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Ben Sherman sees the world in a more realistic attitude, compared to his spoiled childhood friends and relatives who live in a complete fantasy world. Like all young beginning police officers Ben Sherman is ambitious, intelligent, has a strong work ethic and is driven with the desire to help save the world. |
Ben Sherman sees the world in a more realistic attitude, compared to his spoiled childhood friends and relatives who live in a complete fantasy world. Like all young beginning police officers Ben Sherman is ambitious, intelligent, has a strong work ethic and is driven with the desire to help save the world. |
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| − | Beginning in [[Season 4]], Ben has become admittedly more cynical toward his law enforcement career. Though he still tends to carry out his daily proceedings "by the book" and has a proclivity to confront other officers not following procedure, he has displayed behavior that suggests the job is beginning to wear on his patience with and outlook on society. Ostensibly, this was shown in the episode [[Underwater]], when he strikes a rowdy, teenage girl with a closed fist after she makes repeated verbal harassments toward him and subsequently spits in his face. |
+ | Beginning in [[Season 4]], Ben has become admittedly more cynical toward his law enforcement career. Though he still tends to carry out his daily proceedings "by the book" and has a proclivity to confront other officers not following procedure, he has displayed behavior that suggests the job is beginning to wear on his patience with and outlook on society. Ostensibly, this was shown in the episode [[Underwater]], when he strikes a rowdy, teenage girl with a closed fist after she makes repeated verbal harassments toward him and subsequently spits in his face. He also becomes restless with his inability to 'make a difference', which he states as the reason he wanted to become a cop, and it culminates in Ben manipulating an abusive pimp into giving him the chance to make an in-policy shooting at the end of the season. This leaves a rift in Ben's partnership with Sammy, who feels he failed his younger counterpart. |
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Revision as of 07:41, 24 April 2012
| Ben Sherman | |
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| Basic Facts | |
| Age | 22 (Season 1) 23 (Season 2) 24 (Season 3) |
| Occupation | LAPD Police Officer |
| Rank | Phase Two Probationary |
| Division | Hollywood Division (Season 1-3 ) Alvarado Division (end of Season 3- ) |
| Home | Westside |
| Relationships | |
| Lovers | Jenna (high school) Daisy Milliard (during season 1) |
| Family | Ben Sherman, Sr. (Father) Linda Sherman (Mother) Olivia Sherman (Half-sister) Chloe Sherman (Half-Sister) |
| Background | |
| Education | Harvard-Westlake (after a semester transferred to public school because his father stopped paying the tuition) |
| Portrayed By | |
| Ben Mckenzie | |
Officer Ben Sherman is a young rookie officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Biography
Ben Sherman was born and raised in the wealthy neighborhood of Bellagio & Stone Canyon, Los Angeles, by his parents Ben Sherman Sr. and Linda Sherman. Living in a very privileged lifestyle, Ben's world suddenly turned upside down when, at the age of ten, his parents split because of the unsavory drug-dealing people Ben's father dealt with. One night, Ben responded to a commotion in the house and found her mother apparently being raped by one of those men. He tried to intervene and got his teeth knocked out as the man fought him off and left. Later on, it's revealed that Linda tried to 'pay off' her former husband's debts by providing sexual favors to the dealer. After the attack the father of one of Ben's school friends took them both to the Beverly Hills Gun Club and taught them how to shoot. Despite the misunderstanding of what had transpired, the incident left a deep psychological effect on the young Ben Sherman, resulting in his hatred towards his father, his protectiveness of women, and his desire to be a cop.
Family
After Ben's father left him and his mother, his father then remarried and fathered two half-sisters, Olivia Sherman and Chloe Sherman. Despite the fact that he hates his father, he has no disdain attitudes towards his half sisters who he cares very deeply for.
LAPD Career
He is a Police Officer I, which is a probationary level officer. Serving as John Cooper's trainee throughout seasons 1 to 3 in the Hollywood Division in West Bureau.
At the end of Season Three Ben is promoted to the Police Officer 2 level and subsequently partnered with Sammy Bryant, who voluntarily returned to patrol duty after years of being a Gang and Narcotics Division detective.
Personality
Ben Sherman sees the world in a more realistic attitude, compared to his spoiled childhood friends and relatives who live in a complete fantasy world. Like all young beginning police officers Ben Sherman is ambitious, intelligent, has a strong work ethic and is driven with the desire to help save the world.
Beginning in Season 4, Ben has become admittedly more cynical toward his law enforcement career. Though he still tends to carry out his daily proceedings "by the book" and has a proclivity to confront other officers not following procedure, he has displayed behavior that suggests the job is beginning to wear on his patience with and outlook on society. Ostensibly, this was shown in the episode Underwater, when he strikes a rowdy, teenage girl with a closed fist after she makes repeated verbal harassments toward him and subsequently spits in his face. He also becomes restless with his inability to 'make a difference', which he states as the reason he wanted to become a cop, and it culminates in Ben manipulating an abusive pimp into giving him the chance to make an in-policy shooting at the end of the season. This leaves a rift in Ben's partnership with Sammy, who feels he failed his younger counterpart.
