A highly influential and ruthless crime boss dominating 1949 Los Angeles through corruption, dirty cops, prostitution, and gambling. After his mansion is bugged, he suspects a traitor and lures the Squad into a deadly ambush. During the final confrontation, he escapes but is captured after a fistfight with O'Mara, receiving a life sentence at Alcatraz.
The central antagonistic rivalry driving the narrative.
Cohen exerts psychological and physical control over Faraday.
Direct operational adversary during raids and the final shootout.
Direct combatant opposing Cohen during the climax.
Institutional opposition between law enforcement and the crime boss.
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