Jack Archer


 * "Jack" redirects here. For the stock trader, see Jack Ryan.

Jack Archer is an elite force agent of the Bureau. Jack is one of the two personnel assigned to be the player's partner in Season 3 of Criminal Case.

Profile
Hailing from Los Angeles, California, USA, Jack is a 27-year-old elite force agent whose profession was not disclosed prior to his tenure to the Bureau. He has light brown quiff hair and brown eyes. He wears his everyday blue button-up shirt with striped collars. He is also normally seen wearing his typical orange-tinted sunglasses and carries a brown jacket over his shoulder. He has a charming figure, but he can be sneaky and sometimes overconfident.

Meeting Jack
Jack made his debut in The Final Countdown.

Chief Marquez had a new job for the player, a place in the top police force of the world, simply known as the Bureau. The elite force agent informed the player he had a place for the player to continue play given that Pacific Bay's crime rates were beginning to drop. Amy also proved to be capable of handling her duties as a police officer now. Jack allowed the player to say their final goodbyes to the Pacific Bay Police Department before he allowed the player to continue their work in the Bureau.

Rough Relationship with Asal Hawaa
Jack first met Asal, who was disguised as a belly dancer, during the murder investigation of Adam Hassan in Morocco, immediately getting attracted to her provocative nature, although Asal's feelings were not mutual. They met again in Egypt during the murder investigation of a fruit vendor, where Asal revealed that she was really an agent for Mossad who had suspicions of the victim being an agent of SOMBRA. After the investigation was closed, she had Jack pass a trust test, which he succeeded in doing, and they participated in a mission to track down a kidnapped child in Dubai and in Iraq.

During their mission, Jack had asked Asal to kiss him, and she complied while placing a tranquilizer in his mouth, poisoning him. However, she visited Jack in his hospital room, which pleased him as he healed from the effects.

Jack revealed to the player that he and Asal were in a relationship during the murder investigation of Nick Kringle in Siberia. Unfortunately for Jack, Asal was incriminated as Nick's assassin. Even though Asal was following Mossad orders and was granted immunity for the crime, Jack told her that he needed some space to figure out where the relationship was going.

After the Bureau took the train to Mongolia, Jack revealed to Carmen and the player that he had forgiven Asal and resumed his relationship with her.

After solving a murder in Indonesia, Jack ran away from the Bureau's boat. When Lars and the player found him, he said that Asal had never called him since in Mongolia. He revealed that Asal called him wth an Indonesian number. When they found Asal, she said that she was investigating SOMBRA in Indonesia.

The couple then broke up their love ìn an uncharted island in the Indian Ocean.

Gameplay
The player may choose Jack to join the investigation of each crime scene (in any World Edition case he teams up with the player) and provide hint bonuses. He is available as a 1-hint, level-10 partner.

Trivia

 * Jack is one of the five characters who physically appeared in two different seasons, the others being The Announcer, Eduardo Ramirez, Alden Greene, and Ezra Hope.
 * Jack is one of the characters who animate (or move) during at least one cutscene in the game.
 * Jack is one of the characters who appeared as a quasi-suspect twice.
 * Jack draws his back to hug Lars after he sees the latter cured from the virus in Plagued by Death, making him one of the few characters to do such at one point in a cutscene.

Case Appearances
As one of the main characters and one of the two partners assigned for the player's career in the Bureau, Jack either appears or is mentioned in almost every case of the World Edition-to-date.