Bobby Brown
From The Wire
| Bobby Brown | |
|---|---|
| | |
| First appearance | "The Target" |
| Details | |
| Gender | Male
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| Occupation | Baltimore police officer
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Season 1
He was the first officer on scene at the shooting of William Gant.
[edit] Season 4
He was later present with Sergeant Ellis Carver to both warn and arrest Namond Brice for selling drugs on a pre-indicted corner.
[edit] Season 5
In season five Brown is livid about the witholding of his overtime pay and is insubordinate in Ellis Carver's first roll-call briefing as Sergeant in charge. Brown is involved in a parking lot brawl with another officer over the poor state of a vehicle he hands over.[1] Later, Brown is the first officer at a suspicious death that is investigated by Detective Jimmy McNulty - the death is later ruled natural as predicted by Brown and McNulty.[2]
[edit] Production
Brown is played by Bobby J. Brown. The character is an homage to the real Bob Brown who according to The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood was a patrolman in the Western district of the Baltimore Police Department.
[edit] Appearances
Season one
- "The Target"
- "The Cost"
Season four
- "Refugees"
- "Know Your Place"
- "A New Day" (uncredited)
Season five
[edit] References
- ↑ "More with Less". Joe Chappelle, Writ. David Simon (story and teleplay), Ed Burns (story). The Wire. HBO. 2008-01-06. No. 1, season 5.
- ↑ "Unconfirmed Reports". Ernest Dickerson, Writ. William F. Zorzi (story and teleplay), David Simon (story). The Wire. HBO. 2008-01-13. No. 2, season 5.
