Actor History
Justin Deas
(Originated role; February 5th, 1993 to Present)
George Svoronos
(flashbacks of a Young Buzz; 1992 - 1993)
Birthday: January 24th
Owner of CO2 restuarant
Owner of Company restaurant
Was briefly Jenna's partner in her hand-lotion business
Former Maitre d' at Towers Club
Former owner of Fifth Street Diner (burned down)
Vietnam War Veteran
Rex Mancini (his disguised identity when he first came to town in 1993)
Above Company
Widower (Jenna Bradshaw Cooper)
Nadine Cooper (Divorced; deceased)
Sylvie Cooper (Divorced)
Reva Shayne (Divorced)
Jenna Bradshaw (Deceased)
Dante "Pops" Cooper (Father; Deceased)
Stavros Kouperakis (Uncle)
Susan "Daisy" Lemay (Granddaughter)
Marina Nadine Cooper (Granddaughter)
Alan Cooper "Zach" Spaulding (Grandson)
Jude Cooper Bauer (grandson)
Gus Aitoro (son-in-law)
Frank Achilles Cooper Jr.(with Nadine)
Harley Davidson Cooper (with Nadine)
Lucy Cooper Spaulding (with Sylvie)
Henry "Coop" Bradshaw (with Jenna)
Ian Stavros "Rocky" Cooper (w/Jenna, adopted)
Randi Hamby (lovers)
Selena Davis (Engaged)
Holly Lindsey-Reade (dated)
Alexandra Spaulding (dated)
Olivia Spencer (one night stand)
Killed a deranged Vietnam vet in self-defense [sometime in 1970's]
Bigamy; while married to Sylvie and Nadine [1970's]
Went AWOL from the Marines [1970's]
Covered up an accident involving Maryanne Caruthers [October 17th, 1977 to March 2004]
"Deadbeat Dad" [1970s to 1993]
Blackmailed Nadine [early 1993]
Spied on Lewis Oil to get some dirt on HB Lewis [April 1993]
Knocked out AC Mallet to hide his true identity from his children [April 29, 1993]
Stole Jenna's car and gave it only back after she paid him $ 25.000 that he wanted to use to pay for Marina's ear operation [August 4th and 6th, 1993]
Committed fraud by marrying Nadine simply to collect money on "Soulmates" [July 11, 1994]
Impersonated an FBI agent to help Nick Spaulding to escape from prison in the Bahamas [October 26, 1994] Falsely accused of stealing $ 80.000 of the 5th Street charity gala [April 1995]
Stalked and provoked Brent Lawrence to get him to confess raping Lucy [May 1995]
Along with Frank, kidnapped Brent in his own car and forced him to leave for Seattle [June, 8, 1995]
Assaulted Alan Spaulding. [July 1995]
Searched for clues about Cassie Lawrence's whereabouts in a motel, while Frank distracted a chambermaid [July 24, 1995]
Assaulted Brent Lawrence [February 2, 1996]
Late at night, along with Jenna Bradshaw and Reva Shayne, broke into Chicago's courthouse, Department of Records. [January 29, 1997]
Fraud and kidnapping; at the cattleman's ball in Dallas, TX, impersonated a maintenance worker to break into Jeffrey Morgan's hotel suite and kidnap Henry "Coop" Bradshaw [February 18, 1997]
Entrapment; At the Dallas, TX cattleman's ball lied to a security guard that Jeffrey Morgan had a bomb that he was going to explode [February 18, 1997]
Paid a prostitute to distract Jeffrey Morgan [April 25, 1997]
Fraud; impersonated Jeffrey Morgan,while Eleni impersonated Jenna Bradshaw, in a bank in Switzerland to destroy evidence against Jenna [July 24, 1997]
Along with Selena Davis, forged a birth certificate for Drew Jacobs [April 1999]
Changed Ben Warren's DNA test results so he wouldn't think he was Drew Jacobs's father [September 27, 1999]
Stalked Michelle Bauer Santos to learn who she was meeting with [January 2004]
Obstruction of a police investigation by lying about the night of Carrie Caruther's murder [February 24, 2004 to March 2004]
Plied a former prison guard with liquor in order for Gus Aitoro to steal his uniform and sneak into prison. [May 6, 2005]
Obstruction of justice by puurposely misidentifying a corpse as his daughter, escaped convict Harley Cooper. [May 27, 2005]
Assaulted Alan Spaulding [July 5, 2005]
Buzz Cooper from July 4, 1993, trying to explain to his son, Frank, that despite what happened between him and Nadine all those years, Frank had never gotten in his way and therefore wasn't one of the reasons why he abandoned his family:
"No, not you. No, being your dad was another story, altogether. Time with you was golden time. I could have done it 24 hours a day. But, your mom we did things. I couldn't come up with the goods. I mean I'd look at her (makes an odd unintelligible sound meaning something between ecstasy and like a bomb exploding causing destruction) ... WOO-HOO, instant guilt. (Laughs a little.) But, ah ... you have a beautiful marriage. But, how can you understand these things?"
Buzz to his former son-in-law, Phillip Spaulding, who, over the course of the past few months, has been a thorn in the side of several Springfiled citizens, mostly the Coopers. Spoken on October 20, 2004. A little less than a month later, Phillip would wind up dead:
"Read your history. When tyrants fall, they fall hard. And they never come back again."
Buzz to himself on February 16, 2006, the day after he slept with Olivia Spencer:
"Your son finally finds the woman of his dreams and what do you do?"
Frank �Buzz� Cooper, grew up on Springfield's 5th Street. Though his father, who opened the Wheels and Meals Diner after immigrating to America from Greece, had high hopes for his son, Buzz�s life was changed forever in the 1960�s when he got the 17-year-old Nadine Corley pregnant and was forced to marry her. After graduating from high school, Buzz left Springfield to serve his first tour in Vietnam. In the 70s, he volunteered for a second tour of duty and never came home. Nadine, realizing that he had deserted them, told their children, Frank and Harley, that their father had died honorably. In reality, Buzz was awarded the Silver Star for heroics for killing a deranged soldier turned sniper. Feeling guilty and believing that the award was just a ploy to cover everything up, Buzz went to the Philippines in search of the GI's pregnant wife Sylvie, and told her what happened. She miscarried her baby. Feeling guilty, Buzz stayed with Sylvie and decided to stay with her and start a new life. Though still married to Nadine, Buzz married Sylvie and they had a daughter, Lucy. But Sylvie left them when Lucy was five and Buzz took different jobs everywhere to survive and to raise Lucy alone. Buzz returned to Springfield in February 1993, when he learned that Harley, the daughter he never met, was searching for him, and went to see Nadine. Since he had some minor facial surgery after being beat up by loan sharks he wasn't immediately recognizable. However, Nadine did realize who he was, but was forced to keep quiet when he blackmailed her since at the time she was faking her pregnancy by her husband Billy Lewis. So Nadine passed him off as her long-lost cousin "Rex Mancini." At the time this was going on, Harley's boyfriend, Detective AC Mallet was growing suspicious and began to look into Buzz's past. Realizing he was about to be found out, Buzz decided to cut his losses and leave town. But before he could make a clean break, Mallet discovered the whole truth and forced Buzz to confront his family. Reality hit Buzz like a ton of bricks when Harley and Frank refused to have anything to do with their long-lost father, since they were happy with their image of the war hero, not the truth that their father had abandoned them. Realizing what an impact his absence had had on his children, Buzz set out to make amends. The best way to do that, he figured, was to pay for Harley and Mallet's impending wedding with money he had stashed away in Santa Fe, money that he had set aside for Lucy. Lucy knew her father, but was unaware that she had any siblings and Buzz wanted to keep it that way. However, when his headstrong daughter discovered that the money was missing, she headed to Springfield to reclaim it. Buzz eventually mended his relationship with all three of his kids and Lucy remained in Springfield with her new family, while Buzz began to run the Diner.
Throughout all of this, Buzz had developed a close relationship with jewel thief Jenna Bradshaw, whom he met the first day he returned to town and who'd helped him avoid his children. But Jenna was involved with the town villain, Roger Thorpe. While Buzz tried to convince Jenna that he was the man for her (from throwing picnics at Laurel Falls to fireworks on the Spaulding Lawn), Jenna began to be disenchanted with Roger (and his obsession with his ex-wife Holly) and was drawn to Buzz. But in the end after Roger apologized and proposed, she decided that Roger needed her more and she was committed to a relationship with him. And part of her just couldn't trust a man that had left his kids and family (especially since she had been abandoned by her father), so Roger and Jenna married. Buzz and Nadine then started to get closer even though Buzz still wanted Jenna. When Jenna found out she was pregnant she was happy until that same night she discovered that Roger had a hand in Eleni's kidnapping, and that he had lied to her about how her father Clyde Wynant died and her rightful claim on Spaulding. She kept her pregnancy secret from Roger, but Nadine found out after looking through Jenna's bag. In an effort to keep Jenna away from Buzz she told Roger he was going to be a father. At the same time, Jenna helped Buzz with information on Eleni's whereabouts and told Roger that she wanted a divorce. Roger then informed Buzz that Jenna wasn't ever going to leave him because she was having his baby. Not long after, Buzz found a document proving that Jenna's father was paid $5,000 for his invention and thus, Jenna wasn't the rightful owner of Spaulding. By now, Buzz thought about giving Nadine what she wanted and proposing. He was going to do so on Thanksgiving when he saw Jenna looking through the window and then changed his mind. Later, he went after Jenna who told Buzz it was over with Roger. She then insisted to Roger that it was over, that she realized he had just been using her and lying to her from the beginning to get his hands on Spaulding and that she would never let him near her child. Roger then threatened her and said he'd have Spaulding, her and the baby, and that he would win as always. Later that night Roger was shot and presumed dead. Buzz and Jenna weren't aware of this though and Buzz brought the document to court that proved Jenna didn't have a rightful claim to Spaulding. He thought it would release Roger's hold on her. However, Jenna was furious because now she had nothing to fight Roger with to keep her baby. She became ill from the stress and almost miscarried. Buzz found out, came to the hospital, told Jenna that Roger was presumed dead and took her home to The Firehouse to take care of her. Buzz and Jenna grew closer again. On New Year's Day, 1994 after Buzz had to stay at the diner so the others could celebrate, Jenna was alone at The Firehouse when an un-dead Roger showed up. Jenna pulled a gun on him and ordered him to leave. When Roger said that he didn't believe that Jenna would shoot him, she lied and told him she already had and pulled the trigger (the gun wasn't loaded and she knew that) just to scare him and convince him of her hatred for him. Roger then proceeded to say he realized he couldn't have her anymore but he wanted their unborn child. When Roger started insulting Jenna by stating that she had nothing any more, that she came from nothing, that he had tried to give her a better past but she refused it, that she was garbage that came from garbage, that she had no skills but thievery and that no court would let her keep her baby, Jenna started to miscarry. At this point, Buzz came home and threw Roger against a wall as Jenna fell to the floor screaming. Roger left as Buzz called the police and an ambulance. Tragically, Jenna miscarried and her marriage to Roger was annulled.
Now Jenna admitted her love for Buzz and Buzz helped her convince Alex Spaulding to invest in Jenna�s new antique business, unaware that she was planning to steal antiques from Alex. When Alex found out, Buzz convinced her to not press charges by giving back the money and the stolen antiques. Then Jenna decided to market Eleni's hand lotion, without telling Eleni, figuring out the ingredients herself. She was going to use to $10,000 from her divorce but Buzz in a series of miscommunications gave it to Lucy to make up for stealing her money. Jenna then went to Alex�s nephew Alan-Michael for backing. Buzz, jealous and feeling like he was being cut out, entered into a scheme with ex-con Pauly Hardman to recover the $125,000 that Pauly stole years before and left in a locker while he was in prison. When Jenna found out, she was upset but they decided to keep the money while Jenna turned down Alan-Michael�s continued backing because she didn't want to hurt Buzz. However, Nadine found the money and decided it was best to flush it down the toilet. Jenna was furious when Buzz defended Nadine for what she'd done since she was tired of him always sticking up for Nadine and they fought and grew to an impasse. Thinking their relationship was over, Buzz then shocked Jenna by proposing. Buzz and Jenna then agreed to meet at the top of the Towers to get married; if neither showed then the other would know the other didn't want to. That same night with the police closing in search of the missing money, Buzz was dressed to met Jenna when Det. Patrick Cutter arrived to question him about the money just as the plumber came out of the bathroom saying he just found some money. Caught, Buzz ran off and Jenna waited and left thinking Buzz had decided not to show. Buzz arrived late though and thought Jenna had decided not to show. Buzz, distraught and fleeing the police, wandered in the rain and became ill. Nadine hid him but Jenna found out and nursed a delirious Buzz while trying to figure out a way to get the money back to get Buzz off the hook with the authorities. Later, when Buzz came to his senses, Nadine lied about Jenna being there. Jenna then decided to sell her company to Alan-Michael for the money. Buzz saw the news on television and thought she was selling him down the river. Nadine and family then paid the money via mortgage on the diner and Eleni's catering business and Buzz was remanded into Nadine's protective custody but had to do community service while Pauly again went to prison. Buzz and Jenna finally realized that the other had shown up at the top of the Towers and Buzz again asked Jenna to marry him but she wanted to do so only if they could get out of town. He agreed but then realized he was bonded to Nadine for the near-and-maybe long-term future. Jenna couldn't take it anymore and told him she couldn't marry him that it would never work. Meanwhile Nadine convinced Buzz they could get back the money by being on the game show Soul Mates. Jenna then found out she was pregnant and was about to tell Buzz when she saw him and Nadine on television posing as a couple. She called the studio to see if all the couples had to be married to participate, they told her yes and she was devastated. But that phone call got the producers to ask Buzz and Nadine to prove they were married. Buzz and Nadine decided to marry after they got to Las Vegas for the final round. Meanwhile Jenna was still considering telling Buzz about the baby but, time and time again, something prevented her. One time after Eleni and Frank�s renewal of vows, David Grant taped Buzz talking about love, how what he loved Nadine but it was like his love for Marina, familial, but that Jenna was in his blood and he loved her so much he'd do anything for her. Nadine made sure Jenna got the tape but edited it so that his latter remarks about Jenna were erased. When Jenna later found out they weren't married and followed them on the train, she got locked in the baggage department. By the time she got out, it was just in time to see Buzz and Nadine proclaimed man and wife at a tacky chapel. She left unseen and went home. Buzz and Nadine won the money and Buzz was a free man while he decided to try and make his marriage to Nadine work since he felt he owed it to her. Nadine later found out Jenna was pregnant but didn't tell Buzz. Jenna once again tried to tell Buzz, on the advice of Vanessa Reardon, but Buzz told her he was with Nadine now and didn't want to talk to her. Jenna, tired of being pregnant and unable to enjoy it, decided to leave town. She told Vanessa she needed some stability, some normalcy, that she needed someone to depend on where she and her child came first, and that wasn't Buzz. Buzz, unable to stop thinking about Jenna, but trying to make it work with Nadine also decided to leave town. Nadine started to feel guilty, and while on the trip told Buzz about how she had altered the tape, how she had interfered and lied about and to Jenna, and that Jenna was having his baby. Unfortunately Buzz was out the door after the first part and never heard Nadine tell him about the baby. He hitchhiked his way to Springfield and finally saw Jenna at the airport but the fence divided them, and he still didn't realize she was eight months pregnant! He told her he still loved her, he pleaded with her to stay but Jenna felt it was too late and left. Jenna later called Vanessa and Henry Chamberlain and told them she had a boy on Christmas. Nadine never told Buzz about the baby but finally divorced him in 1995 at her own request while Buzz saved the Diner at the second 5th Street fire from burning down.
Buzz tried to get on with life after Jenna was gone. When psycho Brent Lawrence raped Lucy, Buzz supported her and, together with Frank, drove Brent out of town but, unfortunately, Brent would later return as a woman named Marion Crane and kill Nadine, who recognized him while being in his apartment. One day, while driving through a town called Goshen, Buzz's car broke down. He met an Amish woman named Rebecca Blume and became intrigued although he didn't know that she was in fact and amnesiac Reva Shayne, who was presumed dead for over five years. When Nadine's dead body was found in the lake in early 1996, Buzz was devastated while, around the same time, Reva suddenly remembered her past. Realizing that her children had bonded with their new stepmother, Annie Dutton, Reva arranged to marry Buzz to prove to her husband, soon to be ex-husband, Josh Lewis that she no longer loved him. Although the marriage was platonic at first, in time She and Buzz then became romantic and decided to make an honest go of their marriage. Together, Reva and Buzz temporarily renamed the Diner "Buzz's and Reva's Place" and rallied the community to fight Alan Spaulding's attempts to oust 5th Street property owners in favor of a multimillion-dollar development project. Meanwhile, around Thankgiving, Buzz learned that Reva's mother, Sarah, now living in Italy, was in the hospital. Upon learning that her mother was dying, Reva secured Josh's help in using the Lewis jet and she, Josh, and Buzz flew to Italy to see Sarah. There on her deathbed, Sarah confessed to Reva her darkest secret--years earlier, she'd had an affair, got pregnant and gave the child up for adoption. Meanwhile, weeks later, Buzz received a letter from Jenna saying that she was planning to come to Springfield and wanted him to call her if it was alright. Buzz dialed the phone and told her that it was okay with him, but before he could tell her he was married, the connection became bad. Weeks later, Buzz, suspecting that Reva was hiding sometihng confronted Reva about meeting with Josh at Laurel Falls. Told she could tell him anything, Reva told Buzz about her mother's secret and assured him that she and Josh only met to discuss their children. In early 1997, Jenna, as promised, returned to Springfield. Shocked at being introduced to Buzz's wife, Jenna, who seemed to be about to tell him somthing important, kept the conversation safe, as if she was there to simply talk about old times. At the same time, Buzz was helping Reva locate her mother's long lost child. Days after they discovered that Sarah had given birth to a little girl, Reva shocked Buzz when she announced that their marriage was a lie. Although she admitted that she cared deeply for him, Reva finally confessed that her heart belonged to Josh Lewis. Needing to get away, Buzz decided to leave town; at the same time Jenna had decided to leave as well. The two spotted each other, and chatted, with Buzz meeting a toddler named Henry, that Jenna claimed she was the nanny of. Seeing how depressed Buzz was about losing Reva, Jenna made the decision to stay in town. Soon after, Buzz was shocked to meet Jenna's husband, a man named Jeffrey Morgan, who she claimed was Henry's father. Altough Jenna maintained that she was happily married, it was clear to Buzz that Jenna did not love Jeffrey. Meanwhile, though still smarting from Reva's rejection, Buzz attempted to recapture their friendship by offering to help her locate her long long sister. Although Reva didn't think it was fair for her to let him help her, she accepted his help when he informed her that he could get around the sealed adoption records, in a way her lawyer, Ross Marler, couldn't. But Buzz needed help breaking into the records and called upon an expert in breaking and entering--Jenna. With Jenna's help, Buzz and Reva broke into the Hall of Records and learned the name of the people who adopted Reva's sister--the Dwights. Unfortunately Mrs. Dwight was less than cooperative, and Reva freed Buzz from his obligation to help her. Buzz then realized he still loved Jenna. When he tried to convince her to leave Jeffrey, Jenna finally admitted to him that Henry was her son, but not Jeffrey's! But Jenna knew that Jeffrey wouldn't let her go so easily. Trying to help Jenna get away with her son, Buzz sneaked into Jeffrey's apartment (disguised as a maintenance worker) in Dallas and was able to grab the child. Then to stop Jeffrey from following, Buzz alerted the airport that Jeffrey had a bomb. Back in Springfield, Buzz let Jenna and Henry stay at his place, after asking Jenna questions about why she'd lied about being the child's mother. Jenna maintained that it was just embarrassment over getting pregnant so soon after she'd left and wouldn't tell Buzz just who the father was. Just then, Frank came in and arrested Jenna for a a burgulary at the Grant house that had happeneed several weeks earlier. Although Jeffrey tried to blackmail Jenna into returning to help--in exchange for him helping her out of jail, Buzz was able to convince Vivian Grant to drop the charges against her and Jenna was released into Buzz's custody and sentenced to do community service. Not long after, Buzz would receive a shock when during an argument with Alan Spaulding, Alan revealed that Jenna had been carrying Buzz's child when she left Springfield! When confronted, Jenna finally admitted that Henry "Coop" was Buzz's son. NOt long after, Jeffrey returned to Springfield and played hero by finding a missing Coop. However, Buzz had a strong hunch that it was all a set up--that Jeffrey kidnapped Coop in order to "find" him. Buzz got the proof, but then Jeffrey blackmailed Jenna into stayiing with him since he had evidence that she had stolen jewels all across Europe! The evidence, along with a lot of money, was in a safe in Switzerland. In order to nab Jeffrey, a returning Harley acted as con Starla Russo to nail Jeffrey while at the same time, Jeffrey was trying to con Phillip Spaulding out of $ 25 million to escape with Jenna. Eventually, Phillip and Harley were able to work together and nail Jeffrey for extortion during a business trip to New York, while Buzz and Eleni posed as Jeffrey and Jenna Morgan in Switzerland and found and discarded any evidence Jeffrey had to frame Jenna.
Buzz was reunited with Jenna, only to find himself stalked by a secret admirer, who was sending him mysterious love letters and mysterious gifts. Although everyone, except an irritated Buzz, tried to dismiss it, the situation became serious when Buzz's home was broken into and a picture of him and Coop was stolen. Suddenly Buzz's secret admirer was stalking him. things seemed to get more dangerous when the stalker broke into Buzz's home while Jenna was there to leave behind a picture frame. Jenna realized there was someone in the house and screamed for Buzz. Buzz and Frank arrived to confront the stalker who escaped down the fire escape. Although Buzz's friend, Nola Reardon, tried to ease his fears that perhaps the stalker was just a harmless person with no maliscious intentions, Buzz was convinced that this person was psychotic. Admist all this turmoil, which was taking its toil on Jenna, Buzz asked Jenna to marry him. Soon after, Buzz figured out who his admirer/stalker was--Nola! Shocked, he went to the Bauer cabin and angrily confronted her. Found out, a tearful Nola confessed that she meant no harm, that it started out innocent and then snowballed. Sympathizing with how lonely she must have been to do this, Buzz quickly forgave her. Unfortunately, while carrying in some firewood, Buzz fell down some stairs and hit his head. After falling, he suffered amnesia and was cared for by Nola, who deeply regretted what she'd done. Trying to make things right, Nola tried to tell Buzz about who he was. However, for Buzz, his world started with Nola and he believed that she was his love. Though tempted, Nola did the write thing and tried to tell Buzz about the people in his life, including his true love, Jenna. Later, Nola tried to convince Buzz to return to Springfield, but hit a snag when she confessed about her role in his memory loss. Frustrated over having not remembered anything, Buzz lashed out at Nola. When she tried to console him about his son and fiancee in Springfield, he simply became more agitated because he had no memory of them. Suddenly there was a knock at the door; who should be there but Harley! When Buzz failed to recognize his daughter, Harley figured out what happened and had him finally brought home. However, being surrounded by people he didn't remember who spent their time trying to jog his memory greatly unsettled Buzz and he sought out the one person he knew--Nola. But Nola knew that he belonged with his family and tricked him into returning to Jenna's. That same day, Buzz saw Jenna's pre-natal vitamins and figured out that she was pregnatn. With that revelation, Buzz realized he had a future and finally started to bond with his family. That is until he discovered that the baby Jenna was carrying wan't his--it was her ex husband Jeffrey's! Disgusted, Buzz made plans to leave town. However, his plans were derailed by the fact that he only had $ 45. But there at the bus station Buzz found an abandoned baby. Touched and not knowing what to do, he brought the aby to a church. After talking to a priest, with home he left the child, Buzz returned to his family, including Jenna whose child he agreed to raise as his own. Soon after, in 1998, Buzz's memory had returned while Jenna had gone to England. When she returned, Buzz asked her to marry him as soon as possible, but she needed to think about it. That spring, Buzz started to have suspicions about Reva, who was behaving rather oddly. Days after Reva's sister, Cassie, attributed the behavior to a nervous breakdown, Reva went to Buzz and told him an amazing story. She told him she was Reva�s clone and that the real Reva was dead. Remembering what Cassie said about Reva�s nervous breakdown, Buzz chose to let her talk as she recounted everything about Josh�s involvement in creating her. The Reva clone wanted Buzz to help her get out of town but Buzz called Josh come pick her up instead. Later, though, Buzz realized that "Reva" no longer had her scar, and started to suspect that perhaps she was telling the truth after all. After doing some research, Buzz discovered an article on cloning by Dr. Michael Burke, who was now in Springfield! In the end, months later, Reva, herself, returned to town and the clone ended up dying. Meanwhile in June, while at one of Vanessa Reardon's "Second Chances" meeting, Jenna went into labor. and Buzz put together a rushed wedding ceremony so that the two could be married before the baby was born. They were married on June 15, 1998 just before Jenna gave birth to Ian Stavros "Rocky" Cooper. Things were going well since everyone believed that Ian was Buzz's son. However, Holly Reade found out the truth and confronted Jenna, while Jeffrey, who'd escaped from prison and was standing right outside the door overheard everything. Jeffrey then demanded to see his son immediately. Fearing for her son, Jenna offered to drive Jeffrey to him and then purposely crashed the car. The wreck killed Jeffrey instantly. An injured Jenna asked Buzz to take care of the children just before dying in her husband's arms.
Still healing from the devastation of losing his wife, Buzz then began to put his life back together. Part of his plan to get on with his life was to help his friend, Selena Davis, locate the daughter who was taken away from her. Over the course of months, Selena told Buzz her story of being a prostitute, getting pregnant, and having her child taken away from her. Finally near the end of the year, not long after Jenna's death, Selena shared her suspicion that Springfielder Drew Jacobs was her daughter. Wanting to help his friend, Buzz promised to confirm that Drew was Selena�s child by seeing if Drew had the birthmark Selena told him about. The birthmark was there... Drew was definitely Selena�s kid. As 1999 progressed, Buzz tried to convince Selena to tell Drew the truth, but Selena was determined to keep quiet. Meanwhile in order to keep up Selena's deception, which he strongly disagreed with, Buzz agreed to supply her with a fake birth certificate, so Drew would think someone else was her biological mother. In the end though, Drew would discover the truth and she and Selena would form a close bond. In the course of helping Selena, Buzz began to get over his grief over Jenna and the pair grew closer. However, when he and Selena kissed, they both suddenly backed away since Buzz still wasn't over Jenna. In the course of going over Jenna's things, Buzz discovered a lottery ticket. Meanwhile, the Fifth Street Diner was lost in a fire, accidentally started by Buzz's granddaughter, Susan Lemay and her friend Max Nickerson. When Buzz learned that Jenna had won the British Lottery, he bought Springfield's popular restaurant, Company, remodeled it, and temporarily changed the name to "Petulia's" in honor of Jenna...it was his nickname for her. In the meantime, his feelings for Selena were growing stronger, which scared him since he felt he was betraying Jenna. Things finally came to a head between Buzz and Selena when Buzz fired Selena (who was working at the restaurant) when she asked for a night off to go on a date with Billy Lewis. Although Buzz later regretted his actions and asked Selena to come back to work, she agreed - if he agreed not to fire her out of jealousy again. His feelings finally exposed, Buzz later asked Selena on a date. As he was trying to deal with Selena's dark past in Chicago, he and Selena suddenly learned the name of the client who may have been Drew's father, town villain Ben Warren! Unsure, and not wanting it to be true, the pair kept quiet. Soon after, Selena found herself paralyzed from the waist down after a serious fall. Meanwhile, Ben figured out for himself that he could be Drew's father and arranged for a DNA test. Buzz, not wanting Ben in their lives, doctored the tests to reveal that he wasn't the father. However, Ben wouldn�t settle for that and "lied" to Drew that he was her father. Not able to contradict Ben, since he knew for a fact that Ben was Drew's father, Buzz was forced to keep silent. After some prodding from Harley (who Buzz confessed the truth to) Buzz's conscience got the best of him and he finally confessed to Ben that he tampered with the paternity test results - Ben really was Drew's father. Buzz asked Ben to keep mum about the incident, and Ben agreed. Unfortunately, Ben reneged on the deal and immediately told Selena what Buzz had done. Disgusted, Selena broke things off with Buzz, but agreed to move in with him on a platonic basis for her rehabilitation. In the process of helping her regain the use of her legs, Selena realized that she was deeply in love with Buzz and soon forgave him for what he did. Finally, on New Years Eve, Selena had regained the use of her legs enough to share a dance with Buzz. Finally, in early 2000, Buzz and Selena consummated their relationship. While pursuing his relationship with Selena, Buzz was on hand to support his family and friends, especially Harley who was reeling from the revelation that her husband Phillip had had an affair with his ex-wife, Beth. Meanwhile, Buzz decided that perhaps his sons would be better off with Jenna's family in England and flew there with the boys. When Buzz returned from England early to surprise Selena, he was disappointed when she wasn�t there. Later, Selena returned and admitted to Buzz that she was a little hurt that he didn't ask her to go to England with him. Though Buzz tried to make it up to her by proposing, he couldn�t find the ring! Luckily, Selena finally found it at Company and gladly accepted Buzz's marriage proposal, as all of the customers cheered. At the same time that Harley agreed to take Phillip back (a move that greatly disappointed Buzz), Selena was working with novelist Blake Marler on a book involving her past, specifically her affair with married mobster, Miguel Santos. Over time, Buzz noticed that Selena was upset, but she refused to admit that working on the book with Blake was bothering her. However, it was clear that something was wrong when Selena started having nightmares. Although Buzz continued to object to Selena working with Blake on her book, his objections only made Selena angry. Meanwhile, Buzz refused to attend the christening of James Spaulding (Phillip's child with Beth) on principle. When Selena suggested that Buzz's guilt about his own past was preventing him from attending the christening, he threw her own less than perfect past right in her face. Not long after, after an interview with Blake, Buzz tried to calm a frantic Selena, but Selena rushed out. Later, she surprised Buzz by suggesting that they elope. Very soon after, Selena was injured after an attack. Upon regaining consciousness, Selena stated that she was mugged. Though Selena gave a vague account of what happened and attempted to dismiss the robbery as a random act, Buzz vowed to protect her while Harley looked into Selena's story. Though Buzz thought Danny Santos might have some answers, Selena surprised Buzz by asking him not to investigate the robbery. Later, when Buzz and DA Ross Marler compared notes on the robbery, they both realized that Selena was hiding something. Not long after, Buzz heard Selena murmur the name �Miguel� in her sleep and rushed out. Later, Buzz attempted to trick Ross into telling him the truth about Selena's past. When Ross refused, Buzz, Frank, Harley and David Grant pressed Selena to tell them the truth about her past. Though Selena refused, Buzz was certain that he could get the truth out of her. However, his efforts only caused Selena to lash out at him. Finally, when it seemed as though Selena was being stalked, she informed Buzz that she was leaving town because he didn�t deserve the trouble she�s brought to his life. At Buzz�s urging, she then revealed her darkest secret. Years earlier, she was the mistress of mobster Miguel Santos and bore his child. Now thanks to Blake's book, the truth was out, Selena feared for her life and pleaded with him to let her leave town. So, he agreed to help her leave town. Soon Maria Santos's men arrived looking for Selena and Buzz was beaten up trying to protect her. Selena waits out side the window unable to save Buzz. Later, when Buzz began to recover from the beating, he refused to tell Harley and Frank what happened or where Selena is. When Ross and Blake arrived, Buzz asked Blake not to tell Frank and Harley anything about Selena to protect her. Later, Selena returned and shared a heartfelt goodbye with Buzz. Although Harley tried to get Buzz to reveal the truth about Selena, he wouldn't give in. Not long after, Buzz confronted Maria (Miguel's mother and the woman who put the hit on Selena) and assured her that he had no clue as to where Selena was and agreed to keep quiet about everything in return for Maria�s guarantee that she wouldn't harm him or his family. Finally, he told Ross about his meeting with Maria and assured him that Blake was safe as well.
Although he remained angry with Blake for a while, he seemed to soften toward Holly, the woman who kidnapped his sons years earlier and inadvertently caused Jenna's death. When Holly criticized Buzz about his decision to buy a motorcycle, Buzz accused her of being afraid of life. Billy witnessed the argument and agreed with Buzz. That Thanksgiving, still reeling from Selena's departure, Buzz alienated his friends and family on with scathing comments on their respective miseries, including toasting the anniversary of Phillip's adultery. At he end of year, Holly lashed out against Buzz for the things he'd said to her earlier. When Buzz told her to get a life, but she accused him of being the one who's really running from life. As 2001 progressed, the pair's sparring turned into a friendship. Then Billy returned and Holly found herself caught in the middle when both Billy and Buzz vied for her affections. However, later, when Blake offered Buzz an advance copy of her book as a peace offering. Buzz, still furious about the way Blake handled the subject matter involving Selena, refused to read it and lashed out at both Blake and Holly. But, despite himself, Buzz found himself engrossed by Blake�s book and admitted to her how much he enjoyed it, and surprised Blake by agreeing to host a book signing event at Company. Although part of his motivation was that he truly thought the book was well written, he admitted to Blake that he was also trying to get into Holly's good graces as well. However, the day of the book signing, Buzz was shocked to see Holly walk into the party with Billy. Though he tried to apologize to Holly for his previous behavior, she ignored him. However, her resolve crumbled, especially when FBI agent Gus Aitoro started harassing Blake, Buzz, and anyone involved as to the source of Blake's book. Meanwhile that summer, Billy and Buzz continued to compete for Holly�s affection and at the Bauer Barbecue, challenged each other to a hot pepper eating contest. Gus arrived uninvited, and before being ordered to leave, downed some chili, not realizing that he took the cup that Billy had spiked for Buzz. Months later, despite her objections, Buzz accompanied Holly in Chicago, where they both bonded over seeing master villain Edmund Winslow reduced to being a lounge singer. Later, after enjoying a night on the town in Springfield, Buzz spotted Holly talking with Billy and immediately thought they were on a date. (They weren't; in fact Billy was agreeing to back off) Furious that Holly was apparently flaunting her relationship with Billy, after the memorable night that she and Buzz had, Buzz and Holly ended up arguing, which cultimated in a kiss. Not long later, Buzz proved he was no longer angry with Blake when he acted as her agent in order to get her a good deal on her book being made into a movie. Meanwhile, toward the end of the year, Billy, still attracted to Holly, overheard Holly and Buzz discussing the details of their trip to Moon Lake, Billy convinced Buzz to go with her to Las Vegas instead. Then Billy lied to Holly about Buzz�s old gambling problems to separate the couple. But Holly and Buzz realized Billy's plans and stayed together anyway while Buzz exacted his revenge on Billy by ordering a basket of manure to be delivered to him. Finally noticing Holly's discomfort, Billy let her off the hook and told her that if Buzz made her happy, she should see him. So, in 2002, Buzz and Holly became a de facto couple. As a gesture of goodwill, Holly tried to persuade Buzz to go to England to visit his children. Although he resisted at first, figuring they'd be better off without him, he finally relented and asked her to accompany him. In addition to his relationship with Holly, Buzz also supported his family, especially his runaway granddaughter, Marina, who had come to town, and Harley's growing feelings for Gus, who hardly anyone in town, Buzz included, could stand. However, the situation with Marina and Gus collided when Marina was found in a sleeping Gus's bed! Although Marina claimed that Gus seduced her, Harley wouldn't believe it and defended Gus. Unsure what to believe, since he and Harley discovered that Marina had help to get in Gus's room, Buzz tried to get the whole truth from Marina. Although he was unsuccessful, Marina soon confessed that she lied about the whole thing--she only wanted to protect Harley since everyone kept saying Gus was a bad man. Realizing that his critical attitude toward Gus attributed to what happened, Buzz resolved to be more open minded toward Gus. Meanwhile, that summer, Holly's ex-husband, Ed Bauer returned after four years in Africa. Soon Holly started befriending Ed, who was trying to settle back into his old life. When Holly refused Buzz's offer to go to London with him again, he saw the handwriting on the wall and asked Holly where they stood, but she was unable to answer. Later, on advice from Frank, Buzz decided to wine and dine Holly, but she was growing even closer to Ed. In the meantime, Harley's relationship with Gus was growing, despite resistance from Phillip, who was threatening to take their son away unless she ended it. But Harley refused, and Buzz soon became impressed by Gus's support of Harley. Meanwhile, by the end of the year, Buzz realized that his relationship with Holly was going nowhere past friendship, Buzz told Holly they would be better off as friends. Though Holly regretted it, she agreed.
In 2003, Buzz spent his time at Company providing support and advice to the Cooper family. He also bonded with Alexandra Spaulding, who had returned to town after a short absence. On October 17th, Buzz paid his annual visit to the grave of Maryanne Caruthers, a woman who died 26 years earlier. Not long after, Buzz was shocked when Marina suddenly asked him if he knew a woman named Maryanne Caruthers! Though he denied knowing who Maryanne was, it was obvious that he was lying since he seemed visibly shaken. Upon learning that Josh Lewis's daughter, Marah, asked him about Maryanne and Michelle Bauer asked her father, Ed, about him, Billy arranged between himself, Josh, Buzz, and Ed telling them to calm down since the only ones who know happened that night are them. All anyone else had was hearsay and speculation, so as long as they keep quiet, everything will be fine. Unfortunately, Buzz started to get nervous because Marina kept continually asking him about Maryanne despite him repeatedly asking her not to discuss it. Finally around Christmas, the secret of Maryanne was in danger of being found out when a newspaper headline announced her car had been found at the bottom of the river. It was at this point, in January 2004, that all the men involved, which included Alan, met secretly. After some discussions, tempers got flared and Ed was on the verge of confessing, but an angry Billy confronted him and tried to punch him, only to hit Buzz when he stepped between them! It was then that they discussed what happened that fateful night. Shortly after being AWOL from the Marines, Buzz snuck back into Springfield and snuck out without ever seeing his family. For on the fateful night of October 17th, 1977, Buzz would visit the Springfield Fair with his new acquaintances, Josh and Billy Lewis, Ed Bauer, and Alan Spaulding. At the Fair, drinking beer and carousing, Alan would point out the lovely, very conceited Maryanne Caruthers and form a plan. Wanting to see the cold Maryanne make a fool of herself, Alan showed the other young men a vial of powder that contained a drug that he wanted to use on Maryanne to loosen her up. Although the other men weren't fond of the idea, they knew that Alan would do what he wanted. Though Billy warned Alan to not drug his brother's drink, Alan decided to drug the entire pitcher of beer, thus affecting all of them. Not long after, the group, plus Maryanne, went joy riding, but an ill Maryanne asked to be driven home. It was then that Alan, who was driving the car, sped across Cutter's Bridge and suddenly unexpectedly went off the road! Though all 5 men made it out of the river (with Billy saving Josh's life and Buzz saving Ed), Maryanne didn't surface. Though Alan told the men any attempt to go into the water to look for Maryanne was pointless since the water was too rough, Billy and Buzz dove in anyway, but failed to find any trace of Maryanne, Knowing they helped cause Maryanne's death, Alan, wanting to preserve their lives, persuaded the others to move on with their lives and forget that they ever knew a woman named Maryanne Caruthers. Now, almost 30 years later, it appeared as if their secret was in danger of being discovered. Knowing they all had too much to lose, Alan convinced them to maintain their silence and they sealed their agreement by placing their hands on top of one another�s as if to say "all for one, and one for all." The same day, Buzz was nonplussed when Marina suddenly recounted the entire story of Maryanne and handed him a pink envelope. Coldly denying any knowledge of the story, Buzz refused to be honest with Marina and coldly warned her about whoever is spreading these stories. Later, reading the letter that Marina had delivered, the Buzz learned that Alan was right--an anonymous witness knew the truth about what had happened and told him he'd pay the price. Fearing his world was about to be undone, Buzz made plans to leave town for Greece and wrote his family a goodbye letter. However, when Marina called later, excitedly telling him that her boyfriend, Shayne, was able to walk again, he realized that he hadn't totally destroyed his relationship with Marina by lying, and tore up the letter and decided to stick around. In the midst of all of this, Buzz was continuing his friendship with Alexandra, and after treating her to an impromptu ride on his motorcycle, he came very close to confessing all of his problems to her. However, just as he was about to tell her all his troubles, Alan walked into Company, and realizing that Buzz was about the spill about Maryanne Caruthers, he warned Buzz to stay away from his sister. Finally the mystery of the anonymous witness was solved on Valentine's Day when a mysterious older woman approached all 5 men separately and made veiled references to an event that happened almost thirty years ago. Instinctively knowing that she was the mystery person, their suspicions were confirmed when the woman, who was Maryanne's Aunt Carrie, met with them and demanded that they meet her at the old Fairgrounds, where it would all end. Days later, the men met at the Fairgrounds and were confronted by a horrific scenario. Led into a hall of mirrors, Carrie announced her plan--one of the girls would be killed in place of Maryanne; the men would have to choose. Horrified by her insanity, the men realized that the girls, who seemed in a dazed state, were in the Hall of Mirrors, but had trouble locating because the mirrors kept them from seeing what was real and what wasn't. Although Ed was able to locate Marina and Michelle and lead them outside to safety, Marah remained missing for a while longer. Then came a startling chain of events. Carrie suddenly appeared brandishing a gun, poised to shoot. However, because of the mirrors no one could tell what was the real Carrie. Although Buzz got out his gun (that he brought at Alan's insistence, so that they could take care of the threat), he was caught unaware by Carrie who shot him in the arm! Then Carrie pointed her gun at Josh and was set to fire when a shot rang out, apparently killing Carrie! Shot in the back, Carrie fell through the trap door at the bottom of the Hall and her body was rushed away by the river below. Seeing a dazed Marah holding the smoking gun, Josh decided to take the blame and there and then, he and the others created an elaborate story about how he shot Carrie in self-defense. That night, Ed took Marah home, where Michelle and Marina were waiting, told all the girls to not tell anyone they were at the Fairgrounds--if anyone asked, they were together at the Museum. In the meantime, Josh went to the police and confessed to murdering Carrie, who he painted as a deranged woman angry about not getting a job, in self-defense. Josh also decided that for the story to make sense, Alan could not have been there since he and Alan were never friends. Unfortunately, things would end up getting very complicated very quickly. Although the men thought they concocted an airtight story, in reality, it was flawed. Not only were the police suspicious of the statements of Buzz, Billy, and Ed (since there stories were too similar; almost rehearsed), but Alan found himself caught in a lie when he claimed not to be at the Fairgrounds and then was reported to have been spotted there. Meanwhile, although Josh was more then willing to take full responsibility for Carrie's death, Marah suddenly remembered the events of that night and confessed to the police! While Marah took responsibility for Carrie's death, Alan stepped up and took responsibility for Maryanne's by accepting a deal with the D.A.-immunity for her death in exchange for Spaulding's files. Not long after, Reva helped close the door on the entire Maryanne Caruthers situation when, using her psychic visions, she learned that not only had Carrie faked her death, but had been the one who caused Maryanne's death that fateful night in 1977 when she strangled Maryanne, who had washed ashore at the other side of the riverbank. With the mystery over, the men were persuaded that in order to put this incident fully behind them they needed to assuage their guilt about Maryanne. And so they met one last time at Maryanne's grave and made a new pact. There new pact was to try to become the best men they could possibly be, the kind of men their kids can be proud of, the kind of men they should have been the night Maryanne died. As they did before, all men seal the pact by placing their hands atop one another's.
Months later, Buzz found himself with something to celebrate--Harley's engagement to Gus Aitoro. To his surprise, Alex offered to throw the wedding. Although he was suspicious of Alex's newfound affection for Gus, she was able to get him enthusiastic about a Spaulding style wedding for Gus and Harley. At the same time that Alex was planning Harley's wedding, Frank was investigation a Spaulding connection to the Antimonious drug ring. Even though Spaulding executive Brad Green was found guilty of helping to smuggle the drug to the mob, Frank was convinced that he had an accomplice, who he believed was Alexandra. Dismissing Frank's claims, Buzz innocently told Alex that Frank was investigating her. Almost immediately after, Frank found himself under investigation after someone accused him of being Brad Green's accomplice. When evidence was found in Frank's suitcase, he was suspended from the force. The day of Harley's wedding, the events suddenly collided when Frank showed Buzz a security tape he had just stumbled upon--the tape proved that not only was Alex Brad Green's accomplice, but Gus knew about all along! Completely incredulous, Buzz refused to believe it and tried to find a reasonable explanation, but Frank pointed out that the tape was straightforward, Alex was guilty and Gus knew about it. Although Frank was torn about whether or not to tell Harley, Buzz believed the best thing would be for her to get married first since he knew this would destroy her. Unfortunately, Harley picked that time to come into the room. Although Buzz and Frank tried to hide the truth from her, she was on to them and demanded to know what was on the tape. Not able watch Harley's heart be broken, Buzz left the room while Frank showed her the incriminating tape. That same day, Buzz confronted Alex, giving her an opportunity to confess, but she refused to incriminate herself. Disappointed, Buzz turned the incriminating evidence to Ross and soon after, Alex was arrested as Gus, Alan and Buzz looked on. The next, Buzz unexpectedly visited Alex in jail. Desperately wanting his forgiveness, she pled for his understanding, but he was unable to forgive her for hurting his children, especially the fact that she must have been the one trying to frame Frank. Wanting to undo the damage she'd done, Alex asked to see Ross, in order to help Frank. Later, Alex demanded to see Ross in the hopes of helping Frank. Unfortunately, it didn't stop there. In a warped fashion, Phillip deemed the events of the day as a series of injustices committed against the Spauldings by the Cooper family and decided to get revenge, going after the Coopers, specifically Company. Deciding to rebuild the city of Springfield, Phillip, in a cold and calculating manner worthy of Alan, went through the government and secured permission to go forth with his plans. When Harley and Buzz learned who was behind the takeover of Company, they were furious. However, Phillip remained cold and unapologetic stating that it was just business and offered to compensate Buzz fairly. Although Buzz was ready to turn in the towel, Harley convinced him to fight. But Phillip refused to make it easy on the Coopers, visiting Company at every turn and basically rubbing salt in the wound. Finally, Phillip's ruthless, relentless pursuit of Company caused Buzz to have a heart attack. In the hospital, Buzz was pleasantly surprised by the return of Coop, a young man now. Before being wheeled into surgery, Buzz made Harley promise to give Gus another chance. Luckily, the operation was a success and Buzz recovered. Having heard about Buzz�s heart attack, Alex pulled some strings to get a pass to see him. He told her that while he couldn't forgive her, he believed they had to work to help Harley and Gus reconcile. Meanwhile, Although Buzz tried to convince Coop that he should leave town and enjoy his youth by traveling the world, Coop assured him that he wanted to stay and help the Coopers. Finally, just as Buzz was ready to give up and give Phillip what he wanted, Company was saved when it was discovered that the area around the restaurant was home to an endangered bird. Unfortunately, losing Company enraged Phillip and he retaliated by destroying Harley's house. Coop then impulsively retaliated by bulldozing the Spaulding gate and then was forced to work as Lizzie Spaulding's driver to pay the damages. Although Buzz urged Coop to let him pay the damages and just leave town rather than demean himself as Lizzie's driver, Coop was adamant about facing the consequences. As the weeks went by, Phillip was becoming more and more insufferable and finally shocked everyone by taking off with his children! Finally, one night he summoned Buzz to Company at 9pm, stating that if he complied, Harley's kids would be returned. Buzz complied to find Company dark and ran into Alan outside. Together they spotted a broken window, entered the restaurant and saw Phillip bleeding from a gunshot wound! Little by little, other Springfield residents started coming in, having been given the same offer from Phillip. That night Phillip was declared dead and days later Gus located the missing children. Later, Buzz again tried to convince Coop to leave town, but again his son refused. A day later, Harley started asking Buzz about the new security code at Company that only he had access to. (someone must have shut off the alarm since it didn't go off the night Phillip was killed) but he evaded the question and simply gave a cryptic comment about his desire to protect his family from the Spauldings at all costs. Later, the family was shocked to learn that as a truce, Buzz sold Company to Phillip right before his death. Meanwhile despite Harley's efforts to keep quiet about the new security system, Frank learned about it and when Buzz's prints were found on the gun that killed Phillip, Buzz was arrested for Phillip's murder. Later, Buzz saw Alexandra (who had been released from jail) at the police station and informed her that he saw her at Company the night Phillip was killed. However she saw him as well. Alex then called upon their old relationship and made a desperate plea to Buzz not to tell anyone, so he kept quiet. Unfortunately, Gus went looking into Alex's possible involvement in the murder and found another strike against Buzz--he was spotted outside Company as well. Although the case looked grim against Buzz around Christmas, he was released when the police had a confession--Ruth Karloff. Unfortunately, on Christmas, Frank realized that Ruth was actually Harley and was forced to arrest her for murder. So, Buzz spent the early part of 2005, supporting Harley who was preparing for trial. Although the situation looked bleak, with Harley not even able to remember if she was innocent or not, Gus took it upon himself to defend Harley. However, Gus was so intent on proving Harley's innocence that he wouldn't even take into consideration the possibility that she could be guilty. When Buzz became concerned that Gus was jeopardizing Harley by failing to take a deal with the DA that would give Harley a much lesser sentence, Buzz fired Gus. However, he quickly relented when Gus convinced him that he would fight to save his daughter. He also supported Marina who was entering into a relationship with ex-mobster, Danny Santos. While Buzz initially objected to the relationship, attacking Danny for putting Marina in danger when they tried to rescue his estranged wife, Danny insisted that he cared for Marina and would never let anything bad happen to her. Later, with a little encouragement from Alex, Buzz extended a hand of friendship to Danny by inviting him to the annual Cooper touch football game. A few days later, Buzz confessed to Harley that believed she was guilty and offered her plane tickets to get out of town to avoid prosecution. Although tempted, Harley declined the offer and decided to go forward with the trial. Unable to convince her to run, Buzz tried to convince her to accept the plea bargain, but to no avail. Later, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope when Coop found a shard of glass in Lizzie's room. Believing Lizzie could be the murderer, they sent the glass to be analyzed but Lizzie found out about the test and had it cancelled. Unfortunately, Harley was found guilty of Phillip's murder.
When Harley asked Buzz to take care of her kids while she's in jail, Buzz panicked and asked Rick to take the job citing that he�d failed his own kids too many times. Rick instead suggested a compromise and invited the Coopers to move into his house. With Harley in jail, Buzz was not happy to see a familiar face in town--Mallet. Buzz was not happy to learn that Mallet was the new warden at the prison since Mallet's infidelity caused Harley so much pain eight years earlier. Meanwhile, Gus had never stopped searching for Phillip's true killer and kept Buzz abreast on how his investigation was going. After telling Buzz a few times that he had some potential leads in the Spaulding mansion, Gus suddenly disappeared. When Buzz later informed Harley, she became convinced that Gus was in danger and tried to talk Buzz into breaking her out of jail to look for Gus. However, Buzz was able to talk her out of that idea. Soon, Gus was freed from captivity (having informed Buzz that he believed Alan imprisoned him), but Harley's situation became perilous when she was slated to be transferred to another prison, one nicknamed Hell Hole. Desperate to save Harley, Gus informed Buzz that he needed to get into the prison. An opportunity suddenly arose when a drunken prison guard stumbled into Company. After Buzz plied him with some more drinks, the guard passed out and Gus commandeered his uniform. Later, despite Gus and Mallet's best efforts, the transfer went through only for the transport bus to crash! Buzz was told that Harley was dead and went to the morgue to identify the body. To his relief, it wasn't her but he lied to the police and said it was since Harley and Gus were now on the run from the law. Although Buzz tried to persuade Frank to go along with the cover-up, Frank had a hard time defying the law and went in search of her. Terrified of the danger Harley could be in, Buzz later asked Danny to use his underworld connections to find and help out Harley but to leave Marina out of it. Danny agreed to help and set out to throw the police off Harley's trial by making them believe she was in Chicago. In the meantime, Buzz, with Rick's help, tried to bring some normalcy to Zach's life by carrying on the tradition of the Fourth of July Bauer Barbecue. Unfortunately the mood was spoiled by Alan, who claimed to be there in Phillip's place. Although everyone tried to be civil to Alan, things got tense when Frank arrived with news that he found and arrested Gus, who wanted to see Buzz, not his father. A little later, when Alan created a scene and started ranting on about Phillip's legacy, Buzz finally had enough and punched Alan out. Days later, Buzz ran into Alan at Gus's bail hearing. Angry that Buzz was asked to be there while Alan was being denied access to see his own son. Alan�s rage reached the boiling point and he warned Buzz to stay away from Gus. Later, when Buzz relayed this, Gus became determined to make bail and go after Alan. Unbeknownst to everyone though, Harley and Mallet discovered the identity of Phillip's true killer--Alan! That day the stage was set and after summoning Alan to Company, Harley got him to confess that he'd killed his own son. With that, Alan was imprisoned and Harley was cleared of all charges. Though extremely happy for Harley, the victory was bittersweet when Buzz learned that Alexandra had known for several weeks that Alan was the murderer. To Alex's disappointment, Buzz refused to forgive her for covering up Alan's crime. Not long after, Alan came up with a fantastical story about having faked Phillip's death, a story that everyone believed was either a lie or the delusions of a crazed man. However, to Buzz's dismay, Harley had a feeling Alan was telling the truth. Although buzz tried to encourage her to drop it, even enlisting Mallet's help in convincing her Phillip was dead, a stubborn Harley couldn't let it go. Weeks later, Harley was finally able to put her mind at ease and marry Gus when after exhuming Phillip's grave, Rick informed her that Phillip was indeed dead.
His worries about Harley over, Buzz immediately started worrying about Coop and his future. Upon learning that Coop had been accepted to a writing seminar at Oxford, Buzz was disappointed when Coop seemed reluctant to leave Lizzie behind. Although Buzz tried to encourage Coop to go after his dream, in the end, Coop chose Lizzie. Meanwhile, several weeks later, Buzz lent Olivia Spencer a friendly ear during her divorce from Bill Lewis. Unfortunately for Buzz, who was intrigued by Olivia, she still had feelings for Josh (who was separated from Reva) As Buzz was opening up his new restaurant, CO2, he was also subtlety attempted to woo her (with baklava and conversation) since kept going back to Josh. A few weeks later, Buzz learned that Frank had feelings for Olivia. So, Buzz swallowed his feelings and encouraged a lonely Frank to pursue her. In 2006, Buzz supported his children--Harley who was consumed with worry when Gus went missing, and Frank who was interested in winning Olivia. Despite his efforts to push Olivia toward Frank, Buzz was still drawn to her himself. Near Valentine's Day, Buzz learned that Olivia had set up Billy to fall off the wagon (to ensure Bill would handle the prestigious account) months earlier and that Billy now knew about it. Knowing that Billy would go to Josh, Buzz warned Olivia who rewarded him with a kiss on the cheek. Later, on Valentine's Day, Olivia (in an effort to seduce Josh) invited him and all the Coopers to an inn. However, Josh realized he was being played and rejected Olivia. Crushed by his words, Olivia broke down. In the other room, Buzz heard her and went to comfort her. As Buzz was telling Olivia what a wonderful woman she was, things took a passionate turn and the two made love. The next day, Olivia told Buzz that she didn't want to screw up their friendship, so Buzz gave Olivia permission to never mention their making love, again. Just then Frank came in and asked Olivia on a date. Although Olivia was slightly reluctant, she finally relented. When she left, Frank raved to Buzz about the kiss he and Olivia shared the night before and how he thought there was a future with her. he then asked buzz to help him win her heart. Although buzz tried to get out of it, Frank pleaded with his father to help him win Olivia, since Buzz knew her so well. Deciding his son's happiness had to come before his own this time, Buzz agreed. Weeks later, Olivia, still hung up on Josh, ranted about relationships and how perhaps one night stands were preferable. Thinking of Frank that was not what Buzz wanted to hear and blasted her about hurting his son. Frank overheard Buzz's comments though and told Buzz to lay off since he thought he and Olivia might have a future together. He then mentioned that Buzz should be looking for a woman. Buzz agreed, without letting on that he may have already found her. However, when Olivia volunteered to stay away from Frank if Buzz asked her to, he didn�t. However, Olivia still seemed hung up on Josh. One day, while confiding in Buzz, Olivia realized she had to go on a business dinner with Josh but didn't have a baby-sitter for Emma. Buzz volunteered, while also asking Olivia that if things didn't work between her and Josh the first time, why would they work now? While baby-sitting, Buzz was visited by Coop and after some discussion, he decided to go after Olivia himself. However, that idea got pushed aside very quickly when he found out Frank had been shot. Although Frank was perfectly fine, Buzz again decided to push his feelings for Olivia away. Later, Frank confided in Buzz that he was planning to take Olivia back to the inn where �it all started� for them. For obvious reasons, Buzz didn�t think that was a great idea. Later, Buzz asked Olivia if she was happy with Frank and she insisted she was. She then suggested they forget their encounter ever happened, but was offended when Buzz quickly agreed. Unfortunately, Frank overheard their discussion--thus finding out about their tryst. Angry, Frank railed at Olivia and his father, asking Buzz why he wasn't honest enough to go after Olivia himself. He then angrily denounced them both. Afterwards, Olivia asked Buzz if he still had feelings for her, but he wouldn't admit it. About a week later, Olivia informed Buzz that Frank agreed to give their relationship another try. Worried about his relationship with one son, Buzz found out unsettling information about another--Lizzie was pregnant with Coop's baby! Rocked by Lizzie's announcement (even more startling since the pair had broken up), Buzz raced to the airport since he thought Coop was leaving the country. (since he was offered his Oxford writing fellowship again) When he got there, Coop informed him that he was just refunding his ticket--he did intend to stick around for the baby. Meanwhile, Olivia approached Buzz with a hotel problem, and Buzz asked if she was trying to ruin his relationship with his son. At the same time, Frank was ranting to Harley about Buzz and Olivia, and she ordered him to make up with their dad. Pronto. Though Frank tried, it only ended in another fight, which Olivia broke up with a shrill whistle. She then demanded that they make up, to no effect. Weeks later, as Buzz was giving Ava Peralta a pep talk about Coop, who should walk in but Olivia and Frank? Olivia again asked Frank to make up with his father. This time, Frank tried and admitted that he wanted to reconcile, but needed to know if Buzz still had feelings for Olivia. Buzz says he did-- he cared about her a lot, and would love to see her with his son. Frank then made up with his father, telling him he didn't care if he'd had feelings for Olivia. As for Coop, Buzz was not happy to learn that he intended to move into the Spaulding mansion. Buzz argued that Coop would be giving up him dreams (not to mention the woman he truly loved, Ava Peralta) and warned him (from experience) that he'd ruin his life. Coop was adamant that this was the right thing to do. As they were arguing, Lizzie walked in and spoke to Buzz about how lucky her child would be to be in the Cooper family. She then revealed her decision to name her baby Jenna, if it was a girl. At that, Buzz softened and gave Lizzie and heirloom that belonged to Jenna. As Buzz was dealing with his sons, Harley was trying to deal with Gus's worsening pain killer addiction. Finally, she got fed up and took the kids to Europe. Though Gus tried finding out where Harley was, he got no answers. One day while a strung out Gus was muttering to himself at CO2, Buzz gave him some advice--Harley needed to feel safe; he wasn't safe. To Buzz, Gus finally admitted he had a problem but he was having trouble dealing with it. Meanwhile, Buzz went on with business as usual when, one day, Frank blurted out that Coop was marrying Lizzie ASAP. Shocked, Buzz raced to Towers to "rescue" his son. Buzz tried to talk Coop out of making the biggest mistake of his life, by marrying for the sake of the baby, but he refused to listen. Although Alan seemed to do an about-face by supporting the wedding, he made it clear to Buzz that he was as much against it as Buzz. Though Buzz thought he had a plan to stop the wedding, Alan figured he didn't need one--Coop was already in love with Ava. Unfortunately for Alan and Buzz, both Ava and Coop took the high road and the wedding proceeded as planned. Well almost. The wedding was crashed by one Jonathan Randall who announced that he was the father of Lizzie's baby! A mere few days later, Lizzie arrived to see Coop and to return Jenna's bracelet that Buzz had given her. Buzz let her keep the bracelet but advised her to not torture herself and go away. That same day, a very cleaned up Gus arrived at Company to meet someone at Internal Affairs about getting his job back. When questioned, Buzz admitted to Gus that he had been avoiding him since Harley is his daughter. He then asked Gus how he was doing. When Gus stated that he'd been clean and sober for five days, an excited Buzz yelled "That's fantastic!" and warmly embraced his son-in-law. He then offered to call Harley but Gus stated that he wanted to wait to make sure he was ready.
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