Danny Cooper

**Danny Cooper** is Sarah Cooper's brother. He has a troubled past.

## Biography

Danny was born in Greylock, New Hampshire to Ellen Cooper and her husband. His father left when he was young, which left Danny in the care of his alcoholic mother and the guardian of his younger sister Sarah Cooper. Ellen was a State Senator who kept many secrets, including her alcoholism, from the world. She was negligent in her raising and abusive to Danny. He once had to get stitches on his forehead from where Ellen threw a glass at his head, and bruises on his back from where she hit him with a bottle and belts. Danny wanted nothing more than to get out of Greylock and out from under his mother. At the age of sixteen, when he got the chance to leave, Danny left not only his sister but his longtime girlfriend-turned-fiancée, Corinne Dearborn. He took a job with Lydon Industries, a mining company, that allowed him to travel the country to oversee projects. When the chance to dig up Greylock to harvest a rare mineral used in tech, Danny jumped at the chance to return to his childhood town, though he didn't expect the ramifications of returning.

## Series

In *Pilot*, Danny returns to Greylock as the chief legal representative for Lydon Industries, a company that plans to bulldoze the town to dig for a rare mineral used in tech. At a town meeting, he tells the locals they've won the lottery by having Lydon here. Those displaced by the digs would be set up in housing elsewhere. When the town questions him and the companies antics, he leaves to allow the Mayor to handle everything. His return shakes things up for his sister, Sarah, who hasn't seen him in years. She confronts him about why he's back and what his motives are. She understand why he left behind their alcoholic and abusive mother, but hi doesn't understand why he stopped talking to her or his than-girlfriend Corinne. He explains that he was sixteen trying to escape.

He runs into Corinne at the diner where he meets her son, Josh, whose age raises unspoken flags for Danny. When Sarah decides to have Greylock declare independence, Danny doesn't agree and brings in another lawyer from the company for help. This lawyer decides to blackmail Sarah into compliance by threatening to expose Ellen Cooper's abuse and alcoholism if Sarah doesn't drop the vote. Sarah is enraged at Danny for the blackmail, as she falsely believes he was in on it.

To help Sarah, Danny visits Ellen to have her hold a press conference confessing to everything so the lawyers wouldn't have any blackmail. He makes it clear to his mother that he doesn't want a relationship with her, but feels as though he owes it to Sarah. He explains later that it was one thing to fight fair, but another to win by blackmailing. He watches as Sarah wins the vote and is elected the leader of Greylock. After his heart-to-heart with Sarah at their fathers rock, Danny retreats to his hotel room where he stares at photos of Corinne and Josh.

## Personality

Danny is smart, calculating, and able to decompartmentalize his feelings for Greylock and his loyalty to Lydon Industries. He is a tortured soul with a complicated, yet troubled, past. He was abused as a child while has left him guarded and hesitant to connect with people, even his sister Sarah. He struggles with PTSD from his mothers abuse and disassociated when his mother pounded on his hotel room door, demanding that he let her inside. He was unable to hear Piper's voice asking him if he was okay, and flinched when she went to touch him. Danny also struggles with guilt over leaving Corinne behind, but strives to put his past behind him for the sake of moving on from his abuse.

## Physical Appearance

Danny is a handsome man with tanned skin, thick blonde hair that is trimmed, almond-shaped hazel eyes, and minimal facial hair. He has a strong bone structure with high cheekbones, a strong jawline, and oval-shaped face. He wears high-end black suits during the day, but opts for casual wear in his personal life.

## Appearances

**Season 1**

* Pilot
* Power
* The Lines Between Us