Rebecca Abbott (Perception)

Rebecca Abbott (Lisa Sheridan; 1974-2019) is a villainess from "Toxic," episode 2.04 of Perception (airdate July 16, 2013). She is an environmental activist who visited Dr. Daniel Pierce regarding a case that involved four teen girls showing symptoms of Tourette's Syndrome.
Rebecca stated that trichloroethylene (TCE) caused the girls' symptoms, and that Brooksville Chemical was responsible. Pierce originally refused to fly to Brooksville, PA to join her quest, but changed his mind after Kate Moretti called him about a case; doing so to steer clear of Kate under the belief that she has feelings for him. Rebecca blasted the company at a town hall meeting, as well as directly bashing company owner Martin Sullivan, with his wife and son both present and outraged at Rebecca's claims. She later publicly introduced Pierce, who walked out in response, leading an argument which had Pierce accusing her of using him for her agenda. Rebecca responded her test results proved her case, and it was after this that Rebecca was shot by a mysterious gunman.
Though the Sullivans were suspects, Pierce eventually came to the conclusion that the shooting was staged, and that Rebecca was the mastermind. Not only that, Rebecca's claim about her test results was false; her actual test results came back clean. Rebecca turned heel and decided to devise fraudulent test results in an attempt to shake down Sullivan, only for Sullivan not to give in to her demands. The villainess used the girls' symptoms to cover up her own greedy agenda, and regarding the shooting, the evil Rebecca enlisted her assistant, Chad, to fire at her. However, Chad revealed himself that he was supposed to shoot at the window, but he ended up striking Rebecca.
Rebecca ended up confronted by Pierce and Kate with the facts involing her scheme, only for the villainess to continue to deny everything and state that she was the victim. After Kate revealed that Chad would testify against her, Rebecca accused both Kate and Pierce of ruining everything for the girls, as they were to receive $1 million each. However, Kate revealed that Rebecca would get one-third of the payout, and after this, police entered and arrested Rebecca.
== Trivia ==
* Lisa Sheridan also appeared on The Mentalist as con artist Brooke Harper.
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