"Murphy, it's you!"―Lisa Madigan[src]
Lisa Madigan was RoboCop's partner at Metro South.
She tried many times to convince RoboCop to tell his wife who he really was, but was refused every time. She agreed to honor his choice and help him protect his family.
Biography[]
While serving on a task force for Delta City University, Madigan arrested janitor Roy Macklin for the mass murder of sixteen people after the biotoxin ricin-x was released into the registrar's office. Initially, Macklin claimed innocence. Three months later, after undergoing psychiatric treatment, Macklin confessed to the crime, claiming he killed the sixteen people just to watch them die. He also told Madigan that he destroyed a can of ricin-x he had.[1]
The evening after taking her exam for detective, Madigan responded to a hostage situation at Convalescence Services, where William Ray Morgan and his gang took a group of residents hostage. She updated Sergeant Stanley Parks on the situation at hand and watched as RoboCop arrived and entered the building, successfully apprehending William Ray Morgan.[2]
Following the arrest, Madigan praised Murphy's performance and informed him of her exam for the rank of detective, to which he voiced his approval. After arriving at the station, Madigan excitedly learned that she tested in the upper ten percent.[2]
After Charlie Lippencott showed Madigan and RoboCop the TurboCruiser, Gadget came running in. Surprised to meet RoboCop, the girl called him her hero. After Parks removed Gadget from the room, Madigan noticed that the girl prompted RoboCop to have a memory of Murphy's son Jimmy. She urged him to hell his wife and son his identity. He refused, believing it would be better for them to think he was dead.[2]
Following the disappearance of Henry Aaron Winkler, Madigan expressed concern for Winkler, noting that the case was not being investigated. She expressed her frustrations with Parks, who insisted on following department protocol. Taking it upon herself to investigate the crime, she went to the scene, finding chess pieces and a recruitment poster for the Dogtown Boys, determining their hideout to be located at the Ecoli Brothers meat plant.[2]
At the plant, Madigan watched a Dogtown Boys meeting and interrupted once they threatened the unreceptive Jimmy Murphy, who she fired a tracker at. The group dispersed and upon further investigation, she found the body of Winkler.[2]
Madigan and Murphy examined the remains at the morgue, where the coroner stated the cause of death to have been the removal of his brain and that it must have been performed by a doctor. RoboCop then extracted from Winkler's retina the last image he saw before his death: the face of Dr. Cray Z. Mallardo. When RoboCop told Madigan of this finding, she urged him to be careful and made her way to assist him at Mallardo's lab. Before she could arrived, however, RoboCop was shot through the chest and disabled.[2]
OCP unwilling to pay for RoboCop's repair, Madigan confronted Chip Chayken, who insisted that RoboCop was OCP property and denied her accusations against Mallardo, saying that the police were seeking to blame the victim in this case. OCP promptly destroyed all of the evidence in the case and Madigan sat by the offline Murphy, wishing that he could help her. She went to Parks to assistance, only to learn that OCP had ordered her transfer to the traffic department.[2]
She went to the OCP Chairman to report that RoboCop had evidence against Dr. Mallardo and request his reactivation. The Chairman did not hesitate to agree, giving the order to bring Murphy back online. However, RoboCop's memory banks were sabotaged by Chayken, causing him to suffer amnesia, thus losing the evidence against Mallardo.[2]
Without the evidence she sought, Madigan proposed that she and Parks build a case against Mallardo some other way, with Parks saying he will talk to Gadget, who told him she witnessed Winkler's abduction. Madigan then went to investigate the Dogtown Boys for evidence.[2]
Following the tracker, she found Jimmy, learning that he had run away from his home to live with Family Services, but they turned him over to the Dogtown Boys, a gang he did not want to join. Madigan then told him he could go to the precinct and talk to Parks. She then took Jimmy with her to Public Works to provide backup to RoboCop, urging Jimmy to call his mother while he sat in the car.[2]
There, Gadget saw Chip Chayken and told Madigan and Parks that he was the Dogtown Ripper. Madigan prepared to arrest him, but he held her hostage with a syringe filled with a drug he used to petrify his victims. Distracted by RoboCop, Chayken left his guard down, allowing Madigan to escape his grip and turn his needle against himself, petrifying him and allowing him to be easily arrested.[2]
Nancy Murphy soon showed up to the scene and Madigan reunited her with Jimmy. She asked Murphy if he thought it was the right time to reveal his identity to his family, but he declined, saying they needed a husband and father, neither of which he could provide to them. She was soon officially promoted to the rank of detective.[2]
Madigan soon questioned Mayor Fred Friendly about footage captured of him accepting money from Vladimir Molotov, head of Detroit's Russian mafia. Friendly offered no comment on the evidence. Moments later, protestors against RoboCop breached the precinct, so Madigan ushered Gadget away from them.[3]
After Reverend Robert Taker was murdered, Madigan questioned his wife and the mayor. Madigan expressed doubts of the mayor's alibi, wishing to perform a lie detector test on him. At the scene of the crime, Parks showed to Madigan an Auto 9 round, an ammunition that was known only to be used by RoboCop. Paired with the fact that the killer must have used thermographic targeting, OCP believed RoboCop to be responsible. Parks informed Madigan that an OCP representative had ordered the shutdown of RoboCop. Upon learning of this, Madigan stormed from the scene.[3]
She arrived at the precinct and found Lippencott showing the representative Fraker RoboCop's recordings, the last being the bribe footage. She learned that RoboCop was unable to disclose his activities for two hours the previous night, due to his first directive: "Serve the public trust." She further resisted against RoboCop's shutdown on the basis that he, as a police officer, should be allowed to defend himself during an investigation. Madigan was quickly backed up by both Lippencott and Dr. Roger Yung.[3]
At the hearing, Fraker presented evidence that RoboCop's gun could only be fired by himself. When Mayor Friendly ordered a full internal affairs investigation alongside RoboCop's shutdown, Murphy feigned taking Madigan hostage so the two could escape and continue investigating the case together.[3]
They were pursued by OCP internal affairs personnel. Once cornered, RoboCop asked Madigan to exit the car. She did so, promising that she would continue her investigation. Still believed by these authorities to be a hostage, Madigan went to them and watched as RoboCop backed the cruiser into a body of water.[3]
Using a Vee-Ess Analyzer, Madigan questioned Mayor Friendly, but due to his political experience, the machine could not discern his lies from the truth. Soon, Bambi Taker burst into the room, revealing that she and Friendly had been together the night of the murder.[3]
Madigan returned to the church, where she found Murphy and informed him of Friendly's elimination as a suspect. Just before internal affairs agent Smith arrived, Madigan was still unable to learn from Murphy of his activities during the time of the murder. Smith ordered for Madigan's arrest for aiding and abetting a criminal before pursuing RoboCop.[3]
Madigan accompanied Smith and his men to Yung's lab at CyberTech. She went inside with Smith, finding Yung preparing to shoot Lippencott, who quickly identified Yung as Taker's real killer. However, Yung managed to shut off the lab's lights and a gunfight ensued until RoboCop arrived and subdued Yung.[3]
Once it hit the market, Madigan began to use the diet pill No Gain and fell victim to its effects that created an urge to commit crimes. Notably, one day after beginning to use No Gain, Madigan was at home, but had the desire to go out and do something. This led to her stealing a vehicle from the police impound, speeding in it around Delta City. She was pursued by RoboCop and only stopped when a child stepped out in front of the vehicle. Sobbing and apologetic, Madigan was placed under arrest for speeding, reckless driving, evading arrest, endangering the public, and possession of an impound vehicle.[4]
RoboCop took her to the precinct and she was sent to Parks' office, where she explained what had happened, unable to explain or excuse her actions. She was placed on suspension, much to Gadget's dismay. She explained to Gadget that sometimes people do stupid things, despite having good intentions with their lives. She was given a ride home by Nancy Murphy.[4]
At home, she eventually frantically searched for some No Gain pills, nearly taking some before Gadget showed up, presenting her with evidence that No Gain was to blame for a large increase in violent crime, including her own. Madigan tossed away the pills and grabbed her gun, preparing to set out for the No Gain distribution facility.[4]
There, she found some No Gain pills outside and resisted the urge to take some before going inside. There, she found OCP employee Kevin Frosh and the two were taken hostage by Pudface Morgan, who was disguised as OCP employee Cheddarman. Pudface explained to them that he had developed No Gain with Dr. Cray Mallardo as revenge toward both OCP and Delta City. He then gave Frosh a drink of pure VMN, the active ingredient that caused the city's chaos. He then implied to Madigan that he planned to release the substance into Delta City's reservoir.[4]
Pudface revealed his true identity to Madigan when RoboCop arrived at the premises and used her as bait in a trap for Murphy so he could use a grenade launcher on him. Murphy briefly disabled Morgan with a can of ISO Flow, but struggled to make his way across the resulting pool of the substance. Madigan managed to break free from her restraints, dislodging a wedge from behind the grenade launcher, causing Morgan to fly across the room and miss a shot at Murphy. Murphy knocked out Pudface, then asked Madigan to arrest him.[4]
After a set of lungs intended for Josh Avery was stolen from the Omni Mediplex, Madigan learned from Dr. Elliot Marner that if the lungs were not recovered, Josh would live for only another day or two. After agreeing with RoboCop that the lung theft was an inside job, Madigan went to check on Josh when his room was put on alert. Once his condition stabilized, Josh's father Joe revealed that Josh's current set of lungs were actually a black market transplant arranged for them by Dr. Janet Bailey. Madigan took Joe with her to find Dr. Bailey, learning that she sourced the lungs from Dr. Otto Gilbert.[5]
After Gilbert was murdered, Madigan and RoboCop investigated the scene, concluding that the killing was somehow connected to Josh Avery. After RoboCop recovered the name Ardo Detriti – which also appeared on a list of owners of a van the organ thieves escaped in – Madigan continued investigating the case. She learned that Josh's previous transplanted lungs were afflicted with tuberculosis and originated from the Omni Multiplex.[5]
Madigan accompanied Murphy to Detriti's compound, where they apprehended Tom and Jerry, who attempted to take the lungs. At the precinct, an angry Murphy easily learned that the two men were working for Vince, a man who intended to buy the lungs for himself.[5]
After revealing to Marner about the diseased organs not being properly disposed of by the hospital, she found evidence that Marner was a former classmate of Detriti and was complicit in these acts. Madigan placed Marner under arrest.[5]
While dressed for a date that she would refer to as "a flash in the pan," Madigan answered an emergency call to an Omni Militech warehouse, where RoboCop had responded to a robbery and was stunned by the perpetrators. She was officially put in charge of the scene, where Parks presented to her a set of dogtags – the only evidence found by the forensics team. Vice President of Omni Militech Eugene Omar soon arrived and resisted revealing what was stolen, uneasy about the case being handled by a woman.[6]
Madigan determined that the dogtags had belonged to someone from Hard Company, a group of elite soldiers who had all perished nine years prior during the Amazon War. Madigan was then summoned for a meeting with Omar and the OCP Chairman, who showed her a video demonstration of a plasma cannon, a weapon designed to destroy the electrical systems of any enemy technology or personnel. Madigan expressed belief that details of the weapon should be made public, but Omar threatened her with treason.[6]
Back at the precinct, Madigan researched Hard Company was shortly joined by RoboCop. They found that all of them were listed as killed in action, with no listed next of kin.[6]
After Hard Company member Lyle Vance's recently-deceased remains were found, Omar was summoned to the precinct, where Madigan presented to him their evidence that Hard Company was actually still alive. Omar confessed that Hard Company was actually a cover story for the Ghost Squad, a group of volunteer soldiers who would carry out top secret missions. Shortly thereafter, Hard Company invaded OCP Public Works, demanding that details of Big Sword – a project Hard Company was involved with prior to their supposed deaths – be released or else they destroy MetroNet, which would cause a decades-long blackout for Delta City. Having been fitted with an electrostatic dampening field, RoboCop went alone. After the situation was resolved, Madigan joined RoboCop, Gadget, and Parks in mourning Frank Uno, a member of Hard Company who was Murphy's childhood friend.[6]
Madigan was among the many police officers who opposed OCP's decision to give policing of Zone Five exclusively to the Community Action Patrol, known as the CAP Crew for short. This takeover ran parallel into her investigation into the new designer drug Fun. She met with two dealers, Skinner and Freddy, but was immediately recognized as a police officer by Skinner, who restrained her. The two prepared to kill her with a grenade, but RoboCop intervened and pursued Freddy while Madigan overpowered and arrested Skinner.[7]
With Skinner's lawyer present, Madigan feigned attempts to interrogate him, eventually breaking the Mendoza Rule by threatening Skinner with jail time. This allowed Skinner to be released, but this was Madigan's plan, as she placed a tracker on Skinner. She followed him to a Fun house and, under the influence of the drug, he told her that the CAP Crew manufactured and distributed Fun. With this information, she went to the CAP Crew headquarters and found the drug manufacture lab. As she recorded video evidence, she was caught by a CAP Crew member and dropped her camera in a struggle before she managed to escape.[7]
After her return to the precinct, she attempted to convince Parks to investigate the CAP Crew, but she did not have enough evidence. Nancy Murphy then entered, saying that Jimmy had discovered the drug lab. This sufficing as enough evidence, the investigation was approved. Madigan accompanied Parks to convince the Chairman to reverse a restriction that kept RoboCop out of Zone Five, then arrived to the zone as backup, helping arrest straggling members of the CAP Crew.[7]
Upon learning that Nancy Murphy had been forced to go on welfare after being denied her husband's pension, Madigan insisted that Nancy could have asked for her help.[8]
Madigan investigated a bombing at a protest against Web Care, discovering that arsonist Harry Flitch had been in the vicinity. As she let Parks search Flitch's record, she went to Father Gregory Marks' mission, learning from Beth that Flitch often volunteered for the mission.[8]
Later, a press conference was organized at the mission after RoboCop saved Nancy and Jimmy. Madigan followed RoboCop as he left, trying to convince him to stay. She then noticed Flitch's van and examined it until he snuck up on her and knocked her out. As she came to, tied up, Flitch explained that he had been hired by Web Care and was preparing to detonate another bomb at the press conference along with a magnetic resonance projector, which would unleash a frequency that would cause irreparable brain damage. He then locked her in the van and left.[8]
RoboCop soon discovered Madigan and freed her before safely detonating Flitch's equipment. As Flitch – yet unaware that he caused no significant harm – gloated, Madigan placed him under arrest, prompting him to try and make a deal with her.[8]
Madigan was part of the police presence at a protest against Tori Tolan's takeover of Cryonautics Laboratories. She noticed a woman aiming a gun at Tolan and helped apprehend her after RoboCop shielded her target from a bullet. Madigan then escorted Tolan to her home and reported to Parks that she blamed the police for the attempted assassination and found RoboCop to be "yummy."[9]
After Eric Marley was attacked at a Cryonautics lab, Madigan expressed disbelief in his claim that he could not identify his attacker. She spoke to Cryonautics founder Owen Merritt, who claimed no knowledge or suspicions about Marley's attack. He further informed Madigan that the company's Cryo-Fuel, which was to be used in OCP's Space-Tram, had not been thoroughly tested and Tolan was prioritizing the launch over more testing.[9]
Shortly after, a bombing supposedly intended to harm Tolan was blamed upon Merritt's colleague Jack Dixon. Madigan and Parks interrogated Merritt. Although Parks was skeptical, Madigan believed Merritt was in no way involved and that Dixon did not actually plant the bomb. She went to Marley to ask about the Cryo-Fuel's potential instability. Marley denied this and J. J. Biddle emerged, questioning whether she had any evidence before closing her out of the building.[9]
Madigan kept watch on the lab, eventually spotting Merritt entering. She spied on him meeting with Marley, but Biddle snuck up on her, knocked her out, and used her gun to murder Marley and injure Merritt. She came to shortly after and went into the lab, calling for backup just before collapsing. After she returned to the precinct, she told RoboCop of her certainty that Marley was not killed by Merritt. They watched Biddle arrive and hurriedly leave the precinct with Tolan and planned to follow them, but Madigan was ordered to stay behind to be seen by a doctor.[9]
Madigan reported to a bombing, where she learned from Parks that the victims were unharmed and that they were Alex Murphy's parents, Russell and Dorothy. Russell had been a police captain twelve years prior when the perpetrator, Felix Webber, was imprisoned.[10]
Madigan and RoboCop went to the Murphy home, where she played chess with Russell until letting RoboCop take over. She suggested that Russell volunteer to help the Anti-Corporate Terrorism Squad take down the bomber. Madigan accompanied Russell to the ACT Squad's command center, but the leader, Stewart Granger, insisted they did not need Russell's help and needed only their advanced technology. With Russell's efforts proving fruitless, Madigan left with him.[10]
They returned to RoboCop and the three examined a map of Webber's targets, them being connected in a spiderweb pattern. Feeling that he would follow a different pattern this time, they researched different spiderwebs and figured the next target would be the OCP Refinery. They were indeed correct and Madigan helped maintain a perimeter as father and son disarmed the bomb.[10]
Madigan and Parks later helped Russell convince Webber that the Chairman was being arrested, by handcuffing him and taking him away.[10]
When RoboCop interrupted a robbery led by Pudface Morgan, the angry director of Inside Crime, Mack McAdam, demanded Madigan to arrest RoboCop for interfering. Madigan later appeared on What's on Your Mind? to discuss Inside Crime, arguing that it was not a public service, but rather benefitted from crime.[11]
Inside Crime's host, Rochelle Carney, came to the precinct, arranging for Madigan to have a meeting with her, in hopes that the police can work together with the creators of Inside Crime. Before Carney left, Madigan showed her the precinct's dispatch monitor, pointing out RoboCop's location.[11]
Madigan met with Carney, the Chairman, and Aubrey Fox in the OCP board room. They discussed Inside Crime, with Madigan disagreeing with Fox's assertion that the program was an advocate for crime prevention. She sarcastically suggested creating shows like Those Darn Vigilantes! and The Wacky World of Mob Violence. The meeting was then interrupted by Pudface's men, who held the group hostage, which was broadcast live on Inside Crime. Carney confessed to plotting with Pudface to get him on the show. RoboCop and other police officers soon arrived, prompting one of the men – Shorty disguised as Pudface – to hold Carney at gunpoint. However, she fought back and knocked him out, allowing RoboCop to unmask him, revealing that he was not actually Pudface.[11]
After a group of children stole a truck full of Commander Cash products, Madigan was in charge of processing the children and speaking to their parents, many of which were critical of her. Fed up, she ranted about the situation to RoboCop and Charlie. As if she were not tired of children enough, she was babysitting Gadget while Parks attended a convention in Chicago. She took Gadget to the Omni Mall to see Commander Cash and was upset to see Gadget join the thievery Cash commanded all of the children to participate in. Back at the precinct, she scolded Gadget, but this seemed to fall on deaf ears, as the girl only paid attention to her Super Flakes and a commercial with Commander Cash advertising Nitey-Nite Pals. Madigan took the box of Super Flakes to RoboCop, showing him the hidden message on the back: "OBEY COMMANDER CASH."[12]
Madigan confronted OCP's Children's Marketing and Entertainment Vice President Simon Atwater about the hidden messages, recommending that he suspend Super Flakes and the advertisements. Atwater vehemently refused, casting blame on the childrens' parents instead of the hidden messages. Madigan then had lunch with Atwater's secretary, Brittany, learning that prior to Children's Marketing and Entertainment, Atwater worked as a chemist, creating psychopharmaceuticals for the Tactical War Division of Security Concepts.[12]
Madigan stopped Gadget from eating more Super Flakes and brought the rest of her box to Charlie. He analyzed the cereal and its box, but no suspicious substance could be found. RoboCop eventually arrived, informing them that the Super Flakes contained a psychohypnotic that could only be detected in the presence of milk. Madigan then assisted in arresting Atwater.[12]
While investigating a gun-running operation, RoboCop received v-phone footage of Reggie Braga and "The Magician" plotting to assassinate the Chairman. Because this footage was inadmissible, Madigan was tasked with investigating The Magician, as well as the hired guns Schmidt and Wilson. This led her to the Rabbit's Hat Magic Shop, where she met Adam Roland as he performed magic tricks for children and flirted with a receptive Madigan. Adam showed her around the shop until she spotted a poster of Milo the Magnificent, which featured Milo in the same outfit as The Magician.[13]
Madigan reported her leads to Parks, having found little on Schmidt and Wilson, but learned about Milo from Adam. She told Parks that Milo could not be a suspect because he had died in a plane crash sixteen years before. Adam then showed up at the precinct to bring Milo's cape to Madigan and to ask her out on a dinner date. She accepted.[13]
During dinner, Madigan and Adam discussed the case, learning that the child in the poster with Milo was his son, Jamie, who Adam had always regarded as strange. He also told Madigan that Jamie died in the same plane crash that took his father. They ended their date with a kiss and Madigan returned to work.[13]
Upon her return to the precinct, she told Parks what she learned from Adam, though the Sergeant was suspicious of her new beau. He showed her a newspaper article about the plane crash, which said Jamie's remains were not found among the wreckage. She took this information to Adam, who warned her to be careful before they shared another kiss.[13]
At the unveiling of the Interceptor Mark II, where the Chairman's assassination attempt was to take place, Tish Collier approached Madigan, concerned about a suspicious woman, the hitwoman Wilson. Madigan followed her to a maintenance room and fought her. Though Wilson briefly managed to turn off the lights, Madigan subdued her and turned them back on. Wilson was taken back to the precinct with her companion Schmidt and neither of them had any information to offer on The Magician, who Madigan still expected to make a move. She analyzed the picture of Jamie from the Milo the Magnificent poster, finding that Jamie lacked an Adam's apple. She took this photo to Adam, confirming that Jamie was Milo's only child and that Milo's mask was outfitted with a voice changer.[13]
After helping foil a plan to kill RoboCop in the Interceptor Mark II, Madigan accompanied him on a raid of Braga's facility, where Tish celebrated RoboCop's death with them. Madigan revealed that she knew Tish to be The Magician, which Tish confessed to before disappearing. Madigan walked over to a nearby crate, finding Tish inside before arresting her.[13]
At the precinct, Madigan went through a batch of memos from J. Michael Trenton, including one suggested that RoboCop's circuits be adjusted because his number of arrests had fallen by two percent. He told her to pass the memo to Charlie.[14]
After he busted one of Braga's warehouse, RoboCop returned to the precinct and Madigan became concerned about his behavior. She watched as he searched records of Timothy Malloy. She learned from Parks that Malloy was Murphy's partner and that he was sentenced for twenty years for assaulting a suspect. Murphy's testimony ultimately led to his conviction. Upon doing further research, Madigan and Parks found that despite Malloy's good behavior, he was repeatedly denied parole by former Warden J. Michael Trenton. Parks advised that Madigan keep an eye on RoboCop.[14]
Malloy was brought into the precinct after escaping prison and acting as a vigilante. Madigan noted that the equipment he had with him was far too advanced for him to have done this alone, so she went to the prison to investigate. She spoke to the Warden, Larry Delvecchio, who admitted that Malloy was part of a weapons testing program, but was not at liberty to give her all of the information. She fitted Delvecchio a wire and had him meet with Trenton, who gave away enough information to be considered an confession, so Madigan arrested him and Delvecchio.[14]
Having learned where Malloy was headed next, Madigan followed RoboCop to Molotov's warehouse, helping provide backup. After Malloy was apparently blown out the side of the building and into a body of water. Madigan called for search-and-rescue.[14]
Madigan was sympathetic to the cause of the Women for the Overthrow of Male Bastions (WOMB), having a brief argument with Lippencott concerning OCP's treatment of female employees.[15]
After learning that the Chairman had been kidnapped, Madigan and RoboCop reported to the OCP headquarters. They found that a pair of Rad Femmes, Willa Sweet and Punk, had captured him, leaving a message saying that he would be released if WOMB's demands were met, although WOMB denounced the Rad Femmes' actions.[15]
They went to Nancy, who was a recording secretary and spokesperson for the group. When asked about the Rad Femmes, she told them she had seen the pair with Rochelle Carney. When RoboCop asked Nancy why she was part of WOMB, she explained that after Alex died, she realized that she was almost entirely dependent upon him and wished to help other women avoid the same situation. When RoboCop was troubled by this, Madigan assured him he was a good husband and Nancy's predicament was not his fault.[15]
Madigan obtained a search warrant for Carney's home and went inside, finding a note indicating that Chip Chayken was at Harold Hammersmith's home. Carney then held her at gunpoint, then took her to an apartment where the Rad Femmes held the Chairman. The two prisoners were handcuffed together, but soon fought back, subduing the Rad Femmes so that Madigan could arrest them.[15]
Madigan took part in a sting operation to catch Vlad Molotov purchasing smuggled Russian caviar. After Parks revealed the operation to Molotov and prepared to arrest him, Madigan noticed that he was wearing a Spyguard, which distorted the video evidence they had of Molotov committing the crime.[16]
After receiving it from RoboCop, Madigan showed to Parks the criminal record of Sally Modesto, Gadget's biological mother. They then got a video call from Molotov, which Madigan recorded and sent to RoboCop so Molotov's location could be determined.[16]
Madigan and RoboCop caught jewelry robber Cleveland as he made his escape via rope. He refused to answer questions until Madigan had RoboCop lift him off the ground. As he began to talk, a nearby bus sped forward with no driver in it. Madigan sprinted toward the bus and boarded it. She made her way to the steering wheel, but was unable to take control. The bus crashed and Madigan sustained serious injuries, including irreparable neck and spine damage.[17]
She was taken to a hospital and slipped into a coma. She awoke as RoboCop visited her and became hysterical upon realizing what had happened to her, prompting a nurse to administer a sedative. He visited her again later and she told him she knew how he felt, as she was trapped inside of a machine keeping her alive. She asked how she would keep living, to which RoboCop answered that she must continue to have a purpose in life.[17]
Due to Dennis Finch shutting down MetroNet, the hospital's power began to fail, putting Madigan dangerously close to death until RoboCop fixed NeuroBrain. Edward Feldston performed an experimental surgery on Madigan, utilizing nano machines. The surgery was a success, with Madigan's paralysis being cured and her returning to work not long after. On her first assignment back, she was sent with RoboCop to stop a sniper.[17]
Madigan reported to the scene of a robbery RoboCop responded to. They determined that the crime was likely carried out by a group they dubbed the Corporate Raiders, due to their use of Chairman masks, high-tech devices, and Flatscan to knock out a security guard. Upon their return to the precinct, they saw Russell Murphy speaking to other police officers. She tried to convince RoboCop to reveal his identity to his father, but he refused, feeling it would only cause his father more pain.[18]
She continued her investigation into the Corporate Raiders' string of brokerage burglaries, but she and Parks struggled to find a trail leading them to the perpetrators. RoboCop then showed to her the file of Tessa Stark, the prime suspect in a bombing Russell investigated twenty years prior. She could not be convicted of due to destroying her hand – which bore a distinguishing birthmark – in a paper shredder.[18]
Madigan responded as backup to Delta City Telephone, where the Corporate Raiders carried out yet another crime. Seeing RoboCop, she asked Murphy if he was okay, but with Russell being within an earshot, both Murphys answered, much to Russell's confusion. Russell told Madigan of a likely connection between Tessa and the Corporate Raiders, who he heard mention the name "Tess."[18]
She returned to the phone company after finding non-existent phone numbers within the evidence relating to the Corporate Raiders. There, she discovered that the phone numbers led to the New York Stock Exchange and anyone with them could cause serious damage to the stock market. She and an employee worked together to find the substation the numbers would pass through. She later brought backup to the substation, arresting Tessa and her underlings, the Corporate Raiders.[18]
When the Sweepers threw a can of ricin-x into RoboCop's car, Madigan recognized it as Roy Macklin's third can that he claimed to have destroyed two years earlier. She went to Macklin to ask him about it, but he continued to insist that he destroyed the can and was guilty of the Delta City University massacre. When Macklin was taken away to prepare for his live television death on Execution Tonight, District Attorney Richard Gless approached Madigan and told her to keep him updated on her investigation.[1]
Madigan showed RoboCop the tapes of Macklin's initial interview and his confession three months later. RoboCop determined that both Macklin's claim of innocence and claim of guilt were the same high probability of being true. Learning that Macklin's psychiatric evaluation was performed by Dr. Audrey Fink. She went to Fink's office, but found that she had just been given a dose of Flatscan. Calling RoboCop for backup, she pursued someone to the roof, finding only the Flatscan syringe before being pushed off of the roof. Luckily for her, RoboCop arrived just in time to break her fall with an Electro-Field.[1]
Growing ever suspicious that Macklin may have been innocent, Madigan had Parks ask Gless for a stay of execution to give her more time to investigate. Back at the precinct, RoboCop showed her his findings that records from the school at the time of the massacre had evidence of tampering, including those of some OCP executives and Dr. Fink. Charlie then entered to report that he performed a DNA test on a shirt found with the ricin-x, the DNA matching OCP executive Billy Sullivan. Madigan and RoboCop went to Sullivan's office, but he only gave them stories that his lawyer might give to explain his connection to the evidence. Lacking enough evidence to officially re-open the case, Madigan focused on Macklin while RoboCop kept his sights on Sullivan.[1]
She went to Macklin in his cell, still failing to convince Macklin to stop claiming guilt, even when telling him her belief that Dr. Fink had convinced him he was the perpetrator as part of a framing plot against him. She also showed him a picture of his wife and son, but still to no avail. Macklin was taken from the room as the Execution Tonight broadcast began. She headed to the control room to try and convince Gless to delay Macklin's demise, but he refused, having her escorted out.[1]
Soon, RoboCop got a confession from Sullivan, the true perpetrator of the massacre, and stopped the execution. As Gless tried to flee, Madigan caught him and placed him under arrest. RoboCop placed Sullivan in front of the camera to confess his crimes to the public, then Madigan assured Macklin that he would receive help.[1]
Madigan began to have regular visits with Cray Z. Mallardo after he would supposedly become aware of crimes before they happened, via messages to his brain. One such crime was the robbery of Security Concept by Pudface Morgan and his gang. Pudface ultimately managed to escape after setting off a grenade in the room containing RoboCop's supplies.[19]
Madigan's next message from Mallardo concerned an attack at the convention center that was to host the President of the United States. She accompanied RoboCop to inform Secret Service Agent Bob L. McGrew. While speaking to him, they witnessed Pudface and his men abduct Edward Foster in a van. They followed the van to a warehouse, finding only Foster and a bomb inside. They rescued Foster and RoboCop disarmed the bomb with ease.[19]
At the precinct, Madigan and RoboCop reached the conclusion that each of the crimes Mallardo had reported to her ended up being committed by someone connected to either Pudface or Chip Chayken. Madigan also surmised that the latter was responsible for a message sent to the Chairman implying that OCP stock would go down.[19]
When Mallardo stated that Pudface would try to assassinate the President and the Chairman with a bomb, Madigan assisted with the convention center's security detail. She eventually discovered that Mallardo had knocked out the Secret Service guard who was assigned to watch him. Madigan reached a stairwell where RoboCop cornered Mallardo and Chayken and convinced them to reveal Pudface's location. On the way to Pudface's van, RoboCop revealed to Madigan that Pudface's bomb was placed inside the weaponry in his leg. She watched him have one last face-off with Pudface, saving the day.[19]
Trivia[]
In the first episode, Madigan pops gum as an homage to Anne Lewis of the films.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 RoboCop: The Series – "Midnight Minus One"
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 RoboCop: The Series – "The Future of Law Enforcement"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 RoboCop: The Series – "Prime Suspect"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 RoboCop: The Series – "Trouble in Delta City"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 RoboCop: The Series – "What Money Can't Buy"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 RoboCop: The Series – "Ghosts of War"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 RoboCop: The Series – "Zone Five"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 RoboCop: The Series – "Provision 22"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 RoboCop: The Series – "When Justice Fails"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 RoboCop: The Series – "The Human Factor"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 RoboCop: The Series – "Inside Crime"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 RoboCop: The Series – "RoboCop vs. Commander Cash"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 RoboCop: The Series – "Illusions"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 RoboCop: The Series – "The Tin Man"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 RoboCop: The Series – "Sisters in Crime"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 RoboCop: The Series – "Mother's Day"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 RoboCop: The Series – "Nano"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 RoboCop: The Series – "Corporate Raiders"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 RoboCop: The Series – "Public Enemies"