Jimmy Brennan

James "Jimmy" Brennan was the father of Cody Brennan, and a minor antagoinst in the TV show Bates Motel. He was an abusive father towards Cody and later met his death at the hands of her boyfriend, Norman Bates.

Biography
Jimmy Brennan orignally grew up in Indianna with his sister, but at some point moved to White Pine Bay, Oregon. According to Alex Romero, Jimmy was a very unhappy man throughout his life. He dealt with his unhappiness with alcohol and this addiction would lead to an abusive relationship with his daughter, Cody Brenna, whom he often yelled at an abused-at one point yelling at her when she goes back to the house to get money she had forgotten. Though according to her, he could be nice sometimes when he wasn't drunk and they would enjoy watching movies together. One day, Jimmy is taking a nap before he has to go to work, but Cody's boyfriend, Norman, is having a fight with her and Jimmy walks in on it. He berates Cody, punches Norman in the face and puts Cody in a headlock. An enrages Norman shoves Jimmy away from her, accidently pushing him down the basement stairs killing him. Norman was taken to the police and Jimmy's death was officially ruled out as an accident-however the police would later match Norman's DNA with that of Blaire Watson's house, whom Norman had murdered 4 months earlier. Cody was sent to Indianna to live with her aunt.