| “ | Okay. Then you know that the Founding Fathers had a disdain for democracy. They thought it was the equivalent of mob rule. They believed in an educated elite, property owners who would elect people like themselves to run the country, to govern the masses as they saw fit. This country has always been in danger of losing its footing. Fortunately, there are still some people who believe in the basic principles set forth by the Founding Fathers. They believe we have to take this country back from the rabble. Men like Hoover and my stepfather? Those are the real patriots. | „ |
| ~ Glen Durant's blackmailing rationale. |
| “ | Dr Sweets. I read about that. Perhaps that's why you're being so unreasonable. You've suffered a lot of trauma recently, defending your idea of the constitution. | „ |
| ~ Durant's cold response to Booth about Sweets' death. |
Glen Durant is a supporting antagonist in the 2005 FOX crime TV-series Bones.
He was a medical examiner who covered up various crimes from within the FBI, including the Ghost Killer's. Durant inherited the blackmail files from his step-father Desmond Wilson, who informed him about the shadow government and he later used those files to incriminate any government official, including the three agents who arrived at Booth's house. he is indirectly responsible for Sweets' death, as he hired his right-hand Kenneth Emory to assault him to death upon their knowledge of blackmailee Hugo Sanderson and his connections.
He was portrayed by JD Cullum.
History[]
Beginnings[]
At a young age, his mother married Desmond Wilson, the successor to J. Edgar Hoover's secret files. Wilson taught Durant about the shadow government and how it was the most patriotic way to defend their country. After Wilson passed away, Durant inherited the files, which he kept hidden in the Jeffersonian, passing them off as replicas when in actuality they were the real thing.
Some years before the start of the series, Durant became connected to the powerful McNamara family when he was paid off by Giles McNamara, their patriarch, to cover up evidence that would not only deprive Giles of his assets but also put his daughter Stephanie, aka the Ghost Killer, in prison. However, this would later prove to be their downfall as eventually, they too became one of Durant's many blackmail victims in his agenda to run several federal agencies through its shadowy underbelly.
Present[]
Shortly after the Jeffersonian team apprehend the man who eventually killed Stephanie McNamara, they come to the realization that someone within the FBI covered up the McNamara's crimes for years. A reporter named Wesley Foster knows Durant's connections and arranges to meet with Booth, but Durant has Foster killed before he could talk. They do, however, recover digital copies of the blackmail files from Foster's remains and learn that the McNamaras were merely one of the several blackmail victims in part of a larger conspiracy. Fearing his exposure, Durant sends a Delta Force team to kill Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance Brennan in their home. When the hit team is wiped out, Durant frames Booth for their murders and has him thrown in prison.
Durant blackmails the case prosecutor into delaying Booth's trial so that he will eventually be killed in prison, but Brennan threatens to expose everything he is being blackmailed with and gets Booth out of jail. Booth and Durant formally meet shortly after where he pretends to be another blackmail victim, telling Booth he has no idea who could be behind the conspiracy. He later learns that the Jeffersonian team not only exhumed the body of his first victim, but also that Dr. Sweets was recovering documents that would include Durant's name. Durant fakes the identity of one of the victim's family members to get the body back and sends a former NAVY seal named Kenneth Emory, also a blackmail victim, to assassinate Sweets, which he does successfully and recovers the documents.
As Emory returns to Durant wounded from his fight with Sweets, Durant stabs and kills him to cover up his involvement. The Jeffersonian soon discovers the identity of Desmond Wilson and learn that not only is he Durant's stepfather, but also that he passed on Hoover's files to Durant. Booth and Brennan angrily confronted him, and while he admitted that he runs his operations the way his step-father and Hoover would, he arrogantly denied having been involved in any of the murders. Booth punched Durant, both getting a DNA sample through the blood left on his hand and also for killing Sweets. The Jeffersonian team ran Durant's DNA to that found on the first victim and find the match. They subsequently learned the location of the blackmail files, leaving Durant powerless and defeated, spending the rest of his days in prison.
Accomplices[]
Confirmed[]
- Desmond Wilson (step-father and mentor)
- Jerold Norsky (unwilling)
Blackmailed[]
- Giles McNamara
- Efran Hadley (both through secret relationship with a man)
- Steven Paltor (to convict Herman Kessler for Zinkow's murder)
- Hugo Sanderson (over environmental dumping and pollution charges)
- Howard Cooper (hit-and-run that killed a homeless man)
- Leslie Dollinger (to cover up the cause of deaths for Zinkow and Brewster)
- Agent Kenneth Emory (through assault on female agent)
- Kevin Brady (through witness tampering, accepting bribes, money laundering, etc.)
- Senator Wilby (through heroin-addicted daughter Samantha Wilby)
- Susan Sprung (used to keep his blackmail file copies and attempt to hack into Angela's computers)
- Agent Victors
- Agent Summers
- Agent North (all three to kill Wesley Foster and Booth)
- Linda Dugan (Durant's lawyer in his interrogation)
- Judge Emmet Evans
- Judge Roderick Hibbard
- Judge Jacob Kratz (all three to block Caroline's warrants)
- Judge Evan Klyderstein (through income tax evasion)
Reasons Unknown[]
- Judge Wade McCauley
- Hector Novak
- Senator Carrol
- Mike Stein
- Ruben Woeck
- Christopher Deem
Victims[]
Murdered[]
- Howard Cooper (injected with experimental cimetidine)
- Agent Kenneth Emory (stabbed once in bullet wound)
Attempted[]
- Temperance Brennan (attempted murder by Victors, Summers, and North)
By Proxy[]
- Wesley Foster (accidentally tortured by Victors, Summers, and North)
- Lance Sweets (beaten to death by Kenneth Emory)
Incarcerated[]
- Herman Kessler (incriminated for Maya Zinkow's murder)
- Special Agent Seeley Booth (attempted murder, incriminated for the murders of Victors, Summers, and North)
Howard Cooper[]
- Unnamed homeless man (accidentally killed in driving accident)
Stephanie McNamara[]
- Maya Zinkow (stabbed 16 times out of jealousy)
- Lana Brewster (stabbed)
- Carla Hopkins (bludgeoned)
- Michael Windsor (hanged & made it look like suicide)
- Heather Mendez (car crash)
- Chloe Campbell (stabbed)
- Alex Webber (shot)
- Timothy Monroe (drowned)
- Trent McNamara (framed for Brewster's murder, shot in temple & made it look like suicide)
Quotes[]
| “ | A man comes in with fractures and contusions, and says that he fell down a flight of stairs. So I took him at his word, and I moved on; and now 20 years later, you come in here and accuse me of murder. I did my best in that ER, okay? And maybe I wasn't the best doctor, which is why I ended up here. But I am a very good manager; this department has received commendations twice in just the past five years. | „ |
| ~ Durant's first lie about Howard Cooper. |
| “ | Durant: When Cooper came in, I got a message from a nurse that I'd never seen before, and she said that they had pictures, and that they could ruin me. Booth: So you killed the homeless guy? Durant: No, my god no! He-he had massive internal bleeding and... they didn't care about him! They wanted to hold the hit-and-run over Cooper so that they could force him to do what they wanted! Believe me, a day hasn't gone by that I haven't regretted what I did, but I didn't have a choice. I'm sorry. |
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| ~ Durant about Cooper's involvement in being blackmailed. |
| “ | Booth: Nothing pisses me off more than being lied to, and you lied to me twice. Durant: Howard and I had a connection. We were both being blackmailed. We both'd been promoted because of the favors that we'd done. Booth: Did both of you talk about Hugo Sanderson? Doc, listen to me- I want a name, or I'm gonna charge you with obstruction of justice. Durant: Howard was the only one who had the courage to stand up and say, "no more." Look what happened to him. Booth: Look, you know what? We can protect you. Durant: No you can't. Booth: Yes we can. Or do you prefer living a life like this? Durant: What else do you have in there? (Booth shows Sanderson's face.) Durant: No, I don't know a Sanderson. I never heard that name mentioned. (Booth then shows Norsky's face.) Durant: This is who I dealt with. He-he's a lot older here, but this is the one who came to me and to Cooper. Booth: Jerold Norsky? Durant: I hope you meant it when you said you could protect me. Because I think I just signed my death warrant. |
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| ~ Durant lying to Booth about himself as a blackmailee with Cooper. |
| “ | Durant: That's okay, Dr. Brennan. I understand his frustration. Booth: You're done. Durant: We'll see. Again, my condolences on the loss of your friend. |
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| ~ Durant after Booth punched him in the face. |
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Trivia[]
- Like many recurring antagonists in the series, Glen Durant serves as a "doppelganger" of a main/recurring protagonist. In Durant's case, he served as the Anti-Caroline because of his resort to blackmail to maintain a strong America, and would manipulate the law to his liking to adapt his hidden status and protect his cohorts, unlike Caroline who respects and obeys the law to where the major figures owe her "many big fat favors."
- Following this, he is one of the two doppelgänger villains in Bones to have his fate be imprisoned, alongside Jacob Broadsky.
- He's the only alive doppelgänger villain in the series to be a Non-Action villain, since Christopher Pelant and The Gormogon were both fatally shot by Booth.
External Links[]
- Glen Durant on the Bones Wiki
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