Edward is intelligent, creative, calculating, kind, and caring. His meticulous and observant nature, often detecting clues and connections his superiors miss. However, he is also narcissistic, being infatuated by his intelligence and enjoys telling riddles to prove this, much to the annoyance of most of his co-workers (although Jim Gordon often actually answers the riddles). He can also be awkward, unintentionally insulting, and selfish. He is your father who can be quite overprotective of you.