Fallon's War: The Series/Characters

Fallon's War: The Series is a crime drama that aired on CBS from 2002-2008. The series follows the Fallon siblings as they run their special private investigation agency in the city of Chicago.

Logan Fallon
Logan Fallon (Eddie Cibrian) is a former U.S. Army Ranger Staff Sergeant, and the head of the Fallon Protection Agency and one of the two main protagonists of the series. A trained soldier at heart, he is driven in his pursuit of justice following the murder of his parents, youngest sister, and grandparents when he was 10. Following the avenging of their family, he and his younger sister Jessica go on the run for more than two years. After helping bring down another criminal in New York, the two stop running, turn themselves in and are later acquitted at trial after using a very emotional defense. The two then use part of their $30 million inheritance to fund their agency.

Logan is a loyal and good-hearted person, who has dedicated himself to fighting injustice for those who have been wronged by criminals and failed by the justice system like he and his family had been. However, he is willing to work with the police on a case when warrented. He has a very close bond with his surviving little sister Jessica; following their family's murders, they swore to always look out for each other, no matter what. He also considers his employees to be family and tends to treat them all in the same manner. His primary weapon is a IMI Desert Eagle Mark XIX .50 AE.

In the second season, he reconnects with Laura Royce (née Chester), and later defends her from an abusive, obsessed ex-boyfriend. He has since entered into a romantic relationship with her and become acquanited with her children, Owen and Christina. At the end of the third season, Logan decides to propose to Laura, but she is shot along with friend Lisa Robbins by hitman Adrik Hans at Detective Sanchez's wedding. A month hunting down and killing Hans, Logan successfully proposes in the FPA offices and she accepts.

Jessica Fallon
Jessica Fallon (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) is a former U.S. Naval Petty Officer First Class, and the vice head of the Fallon Protection Agency and one of the two main protagonists of the series. Like her older brother, she is driven in her pursuit of justice following the murder of her family. After staying the run for two years, she tires of the fugitive life and tries to talk her brother into turning themselves in, which they do near the end of the second film. Following their acquital of more than 100 murder and attempted murder charges after using a very emotional defense, the two siblings then use part of their $30 million inheritance to fund their agency.

Jessica, like her brother, is a loyal and good-hearted person, who has dedicated herself to fighting injustice and helping those victim to it. She and Logan have a very close bond; following their family's murders, the two swore to always look out for each other, no matter what. She is in a romantic relationship with Navy SEAL Lt. Bruce Jennings, which was on hold following his return to active duty during the first two seasons, but has resumed since his discharge at the end of the second season. Her primary weapon is a Smith & Wesson .45 CQB Performance Center.

Leroy Griggs
Leroy Griggs (Tony Todd) is a former U.S. Army Ranger Master Sergeant, Logan's former Army commanding officer and a member of the Fallon Protection Agency. He had a great respect for Logan during the latter's time in the Army–a respect so great that Griggs helped him and his sister in their revenge and their bring down of Jimmy Reilly. Since leaving the Army, Griggs has opened up his own bar-restaurant, "L.G.'s Red Grill," where the cast often eats. He is mentioned to have a wife and three children, as well as being the fourth of ten children. His primary weapon is a Taurus PT92, though in extreme situations he will also wield an M16A1.

He initially has fellow team member Jerry McCabe as his manager and bartender. In the second season, he hires his sister Donna as a bookkeeper. She retains this position for a year until her sudden death from a heart attack, which leaves the team devastated.

Dawn Wong
Dawn Wong (Shannon Lee) is a martial artist, member of the Fallon Protection Agency, and childhood friend of Logan and Jessica. One of the older children in the Fallons' old neighborhood, Dawn was shocked at the family murders, and was stunned to see Logan and Jessica alive after so long. She helps them out in both movies, and later becomes both a member of their agency and a teacher in their martial arts dojo. Her primary weapon is a bo staff, and for long range, she uses shuriken, due to her preference to not use firearms.

She is revealed to be married to Patrick Trindle, a real estate agent, with a daughter (Li) and stepdaughter (Natalie) in "Culinary Feud". During the second season, Dawn becomes pregnant with her second child (to accomodate Shannon Lee's real life pregnancy), which forces her to take a step back from the action of the team. In the episode, "Shot in the Dark," she give's birth to her second (and Patrick's third) daughter, whom she names Cassie.

Jerry McCabe
Jericho "Jerry" McCabe (Matt Schulze) (Season 1-3) is a fomer professional boxer, member of the Fallon Protection Agency, and manager of L.G.'s Red Grill. He first appears in In the Name of Justice when Leroy brings him along for extra muscle. He shows himself to be a somewhat boastful, but always reliable individual, making him a vital part of the agency team. His primary weapon is a nickel SIG-Sauer P226.

In the second season episode "Toxic Coverup", he rescues, bonds with, and adopts a English Mastiff, whom he names Tagger. In "Split Custody" he mentions he has a 7-year old son named Nicky whom he has barely seen since a bitter split with the boy's mother. At the end of the episode, he goes to visit Nicky for the first time in months.

In the third season episode "New Discourse", Nicky moves away to Texas with his mother, causing Jerry to reconsider hsi future with the Fallon Protection Agency. At the end of the season, Jerry decides to leave the FPA to be closer to his son, which his colleagues come to accept and wish him luck on.

Bruce Jennings
Bruce Jennings (Paul Walker) (Season 3-, main; 1-2, recurring) is a U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant and part-time member of the Fallon Protection Agency. He met Jessica while she was serving on a Navy ship with him, and the two soon struck up a romance. He gets along great with his co-workers, but especially does with Logan, whom he c He assists the Fallons in both movies and eventually becomes part of their agency. However, in the series' second episode, he is called back to active duty in the Navy, and leaves. He returns on leave several times during the first two seasons, mostly to visit his friends and girlfriend, until in the second season finale, when he gets himself discharged from the Navy in order to join the Fallon Protection Agency, and be closer to Jessica. His primary weapon is a .45 Colt Officer's Enhanced Mark IV.

Jiang-Su "Janet" Li
Jiang-Su "Janet" Li (Kelly Hu) (Season 4-, main; 3, recurring) is a Chinese Ministry of State Security Agent to assist the FPA, MCU, and FBI against a Triad smuggling ring in the third season episode "Blossom." A feisty and clever woman, she impresses even Dawn with her martial arts skills and insightful detective skills. After busting the ringleader, Li returns to China with him to stand trial for his crimes at the end of "Rings of Gold". Her primary weapon is a Smith & Wesson 3913 LS "Ladysmith".

She later returns in the second episode of season four, "Dragon", looking to capture the leader's brother, who escaped capture and is looking to rebuild his brother's ring. She opts to stay with the FPA as a team member until the brother is caught.

Rose Lovato
Rose Lovato (Vanessa Ferlito) (Season 4-)

Carlos Perez
Carlos Perez (Benjamin Bratt) is a detective, and later, detective-sergeant in the Chicago Police Department. He is an officer with intially a black-and-white view of the law, and as a result has an at-first shaky relationship with the Fallons and their agency. He does, however, hold their senses of morality and justice with great respect. It's revealed in "Love and War" that he has a nephew, Ramon, whom he is close to, as well as wife (Angela) and three children (Connie, Alonzo, and Luis), and has his fourth (Teresa), in the episode "Shot in the Dark". He is later promoted to Detective-Sergeant at the end of the second season. His primary weapon is a Baretta 92FS.

Lance Thomas
Lance Thomas (Alan Tudyk) is a detective in the Chicago Police Department. Unlike his primary partner Perez, he is more liberal to having the Fallons and their agency involved in their investigations. He often is a cop who likes to think outside of the politics of the police and take more drastic moves in stopping and capturing criminals. He also is an expert in technology, and can build listening devices from scratch. His primary weapon is a Smith & Wesson 659.

Louis Crosetti
Louis Crosetti (Michael Imperioli) (Season 1-2) is a detective in the Chicago Police Department. A street smart cop originally from New Jersey, he believes strongly in administering street justice and physical methods on criminal when warranted. This often puts him at odds with Perez, who is an often by-the-book cop. He transfers back to his home in New Jersey at the end of the second season in order to help care for his ailing mother. His primary weapon is a Ruger P89.

Phoebe Weston
Phoebe Weston (Julianne Nicholson) (Season 3-) is a new detective from the Warrants Squad. She transfers to the unit due to the need of a "change of venue" following a relationship with a co-worker that went sour. She is excited to be able to work with the MCU and the Fallons and their team, having heard much about them previously. Her primary weapon is a custom stainless Colt M1911 Combat Elite.

Duncan Wyler
Duncan Wyler (Tom Wright) is a lieutenant, and later, captain in the Chicago Police Department. Leader of the C.P.D.'s Major Crimes Unit, he has the utmost respect and admiration from most of the cops in the unit. Upon seeing the Fallons and their agency's skilling in investigation, security, protection, and bounty hunting (all of which they use to catch the killer of his nephew's friend), he instates the agency as official consultant detectives. He is also revealed to be married with four children. He is later promoted to Captain at the end of the second season. His primary weapon is a Smith & Wesson 5946.

Beth Cross
Bethany "Beth" Cross (Mira Sorvino) (Season 2-, regular; 1, recurring) is an Assistant District Attorney assigned to work with Chicago Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. She has a strong passion for the law, and often views it in a black-and-white manner, similar to Detective Perez. This has made her skeptical of the Fallons and their agency, though this skepticism fades as time passes. She is single, though it's said Detective Thomas is attracted to her. She first appears in "High Stakes" where she oversees the Fallon Protection Agency and Major Crime Unit's attempts to break down a high stakes gambling ring.

Helen Ridgeway
Helen Ridgeway (Morgana Shaw) is a single mother and the secretary and office manager of the Fallon Protection Agency. In the first movie, she was a mother who lived with her son Jesse and an abusive husband in the same building that Logan and Jessica moved into following their return to Chicago. The two Fallons befriended the Ridgeways, and helped them stand up to the husband's abuse (later beating him up offscreen). She reappears at the end of the second movie (having divorced her husband), as the Fallons open their agency and is then hired as their secretary and office manager.

Jesse Ridgeway
Jesse Ridgeway  (Devon Michael) is the son of Helen Ridgeway. In the first movie, he was a young boy who lived with his mother Helen and abusive stepfather in the same building that Logan and Jessica moved into following their return to Chicago. The two Fallons befriended the Ridgeways, and helped them stand up to the husband's abuse (later beating him up offscreen). He reappears, (a couple years older) at the end of the second movie with his now-single mother, as the Fallons open their agency, and plays some catch with Logan, Jessica, Bruce, and Jerry in the local park. He later becomes friends with Owen and Christina Royce.

Doug Mooney
Doug Mooney (Jack McGee) is the bartender at L.G.'s Bar and Grill. He is an old friend of Leroy's from his army days, and remains on good terms with the members of the Fallon Detective Agency, often giving them advice to help solve cases. He was also a close friend of Donna Johnson and was devastated by her sudden death.

Patrick Trindle
Patrick Trindle (Jason Gray-Stanford) is a real estate agent, and the husband of Dawn Wong. He often helps the Fallon Protection Agency by letting them use houses he has yet to sell as safehouses to protect their clients and others from harm if needed. However, he tends to worry about his wife's safety due to the dangers of the agency detectives' cases, and often wonders why she doesn't take it easy at times.

Laura Royce
Laura Royce (née Chester) (Elizabeth Banks) is a publicist by trade, a childhood friend of Logan and Jessica, and love interest for the former. Having known and mutually crushed on Logan during the third grade, she was devestated by the Fallon family murders, and was shocked when Logan and Jessica turned up on trial. She finally reconnects with them in the second season after meeting them at "L.G.'s" and they later help her in two cases regarding a very shady client, and an obsessed, abusive ex-boyfriend. Following this, she becomes the official publicist for the Fallon Protection Agency and later, Logan's girlfriend. It's also revealed that she's divorced and has two children, Owen, 9, and Christina, 6. Her husband Clark, a doctor, appears in the third season to re-establish the bond with their children.

In the first part of the third season finale, Laura is shot along with friend Lisa Robbins (who dies) by hitman Ardik Hans at Detective Sanchez's wedding. After a week in a coma and critical condition, she awakens and convinces. A month later she returns home, where Logan successfully proposes to her in the FPA offices and she accepts.

Owen Royce
Owen Royce (Cameron Bright) is the 9-year old son of Laura Royce and her ex-husband Clark Royce. He is a smart and courageous young boy who is very protective of his mother and younger sister. Due to his father constantly missing out on important events because of his work, and a slew of bad ex-boyfriends (including the obsessive, abusive one) he is very apprehensive around Logan and Jessica upon first meeting them, but comes to like them after the ex-boyfriend is arrested, courtesy of them. Jessica even remarks that Owen reminds her of her brother at the same age. Owen and his sister later become good friends with Jesse Ridgeway, and the rest of the agency team.

Christina Royce
Christina Royce (Abigail Breslin) is the 6-year old daughter of Laura Royce and her ex-husband Clark Royce. She is a sweet and imaginative young girl, who is very open-minded. Unlike her brother, she takes a shine to both Logan and Jessica after meeting them. She often vies for her father's attention and like her brother, takes to Logan as a surrogate father figure and Jessica as somewhat of an aunt/big sister figure. Logan mentions that she reminds him of Jessica at the same age. Christina and her brother later become good friends with Jesse Ridgeway, and the rest of the agency team.

Viola Stivers
Viola Stivers (Teri Hatcher) (Season 1-2) is the Chicago Medical Examiner at the start of the series. She is a Harvard graduate and a woman with her own sense of flair and style in dealing with the dead. At the beginning of the third season it's revealed that she has accepted work overseas with the Army and left Chicago.

Jillian Foxworth
Jillian Foxworth (Angie Harmon) (Season 3-) is the new Chicago Medical Examiner introduced in the third season. She often has a deadpan sense of humor and a unique relationship with the dead that she examines. This parallels her relationships with the living as she admits she has been luckless in love most of the time.

Clark Royce
Clark Royce (Noah Wyle) is a surgeon, Laura's ex-husband and Owen and Christina's father. Clark is often traveling around the world most of the time and performing operations for poverty-stricken countries; this was a contributing factor to the disintegration of his marriage with Laura, he is very often missed and disdained by his children for this. He returns half-way through the third season, hoping to patch things up with his family, but is rebuffed for the most part, and Logan is forced to step in to help ease the tensions between them.

Jake Fallon
Jacob "Jake" Fallon (Chuck Norris) is a retired U.S. Army Ranger captain, and the paternal uncle of Logan and Jessica Fallon. Following the murders of his brother Nicholas and his family, Jake took in his surviving niece and nephew and raised them, helping them deal with their grief through martial arts. He assists them in both movies, and often visits them from Minnesota, either to assist on cases or spend time with them. He also has a wife Nora, (briefly mentioned in the second movie and shown in the episode "Sacred Bond"), with whom he has twins (Aaron and Alexandra) prior to the second season.

John Downing
John Downing (Joe Spano) is an F.B.I. Senior Special Agent. He was originally in charge of bringing down the Talgorno organization, and investigated the Fallon family murders. Following Logan and Jessica's mass murder of the organization members (out of revenge for their family), Downing starts a two-and-a-half-year manhunt for them. He finally catches up with them, while they are in the midst of battling new gangsters, and gets caught up in it, which leads to the death of three of his agents. He then helps them bring down the said gangsters, and convinces the two to stop running and turn themselves in. After the Fallons use the grisly details and crime scene photos of their family's killings to sway the jury into acquitting them, Downing seems impressed. He parts with them on amicable terms and promises to keep in touch. He makes appearances throughout the series, assisting on cases that involve federal jurisdiction. His primary weapon is a Glock 17.

Nora Fallon
Nora Davidson-Fallon (Gena O'Kelley) is Jake Fallon's wife and Logan and Jessica's new aunt. He is said to have met and married her in the time between the first and second movies. She makes her first appearance in "Sacred Bond" when she visits Chicago along with Jake, and meets Logan and Jessica for the first time. She is shown to be pregnant in her appearance, much to their surprise. Between the first and second seasons, she gives birth to twins, Aaron and Alexandra.

Donna Johnson
Donna Johnson (née Griggs) (Lynne Thigpen) is Leroy Griggs' older sister, and a former accountant. She is hired by her brother in the second season to assist financially when a waiter's thievery chips waters down his profits. She befriends the rest of the crew and the MCU detectives, who enjoy her wisdom and friendship to no end, and are devastated by the news of her sudden death in the second season episode, "Solider vs. Coward".

Lisa Robbins
Lisa Robbins (Sarah Michelle Gellar) (Season 2-3) is a young reporter and friend of Laura's who is always eager for a scoop, especially regarding the Fallon Protection Agency. She sometimes follows the team on their jobs, and gets caught up in the danger of them as a result. Her partner and boyfriend is fellow reporter Ford Vickers.

Lisa is shot along with friend Laura Royce in the two-part third season finale, "Fatal Nuptials". Despite doctors attempts to save her, she dies of her injuries, devastating Ford and all her friends.

Ford Vickers
Ford Vickers (Andy Samberg) is a young reporter and friend of Laura's who is always eager for a scoop, especially regarding the Fallon Protection Agency. He is a big admirer of the team and likes to report on how good they work with the police. His partner and girlfriend is fellow reporter Lisa Robbins.

Lisa is shot along with friend Laura Royce in the two-part third season finale, "Fatal Nuptials". Despite doctors attempts to save her, she dies of her injuries. Ford is shown to be devastated by her death.

Robert Monroe
Robert Monroe (Craig T. Nelson) is the Chief of the Chicago Police Department. Despite the complaints of several high-ranking officers in the department, Monroe is more open to having the Fallon Protection Agency assist the police in taking down criminals and solving cases when needed.

Joey Sanchez
Joey Sanchez (Nicholas Gonzalez) is a detective in the Vice Squad of the Chicago P.D. Having grown up on the streets of Chicago and seen his share of violence and death, Joey is adamant at stopping young adults and kids from getting into drugs and gangs. He gets along great with the Fallon Protection Agency due to their martial arts lessons being a great distraction for the kids. In "Say No, No, No, No, No!", he mentions he has a fianceé, who appears in the two-part third season finale, "Fatal Nupitals", where the two marry.

Cruz Jareau
Cruz Jareau (Cameron Douglas) is a detective in the Vice Squad of the Chicago P.D. A hotshot young cop from a family of law enforcement officials, Cruz is an unorthodox yet effective officer. He often acts like a goofball but is a very competent detective. He is also a slight fanboy of the Fallons.

Sharon Flake
Sharon Flake (Tammy Lauren) is the sergeant of the Vice Squad of the Chicago P.D. She at first has reservations about the Fallons and their agency coming on their investigations, but comes to respect and accept them amongst their ranks. She is stern but willing to do whatever it takes to close a case and get drugs off the street.