Rashad Jones

Rashad Jones (age: 30s) is a DEA field agent assigned to investigating the recent influx of ecstasy into Devils Lake.

Personality
Previously assigned to an unnamed large and dangerous city, Rashad takes pride in being able to remain calm in dangerous situations. At the beginning of the series, he is frustrated by the seemingly uneventful nature of Devils Lake and turns to drinking in bars and hooking up with strangers for excitement. Despite his penchant for living a risky lifestyle, he is adamant about not allowing these habits to negatively impact his work life and committed to maintaining a high level of professionalism on the job. Although Rashad has many sexual encounters throughout the series, he never forms a committed relationship with any partners. When alone at his house he becomes increasingly uncomfortable and feels compelled to get out into public and be around people.

Biography
Rashad was reassigned to Devils Lake near the beginning of the series. The reasons for his transfer are not explicitly stated, but it is made clear that it was seen as a punitive action taken by his boss in retaliation for something. In a conversation with Terrence Parker, he relates an anecdote about having his own brother arrested for drug dealing near the beginning of his career, an action which has alienated him from most of his family.

Friendship with Terrence Parker
In Devils Lake, Rashad forms few deep connections with anyone, preferring to have casual encounters with strangers in bars. A notable exception is Doctor Terrance Parker, who Rashad befriends in season 2. Rashad perceives Terrance as similarly committed to a strong dichotomy between professionalism at work and intense hedonism outside of work (though in reality, Terrance is rarely sober and barely holding his work life together). When an investigation leads Rashad to the conclusion that Terrence has been manipulating nurse Hope Conners into stealing narcotics from the hospital for him, Rashad confronts Terrence and makes him promise to seek help. Likely motivated by remorse for arresting his own brother in the past, Rashad destroys evidence and drops the case against Hope, preventing Terrence from facing charges.

Maudling Implant
After Ahmed Rahman goes missing in season 3, Rashad decides that he must have been captured by Maudlings. Going against the orders of his superiors, Rashad breaks into the Maudling compound to search for Ahmed. He is quickly paralyzed and rendered unconscious by Maudling guards and wakes up later in his apartment with no memory of what happened in the compound. He decides that he dreamed the whole thing and abandoned his plans to try to rescue Ahmed. From this point on, however, he experiences a tingling sensation in the back of his neck every time he gets a cell phone call. In season 4, he becomes increasingly agitated by this unexplained tingling and finally, in a drunken fit of anger, uses a hand held mirror and a knife to cut into the back of his neck at the site of the tingling. A small metallic spider falls out and Rashad, horrified, crushes it with his foot. On his way to the hospital, he is ambushed by Maudlings and taken back to the Maudling compound. The Maudlings chain him in a meat freezer, periodically bringing him out to scan his memories with the Seeing Box. Eventually, Suzy Tan finds him in the freezer and sets him free.