George Lawence (Classic Gerosha)

George Lawence is a villain in the Ferris Access Channel and Dozerfleet Studios original miniseries Blood Over Water He was portrayed by the Dozerfleet founder.

Character bio
George was one of the first members of Sleet Mountain CEO Clyde Spendelworth's cleanup fraud scam. It was George who first discovered that Mark wanted out of the plan, and George who first hired Vance on Clyde's behalf to kill Mark. When Vance failed, George recruited Kyle as a replacement. Meanwhile, Clyde hired Chris Kennal and Ashley Phillips to kill Mark.

After the gang was together, Chris met with George and Kyle to discuss finding the "Confidential" envelope that Mark stole from the company. Unaware of Aaron's existence, George and Kyle stumble upon Aaron stealing the envelope. They give chase, but Aaron eludes them.

George sets a trap for Aaron later, still believing him to be Mark. When Aaron gets away, George goes to Chris demanding answers. This forces Chris to confess that Mark is dead; and that they now have to kill Aaron for knowing too much. Finally, George drives the SUV with an abducted Aaron and Monica to an execution site. He is betrayed by Chris, and shot dead on the spot along with Kyle.

Personality
George was loyal to Clyde from the very beginning. He also seems to be going on missions to kidnap and kill those Clyde deems worthy of death; not because of the reward, but because he seems to enjoy being evil.

He is always either spying on others involved in the Sleet Mountain conspiracy to ensure their loyalty, or else he is ruthlessly hunting down targets - or he is tempting new members into the conspiracy. In the original cut, Kyle at least alludes to having a family to look out for. George, however, is never depicted as having a family. He is singlemindedly devoted to the sole purpose of defending Sleet Mountain's evil agenda.

He likes to use exaggerated gestures to get his points across, and colorful language if the situation permits. He loves being the man who actually gets to pull the trigger, and is not above taunting his victims.

Development
The part of George was determined to be critical to the show - long before anyone was even cast in that role. He is first alluded to in his role at the very end of Part 2, when Aaron finds his business card. In the Remastered Recut of Blood Over Water, George was portrayed as a field avatar of Clyde's evil will; with his every thought bent on violence, greed, and cruelty. Paradoxically with the above-given information, George is also one of the least-developed and least-complex characters in the series. Only Clyde and Ashley are flatter in their development and persona.

Trivia

 * In Part 4's original plans, one of George's lines to Aaron originally read: "Don't worry...you're on your way to a family reunion!" This line was cut, as director Chris Wilson felt the joke was cringeworthy.  Hence, the line was replaced with: "Don't worry!  You'll be seeing your brother sooner than you know!"
 * George, Mark, Chris, Monica, and Aaron are the only characters who are ever addressed by name in the miniseries.
 * Of that, George's name is only mentioned one time in the miniseries' final script. Ashley, Clyde, and Kyle are never once addressed by name, and are only named in the end credits.
 * Aaron is only addressed twice by name by others, and refers to himself by his name once.
 * Monica is mentioned by name a grand total of five times. Chris, by contrast, is addressed constantly by his name.
 * While the "Lawence" part of his name was never explained, his first name and mannerisms were made up in order to make him an amalgamation of George "GPS" Phillips-Stareemly from Mackley's Wardrobe and Corvin the Caller from Kozerlen.
 * George is considerably more in personality like Corvin than like GPS; but his voice pattern similarities to Corvin were toned down dramatically.
 * His mouth closeup gimmicks from the early drafts for Kozerlen were repurposed for the Blood Over Water miniseries.
 * His line deliveries were inspired by those of David Caruso, specifically with regards to his character Horatio Caine from the CBS TV series CSI: Miami.
 * George's fascination with wearing sunglasses all the time was also inspired by Horatio's antics involving sunglasses.
 * George's last name hasn't always been spelled "Lawence." In early pitches, it was at one point spelled "Lawince."