“ | Ma'am, everybody lies. | ” |
— Barry Maple to Pam Fields in The Homecoming Hangover
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Barry Maple is a character in the television series Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family. He is portrayed by Jim Titus.
Biography[]
Barry works for the Rosewood Police Force. He was first seen in "The Homecoming Hangover." The girls' parents seem to have known him for a long time as they are on a first name basis with him.
Series[]
Season 1[]
Officer Barry questions Pam Fields about her daughter Emily's attack. He also informs Mrs. Fields that Emily attended Homecoming with Toby Cavanaugh. When Pam says her daughter doesn't lie he responds by telling her that everyone lies.
Officer Maple pulls Ashley Marin over and informs her about her daughter Hanna's accident. When Mrs. Marin sees Officer Maple, she says "Hi, Barry." This is the first time that we hear his name. Ashley was now returning from stealing the money from Mrs. Potter's bank account and was acting suspicious. Barry, however, failed to notice this probably because he was about to give her bad news about Hanna.
Officer Barry was the police officer to ask the girls if their calling the police was a joke before he leads them to the bottom of the bell tower, where the alleged body is missing. There were multiple police officers on scene, but Officer Barry was the main officer questioning the girls at the scene.
Season 2[]
Officer Barry comes to the Montgomery home to inform Ella and Byron that Mike has been caught breaking into (another) house. When Aria opens the door, he shows that he is on a first name basis with her and her parents.
Officer Barry shows up at Hanna's house. Emily answers the door. He then says that he needs to talk about Maya St. Germain. It is revealed in the next episode that he had informed Emily that Maya was reported missing by her parents and questions Emily for any leads.
Season 3[]
He goes to Hanna's house to tell her mother that Hanna has to have a blood sample tested since it's now a court order.
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno
Barry is working in the Rosewood Police Precinct. He asks Pam Fields about her family. She tells him about the package Emily received from Maya St. Germain's killer. Detective Darren Wilden interjects in their conversation.
Season 4[]
He's present at the station when the Hastings' and Mrs. DiLaurentis are brought into questioning.
Season 5[]
While he did not appear, Gabriel Holbrook reveals that CeCe knocked him unconscious when she escaped police custody.
Walking over to Hanna, Emily, Aria and Ezra, Barry tells them that he’ll take their statements now, “one at a time”. As Barry tells Hanna that they should head over to the porch, “you can walk me through this”, Hanna tells him no, she can’t go back up there, she doesn’t want to see that again. As someone from forensics taps him on the shoulder, Barry turns and walks back towards the crime scene.
Barry is in his office, when Lucas knocks on the door frame and after apologising for bothering him, Lucas questions if this is the place where he applies for the high school liaison program. Getting up from his chair, Barry says that it is, and offering Lucas a seat, Barry tells Lucas that he’ll get him an application. Barry stands with and comforts Leona Vanderwaal as Holbrook breaks the news that Mona Vanderwaal was murdered.
Season 6[]
He is seen with other police officers in the DiLaurentis house, where they are trying to track down 'A' and find the Liars.
When Charlotte DiLaurentis is about to jump of the roof of Radley, the police shows up. They are about to shoot, but Barry tells them not too, as there are civilians on the roof.
Season 7[]
The Glove That Rocks the Cradle
Barry questions Spencer about her presence at the Radley bar in order to find out is she is involved in the murder of Archer Dunhill. He is very aggressive with his questions, until Marco arrives and he makes the questions instead.
Barry arrives at Alison and Emily's house with a search warrant to search the premises.
Barry arrives to Alison and Emily's house to inform that Mary Drake escaped from prison on Aria and Ezra's wedding day. He asks them to be attentive because Mary necessarily has accomplices who have helped her.
Appearances (14/160)[]
Season 1 (3/22) |
Season 2 (2/25) |
Season 3 (2/24) |
Season 4 (1/24) |
Season 5 (1/25) |
Season 6 (2/20) |
Season 7 (3/20) |
Trivia[]
- In a deleted scene, he helps Charlotte DiLaurentis escape police custody because of an offer he couldn't refuse from Jessica DiLaurentis.[1]
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