Compared to the other members of the Strike Team, he's pretty poorly fleshed out
He has no real storylines, no history with anything, no love interests and pretty much no character arcs. Except that time he burnt his face
That's part of the reason he's my favorite Strike Team member. Not bogged down with the melodrama in his life. Season 6 and 7 are really when he steps into his own as a character. We see he's a competent leader and sadly, is being led down the same road as Vic.
You are sin.
LOL @ OP. I actually said something very similar to my wife when he first grew his beard. That was definitely his high point in the first 5, maybe 6 seasons. :)
shareYeah, he barely even speaks in the first five seasons.
But that builds up his image as the dutiful, unquestioning soldier, which adds to the poignancy of the ending.
Not every character needs to be front and center and have a story constantly to be a great character or even stand out amongst the others.
He is a soldier for Vic and the group and that strikes me as having a lot of character to the extent of extreme loyalty. He's always involved in the story indirectly but just not as in your face as some of the others.
Ronnie has arguably the single most memorable, haunting moment of the finale.
shareYou're not wrong about Ronnie. Characters such him and Lem - with the latter having an arc while both engaged in intense story conflict -were defined almost wholly by their jobs and reacting to police work. What did we really know about the likes of Ronnie or Lem or Corrine outside their work and relationship to Vic?
What did we even know about Vic and his history? What were the reasons for his explosive temper and easy resort to violence? The only explanation given in the flashback episode was that he found it easy to cut corners...Is that all? What was the reason for Julian repressing his homosexuality other than his faith based beliefs? As it was, character conflicts on this show were mostly (but not always) driven by emotion in the here and now rather than anything more psychological and textured.
OP is dead right. Surprisingly poor scriptwriting by the otherwise effective Ryan and team.
shareI think that was part of the intent with Ronnie. Four is a good number and he was there to simply round out the team.
I agree in the later seasons he should have been given a little more. But I was a big fan of the character.