Houston Knights' Bible

This HK Writer's bible is information picked up through various episodes, referring to the two main characters only - LaFiamma & Lundy.

Note: I'm a Michael Pare fan, hence there is more here about LaFiamma than Lundy---gretchen

HOUSTON KNIGHTS

CBS-TV Series, 1986, 1987

Information on character - Joseph Anthony LaFiamma

• called Joe or Joey

• born & raised in Chicago

• was transferred to Houston because of a mob shooting he was involved in, which his partner, Stephen Szabo, was killed.

• drives a two-seater, royal blue, 427 Cobra

• part of his family is in the mob

• his favorite uncle, Uncle Mikey, is a wiseguy

• Aunt Theresa, who helped raise him, is Uncle Mikey's wife
• father (unknown information, but died when Joe was young)
• brothers - unknown
• sisters - unknown

• college graduate (unknown where, but probably the University of Illinois-Chicago

• learned deaf sign language in college, after dating a deaf girl
• had one year of law school

• speaks Thai (plus other languages, though they what they are, other than Italian, are never mentioned)

• memories of his mother

1. hung out in the kitchen talking about stats of the Cubs games, & she took him to the games

2. talked him into taking 6 months probation from a joyride with a friend in a stolen car. She said it was too late for Uncle Mikey to get out of the rackets, but not too late for Joey

• was a uniform cop first, then a Detective, now a Sergeant

• likes being a cop
• made his living, in his high school, by playing poo

• has a knack for collecting trivia

• like Cagney movies
• wears dual streetwise .45 Colts

• "If you believe in God, He knows it and you know it, you don't have to shout it from the street corners."

• likes to cook Italian!
• likes rock music
• "Rambo" is Joey "John-Boy" is Levon
• childhood memory:

1. Mrs Baracotta picked you up when you fell or were knocked down. Mrs. Dellarenza would put merichrome on it and bandage you.

• always maxes out his credit cards
• drinks Perrier, or wine. Rarely drinks beer.
• always plays "white knight" toward women in distress
• "Uncle Mikey's been a part of my family since I was born."

• "I love my uncle, but I'm a cop first."
• refers to his partner's Jimmy 4x4 as - a rolling microwave
• Information on Levon Elmer Lundy
• called Little Levon, because his dad was Big Levon
• born and raised in TEXAS !!
• likes country music
• drives a red, GMC Jimmy 4x4
• graduate of Texas A&M, was quarterback, played in the Cotton Bowl

• Grandmother-Mother Minnie-raised him (Minnie Elizabeth Lundy)
• mother, unknown
• father - alcoholic, never around
• father forced Levon to move out at age 16 ; moved in with childhood friend, Bobby Wilton, they played football together and were known as "The Connection"

• father calls him once a year on his birthday.
• married childhood sweetheart, Caroline, who became an alcoholic and was killed in a car bomb meant for him

• Texans are pigheaded!
• dresses like a cowboy!
• brags a lot about Mother Minnie
• bumps heads with LF at every turn
• likes his partner but will never admit to it
• his grand-dad taught him to shot, and gave him one of his Colts
• likes beer
• his boss, Lt Joanne Beaumont, is his former partner
• age is 35
• hot-tempered with a short fuse

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