Simon Joyner (City Homicide)

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Simon Joyner
City Homicide character
First appearance"In The Hands Of Giants PT 1"
28 August 2007
Last appearance"Good Cop/Bad Cop"
14 July 2010
Created byJohn Hugginson
John Banas
Portrayed by Daniel MacPherson
In-universe information
TitleDetective Senior Constable
OccupationPolice Detective
FamilyTiffany Joyner (mother)
Celia Joyner (sister)
Caroline Joyner (sister)

Simon Joyner is a fictional character from the Australian drama series City Homicide , played by Daniel MacPherson. He made his first screen appearance in the pilot episode broadcast on 28 August 2007. MacPherson departed the series on 14 July 2010.

Casting

In March 2009, MacPherson revealed to Richard Clune of The Sunday Telegraph that he would be quitting City Homicide. [1]

Storylines

In the first episode, it was established that he was having an affair with Detective Senior Sergeant Wilton Sparkes's wife Lorraine. Wilton found out and assaulted Simon in the bathroom at work and threatened to tell Senior Sergeant Stanley Wolfe but had a heart attack before he got the chance. Simon's affair with Lorraine has recently ended after she dumped him.

Late in season 1, Simon was held hostage and nearly shot. This traumatised him for a time and he considered resigning from the police force, until his colleagues talked him around.

Early in season 2, Simon—along with Jennifer, Karen and Wilton Sparkes—were held hostage when a man who wanted the investigation of his son, jailed after being the prime suspect in the murder of a teenage girl re-opened after he committed suicide in jail held the homicide floor under siege. Simon was handcuffed to a chair, along with Karen and Wilton while the man took Jen at gunpoint to find documents regarding the case on police computers. Later the man had Simon, Karen and Wilton chained together at a desk and tried to force them to investigate this case. Karen was shot in this incident but survived. The man later committed suicide. This event did not seem to put nearly as much pressure on Simon as the first time he was held hostage, however this time he had workmates with him and the first time he was all alone.

Near the end of season 2, Simon witnessed his colleague Duncan Freeman being almost beaten two death which left him traumatised and feeling guilty for not having been able to help his friend. Even when Duncan had recovered and returned to work at the beginning of season 3, Simon still had flashbacks to the event and saw psychologist Claudia Leigh about his worsening mental health. He subsequently often struggled with anger management, and, in two cases and without the knowledge of the team, went as far as threatening to kill a witness or a suspect he felt were hiding something.

In the final episode of season 3, Simon was falsely accused of pushing a man off a balcony during an arrest. This caused new concerns about his mental health, but he was cleared in the subsequent investigation at the beginning of season 4. Shortly afterwards, a witness he had threatened and physically abused in season 3 came forward and was later killed, which led to Simon being charged with murder. Although he was cleared of the murder and reinstated, Simon handed in his resignation at the end of episode 2.

Reception

Michael Idato of The Sydney Morning Herald said Simon was "self-assured". [2] While The Age's Paul Kalina called him "cocky" and "too-handsome". [3]

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References

  1. Clune, Richard (22 March 2009). "Daniel MacPherson's decamping to LA". The Sunday Telegraph . News Limited . Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. Idato, Michael (20 August 2007). "Straight up and down". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  3. Kalina, Paul (23 August 2007). "Monday - Critic's View". The Age . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 24 June 2012.