him, and they developed a deep bond. However, Connie is killed in season two. For many years, Vic has an on-off sexual relationship with Sergeant Danny Sofer and fathered her illegitimate son Lee. Vic is later angered by Danny's attempts to have Vic sign documents legally abandoning his claim to being Lee's father. In season 6, Vic's daughter Cassidy angrily confronts Mackey after listening to her mother discussing the baby's paternity over the telephone. In season one, Mackey is nearly taken down when rookie Officer Julien Lowe catches Vic and the Strike Team stealing cocaine from a crime scene. Although Julien approaches Captain Aceveda and promises to testify against Vic and the Team, Mackey swiftly obtains leverage against Julien. Vic discovers Julien is involved in a homosexual relationship with a wanted fugitive. Holding the upper hand, Vic threatens to denounce Julien's homosexuality to the entire precinct unless Julien recants his allegations. Julien, afraid of being outed, acquiesces to Vic's demands. In season six, Julien is promoted to the strike team by Captain Wyms. Despite their past differences, Julien and Mackey work well on cases together and show each other respect. Vic also has a notable relationship with Detective Dutch Wagenbach. Vic perceives Dutch as arrogant, making him the target of Vic's practical jokes early in the series. The nature of their relationship often changes, however. After Dutch almost single-handedly apprehends a serial killer, Vic learns to respect him, and the practical jokes cease. They often cooperate on cases during this period and develop a minor friendship. This changes however when Dutch begins to correctly suspect that Mackey was behind the Armenian money train robbery. When Mackey learns that Dutch has been pointing the finger at him to Aceveda, Mackey's respect for Dutch evaporates and the practical jokes resume. During this time, Dutch begins a relationship with Vic's ex-wife Corrine, which he admits he started, at least initially, to get back at Vic. During a fight between Dutch and his new partner, Billings, Vic mocks Dutch during the brawl. When Vic attempts to split the fight up, Dutch punches Vic out of anger over the latter's bullying of him. Vic doesn't strike back, instead he lays off Dutch and the practical jokes cease once again. Dutch later helps Corrine try and have Vic arrested. Vic initially has a neutral relationship with Detective Claudette Wyms, the two initially share no friendship or