Mark Blackmore

**Mark Blackmore** is a side character in both the first and second season as well as mentioned throughout the series. He is the father of both Sam Blackmore and Maya Foster.

## Biographical Information

### Age

* 53 (Season 1)
* 55 (Season 2)

## Relationships

### Familial

* Mason Blackmore (son)
* Sam Blackmore (son)
* Maya Foster (daughter)
* Oliver Blackmore (nephew)

## Biography

### Early life

Mark Blackmore was born to a long line of doctors; his grandfather, his great grandfather, and so forth. There was an expectation of him as he got older to fall into line. Growing up, he focused primarily on his studies and didn't waste too much time making friends. There were more important thing to take care of such as his future. People were a distraction in which he didn't spend much time focusing on anything else which led to him having a rather lackluster life. The only slightly exciting thing was that he participated in baseball when he was in middle school.

It wasn't until he was about twenty eight and two years into his residency that he met Summer Anderson at a reward ceremony. One of the few things that got him out of his house; one of his mentors getting a reward. Summer had been the daughter of another one of the doctors getting a reward that night. The two began mingling and eventually exchanged numbers. Mark wasn't that much of a romantic so he was out of his field here but for some reason Summer had been interested. They were two very people as well so it made things all the more odd.

After dating for some time, Mark explained what he expected out of a wife and women. Someone who took care of the house made sure dinner was on the table, took care of the kids when they came, took care of him when he needed it, and who knew how to listen. She obliged that she could fill what he needed. A year later once he had finished his residency, they got married. It wouldn't be until seven years after their marriage that they finally started talking about kids as well as trying for them. Mark had been in a good position with his job that he could take the time.

The first child had been their eldest son, Mason Blackmore. There was a long debate after Mason on if they wanted more kids as well as how many and when. It was agreed upon that they would have one more child (preferably another son). By that point, Mason had been three years old but Summer wouldn't get pregnant for another three more years. This meant a lot to Summer as she had something new to focus. Another life to bring into the world as Mark was busy at work. He had gotten promoted not long after they agreed to have another child which was why it had taken so long.

When the results came in with more information on the pregnancy, Summer was ecstatic to see that it was twins. One boy and one girl to which she expected her husband to share the same enthusiasm but Mark was not enthusiastic. In fact he was rather annoyed at this sudden turn of events. He had made it clear that he had only wanted one more child. During the phone call, he informed her that they would talk about it when he got home. Later that night, they didn't do much discussion. It was more like Mark telling him that she'd give birth to the children and they'd put the daughter up for adoption.

That was the end of the conversation for him and he slept soundly that night. The next morning, he left for work without giving her room to protest. When it came time for the child, he had made sure to make sure the proper arrangements were ready. That included the proper paperwork that would be needed for it a smooth transition for the girl into the foster care. Everything he did to do with it had been in a calm and collected manner like he had disconnected from the girl already; like it wasn't his daughter. Once they were born and his wife being not in a place to fight back, he had the child taken away to be put into foster care.

From there he went about his life as he usually did; working long hours and coming home to be what semblance of a father he deemed fit. This meant chastising his sons for their lack of accomplishments and only giving a nod of approval when they met his expectations or exceeded them. Looking over their studies when he deemed fit and when he attended any event, it was always with a critical eye. If they lost or it didn't seem impressive enough, it meant it was less likely that he would show up to the next. As time passed, it was clear that he was going to have to rely the most on Mason.

Suddenly though, sour news had hit his ears one day while he was at work. His youngest son had gone missing with no reports of where he was. One night, he had been out with friends and then he seemingly vanished without a trace. It was described by Mark as an inconvenience which was the only comment he made to a reporter. After a few months of his son being gone, he began taking down pictures of him as well as any sign. Not even bothering to enter Sam's room as he left that to his wife. Mark Blackmore gave up on his sons chance of coming back alive long before anyone else had.

### Season 1

The most devastating part of his sons return was that it came at the cost of his eldest's son career. When word came to Mark that his son had lost his mind two years into his residency, he was infuriated. An argument broke out while Mason was in the cells where he called him a useless son that was making things up for attention to get some girl back. Sam was greeted back by Mark but not with any exuberant amount of excitement or rejoice. The failure son had returned at the cost of his prodigy.

### Season 2

In the next season, he is not shown much other than when criticizing his sons for it. At this point, he feels like both his sons have simply failed him more than he could have ever dreamed up of them. He has a brief moment of annoyance at the return of his daughter but is confident that she won't know.