Katherine Cory Parker. In 1993, Abbey becomes the guardian of two girls, Neddy and Sophie Barton, who had been squatting on the grounds of her ranch. A scheming would-be actress and trouble-making niece of Martha Carson, Sandra blows into town deciding to model as a break. In 1985, Katherine is led to falsely believe that Alan is having an affair with his secretary, Wendy Savern. Sam Driver meets heiress Abbey Spencer. When Judge Parker is apparently targeted for assassination, Delgado poses as a detective who investigates her only hit attempt. is_redirect && ! 11/66-12/66). After the elder Passmores death, Tony proposes to D.B., who appears ready to give up her career for marriage. In 2005, Riley suggested that Randy run for his fathers spot on the bench as word as gotten out that Alan Parker would be retiring soon. This long-running subplot doesnt pay off until Randy finally takes his retiring fathers spot on the bench in 2009. Founder of the United Planets, a bogus advocacy group for supposed alien abductees. Tenn. Oct. 9, 2019) (reasoning that . Fully recovered, Jeep and Wellington undo the schemes of a criminal gang in 1961. Keith wears his medium length hair tied behind in a ponytail. Judge Parker chronicles the lives, in and out of the courtroom, of Judge Alan Parker, Sam Driver and Abbey Spencer. Avery Blackstone. I read (browsed may be a better word) Judge Parker for many years; to take a glance and move on was the norm. Seth serves as the debriefer, retrieving lost memories of the abductions through hypnosis. Nicholas DallisEarly Sam Driver and Abbey Spencer Era. 5/93-10/93, 12/97-6/98, 5/04-1/05, 9/05, 12/06-2/07, 5/07, referenced only 2/13. 2009 Alan Parker retires and Randys sworn in as a judge. 1/70-4/70. Shannon works hard to support his elderly, wheelchair bound mother. Abbey Spencer. Breitbart Politics, by Katherine Hamilton Original Article. 2:54. It turns out that Sam is the son of an old friend of Judge Parker. Unseen for years, Mimi breaks up with Randy when he refuses to join Eon as a condition for their marriage. But two years later finds Horace seeking a divorce because the far younger Alpha wants children. Alan Parker summons Sam Driver in June 2008 to ask him to represent him in negotiating an advance on a crime novel hes written, The Chambers Affair. Abbott operates out of a heavily fortified compound in the jungles of Mexico. Gloria Sanchez, Sam Drivers secretary, is the most promising of Dallis female characters and has a promising introduction. This prompts a custody battle between her maternal aunt, Katherine Cory, whom she loves and trusts, and her paternal uncle, Tom Carson, whom she has never liked. The Judge proposes to Katherine in March 1967, but Katherine delays accepting to give the Judge time to reconsider in less emotionally charged circumstances. Sam and Gloria have a friendly, sparring relationship. During this time he becomes a consultant to Alan Parker, giving him espionage details for his next novel. Wealthy and strong-willed resident of Spencer Farms, a beautiful ranch the Spencer family has overseen for generations. Overweight narcotics smuggler who has many an affectation. 6/18/97-11/97, 10/03-4/04. She involves Sam Driver in a case at a time when she is using the estate as a residence for homeless artists. Beginning in 2012, however, it becomes clear that April is actually a government operative. During this visit she also reveals a 28-year long affair with her chauffeur and butler, Groves. Jeep is the mischievious buddy of Bumps Doren. In 1961, Ann returns from Europe engaged to a man named Pepe who turns out to be a jewel thief. By 1966, Nicholis Dallis clearly feels there is a need to shake up the status quo of the strip in a way he didnt with Rex Morgan and Apartment 3-G. Perhaps the number of newspapers paying for the strip was going down. In 2005, Horace encourages Randy to run for Alans judge seat in when his father retires. And while Rex Morgan was relatively young and single, Dallis decided to make Alan Parker, his new hero, somewhat older and a widower with two teen-aged children. 1960 Jeep is afraid of housekeeper Nadja who tries to destroy Dori Carsons marriage. 1955 Brilliant young Wellington Marks visits, charming Jeep and annoying Bumps. A character was kidnapped, but why and how were never shown, and the consequences were only hinted at. In 2007, Trudi and her brother return one last time before disappearing from the narrative. Mr. Lavendare. Rachel lives in a mansion with her subservient son, Biff, and his hard-drinking but attractive trophy wife, Allison. As Driver puts it, Handsome, talented, accomplished, war hero, single, whats not to like? The couple are due to be married in 2016, when Steve strikes off on his own as Rocky Ledges legal eagle. In any case, that November, Dallis tells the story of the unexpected death of little Jeeps parents. 11/93-3/94. 2007 Cedric Hart is Aunt Rachels hunky butler. Perhaps hes still married to Viki. But he cant touch his own toes. As a college student, Alan describes his son as being a lot like his late wife, having the same enthusiasm and good nature. Lila Trimble, the family cook and housemother loves the young man but cant be swayed by Randys charming ways, affectionately telling him that he has a real gift for malarkey. In 1961, Randy provides bemused commentary regarding his familys attractive new neighbor, the twenty-something wildcat Rita Ramsey, who actively pursues his father. 1963 Sandra Deere returns, entangled with gangster Max Sparrow. Mimi is the daughter of E. Tanner Doubleday, the recently deceased founder of Eon, a multi-million dollar Scientology like cult. 6/95-9/95. All agree he is a hunk of a man. Hank and Ned, both being strong-willed, frequently clash but ultimately fall in love. gform.initializeOnLoaded( function() {gformInitSpinner( 1, 'https://www.markcarlson-ghost.com/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/images/spinner.svg', true );jQuery('#gform_ajax_frame_1').on('load',function(){var contents = jQuery(this).contents().find('*').html();var is_postback = contents.indexOf('GF_AJAX_POSTBACK') >= 0;if(!is_postback){return;}var form_content = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_wrapper_1');var is_confirmation = jQuery(this).contents().find('#gform_confirmation_wrapper_1').length > 0;var is_redirect = contents.indexOf('gformRedirect(){') >= 0;var is_form = form_content.length > 0 && ! These two stories were the only Judge Parker stories to tread on this territory and I dont want to suggest these themes were central to Dallis writing. Sophie's father Michael and his wife Kourtney sat down with DailyMail.com for an exclusive interview before the judge's decision where they said they are wracked with guilt over the alleged abuse Seriously, get out of here and come back when you've seen Joker and can understand how perfect this reference . Later that same year, Sam does offer Randy a partnership and he accepts. Sam Driver serves as Marks attorney when Mark gets arrested for breaking and entering. You are now leaving The Seattle Times. Unique three woman con artist team, Maxine and Deborah are beautiful young women, while Amy is an older con woman who poses as Deborahs mother. 1957 Wellington Marks starts high school. She readily accepts her aunts romance with Judge Parker and is excited that the Judge will now officially be her father. Parker, No. 1984 Craig Lewis, single father, loses everything to his gambling addiction. Not only does the Judge rarely take center stage thereafter, Drivers Legal Aid job is soon forgotten. Jeep was very much in love with a fellow who had gotten himself involved with some very bad men. 8/00), 9/05-10/05, 2/06, 5/06-6/06, (ref. Rachels hopes of rekindling their romance are dashed when he gets back together with Alpha. Handsome and highly intelligent high school musician who Sophie has a bad crush on. 2/10/91-7/30/91, 12/92-5/93, 8/93-10/93, 4/94-3/95, 5/97-6/97, 8/99, 1/00-8/00, 4/03-5/03, (referenced 9/03, 12/05-1/06), 6/10-9/10, (referenced 3/13), 10/14-1/15, 6/15-7/15. He is portrayed as less handsome as the years go by, slender with a somewhat thin face. In October that same year Neddy breaks things off with him, fearing she has lost any identity other than as his girl friend. A financial consultant, Pres soon shifts his focus on Katherine Cory, when he learns of her oversight of Jeeps quarter million trust fund. Abbey is understandably annoyed at the many times Sam neglects her, often due to his involvement with a beautiful female client. Or perhaps Dallis was growing tired of the characters. Late in 1954, he and his sister become concerned that their father may be racing into romance with Marla Doren. He is also is dying from exposure to uranium on one of his cases for the CIA. 11/92-3/93. When Randy does decide to run a year later, Horace is disappointed when the younger Parker doesnt ask him to run his campaign but helps him behind the scenes nonetheless. Whether easing Judge Parker out of the spotlight of his own comic strip was always what Dallis had in mind, by 1968 the process was underway. In October 2005, Randy is persuaded by Horace Riley to pursue a judgeship in an upcoming elections. 6/14/74-9/21/74. David Delacourt. Senna shares Abbeys red hair and shapely figure, but she has a hardened expression and is extremely volatile. With the first of the fey Judge Parker villains, Dallis telegraphed his unconventional gender expression with his name, Mr. Lavendare. David is 32 and Abbey at this time is said to be 26. 1980 Conwoman Jeannie Kelso and her brother hide out at Spencer Farms. The Gardias believe that Abbott Bower stole a fortune in diamonds from them. Katherine Cory, Jeeps aunt, writes Judge Parker with the news and states that Jeep wants to see Parker. Former army Major General of Special Operations, Gordon Blair is the mastermind behind a human trafficking operation. In retirement, Alan Parker is increasingly a curmudgeon and expresses cynicism about marriage despite an attractive and attentive younger wife. In 1967 Ann is torn between the attentions of a penniless, two-timing playboy named Preston Palmer and a struggling young attorney named Dave Williams. He is taking this down a Sally Forth kind of path, with comedy/comic overtones. Palmer Court III. Abbott Bower. Johnny Kane killes Abbeys maid. April tells a tale. 12/65, 9/67-2/68. Sam Driver. 2/14/91-7/30/91, 12/92-3/93, scattered appearances thereafter, 12/05, 3/13, 10/14-11/14, 1/15, 5/15, 8/15, 3/16. SC judge delays Mallory Beach wrongful death trial set for Jan. 9 against Murdaugh, Parker November 22, 2022 5:19 PM In closing argument, prosecutor insists 'absolute power' corrupted Russell . She toys with a department store executive but sets her sights on marrying Judge Parker who sees through her various schemes. He cooperates with authorities and Judge Parker reassures Jeep that Sam Driver will do his best to represent him. The guitar playing nephew of Abby Spencers recently departed childhood governess, Johnny at 28 is aimless but seemingly charming, having earned Abbys good feelings for having taken good care of Aunt Martha. It emerges that Kane embezzeled $200,000 from his aunt and kill Abbeys maid, Marie, to keep that quiet. In the end, their lies are exposed and Abbey and Sam promise to help Justin find a job with an engineering firm more appropriate to this talents. He even shows her the orchids that he raises. In 1999, Randy is best man at Sam Drivers wedding to Abbey Spencer. Muscular and physically adept, Cedric is a handsome, bespectacled 30-something butler from Canada who temporarily works for elderly Parisian resident Rachel Cabot and therefore assists her guests, Abbey and Neddy Spencer. Slick if short New York gangster who has considerable success charming the ladies, despite an obvious lack of breeding. 9/65-12/65. Hugo snaps at Jasper, telling him, I can find a thousand muscle boys like you at a dime a dozen! Abbey, disillusioned with Sams unwillingness to commit, considers selling so she live abroad. A key employee of the branch office of the Legal Aid Society in a poorer, ethnic section of town, Gloria is a Latina who fought her way out of the ghetto to earn a college degree, then returned to help others like her at Legal Aid. The younger brother of George Wagner IV had spent four days being quizzed on what happened the night of April 21, 2016, when eight people were killed. 8/28/73-2/15/74. Philandering country western star who nonetheless is passionately in love with his movie star wife, Godiva Danube. 1998 Horace is an triangle with his young wife and old flame, Rachel Cabot. George Washington had no way of knowing that the Baron von Steuben was a fraud. 9/62-1/63, 5/63-12/63. When her parents die in a car crash in 1966, Jeep is due to inherit a quarter million dollars. But when Hugo suggests replacing Jaspers image on his pill bottles with Judge Parkers new secretary, Bonnie Heath, Jasper gets resentful. Young shoe designer with whom Neddy falls in love in Paris and out of love once they return to the States. In the other story, Dallis also revisits old territory and has Katherine have reason to suspect that the Judge might have been flirting with an affair with his secretary. The story of his election campaign is told sporadically during the Fall of 2006 and 2007. 1953 Randy Parker returns from boarding school. 7/07-10/07. Driver once again intervenes, this time to save his friend. He doesnt respond well when she says she isnt ready to marry. Her machinations allow Sparrow to escape an attempted murder charge but she ultimately cant avoid the consequences of her involvement in a fur heist. But their wealthy and manipulative aunt, Rachel Cabot returned repeatedly to cause trouble. 1969 Luke Largo tries to seduce Katherine. The boys stay with Craigs sister, Aunt Beth. Handsome, if two-timing romantic interest of Ann Parker. "In His Own Words: Quotations of Judge Isaac C. Parker ," Fort Washington, PA: Eastern National, 2001. (No one seemed to care about Anne and Randy!) Its interesting reading the strip as Francesco Marciuliano takes over from Woody Wilson. Passmore, who always wears dark sun glasses, is very short and slight of build. We are deeply saddened by what has happened in Turkey and Syria, where devastating earthquakes have killed thousands of people, and left many thousands in Sheila turns out to be a pathological liar who attempts to romance Randy and Sam Driver simultaneously. Wellington appears one more time in 1961, reunited with Jeep. Shelby Shore. It all turned out to be a scheme of a jealous admirer of said secretary who wanted the Judge to fire her. Jeannie returns in 1982, apparently reformed and with Tim serving time. Sam and Abbey engage in a long dating relationship, and the two often have dinner with Alan and Katherine Parker. Godiva Danube. Eating one bad apple isnt all that happened in that garden. An unnamed cousin assists Senna in her scheme, but when she concludes Senna is crazy, Senna shoots and kills her. When Randy is having a home built for himself in 1996, a body is discovered buried in the lot and a mystery unfolds. Marie. 3/10), 8/10-10/10, 10/11-4/12, 3/13-6/14, (Aprils disappearance referenced 6/16-7/16), 12/16, 7/17-10/17+. Thank you. Nicholas Dallis seems to have made something of a misstep (in my humble opinion, anyway) with the introduction of a trio of cute pre-teens. 11/52-2/53, 6/53-12/53, 12/54-1/55, 12/55-4/56, 5/57-7/57, 12/57-4/58, 10/60-1/61, 10/61-2/62, 1/65-4/65, 3/67-8/67, 2/68. As you mention, he has tried to make the characters more down to earth, which I think is a good idea, but Im not too keen on his execution. Sams old college buddy who excelled at basketball shows up at Spencer Farms and trouble related to an unresolved gambling debt follows. 12/65-5/66. It was the fifties, after all, and someone may have suggested the Judges family was skewing a little old when most families in the post-War baby boom had younger kids. 3/71-9/71. Katherine is the sister of Martha Carson, and assumes the care of Jeep with the death of the nine year-old girls parents. When Alan Parker invites him to come back to the states, he arranges for documents that declare Abbott Bower is dead and adopts a new identity as Norton Dumont. She is attractive and intelligent, capable of putting the often charmingly arrogant Driver in his place. The extremely wealthy and elderly aunt of Neddy and Sophie, the older sister to their mother, Victoria, whom they barely remember. He is charmed by the appearance on their doorstep of young Jeep Carson, who harbors a crush on him for some time after. But in 2003 Mark comes home from law school to break up with her. Willson also defies the shady and dangerous owner of the Platinum Pussycat Lounge, where he becomes infatuated with beautiful belly dancer Donna Laval. Decorated war hero and attorney who lost both his legs in Afghanistan but is able to walk with prosthetics. Randy Parker brings home his new girl friend (a pathological liar, of course) who promptly tries to romance both Randy and Sam. Ann is primarily shown demonstrating repeated poor judgment in her choice of men to romance. Wilson wisely saw the need for some new characters for Sam and Abbey to interact with. 8/06-12/06. It is also the story of loyal stay at home heroines, two possibly gay villains, and a feisty Latina named Gloria Sanchez. Mr. Hugo is the brains behind a scheme to push bogus, if harmless revitalization pills through the health club of his business partner, the handsome and fit Stan Jasper. Mimis brother, Helmuth, orders her return to Eon, via whatever means necessary. This Marie begins being a featured character from time to time after 1987. To be fair, to do so would surely have led to a massive cancellation of newspapers subscribing to the strip. This expanse of land, the final destination of the Trail of Tears, had once been preserved for tribes forcibly "removed" from eastern North America. After obtaining his freedom, Randy chooses to represent him! Early in 2017 Hank must return to his new job in Alaska without Neddy. As a fan, its particularly helpful since Ive had a lot of trouble tracking down the older strips. When he first arrives in town for a visit, he is doing an informal study of comic books and their possible corrosive influence on youth and soon is on a television quiz show along with Bumps. Subject Message* Abbey hires former mental patient Justin Beck. An old friend of Mary Parkers before her marriage to the Judge, Marla is unaware of her death when she decides to return to the United States after 15 years abroad. Katherine is only sporadically seen after 1969, as the adventures of Sam Driver largely take over the narrative. When Camille tries to throw Rus under the bus, Rus tells the police to investigate the death of Camilles last husband. In actuality, Baroot thinks the highly wooded Spencer Farms would be the perfect front for his cocaine smuggling business. While generally demanding, Passmore is taken by D. B. Clarks assertiveness and seeks her legal representation when his men get in trouble. Hugo is overweight and wears a floral vest over his shirt and sports a fresh white carnation. Jeep, though, would serve a most important role in Judge Parkers life. He arranges to have a woman make recurring calls to Katherine accusing the Judge of adultery. Each of us is the main character of our own life. 1978 Georgia Kingston, the estate of her dead husband in question, seeks Sams help. He is romantically interested in Ann Parker and is willing to work pro bono on cases he believes in. Dallis chose to explore the legal profession and the courts in his new strip in contrast to the world of doctors and diseases in his first one. This new Marie is freckled and a little plump. A good-looking man in his forties, the closest Cory gets to romance is a brief 2016 flirtation with Godiva Danube. I doubt these story details were coincidental, yet subtle enough to escape the attention of readers unaware of such matters. Bob Willard. But Randy was at his best when making clever observations about the romantic foibles of his father and sister. Cedric Hart. In 1956, Randy is ready to elope with Cindy Brooks, whose mother has set up the romance to seek revenge on Judge Parker. Katherine and Alan bond over an ensuing custody battle over Jeep with the girls paternal uncle, Tom Carson. 2000 Sam and Abbey honeymoon, Neddy visits Mark, and the Judge is kidnapped. (One quibble: theres no mention of The Dude.). Toms alcoholism is ultimately his undoing of his custody scheme, showing up drunk at Jeeps hospital and getting into a serious car crash while drunk. 5/82-9/82. But to judge Judge Parker in isolation is to miss the larger picture, the 10,000 foot view that puts the Judge in context with the rest of the comic world. Not long after their debut, Dallis even established something of a pre-teen triangle with the appearance of Bumps brainy cousin, Wellington Marks. Sandra Deare. Another reoccurring character, Horace Riley, was an eccentric client of Randy Parkers. In 1973, Betsy Fremont stays with the Parkers. It ultimately is revealed that shes been married three times in the last five years, described by one of her exes as having a conniving, hedonistic personality. Watch out! Old fraternity buddy of Alans, now a special operative complete with black eyepatch who works for the Attorney Generals office. In 2006, she helps Randy on his campaign to be elected judge in Alans place. The original Judge Parker returns on a fairly regular basis when Woody Wilson introduces a 2008 story that Alan Parker has become a novelist of espionage novels. Rocky Ledge. Trudi and Keith St. James were old friends of Abbeys from California who became her business partners. Abbeys father was an old friend of Alan Parkers, but the Judge hadnt seen her since she was a teenager until she begins seeing Sam Driver. The two marry on February 11, 1968. Thereafter, she and her husband move out of town with Jeep. Dallis introduced two villains in the first decade of Judge Parker stories who I would suggest were intended to suggest the effeminacy often associated with homosexuality in the popular mind. One questionIve yet to track down the 1956 Argo reprint of Judge Parkerthe one issue release that you include a photo of on this site. Sophies arch enemy, a mean girl cheerleader who attempts to steal Derek Wilcox away from her. 12/54-3/55, 7/55-12/55, 4/56-7/56, 10/56, 1/57, 6/63. 11/92-5/07, 4/10-10/10, 3/13-pr.. Sophie Barton Spencer. Justin admits hes just been released from a mental hospital after two years. In 1995, Randy represents eccentric Horace Riley, who will be an important figure in his life. Also called Lila Trimble in a later narrative. Rachel often attempts to control her nieces and wrest them away from Abbey. Celebrating diversity in culture, myth and history, Informed Consent Statement for Closed Bereavement Study, Baron von Steuben, Washingtons Gay General and Friend. Her true occupation, however, was not revealed until a new artist took over who could portray her with all the sexiness any spy worth their stripe deserves. Marla and Alans supposed romance never catches fire and she is quickly relegated to appearances as Bumps mother and not much else. The two marry on February 11, 1968. 8/00-1/01. 7/07-11/07. Bumps is definitely a boys boy and so feels some rivalry with his bookish cousin, Wellington Marks. Dallis trots out a whole nother set of androgynous markers this time around. But back to the story. 2/14/68-10/17+. This according to Judge Parker himself, when Sam Driver asks. In the first half of 1969, Sam is confidante to Katherine who suspects the Judge of an affair even as she is being romanced by the sinister Luke Largo. Palmer hopes to marry Abbey, but Maries suspicions about Palmer and Kiki as well as Kikis jealousy help undo their scheme. Younger sister of Neddy, Sophie initially walks with a crutch due to injury that bankrupted her grandfather, Ezra. In 2004, he tries to short-circuit his sisters ill-advised romance with Maurice Xavier Faron. Driver and Judge Parker share the stage for roughly a year and a half. Bob McDuff tries to keep Anns interest. And today, they also led to some stiff. The wisest and most insightful of the women in Dallis strips, Tommie Tompkins and Gloria Sanchez, were the least lucky in love. An opportunistic couple who see dollar signs with the death of Toms brother, the father of the now orphaned Jeep Carson. Dangerous missions abroad continue to separate the couple and postpone their nuptials. We really dont have a lot of choice about What color is the White House? Despite these absences, April maintains a strong romantic interest in the elusive Randy Parker and the pair ultimately become engaged in April of 2012. Lili is ultimately sent off to juvenile detention, heartbroken over her betrayal of Abbey whom she loves and respects. Cory Duncan, and his troubled son Mark, moved onto Spencer Farms to tend the grounds and horses. Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth . Randy Parker infiltrates the organization in his efforts to prove that Horace Riley is not mentally incompetent. 1967 Financial consultant Preston Palmer secretly romances both Ann and Katherine. Constance Darling. Hank is a brown-haired design engineer hired by Rocky Ledge to help build Neddys clothing factory. The mix of kinda comic everyday stories and the action pieces Judge Parker is now known for is awkward, and those action set-pieces (Sennas kidnapping, Aprils prison break) have been clumsily done with stories that have no conclusion and just whimper out, and plot points that make no sense (OK, thats nothing new for this comic strip). 7/2/97-11/97. Keith St. James. 5/02-8/02, 11/02-5/03. A number of times they mention that she was her cousinso Abbey does not have a second half-sister. In its early years, the comic strip could just as easily have been called Judge Parkers Family. Jeep Carson was a precocious tomboy whose best friend was a somewhat less precocious everyboy named Bumps. Cedric always works for very wealthy clients and there appears to be far more to his story than appears on the surface. 1999 Sam proposes to Abbey in January. 2 granted new trials and later discharged. When she returns to town to settle her fathers estate, it is soon clear that she is determined to marry Sam and actively finds ways of undermining his relationship with Abby Spencer. 5/09-2/10, 8/14-9/14, 12/14-6/15, 9/15-10/15, 5/16, 9/16. International jetsetter who romances Trudi St. James, hoping to make her his third wife to access her fortune. Plot lines would drag on for weeks or months; you could go on a two week vacation without a daily Judge Parker and come back having missed very little of the story. April Parker Jones is an American television actress, best known for her roles as Darcy Hawkins in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho from 2006 to 2008, and as Natalie Henning in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong (2014-2020). In 1999, Sam finally proposes to her and the two are married on New Years Eve that same year. Betsy Fremont. She is surprised when he shows up to visit at Spencer Farms. After Sophie returns from her kidnapping ordeal in 2017, it is only Marie, returning from a vacation, who is able to breakthrough to her. After months of not knowing her fate, in 2017 Randy finally gets to meet and raise his daughter, even as April is falsely imprisoned for crimes she did not commit. For a time, Cedrics beautiful wife Angela stalks Neddy, who she fears will seduce her husband. A handsome professional hypnotist with a slender face and dark, fathomless eyes. For example, after disarming a bank robber, she decides to represent him. 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