Larry Bickford

District Attorney **Larry Bickford** is the recurring character of the series featured on the ABC channel, *The Commish.* He is a chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing Eastbridge, New York.

A married man with two children, he is also one of the commissioner Tony Scali's best friends, and unfortunately, an antagonist in the series.

### Paisan

Larry is a good friend of Tony since they were stationed in Brooklyn and Queens, and now as a Chief Of District Attorney in Eastbridge, he nominates his good buddy the Commissioner of Eastbridge to be The New York City Police Commissioner.

Although he wants to see his friend happy, he has another agenda for nominating Tony as the NY Police Commissioner: he wants to run for Attorney General seat, and by having Tony as the next New York Police Commissioner by his side, they can rule New York State.

But in order for his plan to work is to make good first impression with the Search Committee, he needs to prep up Tony, which is hard because at the same time there are two cops missing and his hands are full.

### Dead Cops

The Eastbridge Police Department searched the river, and their bodies are found inside a police cruiser trunk, bind and shot through the head. Tony notify the wives about their husbands' death, and one of them informs the commish that her husband was worried about the brass. He thought that it might be other officials, but they are still in the dark.

Irv Wallerstein and Tony discusses whether the murdered cops were dirty, especially when they had Carl Slack's phone numbers, a well-known criminal and an ex-dirty cop. Tony doesn't like the idea of the cops might be corrupt, but he has no choice but to investigate.

### The Ambition

During lunch with the committee, Tony is being criticized by everyone especially when he talks about Forensic Science and Entomology passionately during eating, and it puts everyone off. Larry chides him for ruining the lunch and he forces his friend to be charming. Luckily, Sergeant John Randazzo informs him about Carl Slack so Tony goes to investigate.

Another cop is killed and stuffed into his cruiser's trunk, and apparently, he was on loan with the DA office. Larry tells Tony that if he needs anything, just let him know. While he's driving home at night, a car is trying to run him off the road. The unseen driver is trying to kill the commissioner, but Tony survives as the driver escapes.

Tony discovers the rope tying method is from an upholstery knot, so he investigates Slack's Upholstery Repair shop belonged to Carl's father, and he finds the circumstantial evidence and brings it to Larry. Larry rejects it and won't make a case against Carl because there's no physical evidence. Later that night, Ronnie Lopez beeps Tony informing him that Carl is meeting someone at the harbor. Tony immediately goes there and watching Carl meeting someone he did not expect: the man who was supposed to be his friend and the Eastbridge District Attorney, Larry.

### The Corrupt D.A

The commissioner is now trying to connect the three deaths with Larry, and apparently, the three dead cops were working on a homicide together three months ago. Someone killed a store owner months ago, but the cops didn't find the bullets, only the gun. They searched the killer's garage and found the shell brass, only they were planted by Carl, ordered by the District Attorney to get a conviction. The three dead cops were comparing notes and discovered that the brass was planted, so Larry ordered his trigger man to kill them.

Tony baits Larry by telling him that he found another suspect but it's his barber Mel Fein. Larry is willing to get a search warrant for Tony, not knowing that it's a bogus address. While Carl is planting a piece of fake evidence, Tony surprises him from the dark. As the suspect runs away, he is tackled by the rest of the police officers. He then goes to the DA's office to confront Larry and arrest him for the murders of three police officers, also a conspiracy to commit murders, and other things.

Larry begs Tony not to arrest him, and even offers him to talk to the committee and get the commissioner job. Tony is angry and slams him to the wall, yelling how much he is disappointed that Larry is corrupt. He always thought of Larry as his brother and a *Paisan*, but after seeing him with Carl that night, Larry is dead to him.