It was not until early Season Two that we learned something different from Sam Hanna than him being a Navy Seal and loving red shirts. Now after 5 Seasons we know that there are many sides to this character, the Navy Seal, the brother, father figure and the protector – and a big teddy bear – to name a few.

The Father Figure is reserved more for Callen, as he tries to help his partner get settled in a relationship and constantly looks out for him which often leads to Callen referring to him as “his mother”. He’s provided him with a family, including him in his own family – his daughter even calls him ‘Uncle Callen’. Remember when he was checking the blog from his neighbour quoting “tall and handsome with striking blue eyes” or he addresses Callen’s lack of hobby more than once over the season. Their bond is based on their banter – both Sam and Callen worry when they are on cases and are not able to have their conversations… as do we fans, no ?? 🙂

The protective side of Sam comes out more with people who he’s trying to protect. After the kidnapping of Dom he held himself responsible for not training him to the best he thought he could. Again with Mo, Sam tried to protect him from getting involved with gangs and the wrong people and even when he found out Mo had something to do with Doms kidnapping he still felt he could help protect Mo. Again after Deeks was shot he said he was going to make him more aware of his environment giving himself a humble brag “I go to several different gyms under different names”.

Although what still remains a secret is how many children does Sam have? In some episodes he refers to his daughter and in others its indicated he has more than one. It certainly was a surprise when we found out that his wife was a CIA agent. We definitely got the impression, that Michelle is ‘wearing the breeches’ in this relationship given Callen’s reaction when he saw them argue and his remark about a recent baseball game.

Sam was once in the Navy and he still has strong feelings about how they work as a team and not an individual and struggles with assignments he does on his own. “Once a Seal always a Seal” he is quoted to say on a few occasions. His training was definitely a bonus in different situations most of all when it came to him being tortured at the end of Season Four.

He has a special relationship with Deeks. Them being so very opposite led to some tense moments in the first season but it finally eased up a bit after their near-death experience at the end of Season Four.

Being the man Sam is it is interesting to picture him being afraid of clowns, of confined spaces and of losing his partner… naming his cars… using baby powder… watching (and ultimately buying A LOT from) shopping channels… and knowing the art of Origami.

Sam has knowledge of different languages (including Arabic and Japanese) and is able to diffuse bombs. He had a charger called Charlene, which happened to be his dad’s first car and was devastated when it got stolen in a storage unit.
He’s is also a big fan of his material possessions, who else would have a military grade safe in their house to keep a sequined Michael Jackson glove in it?
And what ever you do DON’T MESS WITH HIS CHAIR!

What do YOU appreciate about Sam Hanna ?? What surprised you the most about him during the last 5 Seasons ?? What do you want to find out about Sam in the future ??

Special thanks to Sally and Bee, ChrisDaisy, Vicki and Mary for helping me with this post.

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