From 1997 to 2003, Adele Newman was a social services representative who
dealt with many of the staff and patients in the 'ER' of Cook County Hospital in
Chicago. After her last appearance (in the episode "A Saint In The City"), I
have no idea what happened to her.
Until now. I think.....
Before she suddenly just disappeared from the show 'ER' (although she was
just a long-running, recurring character), I think Adele had already begun a new
chapter in her life. I think she was taking courses for a new degree with an
eye towards going back to school full-time as a medical student. (That way, it
cuts down on the time needed to complete her studies and pass the boards.) When
she left the employ of the Social Services Department of Chicago for good, it
was because she enrolled for the full curriculum.
By this point in her life, she is probably a resident intern. perhaps
specializing in trauma surgery as it was the field she was most often associated
with. At whatever hospital where she is doing her residency, she'd be the "low
man on the totem pole" with her surgical team. As such it would be her job to
be the one to interface with the family of the patients, to take on the burden
of dealing with them as the messenger - especially when there was bad news to
impart.
If so, I think it's safe to say that Adele Newman is now in Boston.
Because I think we saw her in the season finale of 'Rizzoli & Isles'.
It was her job to keep going out to the corridor and meet with Dr. Maura
Isles; there she would let the medical examiner know the condition of her
mother, who had been mowed down in a hit-and-run intended for Maura.
(On that season-ender, we never learned the name of Erica Gimpel's
character, so it may as well have been Adele Newman. Should she ever pop up
again as a doctor in some other show, we can claim that she is still the same
person. And it wouldn't matter if she's to be found in a new city. Nor would
it matter should she have a new name - so long as we only hear her addressed as
Doctor and by the last name only. That way we can say she not only transferred
to a new job upon completing her residency, but that she got married as well.
Because of this, I'm intentionally ignoring any earlier portrayals of doctors
which fit those parameters.)
And that's our last themed post for Black History Month....
BCnU!
2 comments:
and somehow cured of her paralysis. She was shot by a disgruntled father in an episode of ER
Thanks for that, Will. I suppose that experience ended up being a major influence in her decision to be a trauma surgeon.....
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