Personality
Green represents the L&O franchise's return to the wild, "Dirty Harry" type of character once popularized by Mike Logan (Chris Noth). Among the few personal touches made to the character are his affinity for punk rock and gambling, as he makes trips to Atlantic City often enough that Briscoe teases him about it. Subsequent episodes reveal that Green had stopped gambling but then fell back into it briefly after Briscoe's death.
Green has occasionally mentioned that his family traveled around the world due to his father's work as an oil engineer, and that he had lived in the Middle East at some point. He has also mentioned that he grew up in a religious family. He revealed that his father has Alzheimer's disease. He has at least some family living in New York; in the episode "Deadlock", Van Buren recommends that Green's family be protected from an escaped convict, and he responds, "Way ahead of you. They're already upstate."
He has revealed that he at one time had experience with "screwing around with someone who's married." He sometimes receives calls from girlfriends or mentions "his girl"; he took a girl named Keisha Lockwood to the prom. He wears expensive Rolex watches.
Green is often a source of varied information in investigations. He speaks Spanish, some Russian — "Enough to pick up a date," — and a little French, and is up to date on popular culture, and appears to have a strong classical education. Frequently, he uses informal slang, addressing men as "bro" and referring to other men as "dudes." He often uses bad grammar when talking to suspects or people he does not respect.
He is a vegetarian, for which Briscoe often mocks him. In "Slaughter", Green asks if Briscoe picked him up a sandwich, to which Briscoe replies "They didn't have any tofu." He then offers Green half of his sandwich (which contains some kind of deli meat), and Green makes a disgusted face.
Although Green generally stands by other police officers, he occasionally makes enemies of detectives and officers who are suspected of being corrupt. He refuses to feel remorse for investigating them even if they are innocent, believing that following a lead is never reprehensible. He is more tolerant and willing to give his new partner, Nina Cassady, a fair chance to prove herself after she is promoted upon being hailed a local hero. He knows she is inexperienced, but never seems to lose his temper with her and he remains honest with her.
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