David Scali

**David Scali** is the main regular character of the series featured on the ABC channel, *The Commish.* He is the son of Commissioner Tony Scali and Rachel Scali, and the older sibling of Sarah Scali.

David is raised with Jewish faith because his mother wanted her child to be Jewish, although sometimes he celebrates Christmas with his friends. He is a devoted son and very loving to his family but he makes a lot of mistakes growing up. Like another typical teenager, David starts hanging out with the wrong crowd, and rebels against his parents.

### The Commish Son

At the beginning of the series, David is only ten years old and very naïve about the world. Tony and Rachel are always patient explaining stuff to him, so he is comfortable and understands life. He likes his uncle Arnie Metzger, who he finds interesting, even when he dislikes the arguments between his father and his uncle.

He is looking forward to having a sister but when Sarah was born, he gets jealous of all the attention she gets and his grades start to fail as he craves his parents' attention.

### Bullied

Despite being the commissioner's son, David is not a popular student as he is a bit nerdy and shy. He is a victim of bullying in school along with his other friend, Jason Scanlon. David never tells his parents that he's being bullied in school because he is embarrassed. When a bully named Brad Harris beat him up in the school bathroom, his friend Jason defends him by shooting the bully with a gun he brought to school. Scared and afraid, Jason begs David not to tell everyone that he shot Brad which makes the boy confused and in a dilemma because he wants to tell his dad about the shooting but at the same time he doesn't want to break his promise to his best friend for not telling about the whole ordeal.

When Brad wakes up from his coma, he doesn't tell the cops that Jason was the one who shot him and he was bullying David. Brad's bully friend Russ Ellison, however, tells Cyd Madison and Tony that David is involved with the shooting. Brad also tells his dad Bill Harris that Jason was the one who shot him, so Bill decides to shoot Richard Scanlon, Jason's dad, as a retaliation. David's father manages to thwart the murder attempt, and both fathers are confused why their sons didn't say anything about the shooting.

David and his dad have a heart-to-heart conversation, as his dad tells a story about how he stole money when he was a kid. Tony's father gave him a beating and cried because his son lied to him. Tony says that he is very angry and upset that David didn't tell him about the shooting and the gun, but he explains that Jason is his best friend, and he protected him, so he promised not to tell anyone about it. Tony angrily tells him that sometimes it's better not to keep a promise when it jeopardize other people's safety. David cries and hugs his dad while saying sorry.

### The Mobster Guy

When Nick Colette, the hot-headed son of "retired" mobster Tommy Colette ends up dead at the hands of Officer Jonathan Papadakis, the old man blames Tony and swears for revenge. Two men force David into a car and kidnap him near the school, which makes Tony and Rachel hysterical. The police force arrested Tommy but then they have to release him because there is no evidence of him kidnapping David. When they find the suspects' car, they discover blood in the trunk, which makes Tony fear that his son is dead.

Fortunately, David is alive when Tommy himself delivered the boy safe and sound to his home. Tommy claims that his subordinates acted alone and he had nothing to do with the kidnapping; he also claims that he doesn't hurt children. David recounts the kidnapping and says that Tommy freed him from the trunk and brought him home. Tony thinks that the blood belonged to the kidnappers, and Tommy whacked them as a warning to his organization.

Tony tells David that he'd hand in his badge and resign as a cop if it would make his family safe, but David doesn't want his father to resign. He thinks Tony has an important job as a cop, and he tells him that he's proud of his dad.