Ezekiel Reyes


Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is a fictional character and the protagonist on the FX television series Mayans M.C., a spin-off of Sons of Anarchy, played by J. D. Pardo. A member of the titular motorcycle club, he is a Prospect for the majority of the first two seasons of the series. The brother of club member Angel Reyes, EZ becomes a full patch member by the end of the second season. Pardo had to go through a transformation for the role, including gaining muscle. Mayans M.C. takes place in the same fictional universe as Sons of Anarchy and deals with the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club.

Character biography

Season 1

Ezekiel Reyes joins the Mayans M.C. Santo Padre charter as a Prospect.

Season 2

Ezekiel is mere weeks away from getting past "Prospect" status and getting voted in or out of the club properly. His new sponsor Bishop; the club's president, seems impressed with EZ's performance, as does the rest of the M.C. overall. However, a divided Reyes family has let tension set within the club. EZ comes closer to cracking into Happy Lowman's involvement with killing operations for SAMCRO, including the murder of his own mother. EZ reveals the truth to Angel about their mother's death, and that he got information on the side about her killer. He recognized the man as Happy Lowman; a member of SAMCRO. Angel visits Adelita, who's pregnant with their child. On their way to Stockton, Angel and EZ get into trouble with the Swole Boys, a biker club who tries to claim the highway as their territory but find themselves quickly outclassed, twice. While the club visits Mayan's Stockton Charter, EZ witnesses one of their members, Medina, is shot dead by two dirty cops. The Reyes brothers settle their differences and team up together to help with the investigation of Happy's killing of their mother. The Mayans get revenge by brutally killing the cop who shot Medina. After the funeral, Angel and EZ travel to Charming and break into Happy's house, holding him at gunpoint. The Reyes brothers try to get answers from a tied up Happy, but he refuses to speak until they threaten his dog, Opie. He explains the hit was for both their parents and that the order came from Mexico. He promises to get more information from his contact and that they will be even.

Conception and development

In February 2017, it was announced that Edward James Olmos, John Ortiz, J. D. Pardo, and Antonio Jaramillo had been cast in lead roles in the pilot. Kurt Sutter initially seemed hesitant to cast Pardo as EZ as he wasn't sure who would fit the role.

Reception