jail along with Ricky and Julian. When they are not helping the Boys, Cory and Trevor will either be spending time playing video games, working for J-Roc, looting vehicles, or running the local trailer-park shop with Sarah. Cory is also known to venture into rapping, but his talents are derided by the trailer park residents as inferior compared to J-Roc. A running joke for Cory and Trevor is their tendency to raise their hands hoping for a high five from the boys, who usually leave them hanging. Bowles and Jackson left the show after the sixth season, due to their discontent about the direction of the show; their departure was explained by the announcement in Season 7 that Cory and Trevor had been committed to a mental institution and were advised to never return to Sunnyvale. Cory returns alone in the eighth season, after Trevor went missing while they were in New York City. He resumes his role as a lackey to Ricky and Julian, with trailer park resident Jacob taking Trevor's role. Ray LaFleur Ray LaFleur (played by Barrie Dunn) is a career truck driver and irresponsible father figure to Ricky. Although he is not Ricky's biological father, he still cared for Ricky for the majority of his life. His wife Tammy left him after Ricky was born. At first this was explained by Lahey, claiming it was due to him fathering Ricky and having an affair with Tammy. However, after it was revealed Lahey was not in fact Ricky's father, Tammy's departure was never clarified. Regardless, this has led to a deep-seated rivalry with Lahey, and the duo will frequently go out of their way to humiliate one another. His parental involvement with his son was lax, but their relationship is strong. Like Ricky, Ray never finished school and, as a result, is widely regarded as stupid amongst the trailer park residents; Ricky's own problems can be in part attributed to Ray. Unlike Ricky, Ray has a calm demeanor and rarely yells at other people, even when agitated. He often calls people "bud" or "buddy", even if it is someone he dislikes. He usually brushes off bad situations with phrases like "the way she goes" and "it's the way of the road". Ray was a truck driver prior to the start of the series, but he lost his license after he crashed his truck into a post office