: [[spoiler:In "Over the Mountain", Raylan takes Kendal into protective custody, much to Daryl's horror.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Toyed with. Daryl is certainly obsessive about keeping the family together, and he talks a lot about the importance of family, but given his [[spoiler:murder of Dilly, his abuse of Dewey]], and his disregard for Wendy and Kendal's feelings, how much he really cares for any of them is questionable. It's eventually confirmed that he ''does'' care, when [[spoiler:he is deeply upset about Danny's death, and tries to apologise to Wendy during their ensuing fight]].

* EvilUncle: Towards [[spoiler:Kendal]], who he aims to make as bad as himself.

* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:Wendy shoots him in the groin before finishing him off.]]

* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:With Raylan after Danny's death and Art's wounding.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Killed by his sister, who he used and abused, on behalf of his nephew who he was leaving to take the rap for his crimes]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:When Raylan warns him about what juvenile detention will do to Kendal, Daryl says that Kendal is a "pussy" and could use the experience.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: We're given flashes of how dangerous Daryl is throughout the show, but it's not until the aftermath of [[spoiler:Danny's death]] that he goes into psycho mode and ''stays'' there, demonstrating just how bad he can be.
* ManipulativeBastard: He has no qualms about manipulating Dewey in order to control Audrey's brothel. [[spoiler:He later starts pulling strings to 'adjust' the deal with the Mexicans, and talks Kendal into taking the fall for his own actions.]]
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:He refuses to take responsibility for undermining Boyd's drug trade, beating Wendy, or framing Kendal.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to [[spoiler:Gunner Swift]], and subsequently to [[spoiler:Wendy]] and [[spoiler:Mike]].
* NoSell: Informs [[spoiler:Mike]] that kung fu doesn't work on him.

* VillainousBreakdown: Daryl goes through one as the fifth season goes on, resulting in [[spoiler:him beating Wendy and tearfully forcing Kendal to share a 'blood pact' with him]].
* VisualPun: Daryl spends Season 5 waxing poetic about holding the Crowe family together. In the season finale, [[spoiler:Wendy shoots him in the "family jewels".]]

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Beats the tar out of Wendy, though in his defense, she started it.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Does it to Dilly for being a liability, and seriously considers doing the same to Dewey]].

* {{Badass}}: Despite having a gun aimed at her in a car, she escapes by swerving the car suddenly and making sure her assailant, Elvis Machado, gets hit with most of the damage. That's pretty awesome. She later shotguns a man's car in "Whistle Past the Graveyard" to prevent him from pursuing her, and manages to [[spoiler:hurt Daryl]] during a fistfight.

* TheConsigliere: To Daryl, a role she shares with Jean-Baptiste [[spoiler:until Danny murders him]]. She offers advice and openly criticizes Daryl's questionable decisions with impunity.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:In exchange for wearing a wire to extract Darryl's confession, Raylan allows her to go to Florida with Kendal, scot-free.]]

* HandsOffParenting: She's [[spoiler:Kendall's mother, but she doesn't seem to mind that her brothers are raising Kendall in a corrupting environment. This gets better as Season 5 progresses, however. After the fiasco with Uncle Jack, we see Wendy spending more time with Kendall and assuring him they'll leave Kentucky soon.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Daryl and Danny apparently did not inform her of Dilly's execution.]]

* TheMole: [[spoiler:In the Season 5 finale, she secretly records Daryl's confession, which she later turns over to law enforcement to exonerate Kendal.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: [[spoiler:She's a less than stellar mother to Kendall and is fully aware of it.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"You heard of the 21-foot rule?"'']]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Danny's actual death is idiotic, and clearly meant to be funny, but the scene right before it, where he talks about how he rescued Chelsea from a puppy mill, is genuinely sad, and humanizes him in the moments leading up to his death.]]
* ApologeticAttacker: To [[spoiler:Dilly.]]
* AxCrazy: Made clear in "Shot All to Hell" when he [[spoiler:snaps and kills Jean-Baptiste.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Trips in a hole and fatally stabs himself while charging Raylan.]]

* DirtyCoward: For all his bluster and boasting, Danny is a coward at heart. He's too scared to [[spoiler:take Jean-Baptiste in a fair fight, so he kills him with a shotgun at point blank range.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's deeply upset when [[spoiler:his dog dies]], having a full on breakdown. In the backstory he went KnightTemplarBigBrother on Jack Anderson after he [[spoiler:impregnated and abandoned Wendy]], and in the present day he actually seems to contemplate turning himself in when Raylan tells him that Wendy and Kendal will be released, only to refuse when he finds out the deal doesn't extend to Daryl. Danny's certainly a very bad man, but it would be hard to contend that he does not care about his family.
* EvilUncle: To [[spoiler:Kendal]], who is terrified of him.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Danny [[spoiler:tries to kill Raylan using his much-boasted-about '21-foot rule', rushing at him with a knife. He falls in the hole Kendal had dug for his dead dog Chelsea, and stabs himself through the mouth]].

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: [[spoiler:Believe it or not, yes. Danny apparently threatened to cut off Jack Anderson's genitalia due to his treatment of Wendy. Jack is still terrified of him.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Charges Raylan with a knife in the dark. He trips and ends up stabbing himself in the jaw.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Runs Allison off the road, and shows no qualms about the idea of knifing Rachel.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Danny stabs Dilly to death on Daryl's orders, since he was too much of a loose cannon to keep around.]]

* FiveStagesOfGrief: [[spoiler: Averted. After Dilly's death, no one in his family mourns for him or even seems to miss him.]]
* LethallyStupid: His stupidity and temper cost the family a lot of money and ruined their smuggling business. It [[spoiler:cost Elvis his life]] and Daryl and Wendy have to cut a deal with the Marshall so that everyone involved does not end up in federal prison.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Killed by Daryl and Danny at the end of his first appearance.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Daryl regretfully arranges for Danny to kill him because his irresponsible antics are endangering the family.]]

-->'''Daryl:''' Kendal? Man that boy done seen shit you and I can't imagine.

* CorruptionOfAMinor: In "Good Intentions", Daryl tells Dewey that Kendal is in one of the brothel's trailers. No one bats an eyelash at the idea of a ''middle school-aged boy'' with a prostitute. In "Over the Mountain", Kendal tends the bar at Audrey's. And now [[spoiler:he's witnessing murders.]]

-->''(On tending bar at Audrey's)'' '''Kendal:''' Looking at half-naked ladies all day? Yeah, I was miserable.
-->''(After tasting vending machine cocoa)'' '''Kendal:''' Jesus, is this machine hooked up to the septic?
* DontSplitUsUp: [[spoiler:He's shocked when Raylan takes him into protective custody. He reluctantly goes with Raylan to avert a deadly showdown between Raylan and his uncles.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:In "Raw Deal" he contacts his biological father while his uncles are away in Mexico, presumably to escape from Danny. He tries this again in "Weight".]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"A man that just talks is no man."'']]

* BlownAcrossTheRoom: [[spoiler:Turned into "Haitian Hamburger" by a shotgun blast from Danny.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:A scared and humiliated Danny kills him suddenly with a shotgun.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:His death comes out of nowhere and with very little build up.]]

* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:The entire impetus for his death is him defending Kendal when Danny bullies him.]]
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Despite the character having some pretty good reception from fans, Jean-Baptiste is [[spoiler:killed early on by Danny.]] The reason was that Edi Gathegi wasn't enjoying his time with the show and wasn't bound to any contract, so the decision was made to make him leave earlier then intended.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Machado is killed by Raylan and Greg Sutter when he tries to pull a gun on them.]]

* TooDumbToLive: At first, he seems like the smarter of the two when he's working with Dilly. That's just because Dilly makes everyone seem smart by comparison. [[spoiler:Elvis tries to flee to Cuba on a ridiculous little boat he can barely start, and then advertises the fact that he's going to pull a gun on Raylan and Sutter when they already have their guns drawn. However, due to the hopelessness of the situation, this can be easily seen as suicide by cop.]]

* DirtyCoward: Jack is repeatedly called a 'pussy' by other characters, and it's hard to disagree considering he [[spoiler:abandoned his son to save his own skin.]]
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:He's really Kendal's father, and abandoned the boy when Wendy was still pregnant. He now pretends to be Kendal's uncle, but still doesn't see the boy much.]]
* HonoraryUncle: Subverted. This seems to be the case at first, but we eventually find out he's really [[spoiler:Kendal's dad.]]

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:Boyd easily catches on to Raylan's attempt to get Dewey to turn on him, and elects to take him out just to be safe in the Season 6 premiere. Though he does let Dewey's last thoughts be of hope for the future.]]

'''Beware of spoilers! Only major spoilers and spoilers relating to the current season (5) are whited out!'''

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dewey might be an idiot, but he [[spoiler:creates endless problems for Boyd's heroin operation throughout Season 5. He steals half of Boyd's heroin shipment, then interrupts Boyd's meeting with Daryl, in which Boyd hoped to implicate Daryl in crimes while wearing a wire.]]

* CorruptTheCutie: Dewey was never a good man, but his crimes were [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain amusing]] and [[HarmlessVillain relatively low-level]] during the first four seasons. Daryl's influence is leading him down a morally darker path. For example, Daryl pressured Dewey into [[spoiler:killing Wade Messer]].
* DespairEventHorizon: Dewey plunges into despair in "Shot All To Hell" after [[spoiler:losing his brothel to the Florida Crowes and committing his first murder. The act propels him into an existential crisis, in which he no longer knows who he is. He gives his prized possessions, including his signature alligator tooth necklace, to his two favorite prostitutes.]]

* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: [[spoiler:Season 5 begins with Dewey winning a $300,000 settlement from the Marshals office and using it to purchase Audrey's brothel. Within a few episodes, the Florida Crowes take over Audrey's, and Dewey is broke again. In "Kill the Messenger", he tries unsuccessfully to sell his swimming pool for much-needed cash.]]
* GrewASpine: In "Starvation", [[spoiler:Dewey pummels a john who is wearing his gator tooth necklace, then takes Daryl and Boyd's heroin away at gunpoint.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: In "Starvation", he seizes a batch of heroin bricks from Daryl and Boyd at gunpoint, bragging about his murder of Wade Messer. Unbeknowst to Dewey, Boyd was wearing a wire. After getting Dewey's murder confession on tape, the Marshals quicky arrest him.]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler:Ask Wade Messer about that. Danny also learns this the hard way in "Wrong Roads". When Danny steps out of the tow truck and confronts Miller, Dewey hops in the drivers seat and runs them both over.]]

* PrayerIsALastResort / PrayerOfMalice: [[spoiler:In "Over the Mountain", an injured and lost Dewey is desperate to locate Wade Messer so that he can murder him. Dewey prays a ridiculous prayer to God, begging the Almighty to help him locate and murder Wade.]]
-->'''Dewey''': God I ain't prayed in a while, I ain't fixin' to die out here in the woods like some animal, you hear me? That's bullshit. Jesus, if you help me [[spoiler:find him, once I kill him]], I swear, I'll straighten up, I'll go to church, Sunday school, whatever you want, but goddamnit, I gotta get this thing done, you understand? I ain't never asked you for shit, least you could do.

* ASimplePlan: In "Over the Mountain", Dewey was supposed to [[spoiler:take Wade Messer to a secluded location in the woods and have him dig a hole, under the pretense that Dewey hid money in the ground. After Wade dug a deep hole, Dewey was to shoot him dead and bury the body in the hole. Naturally, Dewey screws it up. Wade's tiny shovel was insufficient for the task, Dewey shot him prematurely, a struggle ensued that resulted in Dewey getting lost and injured, and Wade wandered off before dying out in the open where law enforcement found his body.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: After 4 seasons of being everyone's doormat, season 5 opens with [[spoiler:him getting a 300 Grand court settlement. Subverted when the Florida Crowes turn up and mess up his life.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: In Season 5 after Daryl [[spoiler:forces him to kill Messer]] Dewey becomes a lot more willing to threaten and use force. However, he does this in a pretty empty way.

* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:Tries to apologize to Wendy after he hits her the first time.]]
* AvengingTheVillain: His goal after Episode 10 is to [[spoiler:avenge Danny's death, which he blames on Raylan.]]
* {{Badass}}: Thoroughly proven when he [[spoiler:teams up with Boyd and beats the shit out of Gunner Swift,]] and later pulverises [[spoiler:Mike]] in a fistfight.
* BigBad: He's one of several players angling to be Season 5's. Following [[spoiler:the shooting of Art Mullen and the loss of Boyd's heroin shipment]], Daryl takes centre stage, with Raylan, Boyd, Wynn Duffy, and the Mexican cartel all looking to take him out.

* BigBrotherMentor: Subverted. Daryl acts as the mentor to his brothers, but he's also more than willing to bully them, and eventually [[spoiler:has Dilly killed.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Daryl is shot in the groin and neck by Wendy, when he tries to grab his recorded confession from her. He bleeds out on the floor of Audrey's, pathetically trying to stop the blood flow as Raylan stands menacingly over him, not lifting a finger to help.]]

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->'''Daryl:''' I know what you thinking.
-> '''Boyd:''' Well I wager you a crisp Ben Franklin you do not.
-> '''Daryl:''' You wondering 'can I trust these dusty-ass Crowe boys?'
-> '''Boyd:''' I owe you a hundred dollars.

->''"I prefer sticks and stones. Because I like to break bones."''

* EvilPoacher

->'''Played By:''' Damon Herriman

->'''Played By:''' Alicia Witt

->'''Played By:''' Michael Rapaport

[[folder:Dewey Crowe]]

[[folder:Daryl Crowe Jr.]]

[[folder:Wendy Crowe]]

[[folder:Danny Crowe]]

[[folder:Dilly Crowe]]

[[folder:Kendal Crowe]]

->'''Daryl:''' ''"I know what you thinking."''
-> '''Boyd:''' ''"Well I wager you a crisp Ben Franklin you do not."''
-> '''Daryl:''' ''"You wondering 'can I trust these dusty-ass Crowe boys.'"''
-> '''Boyd:''' ''"I owe you a hundred dollars."''

* TheLoad: [[spoiler:The Crowe men become increasingly burdensome to Boyd and Duffy as season 5 progresses. Daryl and Danny kill Johnny's henchmen during a delicate heroin smuggling operation, creating additional problems for Boyd. Later, Dewey flees with half of the drug shipment while Danny is distracted. In "Weight", Picker warns Duffy that Boyd and the Crowes are more trouble than they're worth.]]

* {{Misogyny}}: The Crowes operate Audreys brothel and have no qualms about exploiting women to make money. In "Raw Deal", Danny brags about a sexual encounter he and Daryl had with a Mexican woman, making it clear that they had little respect for her. In "Weight", Daryl taunts Danny by joking that Chelsea has shacked up with a mastiff and is "taking it" like a "bitch".

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dewey might be an idiot, but he [[spoiler:creates endless problems for Boyd's heroin operation throughout season 5. He steals half of Boyd's heroin shipment, then interrupts Boyd's meeting with Daryl, in which Boyd hoped to implicate Daryl in crimes while wearing a wire.]]

* HookersAndBlow: When he robs two thugs of their ill-gotten Oxycontin stash, his first stop is the local brothel where he is very generous with the pills.
** When he wins a $300,000 settlement from the Marshall's office, he purchases Audrey's brothel and spends much of his time frolicking with prostitutes. He later refers to it as his 'dream'. Dream big, Dewey.

* ManChild: His maturity level, mannerisms, and dress are those of a teenage boy. He plays with Dickie Bennett in prison like children on a playground. Finally, season 5 reveals that his life's dream is to own a swimming pool and frolic with loose women.

* [[spoiler:NotSoHarmlessVillain: Ask Wade Messer about that.]]
** [[spoiler:Danny learns this the hard way in "Wrong Roads". When Danny steps out of the tow truck and confronts Miller, Dewey hops in the drivers seat and runs them both over.]]

* ThirdPersonPerson

* ApologeticAttacker: Tries to apologize to [[spoiler:Wendy]] after he hits her the first time.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Daryl is shot in the groin and neck by Wendy, when he tries to grab his recorded confession from her. He bleeds out on the floor of Audrey's, pathetically trying to stop the blood flow as Raylan stands menacingly over him, not lifting a finger to help.]]

* [[spoiler:DomesticAbuser: A sibling example. Daryl beats Wendy to a pulp, manipulates her for his ends, and blames her for Kendal's incarceration when it was he himself who forced Kendal to make a false confession.]]
* [[spoiler:DontSplitUsUp: In "Over the Mountain", Raylan takes Kendal into protective custody, much to Daryl's horror.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Toyed with. Daryl is certainly obsessive about keeping the family together, and he talks a lot about the importance of family, but given his [[spoiler:murder of Dilly]], his abuse of [[spoiler:Dewey]], and his disregard for Wendy and Kendal's feelings, how much he really cares for any of them is questionable. It's eventually confirmed that he ''does'' care, when [[spoiler:he is deeply upset about Danny's death, and tries to apologise to Wendy during their ensuing fight]].

* GroinAttack: Wendy [[spoiler:shoots him in the groin before finishing him off.]]

* ItsPersonal: With Raylan after [[spoiler:Danny's death and Art's wounding.]]

* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Killed by his sister, who he used and abused, on behalf of his nephew who he was leaving to take the rap for his crimes]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: When Raylan warns him about what juvenile detention will do to Kendal, Daryl says that Kendal is a "pussy" and could use the experience.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: He has no qualms about manipulating Dewey in order to control Audrey's brothel. He later [[spoiler:starts pulling strings to 'adjust' the deal with the Mexicans, and talks Kendal into taking the fall for his own actions.]]
* NeverMyFault: He refuses to take responsibility for [[spoiler:undermining Boyd's drug trade, beating Wendy, or framing Kendal.]]

* VisualPun: Daryl spends season 5 waxing poetic about holding the Crowe family together. In the season finale, [[spoiler: Wendy shoots him in the "family jewels".]]

* WouldHitAGirl: Beats the tar out of [[spoiler:Wendy]], though in his defense, she started it.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Does it to [[spoiler:Dilly]] for being a liability, and seriously considers doing the same to [[spoiler:Dewey]].

-->'''Raylan:''' ''"Look, best case scenario, you are the civilised white sheep in a flock of killers and cons."''
-->'''Wendy:''' ''"That's the best case?"''

Daryl, Danny, and Dilly's sister, who works as a paralegal in a Miami law office, much to Daryl's annoyance. When she cares to get involved, she is very much the brains of the operation, and Daryl has a history of coercing her involvement. Like Kendal, she seems to have some doubts about the lives her brothers have chosen to lead, but is unsure how to extract herself. She is eventually revealed to [[spoiler:be Kendal's mother]].

* [[spoiler:EarnYourHappyEnding: In exchange for wearing a wire to extract Darryl's confession, Raylan allows her to go to Florida with Kendal, scot-free.]]

* HandsOffParenting: She's [[spoiler:Kendall's mother, but she doesn't seem to mind that her brothers are raising Kendall in a corrupting environment. This gets better as season 5 progresses, however. After the fiasco with Uncle Jack, we see Wendy spending more time with Kendall and assuring him they'll leave Kentucky soon.]]

* [[spoiler:LockedOutOfTheLoop: Daryl and Danny apparently did not inform her of Dilly's execution.]]

* [[spoiler:TheMole: In the season 5 finale, she secretly records Daryl's confession, which she later turns over to law enforcement to exonerate Kendal.]]

* [[spoiler:ParentsAsPeople: She's a less than stellar mother to Kendall.]]

* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: Danny's actual death is idiotic, and clearly meant to be funny, but the scene right before it, where he talks about how he rescued Chelsea from a puppy mill, is genuinely sad, and humanizes him in the moments leading up to his death.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Trips in a hole and fatally stabs himself while charging Raylan.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's deeply upset when his [[spoiler:dog dies]], having a full on breakdown. In the backstory he went KnightTemplarBigBrother on Jack Anderson after he [[spoiler:impregnated and abandoned Wendy]], and in the present day he actually seems to contemplate turning himself in when Raylan tells him that Wendy and Kendal will be released, only to refuse when he finds out the deal doesn't extend to Daryl. Danny's certainly a very bad man, but it would be hard to contend that he does not care about his family.

* [[spoiler:KnightTemplarBigBrother: Believe it or not, yes. Danny apparently threatened to cut off Jack Anderson's genitalia due to his treatment of Wendy. Jack is still terrified of him.]]

* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive: Charges Raylan with a knife in the dark. He trips and ends up stabbing himself in the jaw.]]

* WouldHitAGirl: Runs [[spoiler:Allison]] off the road, and shows no qualms about the idea of knifing Rachel.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Danny stabs Dilly to death on Daryl's orders, since he was too much of a loose cannon to keep around.]]

* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed by Daryl and Danny at the end of his first appearance.]]
* [[spoiler:YouHaveFailedMe: Daryl regretfully arranges for Danny to kill him because his irresponsible antics are endangering the family.]]

-->'''Daryl:''' ''"Kendal? Man that boy done seen shit you and I can't imagine."''

* [[spoiler:DontSplitUsUp: He's shocked when Raylan takes him into protective custody. He reluctantly goes with Raylan to avert a deadly showdown between Raylan and his uncles.]]

* [[spoiler:ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In "Raw Deal" he contacts his biological father while his uncles are away in Mexico, presumably to escape from Danny. He tries this again in "Weight".]]

* [[spoiler:BlownAcrossTheRoom: Turned into "Haitian Hamburger" by a shotgun blast from Danny.]]
* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: A scared and humiliated Danny kills him suddenly with a shotgun.]]

* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim: His death comes out of nowhere and with very little build up.]]

* [[spoiler:CharacterDeath: Machado is killed by Raylan and Greg Sutter when he tries to pull a gun on them.]]

* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive: At first, he seems like the smarter of the two when he's working with Dilly. That's just because Dilly makes everyone seem smart by comparison. Elvis tries to flee to Cuba on a ridiculous little boat he can barely start, and then advertises the fact that he's going to pull a gun on Raylan and Sutter when they already have their guns drawn. However, due to the hopelessness of the situation, this can be easily seen as suicide by cop.]]

A grifter, gambler, and inveterate loser, whom Kendal considers an HonoraryUncle. He's eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:Kendal's biological father]].

* FiveBadBand: The Kentucky branch.
** BigBad: Daryl
** TheDragon: Jean Baptiste
** TheEvilGenius: Wendy
** TheBrute: Danny
** TheDarkChick: Kendal
** TheSixthRanger [[spoiler:/ SixthRangerTraitor]]: Dewey
** TokenGoodTeammate: Wendy