Jackboot Tyson is a recurring character on TNT's Snowpiercer. She is portrayed by Andrea Ware.
History
Tyson was working as a Jackboot since Snowpiercer's departure. She was one of the Jackboots who received Wilford's order to kill Melanie's geneticists.[1]
Throughout the Series
Season 1
In Justice Never Boarded, she is the jackboot that oversees Murray, Santiago and Josie that are pulled uptrain to work in Third Class.
In These Are His Revolutions, when the First Class Committee found out that Mr. Wilford was not on the train and Melanie Cavill was exposed by LJ Folger that she is indeed running the train. As Jackboot Kaffey and Jackboot Clifford captures Melanie, a few passengers doesn't believe it and tried to free Melanie. Lieutenant Gardiner, along with Jackboot Tyson, Kaffey and Clifford tries to control the situation. Later, Jackboot Tyson was given order from Commander Grey to lock Melanie up. Although at the Hospitality Room where Melanie was locked up, Tyson shows a bit sympathy, by allowing her to get a photo of Alexandra Cavill from the booth. Which allows Melanie to send a signal to Bennett, made him lockdown the Engine.
Personality
Tyson at first supports First Class against Melanie, but still shows sympathy, an example being when letting her get a photo of Alex Cavill from the booth. She eventually joins the resistance, siding against Wilford's regime. After Layton's return, she is addressed as a Brakeman rather than a Jackboot, indicating that her role has changed. She is later killed by Joseph Wilford, along with two Brakemen, with a poisoned cigar offered to her during the celebration in A Beacon for Us All.
She originally sided with the Folgers and Commander Grey's army, locking up Melanie in the radio room. However, as time went on, she began to side with the resistance, and in of Season 3, was caught for taking a bath that the third class water master had let her take in return for service to the resistance. She is one of the Brakemen assigned to guard Wilford, but is killed with the rest when he offers them laced cigars during the New Eden celebration.
Relationships
In The Tortoise and the Hare, taking place when the train is under Wilfords regime, she is seen to be friends with Pike as he gives her a bath token for helping the resistance.
Appearances
| Appearance | EP1 | EP2 | EP3 | EP4 | EP5 | EP6 | EP7 | EP8 | EP9 | EP10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Season 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
| Season 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Season 4 | ||||||||||
| ✔ = Appeared | Did Not Appeared | H = Hallucinations | ||||||||
| V = Voiced | C = Cameo | F = Flashback | ||||||||
Memorable Quotes
| “ | Back to sanitation in five minutes. Come on. Come on! I want a break too. | ” |
| — Jackboot Tyson to Murray, Santiago and Josie in Justice Never Boarded. | ||
| “ | Tyson, you know these aren’t lawful orders. | ” |
| — Melanie to Tyson when she was captured in These Are His Revolutions. | ||
Trivia
- When Tyson left the Jackboots, Stu Whiggins must have been drafted to replace her.