Megan Russert

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Megan Russert is a fictional character on Homicide:Life on the Street played by Isabella Hofmann. She is a lieutenant who, for "politically correct" reasons, is made a captain on a trial basis in the third season. The third season is the first the character appears.

Although she and Al Giardello get along reasonably well he resents that she was promoted before him. For her part she occasionally felt that he was diminishing her, or ignoring, her authority. Her "softer" personality and ethical concerns about Frank Pembleton's interrogation methods also put her at odds with others. That stated her connections to National security officers made her a valuable addition on certain cases.

She is a widow and for the most part did not date during her two seasons on the series. That said she had a brief affair with Beau Felton whose character was played by Daniel Baldwin. She ended it for a variety of reasons, but supported him as a friend after the breakdown of his marriage.

In season 4 Beau is suspended and this leads him to switch to Internal affairs (law enforcement) thus ending their connection. In the first of two episodes concerning a sniper she angers George Barnfather due to problems at a press conference she held and the later suicide of the first sniper. This leads her to be demoted back down to detective where she would partner with John Munch.

Her apparent disappointments led her to start a new life, with a new man, in Europe. This ended the role of her character in the series until the Homicide movie brought her back.

[edit] Trivia

  • In the fictional world of the show she is a first cousin to Tim Russert. This is confirmed when Tim Russert has an uncredited appearance as her cousin in 'The Old and the Dead.' In a later episode titled 'Stakeout' she mentions her famous cousin to a one-shot character named Cathy Buxton(played by Kate Walsh), but the character is unimpressed as she watches a news show that competes with Russert's.[1]
  • The actress who played Megan Russert actually would have a relationship with the actor who played Beau. There are of course several differences from the fictional relationship in that the two remain a couple and they have a son named Atticus together.
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