Stanley Bolander: Difference between revisions

Bolander is a seasoned detective - indeed, the most experienced (and almost certainly, the oldest) officer in Lt. Al Giardello's homicide squad. On the surface, he would seem to match the standard characterization of the tough old veteran detective; he is a gruff and taciturn man, quick to irritation and not particularly fond of expressing his feelings. This masks a certain degree of insecurity and vulnerability, however; at the beginning of the show, he had recently [[divorce]]d from his wife and was still coming to terms with this change in his life, especially as his wife asked for the divorce on the advice of a therapist they were seeing, neither having consulted with him first.

 

 

Not much is known of his early life, but in the episode "The Old and the Dead" he stated his father was a [[stevedore]] who occasionally took him to work so he could watch the boats. However, since he told this bit of personal information to a young suspect in "the box", it might not be true. He remarks to John Munch in the [[Gone for Goode|pilot]] that he is from the [[Hampden, Baltimore|Hampden]] neighborhood of Baltimore. Bolander supports the [[Baltimore Orioles]] and often wears a scarf in the team colors (black and orange) during cold weather; he also thinks fondly of the [[Indianapolis_Colts#The_NFL_Baltimore_Colts|Baltimore Colts]] before their move to [[Indianapolis]].