Dix

Dix
Full name	Dix
Affiliation	Gotham City Police Department (formerly)
Occupation	GCPD Detective (formerly)
Status	Deceased (Strangled)
First	"Spirit of the Goat"
Last	"Nothing's Shocking"
Died	"Nothing's Shocking"
Appeared in	2 episodes (see below)
Portrayed by	Dan Hedaya

"Gotham's golden rule, Harvey: no heroes."

—Dix to Harvey Bullock^[src]

Dix was a former homicide detective of the Gotham City Police Department, as well as being the former partner and mentor of Harvey Bullock.

Biography

Early years

Dix was on duty with Bullock when the two of them got a tip about the hideout of Randall Milkie, a psycho terrorizing Gotham's elite as the killer known as the "Spirit of the Goat". Dix called for, and wanted to wait for, back-up since his personal mantra was "Gotham's Golden Rule - No heroes." Harvey, however, was unwilling to lose another victim to this fruitcake, and the two men headed in. Milkie had his stage set for his would-be captors and the young woman was already long dead. Trying to take down the killer, who reiterated that he was the Goat and no longer Milkie, Dix was left up on the stage when Milkie opened a trap-door and sent him plummeting to the ground, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

Helping Bullock and Gordon

A decade later, the Spirit of the Goat found a new "host" and the killings were once again in the headlines. Captain Sarah Essen ordered Bullock, and his partner James Gordon, to 'consult' with Dix, to find out if he told anyone about a suppressed detail of the original killings, or had any leads. Bullock wanted to leave his old partner out of it, but could not ignore a direct order. When they visited the older man in his nursing home, Dix reminded Harvey of the "no heroes" rule and warned Gordon that his partner had a white knight complex, always trying to make everything right. This was not Gordon's view or experience of Bullock and gave him clear food for thought. Dix was convinced that he and Harvey had been wrong the first time out and that Milkie was part of a larger conspiracy, hence the details of the killings being known to others.

The Jane Doe murders

During the evacuation of Gotham following the Cataclysm, Dix attempted to get out of town but was unfortunate enough to become trapped. Bullock attempted to visit but became too busy working with GCPD and refugees in the Green Zone.

After someone appearing to be Dix killed former GCPD Detectives Boggs and Lewis, Gordon and Bullock went to interview him. Dix shot at them through the door, paranoid about scavengers in No Man's Land. While being interviewed, the killer resembling Dix appeared in the doorway. Dix was taken to GCPD to discuss his history with Boggs and Lewis. Long before Harvey was a detective, Detectives Boggs, Lewis, and Dix worked with a rookie Bullock on the Cartwright case. Victoria Cartwright shot her husband point blank but they couldn't prove it since there was no physical evidence. They influenced the daughter, Jane, into testifying against her own mother. This led to an arrest and conviction for Victoria, leaving Jane to fend for herself. It was later discovered Victoria only shot her husband because he was abusive. After capturing Jane Cartwright in her hold house, she tells Gordon how she was left in Indian Hill and Hugo Strange conducted experiments on her causing her to be able to shapeshift. Jane wanted revenge on the G.C.P.D. and took action so she shapeshifted into Dix and killed Boggs and Lewis. Jane later escaped custody disgused as Harvey Bullock and killed Dix by strangling him to death with a tie.

Appearances

Season 1

• "Spirit of the Goat"

Season 5

• "Legend of the Dark Knight: Nothing's Shocking"