Samuel Taylor

**Samuel Taylor** is a detective with the North Yorkshire Police. After having transferred from Suffolk Constabulary in Ipswich, he was assigned to work alongside Jack Sherwood and Elliot O'Donnell.

## Biography

### Early Life

Samuel Taylor was born in England. He worked for the Suffolk Constabulary in Ipswich for a time. In 2020, he transferred to the North Yorkshire Police in York where he hoped to become a detective.

### Murder of Graham Laurens

On the morning of July 5, 2020, Sam was brought along to a crime scene on a beach where the body of Graham Laurens was found. Elliot O’Donnell and Jack Sherwood showed up to the crime scene, and Sam was introduced to them both. Detective Inspector Andrew Marino, his boss, ruled the death a suicide and ordered the team to pack up. Jack Sherwood, however, had other plans. He told Sam to help him inspect the body against Marino’s wishes and explained to Sam that sometimes you have to bend the rules if you really want to solve the mystery. Sam witnessed Jack discover a Siren's needle tooth in Graham Laurens’ neck, and Jack told him not to tell Marino about it. Sam traveled back to the station with Jack and Elliot.

At the station, Elliot trained Sam on how the filing system works. After enough of this training, Elliot couldn’t deal with Sam anymore and didn’t think he was cut out to train him. After work, Sam went to the Sailor’s Pub. A woman named Merlyn Murphy approached him, and Sam bought her a drink. Not realizing what he was doing, Sam gave Murphy information about the Laurens case that he wasn’t supposed to. Jack and Elliot coincidentally arrived at the Sailor’s Pub shortly after Sam and Murphy, and Jack confronted the two of them. Sam learned that Murphy and Jack were actually childhood friends. After Murphy left, Sam was excited to have a work reunion with his two new friends.

Wanting very much to be a detective and nail his first case, Sam put a lot of energy into the Laurens investigation and started to see Jack as a competitor. He told Marino that Jack had withheld evidence when he found the needle tooth at the crime scene, causing Jack to be put on a week’s suspension. After Jack was suspended, Sam encountered him in the hallway and asked Jack if he thought there could have been a new species of fish that attacked Laurens. However, Jack was not in the mood to talk to Sam.

### Search for the Siren

Sam stole the needle tooth out of the evidence room and did his own research on it. At first, he didn’t believe what he was reading, but eventually did come to the conclusion that a Siren was responsible for the death of Graham Laurens. He spotted Murphy at the station, supposedly looking for Jack, and told her that Jack wouldn’t have been able to figure out the answer to the Laurens investigation. He hinted to Murphy that he knew about the Siren.

When Jack, Murphy, and Elliot left the station, Sam followed them to the beach and followed Jack and Murphy out into the water on a second rowboat. In the boat, he had a fishing spear he was planning on using on the Siren. Once the Siren appeared to Murphy and Jack, Sam approached and told them that he had stolen the needle tooth. Desire for fame and fortune took hold and he picked up the spear. Murphy warned him to put the spear down, but he didn’t listen. When the Siren attacked, Sam impaled her with his spear, dealing a fatal blow. Sam passed out in shock from the attack.

Murphy and Jack brought the dead Siren and an unconscious Sam back to shore. As a result of Murphy giving him a special elixir, Sam forgot about recent events and the Siren. He returned to the station and continued to work with the North Yorkshire Police as if nothing had happened.

## Behind the Scenes

The voice of Samuel Taylor was portrayed by Lucas Yudman.

Samuel Taylor was created by Alexandra Munroe for the episode "Pilot".

## Appearances

* *Pilot* (First appearance)
* *Ground Coffee* (Mentioned only)