Eli is the leader of the Box Canyon Commune and someone his "brothers and sisters" very much appreciate and look up to, especially his assistant Milosh. However, it turns out this persona is fake and only used to scam the members of the commune, as the Pledge of Simplicity he drew up for any new members is worded in such a way that it entitles him to all of their possessions. When Dan Cooper discovers Eli's crimes through his sister Cynthia and makes an appointment with commune member Nicole Reed to learn more about the commune, Eli has no choice but to kill him. He later learns that Nicole witnessed the murder and tries to run her over with a car to get rid of her, and when that fails due to Gus's heroics he tries to shoot a woman he thinks is Nicole but is actually Juliet. His only hope as he returns to the commune is that Nicole did not get good enough of a look to recognize him, and he is relieved to find out that she didn't. He is about to move to Geoffrey's house on Antigua anyway and now thinks he can get away with it, but then Shawn and Gus enter the commune and uncover the scam.
Trivia[]
- He tells Lassiter that he never kids.
- He is one of the people Shawn jacktags ("I'm a slave to love, Jack").