Pierce Dorman
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| Pierce Dorman | |||
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| General Hospital | |||
| Portrayed by | Bradley White (1996) Rob Youngblood (1996) Tuc Watkins (1996-1997) |
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| First appearance | 1996 | ||
| Last appearance | 1997 | ||
| Cause/reason | Stabbed to death by a South American drug dealer | ||
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| Occupation | Physician | ||
| Residence | Port Charles, New York | ||
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Pierce Dorman was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. Bradley White and Rob Youngblood portrayed the character in 1996. Tuc Watkins portrayed the character from 1996 to 1997.
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[edit] Character History
Dr. Pierce Dorman refused to care for Stone Cates who had AIDS. He met Dr. Monica Quartermaine in 1996. Monica had been suffering from breast cancer but was in remission. Monica felt that her husband Alan Quartermaine was not attracted to her anymore because of the cancer. She started to build a friendship with the new Dr. Pierce Dorman. He began sending her gifts and Alan became angry. Monica liked the attention and became romantically involved with Pierce Dorman.
Alan Quartermaine had an going to operate on Alan. Alan hated it but had no choice because he hadold hand injury. It started to bother him again and needed to have surgery. Pierce Dorman became the surgeon that was perfected the surgery that Alan needed. Alan suspected Pierce of sleeping with his wife. Monica and Alan reunited. When Monica tried to break off her affair with Pierce he became angry and did not want to let her go. Monica feared for her life and for Alan's. Pierce threatened to hurt Alan in an attempt to get Monica back. When that didn't work he sued her for sexual harassment. The Quartermaines were embarrassed when Monica's sex life became public. Alexis Davis approached them about the case. Even though she was a Cassadine, they accepted her offer. Monica's nephew Ned Ashton was put on the stand and was forced to confess to the affair that he had with Monica years before. This devastated the family. Emily Quartermaine, her daughter, turned to drugs. Her son A.J. turned to alcohol. Alan became addicted to pain pills.
Pierce Dorman had an accomplice, Marilyn Cooper. She drugged Sonny Corinthos with heroin to make it look like an overdose. When Sonny was getting close to uncovering the truth behind his overdose, Pierce killed Marilyn. Pierce had his past lover, Rebecca Chase, lie on the stand and say that she overheard Monica telling Pierce that he would lose his job if he did not sleep with her. Monica was found guilty of sexual harassment.
Jason Morgan and Sonny Corinthos began looking into drugs being brought to Port Charles. The police thought that Jasper Jacks was responsible for them. Sonny and Jason did not think he was to blame. Sonny and Jason found that Pierce had connections in South America. Monica realized who was behind Emily's addiction to drugs. She kidnapped him and injected him with Sodium Pentothal and wanted to give him a labotomy. Monica held a mock trial in a hotel room and found Pierce guilty of all his crimes. Jason stopped Monica from killing Pierce. Mac arrested Pierce but he was released when the mayor did not agree with Mac's tactics. Mac was also fired. Pierce still had more revenge up his sleeve. He stole Emily's diary and started to release information to the press.
Pierce told the press that AJ was responsible for the accident that had caused Jason's brain damage. Emily felt responsible for everything. Emily fell down the stairs at the Quartermaine mansion. The entire Quartermaine family was at the hospital by Emily's side. Sonny, Brenda Barrett, and Jason were at the hospital as well. Everyone there knew about Pierce's involvement in Emily's drug problem. When the power went out in the hospital everyone including Emily were looking for Pierce. Pierce had gone to the morgue to retrieve some drugs he had stored there. He was stabbed with a scalpel in the morgue.
Pierce was killed by a South American drug dealer. The dealer set Brenda up for the murder. Sonny and Jason broke Brenda out of jail and Sonny and Brenda went on the run. The dealer learned that Jason knew who the real killer was. he tried to kill Jason and Robin Scorpio. Jason was wounded and recovered. Sonny and Brenda discovered that Sonny's presumed dead ex-father-in-law was the mastermind. He wanted to frame Brenda as revenge for the death of his daughter, Lily Rivera Corinthos. Jax helped free Brenda and Sonny from Rivera. They discovered video tapes that showed Hernando Rivera confessing to having Pierce murdered and for the drug problems in Port Charles. The evidence cleared Monica's reputation and she returned to work.
[edit] Romantic Entanglements
- Monica Quartermaine (lovers)
- Marilyn Cooper
- Rebecca Chase
[edit] References
- Pierce Dorman profile Soapcentral.com
