Lloyd Lowery

Lloyd Lowery
Portrayed by:	Jimmi Simpson
First Appearance:	Pilot
Relatives	Lars Lowery (Father), Agnes Lowery (Mother)
Hair	Brown

Lloyd Loweryis one of the three convicts chosen by Ray Zancanelli to aid and contribute in catching escaped fugitives, as a member of the Breakout Kings. Lloyd is highly intelligent but can come off as obnoxious, though beneath his attitude he is caring and loyal. Lloyd is a gambling addict, an addiction that lead him to being put in prison for 25 years. He acts as the "Brains" of the team.

History

Early life

Lloyd Lowery was born in 1981 to his mother Agnes and his father Lars. His father has been absent since Lloyd was four, according to his mother living in Holland, having been forced by his well-off family to cut off contact, though in reality he lives in Ohio.

Lloyd has a difficult relationship to his mother, who is an alcoholic and perpetually disappointed in him. Lloyd has described her as an unfit parent, and has professed both to love her and hate her.

Lloyd was a child prodigy, and has an IQ of 210 and by the time he was 18 he was a doctor. Lloyd quickly rose in the field of Human Behavior Analysis, becoming a successful psychiatrist and published professor, even earning a tenure. Lloyd was highly knowledgeable within the field of criminal psychology. When he was 24 years old, he took part in a government study about criminal minds, one of his subjects being Damien Fontleroy. He ended up testifying at his trial as a consultant, recommending he should be institutionalized, as this was the only way to control someone with a drive to kill like Damien. However, his recommendation was ignored, and Damien was instead placed in a regular maximum security prison. At the time Llyod moved on, as he was used to thinking people were more stupid than him.

Things often came easy to Lloyd, perhaps too easy – this drove him to a hobby that proved more difficult, gambling, which spiraled out of control and landed him with a lot of debt. To pay this back, Lloyd sold prescriptions to college kids, one of whom overdosed. This landed him in prison for a 25 year stretch and he's felt regret over it ever since, but acknowledges it was his fault. Lloyd reveals that he actually accepted the first plea deal offered him so he didn't have to face the girl's parents due to the immense guilt he felt. Lloyd along with Shea Daniels, Fritz Gunderson and Philomena Rotchliffer, was one of the initial convicts chosen to aid Ray Zancanelli and Charlie Duchamp in catching escapees as a member of the Breakout Kings.

Season 1

Lloyd was a focal point of the fifth episode Queen of Hearts. Lloyd had an increasing gambling debt which lead to a born again inmate threatening his life if he didn't come up with 800$ by midnight. At first Lloyd went to Shea for help, however Shea dismissed him and told him he was on his own. He also searched council from Erica but she had no interest in his troubles. He even went as far as attempting to gamble against minors. However he finally managed to convince Shea and Erica to help him. Erica stole a watch worth $400, which despite being worth less than the amount of money he owed the inmate, would however do the job according to Shea, who proceeded to give Lloyd protection, threatening the con who he owned money to.

Lloyd came to encounter personal issues yet again in the very next episode Like Father, Like Son when he begins to wonder who his real father is and why his mother has kept him secret from him. He then asks Julianne Simms to track and find out information about his father. Julianne manages to obtain information on him and reluctantly informs him that his name is Lars and he lives in Columbus, Ohio not Amsterdam as his mother had told him. Lloyd sits in the interrogation room, holding a piece of paper with his dad's phone number on it. He dials Lars picks up and Lloyd asks if it's Lars Lowery, it is, but Lloyd, unable to respond, hangs up.

Lloyd kept the reason for his 25 years sentence a secret, despite needling from Shea who was curious as to what Lloyd had done. However, after Shea confronted Ray with his own con status, Ray, in a fit of rage, revealed that Lloyd gave out prescription medication to minors to cover his massive gambling debt, one of which was a girl who died from an overdose. Lloyd was the only one of the cons to acknowledge his guilt and stated he regretted what he had done.

Lloyd continued to serve with distinction in the Breakout Kings, forming a strong bond with his comrades. In particular, Lloyd grew closer to Julianne, who he confided in and developed feelings for.

Season 2

In season 2 Lloyd is confronted with a figure from his past, Damien Fontleroy. In the season opening, Damien escapes and kidnaps a co-ed. On learning that Lloyd is involved in his capture, he calls Lloyd to taunt him. While the team manages to safe the kidnapped girl, Damien kills Charlie and manages to escape. Charlie's death is especially hard on Lloyd. Feeling like he had a part in Charlie's death, Lloyd blames himself for not pressing harder in the matter of Damien's institutionalization 10 years ago, which allowed Damien to escape and continue killing.

On top of that, Damien fixates on Lloyd, sending him postcards with riddles and calling him in order to taunt Lloyd, playing on his feelings of guilt. Lloyd manages to solve the first riddle, resulting in the rescue of a girl Damien kidnapped, but when he is pursuing the next clue Damien kidnaps him. Presenting Lloyd with another girl he kidnapped, he plays poker with Lloyd for the girl's life, only to reveal after Lloyd has won and thinks the girl is safe that he in insane and therefore doesn't care Lloyd has won, before killing (and possibly raping, considering this is his usual MO) the girl in front of Lloyd. Finally, he kidnaps Ray's daughter Teresa, forcing Lloyd to go on a scavenger hunt designed to humiliate and break him, making him confront the parents of the girl who OD'ed from the drugs he prescribed to her amongst other things.

Lloyd also grows closer to Julianne, continuing to be extremely attuned to her feelings and psychological state. Julianne even confides in him, telling him about her childhood trauma involving the kidnapping of her cousin. After encouraging her to write something for the perpetrator's parole hearing and his parole is rejected, they celebrate together, and Julianne ends up kissing him. However, when Lloyd admits his love for her a few weeks later, she rejects him though she obviously has feelings for him. While the matter of their relationship is left hanging due to the cancellation of the show, Breakout Kings' producer stated they would get together and marry eventually.

Appearances

Lloyd appeared in all 23 episodes of the show.

Personality

Lloyd is extremely intelligent, possessing an IQ of 210. He is an expert in psychology, having an ability to analyze and determine what people are thinking of doing or going to do. He is fascinated with the human (and especially abnormal) mind. Lloyd seems to have social problems often encountering awkwardness in social interactions, as he is very blunt and likes to show off his intellect. Lloyd also tends to diagnose most of the individuals he meets. Due to this, Lloyd can come across as annoying and obnoxious, which often leads to frustration and anger among his teammates. 

However, beneath his demeanor, Lloyd has a good heart. He has shown himself to be empathetic and willing to help others, caring about the psychological states of the people around him. He is also the only one of the cons (including Ray) who actually feels guilty for his crime. He is more often affected by the cases and less callous in his treatment of the runners than the rest of the team. He was for example distraught when Ray killed Benny Cruz while Lloyd was trying to talk him down. 

Lloyd claims he suffers from matriarch dependency with tangential memory fixation, though in Queen of Hearts Shea and Erica think that Lloyd's diagnosis of Lilah Tompkins - Narcissistic Personality Disorder, subtype manipulative narcissist grandiose - applies to him as well. 

Lloyd is qick-witted, always ready to crack a joke or make a glib remark, brightening the mood. 

Attributes

• Behaviorism: He is highly knowledgeable on most major diagnoses and syndromes. And is highly capable of analyzing the reason behind why most people do what they do, and what they might do.
• Interrogation: During questioning, he will often know whether or not if someone is lying or telling the truth. he can determine this at a advanced level through facial expressions, voice,etc.

Trivia

• The reason for his high prison sentence is due to the rules around 1st degree murder. Since the college student he sold the false prescription to died of an overdose, his felony (i.e. Illegally prescribing drugs) was tied to first degree murder.
  • Another example of this is the escaped con, Oliver Day, as he tried to steal a man's car who then died of a heart attack, and was charged and sentenced for 1st degree murder.
• Lloyd, while being incredibly intelligent, is also known to show unintelligent behavior. For example, he's a known gambler. The police knew this, and apprehended him in a casino.
• Lloyd also has a big crush on Jules, the team's tech analyst. This is first implied when he tries to help Jules with her anxiety and depression. He even encourages her to 'go for it' when she asks his advice with feelings she has for a man she only sees occasionally. Lloyd thought and hoped she meant him, but she meant Ray. Ray and Lloyd even get into a physical altercation over it when Ray figures out his feelings and tells him to "buy her flowers, but leave me out of it" He also gets very nervous when someone suggests she is his girlfriend.
• He is a very poor driver. He was never taught to drive because his mother thought it wasn't safe.