29 Facts About Jon Kavanaugh

Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh is a fictional Internal Affairs Lieutenant in the Los Angeles Police Department on the FX television show The Shield.

Jon Kavanaugh is introduced at the beginning of series five and serves as the primary antagonist to Vic Mackey.

Jon Kavanaugh has degrees in both criminology and psychology, and frequently plays mind games with people under surveillance to find out whether they'll "crack under pressure".

Jon Kavanaugh was once married to a woman named Sadie, but the two were divorced as a result of her severe mental illness and his unwillingness to continue taking care of her.

Jon Kavanaugh learns that his bugging of the Strike Team's "clubhouse" was used to feed him false information.

Jon Kavanaugh then tries to guilt Vic into confessing by forcing him to revisit the Season 1 murder scene and describe what happened there to Detective Terry Crowley's weeping brother who, obviously, doesn't believe him.

Desperate, Jon Kavanaugh approaches imprisoned drug lord and cop killer Antwon Mitchell, whom Mackey incarcerated at the conclusion of series four.

Jon Kavanaugh then widens the investigation to include Councilman David Aceveda for alleged collusion with Mackey and The Strike Team.

Jon Kavanaugh responds by continuing to vainly pressure Lem into testifying against Vic Mackey.

However, the raid had come shortly before Jon Kavanaugh's meeting with his ex-wife, Sadie.

The now outraged Jon Kavanaugh decides to leave Lem with no choice other than to testify against Vic.

Enraged, Jon Kavanaugh tries to take vengeance by seducing Vic's ex-wife Corrine.

However, Lem does not report for processing, and Jon Kavanaugh is overjoyed to be given one final chance to crush his nemesis.

Jon Kavanaugh has the Team followed at all times and even persuades Aceveda to leak false information to Vic, saying Lem has revealed the Strike Team's involvement in the Armenian Money Train robbery.

Jon Kavanaugh has the Team trailed when they are to meet Lem, but is unable to follow all three of them.

Jon Kavanaugh's tails are easily shaken, but Kavanaugh soon receives a phone call advising that Lem has been blown apart by a hand grenade.

Jon Kavanaugh is certain that Vic has again murdered a fellow officer and believes that all his hatred of his nemesis is completely justified.

Jon Kavanaugh pleads for time to look into Vic's possible involvement.

Jon Kavanaugh is ordered to leave the Barn immediately, his investigation apparently over.

Jon Kavanaugh is authorized to investigate Vic's involvement and begins by ordering officers to await Vic at his home to take him in for questioning.

Jon Kavanaugh later suggests that the "evidence" found in Vic's house is simply too good to be true.

Jon Kavanaugh stops Claudette and confesses to planting the evidence, saying "I framed a guilty man," laughing at the irony of it all.

Jon Kavanaugh is immediately stripped of his badge and imprisoned for his many crimes.

Jon Kavanaugh later pleads guilty in exchange for a lesser sentence.

Jon Kavanaugh responds that he is at peace and finally free of Vic's corrupting influence.

Jon Kavanaugh is depicted as a cunning and intelligent man.

The beauty of their dichotomy was that Mackey was the anti-hero and Jon Kavanaugh was the anti-villain - making us feel opposite feelings for these characters than we should.

Mackey is a bad guy and Jon Kavanaugh is somebody who can take him down, yet through Mackey's belief in his method of business and Jon Kavanaugh's obsessive method for taking him down, we viewed these characters in a different light than we should.

The darker and more unpredictable Jon Kavanaugh's behavior became, the closer he seemed to capturing his prey.