Gary Bell

Gary Bell
Portrayed By	Ryan Cartwright
First Seen	Pilot
Status	Living
Gender	Male
Age	20
Family	Sandra Bell (mother)
Profession	DCIS Agent
Alpha Type	Transducer

Gary Bell is a transducer who can read electromagnetic wavelengths with mind power alone. Hacking into cellphone signals, television broadcasts, and Wi-Fi frequencies without any hardware is his specialty. Gary has been diagnosed with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. He has idiosyncratic and compulsive tendencies, echolalia, and has difficulty sympathizing with others.

Background

Not much on Gary's past and private life is known, other than the fact that he lived at home with his mother. It isn’t clear yet if his father is involved with his life, but Gary has never mentioned his father nor any desire to interat wtih him during the show. His mother seems to care greatly for him, but is struggling with his growing independence. There most likely aren't any siblings, though that has not been confirmed.

As a person with Alpha abilities he works on Rosen's Team for surveillance and various search tasks. At the office one of his responsibilities is the team's electronic equipment, for example to administrate their servers.

Between the first and second seasons of Alphas (2011-2012), Gary was sent to work for the NSA. The organization made him "spy on [his] friends", but did not accommodate his routines. Following an autistic meltdown, he was sent to Binghamton Building 7, where a chip was implanted in his nervous system and he was released into the general population.

Though it was eight months between the end of the first season of Alphas and the start of the second, Gary still mourned Anna Levy. Following his release from Binghamton, Gary intergrated a single prolonged scream into his morning routine to help him express this feeling. When Gary was made aware that this behavior alarmed and upset his mother, he chose to move from Sandra's house into the office in order to spare her upset, rather than changing his mourning behavior

Events

Season 1

• See: Gary Bell/Season 1

Season 2

• See: Gary Bell/Season 2

Abilities

Gary is a transducer who can read electromagnetic wavelengths with mind power alone. Hacking into cellphone signals, television broadcasts, and Wi-Fi frequencies without any hardware is his specialty.

Trivia

• Gary cannot read Nokia signals; they function on a different platform.

• Gary cannot drive but often wishes he would be allowed to, and asks frequently. He has only driven once in the series under Bill's supervision after Gary helped him solve a kidnapping case.

• Due to the nature of his Alpha ability, he can be affected by a DoS attack, an attack hackers use on online servers.
• Gary does not like going to the salon with his mother Sandra Bell. This could be because of the loud noises that occur in the salon.
• It seems that microwave towers interfere with Gary's abilities.
• His bedtime is 9:30 and he gets cranky if woken after. If he misses his bedtime he will stay up all night just to keep his schedule. He also gets up at 7:42 each day, greets his coworkers at 9am, and calls his mother at 3:14pm after work each day.
• Gary has stated that he's "a 32 on the CARs Scale," which would place him toward the mild end of Autism Spectrum Disorders.
• Gary's autistic tendencies make it more difficult to lie, a social skill for most people. However, as revealed in The Unusual Suspects, he has been practicing telling white lies, and his facial tics and mannerisms make it difficult for people like Eric Latreaux to tell if he's telling the truth.
• Gary often feels like he is capable of doing more than people give him credit for and wants people to treat him like an adult.
• Gary moved from his mother's house into his office
  • The primary reason for this is that Gary's post-Binghamton r\outine of screaming every morning before breakfast upsets his mother.