Character Profile

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✗ Basic Info
Name: Detective Wesley Mitchell
Gender: Male
Age: approx. 35
Birthdate: Unknown
Sexuality: Unknown
Portrayed by: Warren Kole



✗ Appearance and Personality

Appearance
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'10'' 
Clothing: Dress shirt, suit jacket and pants, and dress shoes 
Items:
- (1) LAPD badge
- (1) Ruger SP101 Double-Action Revolver at his ankle
- (1) Glock 17 at his side
- (1) Wallet with various items including but not limited to driver’s license, credit cards, etc
- keys to his car and home
- (1) hotel key
- (1) packet of handwipes
- (1) cell phone
- (1) pocket hand sanitizer 

Personality

Wes can be obsessive, controlling, and anal retentive. He's especially obsessive about his things, or the space he's in. He doesn't like other people using his sanitizer (Pilot 1x01), or people's feet on his dash in his car, and the temperature has to be just right (which is basically freezing for everyone else) like in Odd Couples 1x09. His partner even calls him these words a lot throughout the show. He's very detail-oriented, like in the pilot 1x01 and in Soul Mates 1x03 when he is able to figure out details about the crime, victim, and crime scene that stumped others just by seeing the body and scene.

Wes also has a soft side. He believes in people, believing in their innocence and trying to prove it, like in the pilot and in Roleplay (1x07). He believes that the victim's brother is innocent and fights for him, and he believes the woman's husband is innocent, despite all the evidence piling against him. In 1x08 Joint Custody, he slowly learns to love a dog that he and Travis are taking care of/using as a police dog to solve a crime. He starts out telling him to get off his bed, and ends up snuggling him. He also has a soft spot for Travis, like in the pilot when he tells Travis he can't eat in the car, then when Travis keeps heading for the gas station for food, he tells him to get napkins, giving in to his demands. He also tells off a guy for calling Travis deadweight, telling him that that's his partner, and he doesn't know him, what he's done, or what he's capable of doing.

What motivates Wes the most is justice/his job and his loved ones. As Dr. Ryan put it, he and Travis do not like it when the bad guy gets away. This is shown in the pilot when he thinks the brother is innocent and talks him down from jumping off a building, or all the episodes when they work hard to find the bad guy. His loved ones are so important to him. An example of this is when he thought Travis was shot in The T Word, and he ran for him. There are countless examples of loved ones being important to him, like when Paekman was worried about SIS and he and Travis went to him immediately. He's so concerned over Alex that he won’t let her hire an electrician without him doing a background check on them.

Wes can also be pretty dorky or awkward. On his date, all he could talk about was his past and his ex. In therapy, when he's trying to get Travis to stop talking about Alex, he suggests they play 'fear of my pants' -an unfortunate combination of the therapy games 'what's in my pocket' and 'fear in a hat' in an amusing slip. He also asks Money, one of Travis' foster brothers who owns a not-very-legit-looking business, if they had a receipt or credit card number for their suspect. Sometimes, Wes is just awkward.