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The Thrill of It All
Studio album by Sam Smith
Released
3 November 2017
Length
35:38
Label
Capitol
Producer
Steve Fitzmaurice (also exec.)
Jimmy Napes (also exec.)
Brendan Grieve
Malay
Tyler Johnson
StarGate
Emile Haynie
Timbaland
Sam Smith chronology
The Lost Tapes – Remixed
(2015) The Thrill of It All
(2017)
Singles from The Thrill of It All
"Too Good at Goodbyes"
Released: 8 September 2017
"One Last Song"
Released: 3 November 2017[1]
The Thrill of It All is the second studio album by English singer and songwriter Sam Smith.[2] It was released on 3 November 2017 through Capitol Records.[3]
Contents
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1 Background
2 Singles
2.1 Promotional singles
3 Critical reception
3.1 Accolades
4 Commercial performance
5 Track listing
6 Charts
6.1 Weekly charts
6.2 Year-end charts
7 Certifications
8 Release history
9 References
Background[edit]
On 6 October 2017, Smith announced via Twitter that his second album, titled "The Thrill of It All", was to be released on 3 November 2017.[4] It is Smith's second full album of material after his hugely successful debut album In the Lonely Hour (2014), which has sold 12 million copies worldwide.
Speaking to Billboard about the album, Smith said:
"I went through, like, this vortex, came out, I feel like I've rebuilt myself as a stronger thing and I'm just gonna go into the vortex again," he says in a preview that features a montage of studio sessions. "I wasn't trying to make a big pop record when I made this album. I was actually just trying to make something personal and like a diary."[5]
Singles[edit]
"Too Good at Goodbyes" was released as the album's lead single on 8 September 2017. It topped the UK Singles Chart and made the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100.[2]
"One Last Song" was sent to radio in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2017, on the day of album release as its second single.[1][6]
Promotional singles[edit]
On 6 October 2017, Smith released "Pray", a gospel-tinged ballad in collaboration with Timbaland, prompted by time spent in Iraq with the charity War Child as a promotional single from the album.[2][7] Another promotional single, "Burning", was released on 27 October 2017.[8]
Critical reception[edit]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source
Rating
AnyDecentMusic? 5.9/10[9]
Metacritic 72/100[10]
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic [11]
The Daily Telegraph [12]
Entertainment Weekly B[13]
The Guardian [14]
The Independent [15]
NME [16]
The Observer [17]
Pitchfork 5.8/10[18]
Rolling Stone [19]
Slant Magazine [20]
The Thrill of It All received generally positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72 based on 16 reviews.[10]
Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave the album four stars, and was highly positive about it and Smith's vocals, calling them "supernatural" and saying: "The Thrill of It All doesn't just wallow in love's misery, it practically drowns in the stuff. Its 10 songs are almost unrelentingly miserable, self-absorbed and self-pitying, verging on the lachrymose and sentimental (as lovers in the midst of a break-up often are). The instrumentation is understated piano and strings blended with just the occasional hint of contemporary hip-hop effects. At times, Smith's lyrics display a slightly clunking prosaicness. There's not much poetry in lines such as 'real love is never a waste of time' or 'there’' no insurance to pay for the damage'. Yet it all hits home, because Smith makes every note sound like a matter of life and death. 'Him' is the album’s centrepiece, a gospel drama addressed to a judgmental 'father', insisting on Smith's right to love whom he chooses. It is a kind of hymn to Him, and as the choir powers up it gains a righteous glory."[12] Andy Gill from The Independent also gave a four-star review, and shared in the positivity about the album, remarking: "Smith's voice remains a thing of wonder throughout".[15]
Will Hermes for Rolling Stone also gave a positive four-star review, and said: "Doubling down on his magnificent, gender-nonconforming voice while pushing his songcraft forward, Smith's second LP knights one of the mightiest, most expressive vocalists of his generation."[19] In another positive review Nick Levine from NME compared Smith to Adele in his review of the album, stating: "Both have become enormously successful by singing emotional ballads that connect with huge numbers of people, and both are understandably reluctant to raise the tempo as a result. But like Adele's 25, this is an undeniably accomplished album that will, deservedly, shift a helluva lot of copies.[16] AllMusic's Andy Kellman was positive too in his three and a half-star review, and opined: "this album maintains a consistency and intensity that places it slightly above the debut."[11]
Some reviews were more negative. Though making it his album of the week and giving it three stars, Alexis Petridis from The Guardian was more mixed in his review, writing: "There’s a certain power to "The Thrill of It All" but it could have been a much more potent album if they’d laid off the polish just a little."[14] Kitty Empire from The Observer was less enthusiastic in a more negative two-star review, claiming Smith was "moping by numbers" like Adele, and surmised: "There is little drama here, just plenty of shorthand (sad pianos), a total absence of risk"[17]
Accolades[edit]
Publication
Accolade
Rank
Ref.
Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2017
10
[21]
Commercial performance[edit]
The Thrill of It All topped the UK Albums Chart in its first week of release with 97,328 combined units (consisting of 83,637 sales and 13,691 sales-equivalent streams), giving Smith his second number-one album in the nation after In the Lonely Hour (2014). It also had the fifth-largest opening there at the time for a 2017 album.[22][23] The record fell to number two the next week with a combined total of 52,781 units.[24][25] before returning to the top spot three weeks later[26] and being displaced by Ed Sheeran's ÷ the following week.[27] In Australia, the album opened at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming the singer's second album to enter at that position after In the Lonely Hour.[28] It additionally debuted at number one on the Irish[29] and Scottish charts.[30]
The album the entered atop the US Billboard 200 with 237,000 album-equivalent units, including 185,000 pure sales, giving Smith his first chart-topper and highest opening sales in the United States. It also had the country's seventh-largest album opening of the year at the time.[31] The Thrill of It All dropped to number two the following week, earning 66,000 album-equivalent units.[32] It also became his first number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, debuting with 16,000 units, including 9,500 copies.[33]
Track listing[edit]
Standard edition[3]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
1. "Too Good at Goodbyes"
Sam Smith
James Napier
Mikkel S.Eriksen
Tor Erik Hermansen
Steve Fitzmaurice
Jimmy Napes
Stargate
3:21
2. "Say It First"
S. Smith
Napier
James Ho
Malay
Fitzmaurice
Napes
4:07
3. "One Last Song"
S. Smith
Napier
Tyler Johnson
Fitzmaurice
Napes
Johnson
3:12
4. "Midnight Train"
S. Smith
Napier
Ho
Fitzmaurice
Napes
Malay
3:27
5. "Burning"
S. Smith
Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd
Dominic Jordan
Jimmy Giannos
Fitzmaurice
Napes
3:23
6. "Him"
S. Smith
Brendan Grieve
Reuben James
Fitzmaurice
Grieve
3:10
7. "Baby, You Make Me Crazy"
S. Smith
Napier
Emile Haynie
Dennis Ronald Thomas
Woodrow Sparrow
Gene Redd Sr.
George Melvin Brown
Claydes Smith
Richard Westfield
Robert Bell
Robert Mickens
Ronald Bell
Fitzmaurice
Napes
Haynie
3:27
8. "No Peace" (featuring Yebba)
S. Smith
Napier
Yebba Smith
Fitzmaurice
Napes
4:43
9. "Palace"
S. Smith
Johnson
Camaron Ochs
Johnson
3:07
10. "Pray"
S. Smith
Napier
Timothy Mosley
Darryl Pearson
Larrance Dopson
Jose A. Valasquez
Timbaland
Fitzmaurice
Napes
3:41
Total length: 35:38
[show]Special edition bonus tracks[3]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Length
11. "Nothing Left for You"
S. Smith
Napier
Fitzmaurice
Napes
3:46
12. "The Thrill of It All"
S. Smith
Grieve
James
Fitzmaurice
Napes
Grieve
3:28
13. "Scars"
S. Smith
Grieve
Grieve
Fitzmaurice[a]
3:03
14. "One Day at a Time"
S. Smith
Simon Aldred
Fitzmaurice
Napes
3:29
Total length: 49:24
[show]Target and Japanese bonus tracks[34][35]
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
15. "Leader of the Pack"
S. Smith
Grieve
Duncan Boyce
2:38
16. "Blind Eye"
S. Smith
Francis White
1:48
Total length: 53:50
Notes
^[a] signifies an additional producer
Track 6, "Him", is stylised as "HIM".
Sample credits
"One Last Song" contains samples from "Be a Lion" from The Wiz Original Cast
"Baby, You Make Me Crazy" contains samples from the recording, "Breeze and Soul" as performed by Ed Watson & The Brass Circle
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (2017)
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[36]
2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[37]
7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[38]
1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[39]
11
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[40]
1
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[41]
3
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[42]
15
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[43]
1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[44]
1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[45]
10
French Albums (SNEP)[46]
15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[47]
8
Greek Albums (IFPI)[48]
8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[49]
1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[50]
4
Japanese Albums (Billboard Japan)[51]
23
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[52]
32
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[53]
1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[54]
1
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[55]
10
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[56]
3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30]
1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[57]
12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[58]
1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[59]
3
UK Albums (OCC)[60]
1
US Billboard 200[61]
1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (2017)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[62]
19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[63]
51
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[64]
138
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[65]
48
Italian Albums (FIMI)[66]
89
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[67]
27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[68]
87
UK Albums (OCC)[69]
3
US Billboard 200[70]
153
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[71]
Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[72]
Gold 7,500*
Canada (Music Canada)[73]
Gold 40,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[74]
Gold 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[75]
Platinum 300,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format(s)
Label
Ref.
Various
3 November 2017
CD
digital download
streaming
Capitol [76]
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Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale, by Frederick MacMonnies, City Hall Park, New York
Allegiance
United States
Birth name
Nathan Hale
Born
June 6, 1755
Coventry, Connecticut Colony, British America
Died
September 22, 1776(1776-09-22) (aged 21)
New York City, United States of America
Cause of
death
Hanged
Buried
Coventry, Connecticut
Alma mater
Yale College
Signature
Nathan Hale as depicted in bronze (1890) by Frederick William MacMonnies at the Brooklyn Museum
Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed. Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut.[1]
Contents
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1 Background
2 Intelligence-gathering mission
3 Impact
4 Hanging site
5 Relatives
6 Legacy
6.1 Statues and appearance
6.2 Namesake items
7 See also
8 Notes and references
8.1 Notes
8.2 References
8.3 Further reading
9 External links
Background[edit]
Coat of Arms of Nathan Hale
Commission of Nathan Hale captain in nineteenth regiment of foot commanded by Colonel Charles Webb. Signed by John Hancock. January 1, 1776
Nathan Hale was born in Coventry, Connecticut, in 1755 to Richard Hale and Elizabeth Strong. In 1768, when he was fourteen years old, he was sent with his brother Enoch, who was sixteen, to Yale College. Nathan was a classmate of fellow patriot spy Benjamin Tallmadge.[2] The Hale brothers belonged to the Linonian Society of Yale, which debated topics in astronomy, mathematics, literature, and the ethics of slavery. Nathan graduated with first-class honors in 1773 at age 18 and became a teacher, first in East Haddam and later in New London.[3]
After the Revolutionary War began in 1775, he joined a Connecticut militia and was elected first lieutenant within five months.[4] His militia unit participated in the Siege of Boston, but Hale remained behind. It has been suggested that he was unsure as to whether he wanted to fight, or whether he was hindered because his teaching contract in New London did not expire until several months later, in July 1775. On July 4, 1775, Hale received a letter from his classmate and friend Benjamin Tallmadge, who had gone to Boston to see the siege for himself. He wrote to Hale, "Was I in your condition, I think the more extensive service would be my choice. Our holy Religion, the honor of our God, a glorious country, & a happy constitution is what we have to defend."[5] Tallmadge's letter was so inspiring that, several days later, Hale accepted a commission as first lieutenant in the 7th Connecticut Regiment under Colonel Charles Webb of Stamford.
In the following spring, the army moved to Manhattan Island to prevent the British from taking over New York City. In September, General Washington was desperate to determine the location of the imminent British invasion of Manhattan Island. To that end, Washington needed a spy behind enemy lines, and Hale was the only volunteer.[3]
Intelligence-gathering mission[edit]
The Battle of Long Island led to British victory and the capture of New York City via a flanking move from Staten Island across Long Island. Hale volunteered on September 8, 1776, to go behind enemy lines and report on British troop movements. He was ferried across on September 12. It was an act of spying that was immediately punishable by death and posed a great risk to Hale.
During his mission, New York City (then the area at the southern tip of Manhattan around Wall Street) fell to British forces on September 15 and Washington was forced to retreat to the island's north in Harlem Heights (what is now Morningside Heights).[6] On September 21, a quarter of the lower portion of Manhattan burned in the Great New York Fire of 1776. The fire was later widely thought to have been started by American saboteurs to keep the city from falling into British hands,[7] though Washington and the Congress had already denied this idea. It has also been speculated that the fire was the work of British soldiers acting without orders. In the fire's aftermath, more than 200 American partisans were rounded up by the British.
An account of Nathan Hale's capture was written by Consider Tiffany, a Connecticut shopkeeper and Loyalist, and obtained by the Library of Congress. In Tiffany's account, Major Robert Rogers of the Queen's Rangers saw Hale in a tavern and recognized him despite his disguise. After luring Hale into betraying himself by pretending to be a patriot himself, Rogers and his Rangers apprehended Hale near Flushing Bay in Queens, New York.[8] Another story was that his Loyalist cousin, Samuel Hale, was the one who revealed his true identity.
Beekman House
British General William Howe had established his headquarters in the Beekman House in a then rural part of Manhattan, on a rise between what are now 50th and 51st Streets between First and Second Avenues,[9] near where Beekman Place commemorates the connection. Hale reportedly was questioned by Howe, and physical evidence was found on him. Rogers provided information about the case. According to tradition, Hale spent the night in a greenhouse at the mansion. He requested a Bible; his request was denied. Sometime later, he requested a clergyman. Again, the request was denied.
According to the standards of the time, spies were hanged as illegal combatants. On the morning of September 22, 1776, Hale was marched along Post Road to the Park of Artillery, which was next to a public house called the Dove Tavern (at modern-day 66th Street and Third Avenue), and hanged.[10] He was 21 years old. Bill Richmond, a 13-year-old former slave and Loyalist who later became a boxer in Europe, was reportedly one of the hangmen, responsible for securing the rope to a strong tree and preparing the noose.[11]
Impact[edit]
Nathan Hale appeared on US postage stamps issued in 1925 and 1929. The likeness is from a statue by Bela Lyon Pratt.
By all accounts, Hale comported himself well before the hanging.[12][13][14] Over the years, there has been speculation as to whether he specifically uttered the line: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."[15] The line may be a revision of "I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged that my only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service."[16]
The story of Hale's quote began with John Montresor, a British officer who witnessed the hanging. Soon after the execution, Montresor spoke with the American officer William Hull about Hale's death. Hull later publicized Hale's use of the declaration. Because Hull was not an eyewitness to Hale's speech, some historians have questioned the reliability of the account.[10]
If Hale did not originate the statement, it is possible he instead repeated a passage from Joseph Addison's play Cato,[17] an ideological inspiration to many Whigs:
How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue!
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to serve our country.
No official records were kept of Hale's speech. However, Frederick MacKensie, a British officer, wrote this diary entry for the day:[12]
He behaved with great composure and resolution, saying he thought it the duty of every good Officer, to obey any orders given him by his Commander-in-Chief; and desired the Spectators to be at all times prepared to meet death in whatever shape it might appear.
It is almost certain that Nathan Hale's last speech contained more than one sentence. Several early accounts mention different things he said. These are not necessarily contradictory, but rather, together they give an idea of what the speech must have been like. (The following quotes are all taken from George Dudley Seymour's book, Documentary Life of Nathan Hale, published in 1941 by the author.)
From the diary of Enoch Hale, Nathan's brother, after he went to question people who had been present, October 26, 1776: "When at the Gallows he spoke & told them that he was a Capt in the Cont Army by name Nathan Hale."[18]
From the Essex Journal, February 13, 1777: "However, at the gallows, he made a sensible and spirited speech; among other things, told them they were shedding the blood of the innocent, and that if he had ten thousand lives, he would lay them all down, if called to it, in defence of his injured, bleeding Country."[19]
From the Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser, May 17, 1781: "I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service."[16]
From the memoirs of Captain William Hull, quoting British Captain John Montresor, who was present and who spoke to Hull under a flag of truce the next day:
"On the morning of his execution," continued the officer, "my station was near the fatal spot, and I requested the Provost Marshal [William Cunningham] to permit the prisoner to sit in my marquee, while he was making the necessary preparations. Captain Hale entered: he was calm, and bore himself with gentle dignity, in the consciousness of rectitude and high intentions. He asked for writing materials, which I furnished him: he wrote two letters, one to his mother and one to a brother officer. He was shortly after summoned to the gallows. But a few persons were around him, yet his characteristic dying words were remembered. He said, 'I only regret, that I have but one life to lose for my country.'"[20]
Two early ballads also attempt to recreate Hale's last speech. Songs and Ballads of the Revolution, collected by F. Moore (1855) contained the "Ballad of Nathan Hale" (anonymous), dated 1776: "Thou pale king of terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, Go frighten the slave; go frighten the slave; Tell tyrants, to you their allegiance they owe. No fears for the brave; no fears for the brave.";[21] and "To the Memory of Capt. Nathan Hale" by Eneas Munson, Sr., was written soon after Hale's death:[22]
"Hate of oppression's arbitrary plan,
The love of freedom, and the rights of man;
A strong desire to save from slavery's chain
The future millions of the western main,
And hand down safe, from men's invention cleared,
The sacred truths which all the just revered;
For ends like these, I wish to draw my breath,"
He bravely cried, "or dare encounter death."
And when a cruel wretch pronounced his doom,
Replied, "'Tis well, —for all is peace to come;
The sacred cause for which I drew my sword
Shall yet prevail, and peace shall be restored.
I've served with zeal the land that gave me birth,
Fulfilled my course, and done my work on earth;
Have ever aimed to tread that shining road
That leads a mortal to the blessed God.
I die resigned, and quit life's empty stage,
For brighter worlds my every wish engage;
And while my body slumbers in the dust,
My soul shall join the assemblies of the just."
Munson had tutored Hale before college, and knew him and his family well, so even though the particulars of this speech may be unlikely, Munson knew firsthand what Hale’s opinions were.
Hanging site[edit]
The British hang spy Nathan Hale in New York City, 1776.
Aside from the site at 66th Street and Third Avenue, currently[when?] a Nike store and three other sites in Manhattan claim to be the hanging site:
City Hall Park, where a statue designed by Frederick William MacMonnies was erected in 1890[23]
Inside Grand Central Terminal[23]
The Yale Club at 44th Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, near Grand Central Terminal, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) hung a plaque which states the event occurred there
Nathan Hale's body has never been found. His family erected an empty grave cenotaph in Nathan Hale Cemetery in South Coventry Historic District, Connecticut.[2]
His statue also stands in Nathan Hale Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[24]
Relatives[edit]
Hale was the great-grandson of John "Reverend Hale" Hale, an important figure in the Salem witch trials of 1692. Nathan Hale was also the uncle of orator and statesman Edward Everett (the other speaker at Gettysburg) and the grand-uncle of Edward Everett Hale (quoted above), a Unitarian minister, writer, and activist noted for social causes including abolitionism. He was the uncle of Nathan Hale who founded the Boston Daily Advertiser, and helped establish the North American Review.[25]
Legacy[edit]
Statues and appearance[edit]
Statue by Bela Pratt at the Tribune Tower, Chicago.
Statue by Enoch Smith Woods at Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, erected 1894.
Statue by Bela Lyon Pratt at Fort Nathan Hale.
Nathan Hale statue flanked by Yale servicemen, Yale campus, New Haven, Connecticut, November 1917.
Marker in Freese Park, Norwalk, Connecticut that is denoted as the embarkation point for Nathan Hale's fatal mission
Statues of Nathan Hale are based on idealized archetypes; no contemporaneous portraits of him have been found.[2][26] Documents and letters reveal Hale was an informed, practical, detail-oriented man who planned ahead.[2] Of his appearance and demeanor, fellow soldier Lieutenant Elisha Bostwick wrote that Nathan Hale had blue eyes, flaxen blond hair, darker eyebrows, and stood slightly taller than average height (of the time), with mental powers of a sedate mind and pious. Bostwick wrote:[2][27]
I can now in imagination see his person & hear his voice- his person I should say was a little above the common stature in height, his shoulders of a moderate breadth, his limbs strait & very plump: regular features—very fair skin—blue eyes—flaxen or very light hair which was always kept short—his eyebrows a shade darker than his hair & his voice rather sharp or piercing—his bodily agility was remarkable. I have seen him follow a football and kick it over the tops of the trees in the Bowery at New York, (an exercise which he was fond of)—his mental powers seemed to be above the common sort—his mind of a sedate and sober cast, & he was undoubtedly Pious; for it was remark’d that when any of the soldiers of his company were sick he always visited them & usually Prayed for & with them in their sickness.[27]
Hale has been honored with two standing images:
A statue designed by Frederick William MacMonnies was dedicated on the anniversary of Evacuation Day, November 25, 1893, at City Hall Park, New York.[28] The statue established Hale's modern idealized square-jawed image.[citation needed]
A statue of Hale, sculpted 1908–12 by Bela Pratt, was cast in 1912 and stands in front of Connecticut Hall where he resided while at Yale. Copies of this sculpture stand at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts; the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry; the Connecticut Governor's Residence in Hartford, Connecticut; Fort Nathan Hale in New Haven, Connecticut; Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut; the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.; Tribune Tower in Chicago; and at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Virginia.[29]
Other statues/markers include:
A statue of Nathan Hale, with an inscription of his reported last words on the first floor of the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.[30] Statues of Nathan Hale are also located in the Tulane University Law School reading room; and at the corner of Summit and Portland Avenues in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[31]
A memorial for him located in Huntington, New York where he landed for his fatal spying mission.
A historical marker in Freese Park, Norwalk, Connecticut that is denoted as the embarkation point.[32]
A 45-foot (14 m) obelisk known as the Captain Nathan Hale Monument was erected in his honor in 1846 in his birthplace of Coventry, Connecticut.[citation needed]
Namesake items[edit]
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The hamlet of Halesite, New York (formerly Huntington Harbor) on Long Island, New York, is named after Hale. There is a memorial plaque set into a large boulder, which was removed from the beach nearby where Hale is thought to have landed on his fateful mission.
Nathan Hale Army Depot, a U.S. Army installation, is located in Darmstadt, Germany.
Fort Nathan Hale, a Revolutionary War-era fort and historic site in New Haven, Connecticut, is named after him.
The Nathan Hale Inn and Nathan Hale dormitory on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, Connecticut, are named after Hale.
The Nathan Hale dormitory, traditionally a freshman girl's dorm, at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, is named after Hale.
Nathan Hale Hall is a Building at Farmingdale State College in Farmingdale, New York, which is home to Biology and Art Centers.
Nathan Hale Hall is a Barracks Building at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
Nathan Hale Hall is the main academic building at Mitchell College, New London, Connecticut.
Nathan Hale Memorial Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Organized June 6, 1900, in East Haddam, Connecticut. Ceremony took place at the one-room schoolhouse where he once taught.
High schools named after Hale include Nathan Hale-Ray High School in East Haddam, Connecticut (where he was schoolmaster), Nathan Hale High School in Seattle and high schools in West Allis, Wisconsin, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Middle schools named after Hale include Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School in East Haddam, Connecticut, Nathan Hale Middle School in Norwalk, Connecticut (the departure point for his final mission), Captain Nathan Hale Middle School in Coventry, Connecticut (his birthplace), as well as middle schools in Northvale, New Jersey; Omaha, Nebraska; Cleveland; and Crestwood, Illinois.[33]
There are elementary schools named after Hale in Roxbury, Boston; New London, Connecticut (where he was schoolmaster); Enfield, Connecticut; Manchester, Connecticut; Meriden, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut, Whiting, Indiana; Schaumburg, Illinois; Mesa, Arizona; Minneapolis; Lansing, Illinois, Crestwood, Illinois, Carteret, New Jersey, Northvale, New Jersey, and in Chicago.
The United States Navy submarine USS Nathan Hale (SSBN-623) was named in his honor.
The Nathan Hale Ancient Fife and Drum Corps from Coventry, Connecticut, is named after him and includes a division called Knowlton's Connecticut Rangers.
The main character of Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 is named Nathan Hale and is a soldier, but doesn't have any direct relation to the original one.
"Nathaniel Hale" Battalion is the name of the Battalion for Army ROTC based at the University of Connecticut, with Knowlton Company (Company A) at University of Connecticut and Sillman Company (Company B) at Sacred Heart University.
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales by Nathan James Hale are a graphic novel series. The first book "One Dead Spy" tells the story of Nathan Hale. The character of Nathan Hale appears in other books in the series as the narrator.
See also[edit]
Intelligence in the American Revolutionary War
Intelligence operations in the American Revolutionary War
Nathan Hale Homestead
Notes and references[edit]
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ "Sites, Seals, Symbols". Interactive Connecticut State Register & Manual. State of Connecticut. 2006. Archived from the original on December 16, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2007.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Mobed, Desiree; Baker, Mary Beth. "FAQ". The Nathan Hale website. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
^ Jump up to: a b "Capt. Nathan Hale (1755-1776) - Sons of the American Revolution, Connecticut - CTSSAR". www.connecticutsar.org. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Nathan Hale: Yale 1773 :: Curator: Richard E. Mooney". www.library.yale.edu. p. 2. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Documentary Life of Nathan Hale". google.com.
Jump up ^ Neff, p. 299–308.
Jump up ^ "Nathan Hale". Retrieved February 9, 2007.
Jump up ^ Hutson, James (July–August 2003). "Nathan Hale Revisited— A Tory's Account of the Arrest of the First American Spy". Information Bulletin. The Library of Congress. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
Jump up ^ Haswell, p. 22.
^ Jump up to: a b Ortner, Mary J. (2001). "Captain Nathan Hale (1755 - 1776)". Patriots. The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
Jump up ^ "Colonial Era through the Antebellum Period". March 1, 2007. Archived from the original on March 1, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Seymour, p. 292.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. xxxi.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. 438.
Jump up ^ Donnelly, F. K. (January 1, 1985). "A Possible Source for Nathan Hale's Dying Words". The William and Mary Quarterly. 42 (3): 394–396. JSTOR 1918934. doi:10.2307/1918934.
^ Jump up to: a b Seymour, p. 327.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. xxxii.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. 301.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. 303.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. 310.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. 356.
Jump up ^ Seymour, p. 361.
^ Jump up to: a b "Permanent Revolution". New York magazine. September 10, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Nathan Hale". Saint Paul Minnesota. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
Jump up ^ Sherman, Sherman (1885). "The Century". 29. New York, NY: The Century Co.: 339.
Jump up ^ George Dudley Seymour (1907). The familiar Hale: an attempt to show by what standards of age, appearance and character the proposed statue to Nathan Hale for the campus of Yale college should be judged. The Yale publishing association. pp. 6–7. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b "The Last Days and Valiant Death of Nathan Hale". American Heritage Magazine. American Heritage Inc. April 1964. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
Jump up ^ "City Hall Park, Nathan Hale". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Jump up ^ "The CIA campus. A walk outside headquarters". Central Intelligence Agengy. July 9, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
Jump up ^ "ConneCT Kids Connecticut Government The Connecticut State Capitol 4". Retrieved September 13, 2014.
Jump up ^ "St. Paul, Minnesota government". Retrieved September 13, 2014.
Jump up ^ "NATHAN HALE: Patriot Spy" (PDF). Revolutionary Connecticut. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
Jump up ^ http://www.district130.org/schools/nhp/1_nathan_hale_home%20page.htm
References[edit]
H. W. Crocker III (2006). Don't Tread on Me. New York: Crown Forum. ISBN 978-1-4000-5363-6.
Charles Haynes Haswell (1896). Reminiscences of New York by an octogenarian (1816 to 1860). Harper. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
Jacob K. Neff (1845). The Army and Navy of America: containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Florida War : independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea : enlivened by a variety of the most interesting anecdotes, and splendidly embellished with numerous engravings. John S. Gable. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
George D. Seymour (May 2006). Documentary Life of Nathan Hale: Comprising All Available Official and Private Documents Bearing on the Life of the Patriot. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4286-0043-0. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
Further reading[edit]
Baker, Mark Allen. "Spies of Revolutionary Connecticut, From Benedict Arnold to Nathan Hale." Charleston: The History Press, 2014. ISBN 978-1-62619-407-6
Circian. “The Story of Nathan Hale.” Archiving Early America. N.p., 2011. Web. October 3, 2011. <http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2001_summer_fall/n_hale.html>.
Fleming, Thomas. “George Washington, Spymaster.” American Heritage. American Heritage Publishing Company, 2011. Web. October 3, 2011. <http://www.americanheritage.com/content/george-washington-spymaster>.
Durante, Dianne, Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide (New York University Press, 2007): description of MacMonnies's Nathan Hale at City Hall Park, New York.
Kirby, David. “Nathan Hale Was Here . . . and Here . . . and Here.” New York Times November 23, 1997: 3. <http://search.proquest.com/docview/430873870>.
Miller, Tom. “The Lost 1763 Beekman Mansion ‘Mount Pleasant’—50th Street and 1st Avenue.” Daytonian in Manhattan. N.p., September 21, 2011. Web. October 3, 2011. <http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/09/lost-1763-beekman-mansion-mount.html>.
Ortner, Mary J. “Captain Nathan Hale.” The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. N.p., 2010. Web. October 3, 2011. <http://www.connecticutsar.org/patriots/hale_nathan_2.htm>.
Phelps, William M. "Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy" St. Martin's Press, New York, New York, 2008. ISBN 0-312-37641-3
Rose, Alexander. Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring. Random House, New York, New York, 2006. ISBN 0-553-80421-9.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nathan Hale.
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A Time for Heroes: The Story of Nathan Hale
"Hale, John". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1892.
Ortner, Mary J. (2001). "Captain Nathan Hale (1755–1776)". The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Hutson, James. "Nathan Hale Revisited". Information Bulletin: July/August 2003. Library of Congress. [A newly discovered] account of the capture of Nathan Hale fits the facts as we know them so well that one is tempted to accept it as being substantially true.
"Nathan Hale, American Patriot". U-S-History.com.
The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Nathan Hale at Find a Grave
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Alex Karev
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Alex Karev
Grey's Anatomy character
The season nine promotional photograph of Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev
First appearance
"A Hard Day's Night"
1x01, March 27, 2005
Created by
Shonda Rhimes
Portrayed by
Justin Chambers
Information
Full name
Alexander Michael Karev
Nickname(s)
Alex
Karev
Evil Spawn
Frat Boy
Mother Theresa
Dr. Junior Butthole
Boy Wonder
Dr. Douche Face
Lil' butthole
Dr. Where's the Cabbage Patch
Aliases
Alexander Michael Evans
Occupation
Chief of Pediatric Surgery M.D.
F.A.C.S. at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital
Title
Chief of Pediatric Surgery M.D.
F.A.C.S.
Family
Aaron Karev (brother)
Amber Karev (sister)
Helen Karev (mother)
Jimmy Evans (father, deceased)
Nicky Evans (half-brother)
Spouse(s)
Izzie Stevens (divorced)
Significant other(s)
Olivia Harper
Addison Montgomery
Lexie Grey
Rebecca "Ava" Pope
Callie Torres
Lucy Fields
Leah Murphy
Jo Wilson
Heather Brooks
Relatives
Naomi Evans (stepmother)
Alexander "Alex" Michael Karev,[1] M.D. is a fictional character on the ABC television series Grey's Anatomy, portrayed by actor Justin Chambers.[2] Introduced as a surgical intern at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, Karev eventually obtained the position of resident, later becoming a pediatric surgical fellow. His relationships with colleagues Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), and George O'Malley (T. R. Knight) formed a focal point of the series.
The character is initially disliked by his fellow interns, and is often accused of being brusque[2] and dismissive with his patients and co-workers. As a resident, Karev's negative attitude, temper and rudeness has occasionally earned the ire of the attendings, with former neonatal surgeon Addison Montgomery requesting him on her service as punishment for his rudeness to her and neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd, amongst others, throwing him out of their service for his inappropriate comments about patients. He demonstrates profound skill for the specialty which prompts praise from Montgomery and contributes to Karev's interest in pediatric surgery for the rest of the series. As the character developed, he displayed more empathy for patients and is shown to have a gift for connecting with young children, despite his repeated claims to dislike them.
Although Karev and Stevens had an on-off romantic history in previous seasons, it was not until the fifth season that the two formed a lasting relationship. Despite Stevens' advanced skin cancer, the two marry. Justin Chambers commented on his character's inability to tell Stevens that he loves her in the beginning of their relationship, saying that Karev has difficulty expressing himself.[3] Though Stevens departs in season 6, series creator Shonda Rhimes has said that she would like the chance to create closure for both Karev and Stevens.[4] Rhimes later retracted her comments and stated that she has no plans to ever re-approach Izzie's storyline again. In the ninth season, Karev befriends intern Jo Wilson. They begin a relationship in the tenth season until their break-up in the twelfth season. However, they get back together again in the fourteenth season.
Contents
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1 Storylines
2 Development
2.1 Casting and creation
2.2 Characterization
3 Reception
4 References
5 External links
Storylines[edit]
His mother had a mental illness, and his father was often absent, as well as often becoming violent towards Alex and his mother. Alex began wrestling in high school,[5] and eventually physically confronted his father - after this, his father did not return. Alex has a younger brother, Aaron, and a younger sister, Amber; they were all placed in foster care for 5 years. Though Aaron and Amber only had a few foster families, Alex went through 17 foster families in 5 years before he reunited with his siblings. It is revealed in later seasons that Aaron was diagnosed with schizophrenia and tried to kill Amber. Alex was present when Aaron had to be committed to a psychiatric ward.
Alex secured a position in the surgical residency program at Seattle Grace Hospital after graduating from the University of Iowa. He initially makes a poor impression on his fellow interns meeting fellow interns Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), George O'Malley (T.R. Knight), and Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) whom he later taunts when he discovers she used to be a lingerie model. After initial disagreements, Alex reveals to Izzie that his father was a heroin addict who used to beat his mother. He became a wrestler so he could defend his mother, and attended university on a wrestling scholarship. He and Izzie begin a friendship. At the end of the first season, George contracts syphilis from Alex through nurse Olivia Harper, causing animosity between the two.
Alex asks Izzie out on a date, but he is thrown by the news that he has failed his medical board exams. Izzie is offended since he pays no attention to her during their date and so informs him that she no longer wants to go out with him. He later freezes during an emergency operation, needing George to take over from him. Alex's relationship with Izzie is damaged when he experiences erectile dysfunction with her. He goes on to sleep with Olivia again, and is caught by Izzie and they break up. After retaking his exams, Alex manages a pass, and reunites with Izzie after a bomb scare in the hospital. They break up again, however, when Izzie falls for cardiothoracic patient Denny Duquette.
Alex helps Izzie recover from Denny's death and advances Izzie but Izzie backs away since she is still in the process of getting over her loss and they remain friends. Alex spends a period of time working under neonatal surgeon Dr. Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh), and though he is later released to work for plastic surgeon Dr. Mark Sloan (Eric Dane), he finds his interest returning to Addison's firm. Addison is attracted to Alex, and the two share a kiss and later sleep together. In the aftermath of a ferry accident, Alex rescues a pregnant woman (Elizabeth Reaser) who awakes with amnesia, and grows close to Alex as he helps her forging an identity for herself, picking out the name Ava. After she gives birth to her daughter, Ava's memory eventually returns, although she tries to hide it from Alex as she had recently left a bad marriage. He convinces her to tell him her true identity, and she reveals herself to be Rebecca Pope. Alex turns her down after realizing she's married, feeling that he is not good enough for her.
Rebecca returns and she and Alex sleep together before she goes back to her husband. Alex has a brief relationship with intern Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), but chooses to be with Rebecca when she returns and tells him she is pregnant. After Rebecca attempted suicide, Izzie convinces Alex to admit her for psychiatric help due to Rebecca's hallucinations of her pregnancy. Alex later breaks down in Izzie's arms, and the two kiss.
Later in their relationship, Izzie begins hallucinating about Denny, and uncovers the fact she has metastatic melanoma (Stage IV) with an estimated chance of 5% survival. It is revealed that Izzie's hallucinations of Denny are, in fact, caused by her tumor. Alex is shocked by the news, but finds the strength to stay by her side. Izzie plans a wedding for Meredith and Derek, but when Derek finds Izzie has another inoperable tumor in her brain, they give the wedding to Izzie and Alex, who marry in front of all their friends. Izzie debates whether or not she should undergo a risky surgery to remove her tumor and Alex supports her, but eventually insists that she should have the surgery. Alex performs CPR on Izzie after she flatlines.
Izzie regains a heartbeat but is soon fired leaving Alex a Dear John letter and no clue as to her whereabouts. She later returns to the hospital and says to Alex, thinking he had a hand in getting her fired, that she could not forgive him for talking to the Chief. Alex says he could not forgive her either for not giving him the benefit of the doubt and leaving without talking to him first. Alex re-kindles an old flame with Lexie. Alex seems to have recently found that his calling is actually Peds and not Plastics as he had decided in the earlier seasons. Seeing Alex's ability to handle child patients, Dr. Arizona Robbins shows an interest in mentoring him for that specialization. Alex's brother Aaron comes to Seattle Grace for surgery, and lots of painful memories resurface because of this. Meredith discovers Alex, along with Aaron and their sister Amber, had been in foster care for five years when their mother could not take care of them. Alex is also served with divorce papers from Izzie. Alex is shot in the hospital by a deceased patient's husband, but survives with the help of Lexie and Mark. While undergoing treatment, he mistakes Lexie for Izzie.
Following the shooting, Lexie has a mental breakdown in front of Alex and he walks away. Dr. Bailey bars Alex from surgery until he has the bullet removed, which he later allows her to do. Alex realizes that his passion lies in Pediatric Surgery. He is further shown to be excellent with children, comforting with a young patient while growing her a new trachea. He immediately gets on the wrong side of new Pediatric attending Stark while Arizona is on leave. Alex then attempts to sleep with virgin April Kepner after visiting his mom in Iowa when his brother was diagnosed schizophrenia. Alex and Meredith perform an emergent surgery on a young boy by themselves during the night shift, dealing with the angry fallout from Stark (who would not answer his pager) but gaining the wordless approval of the Chief. Alex is thrilled when Arizona returns from Africa and hopes she will come to work for the hospital again. In the meantime, Alex falls for the new OBGYN attending, Lucy Fields, and they start a relationship after she kisses him. Alex finds out about Meredith sabotaging her Alzheimer's clinical trial and rats her out in attempt to get Chief Resident.
The adoption counselor takes away Zola, the child Meredith wanted to adopt. Realizing his mistake, Alex apologizes to Meredith who forgives him shortly after. As the end of the fifth year of residency is near, the surgical residents, including Alex, prepare for their board exams for the different fellowships they plan on joining. Though Alex is late for his exam because he had to treat a patient, he ends up passing. Dr. Webber tells him that Johns Hopkins Hospital, which has the top program in the country, has been very impressed with him and has decided to create a position in pediatrics surgery for him and accepts the position. After finding out his decision, his current boss, Dr. Arizona Robbins, yells at him and takes his place on a plane that later crashes.
Following the rescue of his colleagues, Robbins' health deteriorates and amputates her leg. He extends his stay at Seattle Grace until a replacement for Robbins is found, but when he learns that the replacement will send the exchange program to UCLA, he decides not to leave. Karev buys Meredith's old house from her, and Cristina becomes his roommate. Karev forms a friendship with new intern, Jo Wilson that eventually develops into romantic feelings towards each other. Alex admits his love for Jo, and the two kiss and become a couple.
Alex's estranged father, Jimmy, who he hasn't seen in 18 years, is admitted to the ER as a patient. After being discharged, Jimmy plays with his band at a bar, and Alex spends several nights watching his father perform onstage. Unknowing that Alex is his son, Jimmy confides in Alex that he had another family that he hasn't seen in years. This made Alex upset and he punched Jimmy at the bar. Once returning home, Alex unleashes his hurt and anger on Jo for having encouraged him to reconnect with his father. His father returns suffering from symptoms of withdrawal and hallucinations of the past where more is revealed about Alex's childhood. Jimmy tells Alex he knows that he is his son and Alex yells at his dad stating that "I WAS THE DAD". His dad later goes into cardiac arrest and is brought into surgery, fate unknown. Alex kisses Jo at April's wedding wanting to start a family with her. That night his dad died, due to a mistake by intern, Shane Ross, and Alex is upset. He punches Ross and is later comforted by Meredith.
Upon the completion of his fellowship in Pediatric Surgery, Alex is given an offer to work at Dr. Oliver Lebackes' private practice office, claiming that he will have more flexible hours and "a big fat paycheck". Alex takes this offer happily. Robbins is initially angered by this decision and thinks that Alex is choosing money over substance. Eventually she realizes that he has become a wonderful surgeon and that she is happy to see him go. He later discovers that he isn't happy working at the private practice and expresses a desire to return full-time to Grey Sloan. When Cristina leaves for Switzerland, she leaves Alex her share of the board, including her seat.
Alex is fired by Dr. Lebackes when Maggie Pierce accidentally reveals to him that Karev was thinking about leaving the job. Webber recommended Bailey to fill Yang's board seat after she left, so Bailey and Alex fight over the chair. They both make presentations to the board and eventually Bailey wins, with a unanimous vote in her favor. He is hired back as an attending Peds surgeon and takes over full-time as Arizona pursues a fellowship with Dr. Herman. Alex continues to date Jo and his friendship with Meredith grows stronger than ever, with him taking on the role of her new person. When Derek dies and Meredith runs away, Alex is upset by her leaving without telling him where she went and calls her everyday. Eventually she calls him, tells him she is okay, and to stop calling. When she goes into labor and gives birth to Ellis Shepherd, Alex goes to see her since he is her emergency contact. He brings Meredith and her kids back to her house. She asks to move back in with him in her old house. Alex sells Meredith back the house and he and Jo rent a loft.
Alex and Jo continue to struggle with their relationship. Alex wants to settle down, marry Jo, and have kids. However, Jo continues to resist. When Karev proposes to her, Jo tells him she can't marry him, so he breaks up with her. Later, Alex realizes that he misses Jo and gets her back. They seem to be doing well for some time, until Alex brings up marriage again and the two fight, as Jo still continues to argue that she cannot marry him. Alex storms out, leaving their relationship uncertain. During Owen and Amelia's wedding, Alex realizes that even though she won't marry him, he loves Jo and goes back to her again. However, when he arrives at their loft, he finds Jo highly intoxicated, wearing nothing but her bra and underwear, and surgical intern, Andrew Deluca lying on top of her. Alex assumes that Deluca was attempting to take advantage of Jo while she was inebriated and is filled with rage. He beats Deluca to a pulp with his bare hands.
Andrew is badly injured, with his face bruised beyond recognition. He is unconscious and on the verge of dying. Alex realizes what he's done and quickly rushes Deluca to the hospital. There, the doctors call the police as they struggle to save Andrew and discover who did this to him. Alex lies to everyone and says that he found Andrew in this state and brought him to Grey Sloan. However, Ben Warren is suspicious of Karev. Meredith also quickly realizes that Alex was in fact the one who beat Deluca. She covers for him and the two continue to lie to everyone in the hospital about Alex's actions. Soon, Karev learns that Andrew wasn't doing anything wrong and that he had beaten up a good guy. Meredith decides that even though she loves Alex, she needs to turn him in. She goes to Bailey and tells her the truth. But, when the two rush to the police they find Alex being arrested for aggravated assault, as he had turned himself in. He is taken to jail and Meredith bails him out. While they wait for a trial, Bailey suspends Alex as an attending and makes him work in the clinic. Eventually, Jo finally tells Alex that the reason she couldn't marry Alex is because she is already married. Her husband is abusive and so she ran away and changed her name to Jo Wilson so that he wouldn't find her. Alex realizes that when Jo is called to the stand as a witness in the trial, this information about her past and lack of records under the name Jo Wilson may be revealed, and when the information goes public, her husband may find her. To keep her safe, he decides to take the plea deal without a trial, ensuring that he goes to jail for 2 years. However, when Alex tells Meredith this, she begs him not to and tells him that she can't lose him too because she's already lost everyone else important in her life. Alex struggles to decide whether or not to take the plea deal.
Meredith searches for Alex's case online, to find that the trial had been put off indefinitely. She assumes that he took the plea, and began calling and visiting various local jails to find him. After a full day of searching without finding him, she goes home to sleep, and discovers him sleeping in her bed. He explains he slept there all day. He explains that during his meeting with the D.A. Deluca came in and dropped all charges. Alex was then free to continue being Alex.
After returning to work, Alex and Jo try to ignore each other and eventually build up a tolerance of sorts towards each other. Deluca and Alex continue to be at odds, especially when he becomes closer to Jo. However, nothing comes of it and they both keep their distance. At the end of the season, Alex hitters an investigator to look for Jo's abusive husband. The investigator funds him and tells Alex that he will be at a conference. Meredith tells him it's a horrible idea and that he shouldn't go, especially considering Jo doesnt know about the situation. Alex flys out to the conference with the intention of telling him to get out of her life, no matter the means. When he meets him, Alex decides against confronting him over Jo, avoiding exposing her current identity and location and potentially stopping himself from assaulting someone yet again. He returns to Seattle, leaving the convention early.
At the start of season 14, Alex and Jo start to warm to each other. Jo tells Deluca that she is still in love with Alex. Because Stephanie has left the hospital after an explosion that almost killed her, Jo turns to Warren to confide in. After she tells him her true feelings about whole situation with Alex, Warren tells him that Jo is scared that he might hurt her. Alex goes to Jo and tells her that he could never abuse her like her husband did because he delt with the same trauma as a kid as his father was abusive. He then tells her that he found her husband. Jo is taken back by this but when Alex tells her that he didn't kill or injur him in anyway, she is relieved and finally trusts him again. They then have sex.
Development[edit]
Casting and creation[edit]
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Characterization[edit]
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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) characterized Karev as "honest", "always tells it like it is", while also citing his mouth, his punctuality and him being a "smart-ass" as his weaknesses.[6] Shonda Rhimes said of Karev: "I love that we have a character who can do something wonderful but still be a selfish cranky ass about it. Alex gets to be complex in ways most characters don't because even though he’s got a moral code, his moral code is totally twisted and dark. But he's essentially good – deep down inside."[7] Carolina Paiz, one of the writers of the series, wrote: "He has so much going on inside... you think you've got him figured out but then he just reveals this whole other side to him."[8]
"He is superficial sleazeball who turns out to be a nice guy and a talented doctor with an amazing bedside manner, as well as the budding love interest of Katherine Heigl's character Isobel."[9] DVD Verdict wrote of the character's development in the fourth season: "Love him, hate him, or both, Karev speaks his mind, rough edges and all. But ultimately his cold heart seems to be softened by his blossoming relationship with Jane Doe/Ava/Rebecca."[10] Rhimes felt that the 100th episode during which Karev marries Stevens showed how he had grown up: "Look at him. Standing at the altar and saying those vows like a man. (...) He's become a man who can step up. And I love him for it."[11]
Reception[edit]
Analyzing Alex Karev, Rachel Simon called him "underrated;" she pointed out that Alex’s personal growth never seems to get acknowledged, as "Alex begins Grey’s as an arrogant, obnoxious intern who pushes away anyone who tries to care about him. He breaks Izzie’s heart 1,000 times, and then acts surprised when she falls for someone else. He sleeps with any girl who will have him, insults everyone who doesn’t, and generally enjoys being the hospital asshole. Yet, over the course of 10 seasons Alex has evolved, slowly and realistically, into a genuinely good person whose faults don’t miraculously disappear, but take a backseat to much better qualities."
Former television columnist for The Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall disapproved of Karev's flirt with Addison as "he should take interest in a woman's speciality and respect his boss without getting in her pants."[12] Reviewing the fifth season, Chris Monfette of IGN wrote: "Alex, who'd become simply the cast's angry outcast, was uplifted as his relationship with Izzie became more and more substantial, and his bedside scenes with her toward the end were some of his character's best material yet."[13]
On his career path as a Pediatric Surgeon Examiner wrote, "Despite his rough exterior, Alex has a certain child-like innocence and need for acceptance. He is keen in recognizing these traits in kids, as well. He reaches out to kids on many levels." and added, "Alex has major trust issues. Maybe it was the constant beatings from his father. Or, his mother’s mental illness. Or, being shuffled through 17 foster homes over a 5 year period. Who wouldn’t have issues with a childhood like that?"
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Jump up ^ Ausiello, Michael (October 29, 2010). "Exclusive: 'Grey's Anatomy' boss vetoes controversial Alex/Izzie plot". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
Jump up ^ ABC - Alex Karev bio, archived from the original on March 3, 2011, retrieved December 13, 2011
Jump up ^ "Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) Bio". Grey's Anatomy. American Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ Rhimes, Shonda (May 7, 2006). "Shonda on "Damage Case"". Grey Matter. American Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
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Jump up ^ Rhimes, Shonda (May 8, 2009). "Shonda Rhimes on "What a Difference a Day Makes"...". Grey Matter. American Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
Jump up ^ Sepinwall, Alan (January 19, 2007). "Grey's Anatomy: Break like the wind". What's Alan Watching. Blogpsot. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Jump up ^ Monfette, Chris (May 29, 2009). "Grey's Anatomy: Season 5 Review". IGN. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
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"Grey's Anatomy: Episode Recap Guide". ABC. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
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