Leo Dooley and Douglas Davenport

The **uncle-nephew/friendship/former rivalry between Douglas Davenport and Leo Dooley** is a recurring pairing in *Lab Rats*. Both Douglas and Leo were bitter enemies since "Bionic Showdown"; however in the episode, "Taken," the two were on their way to becoming friends, which was finally established in "You Posted What?!"

## Key Moments

Douglas is the brother of Leo's step-father and this makes them step-uncle and step-nephew. However, Leo was unaware of Douglas' existance or the fact that he was the true creator of Adam, Bree, and Chase and not Donald. Since "Bionic Showdown," the two started off as enemies Douglas really meant to harm Leo, even if he was just a child, sending Marcus out to deal with it. However, Leo still survived and later came to rescue his family. They first met face to face in Avalanche, but Leo didn't notice him until Donald pointed to Douglas , causing Leo to jump away from the man in fear. Douglas attempted to take the family out, but Chase stopped Douglas by entrapping him in a block of ice with Donald's freeze ray. Leo was also able to deduce that Douglas was the one who cyberhacked Donald based on the evidence that whoever was messing with Donald had made it his mission in life to destroy Donald and everything he held dear to. Douglas tried to kill Leo and Donald by bombing his brother's lair. However, he mostly did this just to spite his brother.

By "Taken," Douglas no longer has any intentions of harming Leo, even failing to reconcile with his brother and children by sending friend requests through an unknown website but everyone (except Adam) refused it. Douglas attempt to warn his family that crane saw the kids as a threat, however he could not say the same for Leo and said "there's always a chance he might faint on somebody," causing Leo to grow offended.\* Instead, Douglas sought Leo out at his school, knowing the boy would believe him. Leo is immediately terrified of Douglas, yelling in surprise before bringing his fists up towards his step-uncle. However, Douglas tells Leo to relax and makes it clear that he's not there to fight. Leo does not believe him and begins throwing punches at Douglas, who blocks all of Leo's assaults and annoyingly asks, "You done?" \* Leo, rightfully suspicious of his step-uncle, asks why he is there and Douglas tells Leo he is a smart kid because Leo knew about Marcus and Douglas before anyone else, which is why he came to Leo and knows that he will believe him about crane posing as a threat to their family. Despite his past feelings, Leo decided to listen. However, Leo's still bitter towards Douglas from the events of the previous season, shouting, "Marcus tried to kill me!" Douglas tells Leo he is scared and tells him that he needs to be as well for what Victor Krane has planned for the world and attempts to show him footage of Krane inserting bionics in his body but just ends up showing Leo a goofy video about one of Douglas' birthday parties. Leo just looks in confusion as Douglas jokes with him before showing his nephew the right video. Leo's the first to believe Douglas, who tells Leo that he must talk to Donald because his step-father will believe him. Douglas pats Leo's shoulder for reassurance before he must get back to Krane before he blew a gasket he had. Despite believing Douglas, Leo does not defend him and just watches as Donald orders for his brother to leave.

In "You Posted What?!?" Douglas and Leo escape from federal custody and decide to figure how to save their family.

* They are both freaked out by Terry Perry when she began flirting with Douglas, who agreed with Leo that the pipeline was probably sabotaged and went to investigated. They worked extremely well when they investigate the pipeline to prove it was sabotaged. They both were able to come up with the conclusion Victor Krane was behind everything and needed to find evidence that Victor Krane was behind the entire plot to expose the kids' bionic abilities. After Leo's arm is crushed, Douglas shows concern for him and tries pulling off the ceiling beam that fell off of him and when he can't do that, Douglas goes to the firemen to save Leo. After learning from the doctor that Leo will never be able to use his regular arm again, Douglas refuses to let that happen and takes Leo to Krane's Warehouse and uses bionic components to save his arm. When Leo wakes up in Krane's warehouse and began panicking, Douglas immediately comes to Leo's side and comforts him by patting Leo on the shoulder and tells him to calm down.

Despite them being on the government's good sode, Douglas urges Leo to keep his bionic arm a secret because they would take Leo away and Douglas would end up in Federal prison. He also reveals that he made a remote that turns Leo's bionics on and off for the safety of himself and others. Leo steals the remote and activates his bionics. Douglas realizes this and confronts Leo at school, where he sees that his nephew was trying to impress a girl. Douglas promises to teach Leo how to use his arm properly.

They temporarily fought against each other because they both thought DOnald was looking for a new VIP, but, In the end, it was just Donald messing with them both to teach them a lesson in snooping around his stuff.

In "Rise of the Bionic Soldiers," Douglas gives Leo a new ability: Energy Transference, that way it is easier for him to fight his enemy, S-1.

## Season 4

When Leo glithced for the first time, he attacked Douglas in his sleep. Chace began to blame Douglas for never giving Leo a capsule because he was responsible for giving the kid a bionic arm int he first place. He didn't want anyone to wake Leo up in fear for his nephew's safety because it could potentially make Leo explode. After the ordeal, Douglas gives Leo an arm capsule for him to wear in his sleep.

Douglas brought a dead spider back to life. Afterwards, Leo told Douglas he was a terrible scientist and when they saw the spider, Douglas pushed Leo through the doorway first.

Later, Douglas made Leo Daniel's mentor because he thought he was responsible and later scolded Leo for giving his son a chip upgrade when he specifically told him not to and later, Douglas saved his nephew's life when he liquified Marcus as he tried to fight Leo.

## Gallery

Leo tells Douglas that Bree needs a new chip for her bionicsDouglas tells Donald to "lay off the kid" because he was just trying to help Bree.The boys find Krane's plans to add a second bathroom.Douglas telling Leo to calm down.Douglas and Leo in Krane's warehouse (Douglas: "You should see his torture chamber in Palm Beach. It's gorgeous.")Douglas tells Leo he is bionic now.Douglas and Leo coming to save their family from Giselle Vickers.