Ellis Carver
| Ellis Carver | |
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| First appearance | "The Target" (episode 1.01) |
| Last appearance | "–30–" (episode 5.10) |
| Created by | David Simon |
| Portrayed by | Seth Gilliam |
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| Occupation | Baltimore Police Sergeant Baltimore Police Lieutenant |
| Title | Sergeant Lieutenant |
Ellis Carver is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Seth Gilliam. Carver is an African American police officer and former commander of the Baltimore Police Department's Western District Drug Enforcement Unit. While initially matched to the simple-minded and brutish policing of his loyal partner and unfailing friend Thomas "Herc" Hauk, under the counsel of Major Colvin in the Western District, Carver incrementally matures into a reflective and generally upstanding officer, often drawing the ire of his Western District colleagues.
Carver is a narcotics detective under Major Foerster in season one; he joins the Barksdale detail along with his colleagues from narcotics, detectives Kima Greggs and Thomas "Herc" Hauk. Cedric Daniels, his shift lieutenant from narcotics, is assigned to command the detail. Carver tells Bodie Broadus in season one, episode five ("The Pager"), that he was raised in the Flag House Courts housing project.
Herc and Carver typically work as a pair. They are intimidated by Greggs' ability and annoyed at her superior attitude towards them. They get into trouble early on in the investigation when they and Roland Pryzbylewski drunkenly raid a Barksdale-controlled high rise tower and nearly incite a riot. Prez exacerbates the situation by pistol-whipping a teenager. Daniels is exasperated with his detectives' immaturity and lack of forethought, but protects them from serious punishment.
The narcotics detectives takes part in raids on Barksdale's low-rise projects. When one of the young dealers, Bodie Broadus, punches the elderly Patrick Mahon, Carver, Herc and Greggs give him a beating on the spot. Carver and Herc are later given the task of travelling to Bodie's juvenile detention centre to try to convince him to become an informant; Carver is optimistic about their chances. They arrive just as Bodie escapes by hitchhiking. Finding that he has absconded, they raid his home, finding only his grandmother.
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