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Mar 10, 2010 · By ABC News. March 10, 2010, 2:25 PM. March 10, 2010 -- Most 7-year-olds only dream of being a superhero. But a Norwalk, Calif. boy identified only as Carlos is being hailed as a real one after acting quickly when three gunmen burst through an unlocked door in his house.
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- Relationships
- Trivia
"And I already told you, TK, when I married Iris, I was the project. I was trying to fix myself. But I was trying to fix something... that wasn't actually broken."
—Carlos Reyes
Early Life
Carlos came out to his parents when he was seventeen. They were shocked but they hugged him and told him they loved him. Still, they never mentioned his coming out the next morning or ever since. This made Carlos feel like he was a disappointment to his parents, so he married his best friend, Iris Blake, and tried to make his relationship with her work. Eventually they ended up leading separate lives, but never divorced.
Helping Michelle
Carlos is first seen on the show, arresting his sister-in-law, Michelle, for violating the restraining order Dustin (her sister's ex boyfriend) has against her. Carlos had always been helping her to find her sister (and his estranged wife) Iris, who went missing three years ago. After finding some evidence, he accompanies her showing them to the detective in charge of the case. He's present to support her when they found the track Iris was in when it crashed before she disappeared. After Iris is found alive and suffering from schizophrenia, Carlos chooses not to pursue a divorce so that his insurance can pay for her medical care.
Getting Suspended
In "Bad Call", Carlos stops a man who has just robbed a bank but when the suspect told him about the men that grabbed him, put a bomb on him and forced him to rob the bank. Carlos trusts his instincts and let the man go, under the disapprobation of his partner. Once he gets back to the police station, his chief took his badge and gun and asked him to stay in the interrogation room to wait for the investigator; who turned out to be his father, Gabriel. Gabriel started to ask him questions on what exactly happened and Carlos realized Gabriel does not believe him either. At the end of the interrogation, Gabriel tells Carlos that he should not be leaving town and when Carlos comes closer to his father telling that "he trusted his instincts like [Gabriel] always taught him", his father replied with how he should have the right instincts. Then, looking for comfort Carlos goes to the firehouse for TK but since he's out on a call, Owen tells him to wait in the firehouse for him and offers him a smoothie. Carlos tells Owen about his suspension and how from now on, he will only go by the books because he's not sure he can trust his instincts anymore. Owen tells him that maybe the books aren't always right and one should rely on their instinct more. Owen asks him if his dad can't do anything to help him and Carlos answers that the case is his. Owen mentions how uncomfortable the situation between them must be, Carlos tells him that the situation have been uncomfortable between them for a while, since he came out and joined APD. That his father thought Carlos was too soft for the job. Owen tells him that "there should be a heart behind that shield, you've got a good one." Later that day, Carlos is called to the station once again, where the suspect he freed yesterday corroborated with Carlos' assumptions. Carlos is waiting for his father to tells him that he was right and that his instincts were good but Gabriel answers that he can't comment on "an ongoing investigation", Carlos is annoyed by that answer and leaves the office after telling Gabriel to let him know when his chief tells him what to think of him. When Carlos is waiting for TK to shows up for dinner, he realized something is wrong and goes to the Strands house to see if he's there. Owen tells him that he's not there and that they thought he was at Carlos'. They start thinking about the possibility that TK relapsed after hearing the news of Gwyn moving back but Owen decides to call Tommy, which goes straight to voicemail, showing that they're still on a call and then decides to call the captain on duty who tells him that TK, Tommy and Nancy haven't given any signs of life for hours. Owen lies to Gwyn about TK's disappearance and tells her that he and Carlos will go pick TK up at the firehouse. Owen decides to call Grace so she can tells them where they are but Grace tells them that they just have disappeared off the map. Carlos and Owen go to the parking garage where they were last seen and find TK's sobriety chip and the brown panel van that was used by the robbers earlier. Carlos quickly understand that Tommy must have led them to Charles' restaurant because it's a safe space with a quick access to it. Carlos and Owen arrive just in time and Owen shoots the man who was going to hurt Tommy while Carlos runs to TK and takes him in his arms. While Carlos is waiting by TK's side before he gets in the ambulance we hear Owen telling Gabriel that his son is "an impressive guy". Gabriel walks up to him and says to Carlos that he trusted his instincts and then, that he's proud of him. Few seconds later, Gabriel reveals to Carlos that he knew TK was his boyfriend since the day they met at the farmer market and that he expects a proper introduction next time, Carlos tells him that his dad is going to really like TK and Gabriel answers that he already does because his son got great instincts in people. Finally, Carlos joins TK in the ambulance ride to the hospital and is present in the hospital room with Gwyn and Owen.
Carlos is competent, gentle, kind, and smart. He is very caring towards the people he loves, specially his friends and family. He takes his job as a police officer very seriously, even going so far to do whatever it takes to save people, despite the risk. He has shown signs of anxiety and keep a lot of his bad feelings to himself, potentially due to the moment he came out to his parents and they didn't say anything about it for years. He's described as a "control freak" multiples times too by himself, or by other people. He has shown some signs of jealousy when it comes to TK and especially when TK was spending time with his sponsor, Cooper. Since one of Carlos' main personality traits is to take care of the people he loves but TK's sobriety being destroyed by Sadie wasn't something Carlos could "fix". He realises, after TK had a breakdown while remembering his mother, that he couldn't fix everything and that it was fine. Once he realised that, he called Cooper, because he was the one TK needed at that moment but it didn't erase the love TK had for him and the fact that he still needed him in his life.
Carlos also hates confrontations as it's shown multiples times like when he didn't tell TK that his parents didn't know about him and let it blew up or when he avoided telling his parents about his break up with TK. It can also be seen when he avoided telling TK about being married to Iris until he was forced to reveal it by the wedding venue calling him.
TK Strand
TK is Carlos' love interest throughout the series. They first met in season one during a car accident where both the Austin PD and Austin FD are needed. Later, we see Carlos asking TK to dance whilst they are all at the bar at the end of their first shift. Their relationship grows as the series goes on, and they eventually move in together in season two. However, sometime between that season and season three, they break up but soon get back together after TK ends up in a coma after saving a kid from hypothermia. At the end of the third season, TK proposes to Carlos and the two become engaged. In the fourth season, they are planning their wedding and when Carlos was kidnapped, TK scrambled to rescue him. They are each other's soulmates.
Michelle Blake
Carlos and Michelle are very close friends due to his marriage to her sister Iris. Carlos is helping her trying to find Iris after she disappeared three years prior the beginning of the show. They also spend time together outside of their work places as we can see them in Carlos' apartment and at a food truck. Carlos comes to visit Michelle at the hospital when she's in an accident, bringing clothes, some Harry Potter and peanut butter M&Ms. Carlos is the one who found most evidences to help with the case and he accompanies Michelle in every steps; showing it first to the detective in charge and then, comforts her when they found the truck Iris was in. He's also there with her when she has to come identifies the objects they found inside the truck.
Paul Strickland
Paul and Carlos are friends. They spent time together with TK when the three of them went to a club together after a bad date. In "Monster Inside", Paul comforts Carlos who's at TK's side at the hospital by putting his hand on Carlos' shoulder because he's the only one who knows about their relationship. Carlos is seen hanging out with Paul along with Marjan and Mateo (and later Nancy too) at Carlos' house and they're also seen talking during a call in "Back in the Saddle".
•Prior to the arson, he lived at 540 Lynnwood Avenue, Austin. ("The Big Heat") He, now, lives with TK in a loft downtown, apartment 3A.
•He hates lizards. ("Down To Clown")
•His phone number is 512-555-0129. ("Abandoned")
•He is Catholic. ("Swipe Left")
•He only left Texas twice and was homesick both times. ("Swipe Left")
•He hates sleeping in and doesn't hike. ("Swipe Left")
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