Buzz Watson
Francis "Buzz" Watson is a fictional character appearing in TNT's two shows, The Closer and Major Crimes, and portrayed by Phillip P. Keene. He serves as a Civilian Service Coordinator, providing technical support to the Los Angeles Police Department's Major Crimes Division. His duties include filming crime scenes, and he runs the audio system in the interrogation room. He later starts training as a Reserve Officer in season 3 of Major Crimes and has started to take up those duties as well in season 4.
In The Closer
The character Buzz Watson first appeared in the second episode of the first season, "About Face". Originally a recurring role, as the series progressed the character's visibility increased until Buzz became one of the central characters. In one early episode, it was revealed that he has a stepfather who is Mexican and Buzz Watson speaks fluent Spanish. In the season 7 episode "You Have the Right to Remain Jolly", it was revealed he had a sister named Casey, who was played by Christine Woods.
In Major Crimes
The character of Buzz Watson is a main/regular character on Major Crimes.
In many first season episodes, he was bothered by being assigned the role of watching over Rusty Beck to allow Rusty's guardian, Sharon Raydor, to focus on work. Through the season, Buzz came to accept Rusty and treated him like a younger brother, acting as a mentor to the teenager.[1] He tutors Rusty when he's removed from school due to Wade Weller's threats. In season three, when Rusty is frustrated by his inability to find a story for his burgeoning journalism career, Buzz uses subtle hints to guide Rusty into doing investigative reporting on Alice Herrera, a homeless girl who was murdered and never identified. After helping Rusty with his efforts, leading to the girl's proper identification, Buzz joins the squad at her funeral.
In season two episode "Risk Assessment", Buzz explains to Rusty that he became interested in police work when his father and uncle were murdered in a robbery. He wanted to become a police officer to track down their killer but his mother was afraid of losing him too so he went to film school instead and became the LAPD's Civilian Surveillance Coordinator instead of a police officer. He's later trained as a Reserve Officer during season three and went on his first ride-along in season four episode "Turn Down", where he ends up helping the squad investigate a murder. It leaves Flynn and Provenza annoyed as his catching the murder causes them to miss a major Fourth of July Dodgers game. When asked, Provenza gives him a good score but with room for improvement as he made them miss a baseball game. He has recently started going for Reserve Detective.
References
- ↑ Tiffany Vogt, "We Shine the Spotlight on MAJOR CRIMES Star Phillip P. Keene", The TVAddict.com (originally published 10 June 2013)