William Foster

"I'm going home."

- William Foster in the opening scene

William Foster (AKA Bill and D-Fens) is the main character of Falling Down (1993). Prior to the events of the movie, he was married to his wife Elizabeth Trevino. They also had a daughter by the name of Adele. One day, prior to their divorce while they were filming their home video of their daughter on her birthday, Foster demands to Beth to put their daughter on the toy horse. Later on that same day, Beth (who probably had a black eye when Foster punched her) tells Foster that she is going to report him to the court. Foster had a restraining order against him, thereby preventing him from harming his wife again. And on the same week, Foster was fired possibly because of his misbehavior.

About a month after he was fired, the umemployed defense worker gets caught in the Los Angeles traffic jam on the heatwave. After waiting for several minutes, he finally gives up and abandons his car in the traffic.