- "Don't try and be a hero. You know that's not you."
- ―Eddy Costa to Jessica Jones[src]
Detective Eddy Costa is a detective with the New York City Police Department, stationed at the 15th Precinct Police Station.
Biography
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Police Detective
Kilgrave's Mind Control
- "There's a few of us here who remember what Kilgrave did in this precinct. I had nightmares of holding my own gun to my head. The feeling of my finger on the trigger."
"I recommend hypnosis."
"I didn't need that, because, uh, the dreams stopped the day you took that asshole out." - ―Eddy Costa and Jessica Jones[src]
Detective Eddy Costa was working in the 15th Precinct Police Station when Kilgrave took control of everybody in it. He was forced to place his pistol onto his head, with his finger on the trigger, while Kilgrave had spoken to Jessica Jones and Oscar Clemons. Costa sat this way until Kilgrave left, finally allowing him to put his pistol down. That encounter with Kilgrave gave Costa his ongoing nightmares, which then continued until the moment Costa learnt that Jones had murdered Kilgrave.[1]
Murder of Robert Coleman
- "Victim's name was Robert Coleman. Ever heard of him?"
"He came to me. He wanted to hire me, but I was booked."
"How shitty must you feel? Guy comes to you for help and winds up dead around the corner from you." - ―Eddy Costa and Jessica Jones[src]
Detective Eddy Costa and his partner, Detective Ruth Sunday, were assigned to investigate the death of Robert Coleman. They arrived to question Jessica Jones at her apartment, and subsequently talked to the building's new superintendent Oscar Arocho.[2]
Arresting Jessica Jones
- "Jessica Jones, you're under arrest for the murder of Nicholas Spanos."
- ―Eddy Costa to Jessica Jones[src]
To be added
Attack on Trish Walker
- "It's over. Just get out of the way, let us do our job."
"If they find her, they'll... they'll shoot to kill, won't they?"
"You're damn right they will. She took out one of our own." - ―Eddy Costa and Jessica Jones[src]
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Playland Showdown
- "You did the only thing you could, Jones. There was no other way. You did the right thing."
- ―Eddy Costa to Jessica Jones[src]
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Partnership with Jessica Jones
- "I wanted to restate the terms of our agreement. I throw you a case or two, and you don't break the law. That was the deal."
"Our deal was to not let you catch me breaking the law." - ―Eddy Costa and Jessica Jones[src]
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A New Serial Killer
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Sallinger Situation
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Fired
- "I've been placed on leave, effective tomorrow."
"That's bullshit."
"Bodies were piling up, a serial killer kept slipping through the cracks. The department needed a fall guy."
"So the one guy that's actually doing something, they take off the case."
"The press accused us of colluding with powered vigilantes. I fit the bill." - ―Eddy Costa and Jessica Jones[src]
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Return to Service
- "Hello, Jones. Haven't seen you on the news lately."
"How'd you like to get back on the job?"
"The last thing I need is you mixing it up with brass."
"Gregory Sallinger just confessed to the murder of Dorothy Walker on tape." - ―Eddy Costa and Jessica Jones[src]
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Partnership with Erik Gelden
- "Erik Gelden? We have a mutual friend. She wanted us to meet. I'm Detective Costa. Jessica thought we could help each other."
- ―Eddy Costa to Erik Gelden[src]
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Personality
- "You want to go it alone, that's your call. But there's a lot of people on the force that wanna see you locked up."
"And you're the only white hat in a sea of black hats."
"Not the only one." - ―Eddy Costa and Jessica Jones[src]
Eddy Costa was a wise and honorable man, as Jessica Jones considered the only "white hat in a sea of black hats." After being brainwashed by Kilgrave, he suffered from nightmares of losing his free will until Jones killed him. Afterward, Costa believed that Jessica was a good person, and believed that he owed a debt since she had ridden the world of Kilgrave. Despite this, Costa was still lawful, as he and the police went on a hunt for Alisa Jones due to her killing his partner Ruth Sunday. Losing Sunday had a great effect on him, as he refused to listen to Jessica on the police going to kill her mother, stating that she killed "one of their own".
Abilities
- "Maybe leave the heroics to, uh, trained professionals who are committed to the rule of law and subject to oversight."
- ―Eddy Costa to Jessica Jones[src]
- Expert Interrogator: To be added
- Expert Investigator: To be added
Equipment
Weapons
- Glock 19: Costa pulled his service gun to arrest Jessica Jones for the murder of Nick Spanos once she realized she had returned to the scene. Costa did not give her a chance to leave, and Jones surrendered in shock for the scene. Costa, his partner Ruth Sunday and the officers under his command also took their weapons to follow a lead on their wanted killer to the Malus Residence; and then both detectives took them to the hospital in order to stop Alisa Jones, with Sunday even shooting at her leg, but she was unable to prevent her from escaping, dying in the attempt. Once Costa was reinstated into the NYPD during the investigation of Gregory Sallinger, he and and a group of officers entered into the Alias Investigations Office with their guns ready to arrest Sallinger, finding him tied up on the floor, and with his a recording of his confession playing in a loop.
Facilities
- 15th Precinct Police Station: To be added
Relationships
Family
- Russell Costa - Husband
- Adoptive Daughter
Allies
- New York City Police Department
- Strieber - Superior
- Ruth Sunday † - Partner and Former Colleague
- Imada - Colleague
- Defford - Colleague
- Irene Bickell - Colleague
- Jessica Jones
- Jeri Hogarth
- Erik Gelden
Enemies
- Kilgrave † - Former Enthraller
- Alisa Jones †
- Gregory Sallinger †
- Trish Walker - Former Ally
Appearances
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Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
- Korey Fackler was a stunt double for John Ventimiglia in the role of Eddy Costa.