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Eric Andrews
Eric Andrews
Biographical Information
Real Name: Eric Andrews
Status: Alive
Born: Unknown
Interests: Assassination
languages: English
Affiliations: United States Marine Corps (Formerly)
The Yards (Formerly)
Leland (Formerly)
Codex (Briefly)
Physical Description
Status: Alive
Episode Count: 2
Character Information
First appearance: Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma
Portrayed by: Joe Pantoliano


Character Flag - American Male Military Criminal Season Five

Eric Andrews also known as General Ma is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps who went rogue and became a killer. He allied with Murdoc and assassinated Leland and attempted to take over Codex but failed and was re-imprisoned.

Background[]

Andrews Served as a member of the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was an elite fighter who was an accomplished black belt, state champion sharpshooter, collegiate wrestler, and wilderness survivalist. During the conflict Andrews' commanding officer was Leland. After the war, he remained in Vietnam and went off the grid. He later resurfaced after he joined The Yards, a militant indigenous group that lived in the mountains. Andrews became renowned for his tactics of killing with a chain and earned the nickname General Ma. In 1985 he was reunited by Leland to attack a foreign embassy. Andrews engaged in a vicious attack against the diplomatic attaches at the embassy but he refused to attack any innocent children or families. He was taken into custody by the United States of America and sentenced to life imprisonment at a federal corrections facility in Victorville, California. While incarcerated Andrews desired to leave his violent past behind and reform himself. He adopted practices like meditating and painting in order to try and curb his violent impulses. While in custody the president performed a root canal on Andrews and secretly implanted a tracking device in his teeth.

Season 5[]

Eclipse + USMC-1856707 + Step Potential + Chain Lock + Ma[]

Leland arranged for Russ Taylor to be kidnapped and demanded that The Phoenix Foundation exchange Eric Andrews for him. Angus MacGyver and Desiree Nguyen travel to the federal corrections facility to meet with Andrews. They initially interviewed him and were surprised that he was not interested in escaping from prison. MacGyver mixed bleach and acetone into Andrews' Paint which created chloroform gas that knocked him out. Mac And Desi then proceeded to kidnap Andrews from the prison. When he came to he demanded to be returned to prison before he gave into his murderous impulses. Mac and Desi soon realized that the FBI was tailing them and they learned that Andrews had a tracking device embedded in his tooth. Mac was able to improvise a signal jammer using some gold chains and electronics he acquired from a pawnshop. Andrews Briefly escaped and was about to electrocute himself to death but Mac And Desi assured him that they would not trade him to Codex and they would return him to prison. During the trade, Mac was forced to let Andrew go free to fight off Codex agents. Andrews succumbed to murderous impulses and was able to escape from the authorities.

Personality[]

Eric Andrews has an extremely volatile personality. While serving in Vietnam he became increasingly more unstable until he became consumed by a murderous impulse. He claimed that he always refrained from hurting innocent people even when he was at his worst. When Andrews was brought to prison he tried to adopt a pacifist ideology and used meditation in painting as calming techniques. However, when he was released from the safe confines of the prison he once again submitted to his killer instincts.

Skills and Abilities[]

  • Chain master: Eric Andrews was renowned for the deadly killing tactics he used with chains.

Trivia[]

  • Ma is Vietnamese for "monster" or "demon".
  • Andrews dog tag serial number was USMC-1856707.

Appearances[]

References[]

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