Detective Connors

"I shot you. Okay, kid? I shot you. (Cloak posing as his brother: And you covered the whole thing up.) It happened quick. My uncle helped me. I did what I could. I couldn't undo it. It was done. Okay? I killed you and buried you."

- Connors admitting that he killed Billy Johnson. Detective Connors is the secondary antagonist in the first season of the Freeform series, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger. He is a an intimidating, scar-faced and corrupt police detective at the New Orleans Police Department, who is secretly involved in the city's drug trafficking activities. He is also responsible for murdering Tyrone Johnson's brother, thus sparking a rivalry between the two of them.

He is portrayed by J.D. Evermore.

First Light
Connors was making an drug exchange with a partner of his. As he was grabbing the drugs from the back of his car, he was surprised when a kid (secretly Tyrone Johnson) threw drugs into his face. Tyrone fled with Connors pursuing him. After cornering him, Connors pinned him to the wall by the neck where he accidentally activates one of Tyrone's powers, who learns that he killed his brother. This stuns Connors enough for Tyrone to make a run for it. After cornering him again, Connors shoots at him under a cover, but finds that he has disappeared.

Suicide Sprints
Later, Connors is at home building his kitchen appliances when he was attacked by an armed Tyrone, looking to kill him for murdering his brother. Connors, still unaware that it is Tyrone, tried to escape upstairs but was eventually cornered. Just as Tyrone was about to angrily shoot him, he disappeared, confusing Connors.

Stained Glass
Aware that the department's latest recruit, Detective Brigid O'Reilly, is investigating an attempted murder of Rick Cotton, who tried to rape the attacker, Tandy Bowen. Being an ally of Cotton, Connors approaches her and gives her an ID card that belongs to Rick Cotton, saying that he got it from a drug dealer. He then tells O'Reilly that her case is a mugging that went wrong and closes her case, even as O'Reilly starts saying that it doesn't fit the evidence. He then declines it and arrogantly says to O'Reilly that she should buy him a drink as a thank you, frustrating her.

Princeton Offense
Connors walks on into the evidence room to find O'Reilly taking some confiscated drugs, and quickly startles her. He then asks her to share, saying that if he was going to bust her, more cops would've been in the room arresting her. He then says that he has been undercover so long that he never knew that he was. He hears O'Reilly saying that she did two years with narcotics, unaware that she is aware of his true motives. Asking where she got the drugs, she explained that she got it from a club owner. He then hears he say that she picked up these methods of busting drugs from when she was in Harlem, New York. Impressed, Connors suggests to O'Reilly that they work together to crack down the drug trafficking deals, and he is happy that she accepted.

Later, Tyrone secretly finds his friend Duane Porter arguing with Connors, revealing that they are working together. They argue that O'Reilly's investigation in the drug trafficking business is setting their partners back, and that they have men on the streets looking for products since Connors' last delivery was light. Feeling offended, Connors quickly makes it clear to Duane that he does not work for him and that they are partners. Duane snaps at Connors, saying that is not how it works after the night he shot Billy Johnson, unintentionally revealing to Tyrone that he knew about it.

Funhouse Mirrors
At the precinct, Connors and O'Reilly find that they are able to use the information she got from the club owner she busted to follow it to a larger source. Connors offers to help her, in which she accepts. Whilst in the car on the way to find any drug dealers, they both discuss how to apprehend them. He then offers advice on busting the dealers, suggesting that if she starts thinking like the suspect, she can learn how they operate, only for her reply that if any detective would do that, they would become like them. Approaching some drug dealers that are looking for, Connors and O'Reilly pursue them. Connors secretly catches up with a dealer, and after he starts beating him, he orders him to tell Duane that they need to meet as his business is being threatened. Just as O'Reilly arrives, he learns that they bag of drugs they were looking for is missing. Not wanting to show relief, he shows disappointment.

They both arrive at Duane's lumber mill, with Connors claiming that Duane is his "guy" and tells O'Reilly to give him five minutes. Entering the mill, Connors gives Duane a gun before telling him that O'Reilly is going to come through the door and that he needs to kill her. Connors argues hesitant Duane that he needs to do it because the former cannot do as his hands are dirty enough and that she is onto them. He then convinces him that if he kills her, he will keep the police department off his back. He then explains that shooting someone to death is better for business. As O'Reilly enters, Connors turns on Duane and alerts her enough to shoot and kill Duane. As watchful Tyrone yelps, alerting Connors and starts pursuing him. Chasing Tyrone outside, Connors attempts to shoot and kill him, only for Tyrone to teleport and escape, frustrating Connors.

Ghost Stories
Days later, Connors is giving a description of the kid he tried to shoot, still unaware that it is Tyrone, in order to find him. He then openly claims to O'Reilly that Tyrone needs to be found, painting him as a street criminal like Duane, and says that he needs to be "dealt with". That night, Connors is leaving the precinct and heading to his car where he is approached by a cloaked Tyrone, and it being the eight year anniversary of his brother's death, starts haunting him with his powers while posing as Billy.

Connors later arrives where O'Reilly was meeting him, where she says that they found a match resembling the suspect he described and showed him a sketch. Connors says that it wasn't him, where she assures that it was the kid that he described, as it was actually a sketch of Billy Johnson. He affirms that he has no idea who it was, but then he sees a cloaked Tyrone again. O'Reilly declines seeing him, making him believe that he may be going crazy. He then pursues Tyrone again, who lures him to where he shot Billy. As Connors tries to shoot him, Tyrone says that he is already dead and that he is actually Billy. Connors is in disbelief as Tyrone pushes him to confess that he killed him. Connors, haunted by what he did, openly confesses that he did shoot and kill him, while his uncle helped cover it up.

Much to his horror, Tyrone reveals himself to Connors and both O'Reilly and Officer Fuchs arrive in time and after they revealed that they recorded his confession, this was enough for them to arrest him. An upset Connors is at the precinct while in handcuffs, as he looks on at O'Reilly and Fuchs.

Family

 * Chief Watts - Uncle and Superior

Allies

 * Rick Cotton
 * Duane Porter † - Situational Ally

Enemies

 * Billy Johnson † - Victim
 * Tyrone Johnson/Cloak - Attempted Victim and Attempted Killer
 * New Orleans Police Department
 * Detective Brigid O'Reilly
 * Officer Fuchs † - Captor

Trivia

 * His alias, Agent M, may be an oblique reference to comic books Agent M, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who specialized in the Microverse (known in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the Quantum Realm).