- “Your perspective is warped. You only see the bad and come at it. The problem is, right now, I think the world might need someone like you more than it needs someone like me.”
- ―Brigid O'Reilly to Mayhem
Brigid O'Reilly is a Marvel Comics character that appeared in Cloak & Dagger, which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She is a detective from Harlem who has a split personality/doppelganger named Mayhem, who was created when O'Reilly was exposed to both Darkforce and Lightforce.
Brigid O'Reilly was created by Bill Mantlo and Rick Leonardi.
Appearances[]
Cloak & Dagger[]
Introduced in the first season, O'Reilly is a detective who formerly worked in Harlem before moving to New Orleans. She grows suspicious of her partner, corrupt police officer James Connors, and gets confirmation of her suspicions after speaking with Tandy Bowen. O'Reilly soon allies with Tyrone Johnson, who wants to avenge his brother's death at the hands of Connors. They succeed in getting Connors to admit his guilt and being arrested; however, O'Reilly then discovers her boyfriend's body stuffed in a freezer, presumably murdered by Connors' connections. To add insult to injury, Connors is released on suspension and proceeds to beat her up in front of other officers, proving that she is an outcast from the corrupt police force. O'Reilly teams up with Tyrone to stop a dark and evil energy, called the Terror, from getting released by evil mining company Roxxon. While aiding him, she is shot by Connors while simultaneously getting exposed to the Terror's energy. She falls into a swamp and later re-emerges with glowing green eyes.
In the second season, it is revealed that the green-fingernailed O'Reilly (Mayhem) is a physical copy of Brigid; Mayhem has all of Brigid's knowledge and memories but is a ruthless vigilante without compunction about murder. In the opening episodes, Mayhem proceeds to kill a number of New Orleans underworld figures, and later assumes Brigid's identity to take a criminal investigation into her own hands. In the meantime, Tyrone finds Brigid tied up at home, then teleports with Brigid to Tandy, who is at a crime scene with Mayhem; by this method, the duplication is revealed. Mayhem then starts looking for Connors, in the process killing his partner. Mina Hess' examination of Brigid proves her theory about the separation of O'Reilly's fearful side (Brigid) from her aggressive side (Mayhem), following an experiment with some rats. During the ongoing criminal investigation into the disappearance of a number of girls into a sex trafficking ring, Mayhem crashes a battle with a criminal gang and shoots nearly all the gang members. To save the last member's life, Cloak uses his powers to send her into the Darkforce Dimension. Tandy follows Mayhem into the Darkforce Dimension, unwittingly depriving Tyrone of his teleportation powers.
Together Mayhem and Tandy find evidence of Connors' presence and endeavor to leave the Dimension, but Tandy accidentally exits the Dimension with Connors, leaving Mayhem behind. While in the Darkforce Dimension, Mayhem finds despair demon Andre Deschaine/D'Spayre (who stores his victims' despair in the form of records in a record shop) and Voodoo priestess Chantelle Fusilier in the record shop. Chantelle sees Mayhem and signals her not to interfere. Later, while Andre is busy in the outside world, Mayhem starts smashing the records, releasing Tyrone from Andre's spell and giving him the motive to find the Viking Motel where Tandy is being held captive by Andre and his prostitution ring. When in the Loa dimension, O'Reilly runs into Mayhem. The two of them agree that Mayhem will take control at certain occasions. When the two of them leave the Loa dimension, they are fused back into one body. Mayhem and Tandy later have a brief fight on when Avandalia Dewan's body was found unconscious and low on energy and they argue over what to do with her. Mayhem later works to defend Evita from the forces that would threaten Tyrone and Tandy's mission to stop Andre. Brigid is later seen leaving Connors' dead body in the shooting range for her fellow police officers to see where his corpse has a guilty sign strapped to it.
Trivia[]
- In the episode "Shadow Selves", O'Reilly mentioned that when she was undercover, she kept case notes on playing cards, and learned it from Ben Urich in New York.
External links[]
Brigid O'Reilly on Wikipedia
Brigid O'Reilly on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki- Mayhem on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
Brigid O'Reilly (Earth-199999) on the Marvel Database- Mayhem (Earth-199999) on the Marvel Database
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