When he’s not on the job, he’s with the team. Drinking beer with them in the ‘Man-Cave.’ Or playing guitar, alone, in his basement. Those choices come at a cost to his relationship with his wife and his son. But it’s easier that way for a cop with Trauma-Bond – someone addicted to life and death drama, someone who finds it easier to get back into the **** than face his neighbors at a backyard BBQ.

~

It’s not often that Ed has to use lethal force on the job – but every time he does, he’s sick about it. He bears the weight on behalf of the whole team: after all, it’s his bullet that ended some guy’s life. But this is the burden he’s chosen, and this is the job he’s been training for all his life. It’s somehow easier for Ed to shoulder that unspoken responsibility than to ask his son how his day was at school. The last thing he wants to do is bring this job home with him – but his decision to not involve his family in his professional secrets has a serious cost.

~

Parker is the one who sees most clearly that a sense of balance is missing in Ed’s life – but he’s been there, and knows this is something a man must learn for himself. That doesn’t mean he’s not going to watch him closely…