Eleanor Markides

**Eleanor Markides** is the sister of Alex Markides and the mother of toy-boy Mikey Markides. A wealthy strip club owner in the heart of Amsterdam, Eleanor secretly trafficks young women through the business in connection with Patrick Straker's modelling agency.

Whilst enjoying a powerful position within the Markides family, she is constantly struggling against her older brother and leader of the family, Alex.

## Throughout Bulletproof Series

Eleanor is first mentioned by Tanner when the NCA are first building their case against the Markides. Tanner mentions that she has encountered Eleanor and her strip clubs in the past, and is aware that they are a front for sex trafficking — they have no proof, however.

Further digging by Paige Pennington and Scarlett Hailton provides links between Eleanor and Patrick Straker, the owner of a modelling agency, and the NCA summise that Patrick provides the models for Eleanor to traffic. The NCA later get word that Eleanor has set up a deal between the Markides and the Liu family in which they are going to traffic young girls from Straker's agency to Hong Kong.

At the meeting, the Liu family pick their women, but Eleanor is surprised when Alex calls of the deal. Eleanor questions why Alex waited so long to call of the deal, and Alex tells her that she needed to be taught a lesson and be reminded of her place within the Markides family. Nevertheless, Eleanor and Mikey arrange for the transaction to go ahead as planned, albeit with a different venue. Bishop alers the NCA that the deal will still go down, but at the docks.

The NCA arrives in time to stop the transaction, but is not successful in capturing Eleanor, who is either not present at the deal, or escapes unscathed.

### Digging into Bishop

Eleanor becomes weary and concerned about Bishop during their first brief encounter in Amsterdam; she is assured that Mikey brought him in personally, however. Later, after their operation is sabotaged, and Bishop grows closer to Alex, Mikey believes there is something amiss about him, and Eleanor agrees to check it out.

Eleanor begins digging into Bishop’s identity, which alerts Munroe at the NCA, who refers the search to Tanner. Tanner orders that Eleanor be brought in before she is able to investigate Bishop’s identity any further, and the team successfully bring her in. When her lawyer arrives, Eleanor catches a glimpse of Scarlett Hailton, and immediately recognises her as the girl who kissed Pike in Amsterdam, which she refers to Alex.

### Fall of the Markides empire

Realising that Eleanor has informed Alex of Bishop and Pike’s identity, the NCA keep Eleanor as long as possible in an attempt to prevent further damage. Eventually, Tanner tries to reason with Eleanor, and is initially unsuccessful. Tanner tells Eleanor that if they catch Mikey his life will be over, and this is enough to convince her to cooperate and reveal that Alex has two holiday homes under the name of his late wife that he could’ve taken Pike and Bishop to; with this information, Eleanor is released.

In their efforts to take down the Markides, Tanner and the NCA tap her phones and intercept a call from a wounded Mikey telling his mother that Alex left him to die. Eleanor and Mikey are unaware that the NCA is listening and Mikey reveals his location allowing Tanner to scramble a team to intercept. Eleanor realises that Tanner is listening and begs her not to hurt Mikey, but they are too late and Eleanor witnesses as Mikey shoots Bishop and is thus shot by Pike. Bereft, Eleanor shoots herself in the head and dies immediately.

## References

1. ↑ *Episode 2.1*
2. ↑ *Episode 2.3*
3. ↑ *Episode 2.4*
4. ↑ *Episode 2.5*
5. ↑ *Episode 2.7*
6. ↑ *Episode 2.8*