Jack Shapiro was the highest ranking Watcher in Europe, head of the Tribunal, at the beginning of the episode Judgement Day, and the father of Watcher David Shapiro. He organized a plot to capture Joe Dawson by telling him Duncan MacLeod was dead, and Joe had to complete a terminal report at Watcher HQ. The tribunal decided Joe had broken his oath by consorting with an Immortal, which they believed resulted in the deaths of over 80 Watchers over the previous two years.