He had an on-again, off-again fling with his NYPD colleague Valerie Gordon, when she visited Miami on two occasions and he visited New York on two others they got together, to the point of almost proposing marriage but decided not to after she deceived him on a case she was involved in. Tubbs is a ladies man, as evidenced by his many relationships with women, but he was never married. His cool demeanor helped him avoid the burnout feeling that hit Crockett later in their five year run, but the frustration on how he and Crockett were treated by the government and the fact the Miami police didn't back them up led Tubbs to quit the force and go back to New York. Tubbs always dressed in suit and tie for most cases, sharply contrasting Crockett's more casual dress. Tubbs' NYPD background sometimes comes into conflict with the more laid-back Miami police style, but they complement each other. He takes risks when necessary, such as going into The Maze, going with Crockett to Cartagena on a smuggling trip, going into prison as an inmate, etc. His temper sometimes gets the best of him, especially when he's close to a case (such as Valerie Gordon's sister's murder), but that temper helped root out a leak in the department. He is a thorough investigator, even doing makes on friends of his colleagues (such as Mike Orgel, Robbie Cann, Lou Rodriguez, and others) because he "likes to know who he's working with", which helps turn the tide on many cases. His cover name started out as "Teddy Prentiss", next "Richard Taylor", then changed to "Rico Taylor" and finally "Rico Cooper", Burnett's partner. He had a weakness for downtrodden youth, because of his experiences in New York with " uptown junkies" (wealthy addicts who only did it for kicks) and dead-end kids (which brought him to try to help Jackie McSeidan, nearly leading to his demise). Tubbs rapidly advanced to wear the gold sergeant's shield, as did Crockett. Tubbs agreed to remain in Miami as Crockett's partner (to prevent NYPD from "frying him for misconduct"). The two cops agreed to a "temporary working relationship" (that lasted five years), and together they busted Calderone, but the Colombian used his dirty money to bribe a judge into releasing him. During this time he encountered Sonny Crockett, a Miami-Dade Vice detective who, as it turned out, was pursuing the same figure known only to Crockett as "the Colombian". He found Calderone moved to Miami, so Tubbs forged inter-agency memos and priority clearance documents (and assumed his brother's name) to allow him to go down after him. Tubbs' brother Rafael was murdered by a drug dealer named Calderone, and Tubbs swore to avenge his brother's death. Tubbs also knew Clarence Batisse, who was his partner until a shooting incident forced Tubbs to testify against Clarence and Batisse was dismissed from the force, something Batisse held a grudge against Tubbs for years until Tubbs read a previously classified IAD report and found evidence to exonerate his former partner. Tubbs joined the NYPD as a street cop, then as a detective in Armed Robbery, where he worked with a detective named Valerie Gordon, with whom he had a relationship that ended under bad circumstances. Tubbs' brother, Rafael, was an NYPD Vice Detective for many years, and inspired his younger brother to become a cop.
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