Ed is the alpha male of Team One. He's outgoing, charming, competitive and a risk-taker. Like a kid who's used to getting what he wants, Ed is the best in a group of elite cops, and he knows it. When he's not on the job, he's with the team, drinking beer with them in the Man-Cave, or playing his guitar, alone, in his basement. Those choices come at a cost to his relationship with his wife and his son. But it's easier that way for a cop with Trauma-Bond - someone addicted to life-and-death drama, someone who finds it easier to get back into the fray than face his neighbours at a backyard barbecue.It's not often that Ed has to use lethal force on the job - but every time he does, he feels sick about it: after all, it's his bullet that ended some guy's life. But this is the path he's chosen, and this is the job he's been training for all his life. It's somehow easier for Ed to shoulder that unspoken responsibility than to ask his son how his day was at school. The last thing he wants to do is bring this job home with him - but his decision to not involve his family in his professional secrets comes at a serious price.Parker is the one who sees most clearly that a sense of balance is missing in Ed's life - but he's been there, and knows this is something a man must learn for himself. But that doesn't mean he's not going to watch Ed closely...