Marshall Winthrop

**Marshall Winthrop** is Conrad Hawkins' father and the former chairman of the board at Chastain Park Memorial Hospital. He is portrayed by Glenn Morshower.

## Biography

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3
* Season 4
* Season 5

**Season One**

*Total Eclipse of the Heart*

When Nic is set up and arrested for breaking and entering, her bail is set at $100,000. Conrad ends up calling his father, who pays all of the bail and tells his son that she’ll be released within the hour. After Lane's arrest, Dr. Bell has a new boss, Conrad's father, who will be the new chairman of the board.

**Season Two**
*The Dance*
After Marshall collapses, he is checked into Chastain against his wishes as he believes his Crohne's disease is acting up. It is discovered that Marshall has a bowel blockage that could potentially turn into a perforation and at Conrad's urging, he agrees to undergo surgery, though he requests anyone but Bell. Marshall reveals the truth behind his divorce with Conrad's mother to his son and assures Conrad that he was never abusive towards her which Conrad has always had nightmares about. This brings the two men closer together. Later, while Conrad is at Devon Pravesh, Marshall's bowel perforates and he is rushed into surgery with Bell, the only surgeon on call and answering. Bell desperately fights to save Marshall's life as the hospital tries to get into contact with Conrad.

*After the Fall*
Bell successfully manages to operate on Marshall, but he is left on a ventilator with an uncertain prognosis. After Marshall starts having troubles, Conrad realizes that the ventilator is set too high and shuts it off. Marshall regains consciousness and Conrad is able to remove the breathing tube as Marshall is breathing on his own. Conrad later visits his father who absolves him for not being there when Marshall nearly died. The two men joke briefly and commit to repairing their relationship as father and son. After being moved from the ICU, Marshall tells his son that he knows his disease will only get worse and worse and makes an advanced directive where if he ends up in such a situation again, no heroic measures will be used to save his life. Conrad agrees to honor his father's wishes after being unable to talk him out of it.

*Adverse Events*
Marshall works with Conrad to try to expose Gordon Page and QuoVadis. As QuoVadis' devices are implanted into hundreds of soldiers, potentially risking their lives, Marshall's investigators uncover a source who provides him with the evidence he needs to expose QuoVadis' fraud to the military. As a result, both Chastain and the military pull their contracts with QuoVadis and Gordon is publicly disgraced. Marshall warns that if QuoVadis finds an angel investor, they might be able to recover before calling Gordon and offering to buy QuoVadis, apparently betraying Conrad.

*Betrayal*
Marshall's offer to Gordon Page is revealed to be a trick to help set Gordon up, but Gordon sees through Marshall's offer and refuses. Things become complicated when Abe Benedict is brought to Chastain with a gunshot wound that may or may not be self-inflicted. However, Marshall discovers that Gordon has found a single investor to back him up and determines that its Howard Loomis, a hedge fund CEO who, like Marshall, makes money by backing failing companies. Marshall meets with Loomis and reveals Benedict's shooting and the possibility of sinister intentions behind it. Marshall admits that while for men like himself and Loomis their actions are usually motivated by money, this time he is simply trying to do the right thing and stop a monster from destroying more lives. Marshall is able to convince Loomis to also do the right thing and not help Gordon.
With Gordon desperate and vulnerable, Marshall decides to go in one more time wearing an FBI wire disguised as his watch and to bluff that Benedict is awake and talking. At first Marshall fails to elicit a reaction from Gordon who demands to speak with Benedict. By the time Marshall contacts Conrad, Benedict has been stabilized and has revealed a single clue: Sever. Conrad's revelation rattles Gordon enough that Marshall manages to provoke Gordon into confessing to Benedict's attempted murder. However, Gordon realizes that Marshall is wearing a wire and tries to flee with Marshall as a hostage. In the QuoVadis lobby, Gordon's bodyguards get into a firefight with the FBI with Marshall caught in the middle. Marshall survives unharmed and is reunited with Conrad while Gordon's getaway attempt results in a high speed chase and Gordon's death in a car crash.

*Emergency Contact*
Following the fall of Gordon Page and QuoVadis, Marshall announces to Conrad that he is resigning as head of Chastain and is instead moving into the medical device field. Despite the corruption of Gordon and QuoVadis, Marshall recognizes the need for such devices and desires to buy out QuoVadis to improve the devices used to save lives and ensure the existence of medical device companies that care about their patients. Marshall later meets with Julian Booth in the ruins of QuoVadis, stating that her speech at the Mortality and Morbidity conference was what inspired Marshall to make this choice. Julian is revealed to be the source Marshall found that helped him expose Gordon and Marshall requests her help in his new venture. After researching Marshall, Julian refuses and instead asks for his help in funding a non-profit organization that will hold the FDA and companies like QuoVadis accountable which Marshall accepts.
As Marshall leaves Chastain to pursue his new venture, he is escorted by Conrad who promises to support his father. The two joke about the hostility of the last time Marshall left Chastain in similar circumstances and how things have greatly changed for them for the better since. Marshall makes it clear that he intends to remain a part of Conrad's life and Conrad decides to take a few days off to go on a vacation with his father.

**Season Three**
*Nurses' Day*
After learning that Marshall is on the same drug he suspects killed Jessie Nevin, Conrad runs tests on his father to make sure he is alright. Marshall proves to be unharmed by the drug and Conrad explains his suspicions about the drug and struggles with getting the proof he needs. Marshall offers his son his help which Conrad accepts.
Marshall later takes Conrad to a shareholders meeting for DiaCorp which is run by an old friend of his. Though surprised by the extravagance of the meeting, Marshall believes that his old friend can help Conrad get the patient data he needs. Marshall introduces Conrad to the CEO who offers the data Conrad needs in exchange for a deal with Chastain.

*Out for Blood*
It's revealed that Red Rock hasn't directly moved against Conrad out of fear of angering Marshall due to Marshall's wealth and power.

*Free Fall*
After being fired, Conrad dodges several of Marshall's calls before finally answering and admitting what had happened. Marshall isn't surprised given Conrad's rule-breaking nature and Conrad informs his father that he doesn't intend to let Red Rock win so easily. Marshall warns Conrad that he's gone toe-to-toe with a lot of Titans in his time and Conrad will need to bring more than a slingshot to this fight and its gonna get ugly for everyone. Conrad reassures Marshall that he understands the risks before hanging up.

*Burn It All Down*
After a hard day of work, Conrad meets with Marshall for a drink and Marshall offers his son advice based on his own experiences.

**Season Four**
*A Wedding, A Funeral*
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Conrad calls Marshall, who is negotiating with one of his clients about work on new protective mask prototypes. Worried for his father's safety, Conrad attempts to get him to leave and work remotely, but Marshall hangs up on him and ignores Conrad's subsequent calls.
After the pandemic, Marshall attends his son's wedding, standing in as best man for Devon whose own father had died of the virus.

*Home Before Dark*
Conrad approaches Marshall for help with saving Chastain as Red Rock is selling the hospital to developers who intend to turn it into luxury condos. However, Marshall unfortunately can't help, as all of his assets are tied up elsewhere. Conrad then shares the exciting news that Marshall will be a grandfather.
After Nic is stabbed on Chastain's last day open, Conrad has Devon call Marshall and Kyle Nevin. When Kyle arrives, Marshall comforts the other man and reveals that Nic is pregnant, which Kyle didn't know yet, something that Marshall wasn't aware of. Marshall helps Kyle pull himself together and the two men do their best to be there for Nic and Conrad, especially after Nic fails to regain consciousness.
After Nic is saved, Marshall discusses the hospital's situation with Bell and Kit Voss, suggesting that there might still be time for one last Hail Mary. The three come up with the idea of getting Red Rock to sell the hospital to the state and saving Chastain by turning it into a public hospital instead of a private one. Marshall and Bell approach Governor Nichelle Randall, who had recently had her life saved by the doctors at Chastain, with the idea. Marshall and Bell convince Randall of their plan and Chastain is saved by becoming a public hospital.

*Hope in the Unseen*
Now the Chairman of the Board once again, Marshall informs Kit that the hospital is still far in the red over 25 million dollars. Kit points out that when she took over, it was over 35 million dollars, meaning that the situation has improved. The board members question the wisdom of putting someone with no business experience in charge of the hospital and Marshall informs her that she needs to find more cuts with another board member stating that it needs to be in the millions. Marshall states that it's not coming from him or the board, they are getting pressure from the state who have given Kit two weeks to come up with big solutions.
That night, Kit brings Phillip Bondman, the founder of Bio South Labs to meet Marshall in her office. The two offer to make Chastain an angel investor to save Phillip's company, injecting cash into the company right away and sharing the risk and the potential returns from Phillip's experimental gene therapy to cure sickle cell anemia. Kit acknowledges that it's a risky investment, but Chastain needs new sources of revenue badly and the gene therapy looks promising. Marshall states that they believe that with enough cash, Bio South can do more. Phillip accepts their offer.

*Finding Family*
Marshall and Kyle Nevin help Billie Sutton set up for Nic's baby shower, causing the two men to clash a bit over their differing opinions on the colors of the streamers. The two later joke about the expensive presents that they've supposedly gotten for the baby, but supply Billie with pictures of Conrad and Nic's mothers for her personalized present to their children. Marshall tells Conrad and Nic that their mothers are with them in spirit.

**Season Five**
*The Long and Winding Road*
After Nic is in devastating car crash, Marshall takes care of Gigi, but later comes to the hospital with her when he can't stand to be away any longer. Marshall distracts Kyle Nevin as Devon performs a test to determine if Nic is in fact brain dead and comforts his son as Kyle lashes out at Conrad. He later gives Gigi to Conrad to say goodbye to Nic before her organs are harvested and Conrad thanks his father for being there for them. The two later watch as a helicopter carrying Nic's harvested organs takes off.

## Relationships

* Familial
* Other

**Conrad Hawkins**

Marshall is Conrad's estranged father. Conrad suggests that the difference between them is that he helps sick people, and doesn't capitalize off their misfortune. He comes back into Conrad's life, to ask him to run the new hospital he is opening. After Marshall becomes seriously ill, he reveals the surprising truth behind his divorce with Conrad's mother, bringing the two men closer together. When Marshall leaves Chastain to pursue a new venture, the two men are able to amicably joke about their past issues and decide to go on vacation together for a few days.

The two are subsequently shown to maintain a good relationship with Conrad being worried about Marshall's health after learning he is on the same drug that killed Jessie Nevin and confiding in and seeking his father's help to prove the drug is unsafe. At Conrad's wedding to Nic, Marshall acts as his best man, standing in for Devon, who had to attend his own deceased father's memorial. When Conrad later calls Marshall for help and to inform Marshall that he is going to be a grandfather, he notes that Marshall came immediately.
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