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Personal Profile: Helen GambleFrom Joan's The Practice Site
Helen Gamble is one of Boston's D.A's (District Attorneys) who joined the
gang in the second season. She is Lindsay Dole's best friend, and was even
her roomate for an entire season (season 3) and the first few episodes of
season four. This was before Lindsay moved in with her fiance Bobby
Donnell, who in fact became Helen's boyfriend for a few weeks in season
two, after Lindsay and Bobby broke up.
Helen Gamble is a great prosecutor who will do almost anything to get that
guilty verdict she desires. Even if it involves lying to a suspect to get
a statement. Lately, Helen's desperation has gotten the best of her, with
most of her cases going to the victorious firm of Donnell, Young, Dole and
Frutt. Tired of loosing her cases, and seeing the "guilty" being let free
over and over again, her perspective of her profession has gone a little
haywire, as too have the perspective of the others. Known to get deeply
emotional in her cases, her best friend and the rest of DYD&F, began to
worry about Helen, and encouraged her to take a break of the demanding
emotional work of law. But Helen, always a fighter got back into the game
of law, and is still up there with the best, working hard everyday, in an
attempt to bring the people to justice.
This hasn't affected the way she has had to deal with her numerous amount
of cases regarding the debatable concepts of Euthanasia. The death of her
grandmother who she was particularly close to, when she was only eighteen
years old, has made a large impact on her life and the way she makes deals
and decisions in court. Her grandmother was given the diagnosed increase
in the morphine and Helen is strongly against the idea of Euthanasia based
on her experiences with her grandmother and her belief that her
grandmother didn't really want to die. But was just convinced by doctors
and the people surrounding her that she didn't want to be any trouble any
more. For this reason, anytime a euthanasia case is dropped on her desk,
she does her very best to get that guilty verdict. Often making the
mistake of making the case personal.
Helen hasn't only had to deal with criminals in the court room, but just
recently she had to confront a criminal right in her own apartment. With
her roomate Ellenor Frutt being held at knife-point, she shooted George
Vogelman before he could hurt them anymore.
Helen's life life also seems to be a rollercoaster of events surrounding
bad luck. Since the beginning, Helen has been searching for "Mr. Right"
but, fate has always had a different idea. In the second season, she
thought Mr Right, was Bobby, but Lindsay occupied Bobby's heart, even
though it didn't always appear that way. In the third season, she resorted
to a blind date. But he just suddenly dissapeared with no word. And in the
fourth season, well, it was her co-worker DA. Richard (Midget) Bey who
tried to get her attention. Even scoring himself 2 dates with her, and a
kiss!. Hopefully, season 5 will provide her with the "right man" she is
looking for! Detective Mike perhaps??….We'll just have to wait and see!
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