Jerry Lambert

## Character Overview

Bill Paxton plays an Intercept Officer in Commando and Jerry Lambert in Predator 2. It's easy to see these two characters are both Jerry Lambert. Furthermore, In Predator 2, Jerry and fellow detective Leona Cantrell seem to be hostile between each other, this may be due to the fact that Jerry and Leona hooked up before they started working with each other in L.A. Leona's unborn child could be Jerry's kid, which explains why the Predator did not kill Leona after it scanned her fetus. If we accept the fact that Predator's time travel, then the Predator knew that Jerry's kid would host the DNA of Private Hudson, a hunter of the Predator's mortal enemy, the Xenomorph. After the events of Aliens, the Predators could have hunted the Xenomorph colony down on LV-426 and discovered Hudson's DNA, effectively putting his ancestors on the "do not kill" list for the Predators.

## Appearances

### Early Life

Jerry Lambert was born in California and entered into the Coast Guard after high school. In the Coast Guard he became an intercept officer and served in the Los Angeles area.

### 1988 Spotting an unidentified aircraft in Commando.

In 1988 Lambert, while serving on the Coast Guard Cutter Marauder, he spotted an unidentified aircraft flying over the San Miguel Gunnery Range. After making contact with the aircraft, it disappeared off radar. Jerry retired from the service in 1992 and entered the Police Academy.

### 1993 Police Force and Commendation

Jerry began his police career at Rampart Station in Los Angeles. He earned his nickname "the Lone Ranger" his first week of policing, when he stumbled across four heavily armed men robbing a Los Angeles bank. Rather than call for backup, he single-handedly intervened, taking down all four robbers by himself. He later earned a commendation from the mayor for his actions. However, Jerry's subsequent career was less heroic — one of his partners was shot by an armed perpetrator, and many officers blamed Jerry for the incident.

### 1997 Relationship with Leona Cantrell

In the Spring of 1977vv, Jerry Lambert was introduced to Leona Cantrell and they dated and had a sexual relationship for a short time. Lambert became infatuated with Leona, however Leona, a fellow police detective, wanted to concentrate on her job.

### 1997 Transfer to Alvarado Precinct in Predator 2

Jerry requested a transfer to Alvarado Precinct, where he was placed under Detective Lieutenant Mike Harrigan's command. While Harrigan was initially concerned by Jerry's specific request to join his precinct, as Harrigan himself put it, "No one *requests* to come down here..." Jerry's real motivation was to be around Leona who was offended when he was able to transfer, often mocking him publicly. Jerry would soon proved himself to be a valued part of the team however, applying his considerable surveillance skills, both physical and electronic, to following Peter Keyes and his men around the city. Jerry also helped to protect Harrigan from the invasive and arrogant news reporter Tony Pope as they investigated the murders committed, unknown to them, by the City Hunter Predator.

### 1998 Subway Massacre and Death in Predator 2

Jerry and Leona Cantrell began to become close after Leona discovered she was pregnant. One day they were taking the Los Angeles Metro across town to a meeting with Harrigan when they stumbled upon several armed gang members threatening a commuter. They reluctantly intervened, stunned when several civilians on the train also drew weapons and joined the stand-off. Before the two detectives could defuse the situation, the City Hunter Predator burst onto the train and attacked — the creature had followed Jerry and Leona, and now sought to kill them as a means of provoking its ultimate prey, Lieutenant Harrigan. As the creature began slaughtering anyone who was armed or unfortunate enough to be in its way, Jerry ordered Leona to evacuate the civilians while he faced the Predator alone. Despite unloading several magazines into the City Hunter Predator, it kept advancing, and when Jerry attempted to face it with a machete taken from one of the fallen gang members it quickly overpowered him. When Leona returned, she found Jerry's now blood-stained lucky golf ball on the floor and his body hanging from the ceiling of the subway car by its feet, strung up alongside the leader of the gang that had started the trouble. The Predator subsequently claimed Jerry's corpse, carrying it away down the subway tunnel and tearing out his head and spinal column as a trophy. With this trophy, the Predator scaled the Eastern Columbia Building and presented its prize to the world, attracting a bolt of lighting with its Combistick.

## Legacy

Jerry Lamberts and Leona's child would be great grandfather of William Hudson who was in Aliens (2122P).