Inconceivable
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Inconceivable is an American
primetime television
medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC
. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders (Ming-Na
and Jonathan Cake) along with their new partner (Angie Harmon
). The staff includes an attorney (David Norona
), a nurse (Joelle Carter
), office manager (Mary Catherine Garrison) and a medical technician (Reynaldo Rosales
).
The series was created by Oliver Goldstick
and Marco Pennette
. Goldstick and Pennette also serve as executive producers as do Brian Robbins
and Mike Tollin
. The show was a Touchstone Television and Tollin/Robbins production. It was one of the few shows produced by the former not to air on ABC
in recent years.
Only two episodes aired before the series was canceled.
When a Caucasian surrogate mother gives birth to an African American baby, the couple for who she was supposed to carry a child for refuses to take the newborn. Rachel is caught in the middle of the madness as she tries to sort things out, but is afraid that the clinic may be sued, or shut down, by the couple. The clinic's psychologist, Lydia (Alfre Woodard
), finds that her job may be in jeopardy because she might not have done the proper background check on the surrogate mother. As the mother refuses to tell the truth about the baby's father and as the time gets closer for Child Services to step in and take the child, Marissa offers to adopt. However, the birth father is finally contacted and takes the baby home.
Meanwhile, Dr. Bowers is helping fulfill a dead soldier's dream of being a mother by using her sister as the surrogate for her frozen embryos. Just before the process is started, however, the widower finds himself questioning the whole thing and backs out. Dr. Bowers also is having to deal with a couple who is having problems conceiving a child and ask Dr. Nora Campbell (who he used to date) for help.
Patrice seeks revenge on Dr. Bowers over their breakup by replacing one of the specimen cups in the laboratory with Bowers' sperm. At the same time, Scott and his partner, welcome their baby to the world. Also, Rachel's son asks questions about his father and she reluctantly gives him answers.
After the Lindstrom family's birth didn't go as planned, they brought a lawsuit against the clinic risking all that the clinic has established. As Scott tries to battle the case in the courtroom, Nora overhears the problem and offers to help by giving a large sum of money to the Lindstrom as a settlement. There is one catch, though -- Nora wants to become a partner in the clinic.
Lydia has dealings with a couple that, come to find out, the wife is actually taking birth control to prevent having children. Due to her having extensive plastic surgery, she is afraid her genes will give the child some of her bad physical attributes. She wants to have a "perfect" child by having an attractive donor. Her husband, however, knows none of this. Eventually he is informed.
Scott and his partner are running low on breast milk which was provided by their surrogate and are looking for options. Scott's partner, at first, refuses to accept formula and asks Marissa for help. Patrice become increasingly paranoid as she receives anonymous emails from someone who saw her swap specimens in the laboratory. A close couple friend of Rachel's finally decide to not have a family after multiple surrogates bail out on them at the last minute. Rachel then makes a huge decision by offering to carry their baby for them at which they accept.
Dr. Bowers and Nora work with a woman who can have a risky procedure to fertilize her. The problem is that it is illegal. Dr. Bowers agrees to have Nora perform it, but then changes his mind because of the possible legal ramifications. Nora, however, wants to go on with the planned process and is able to change Dr. Bowers' mind.
In a shocking close to the episode, Lydia is confronted by an angry Mr. Lindstrom at the office stating that everyone working there will take no responsibility for their actions. In revenge, Mr. Lindstrom hits Lydia with his car in the parking garage. Her fate is unknown.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
primetime television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders (Ming-Na
Ming-Na
Ming-Na is a Macanese-born American actress. She has been credited with and without her family name, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it...
and Jonathan Cake) along with their new partner (Angie Harmon
Angie Harmon
Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon is an American fashion model and television/film actress. She became a well-known model before gaining international fame for her roles in Baywatch Nights and Law & Order....
). The staff includes an attorney (David Norona
David Norona
David Norona is a Cuban American actor.-Biography:David Norona was born in Hialeah, Florida on December 14, 1972 to Cuban parents Jorge Norona and Edith Iglesias. He began his acting career at Coral Gables High School with roles in The Sound of Music and The Fantasticks...
), a nurse (Joelle Carter
Joelle Carter
-Early life:Carter was an army brat. Her father was in the Army and the family moved often throughout the United States. She attended high school in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, and enrolled at Augusta State University on a full athletic scholarship for swimming and cross-country.-Model...
), office manager (Mary Catherine Garrison) and a medical technician (Reynaldo Rosales
Reynaldo Rosales
Reynaldo Raul Rosales is an American actor.-Filmography:* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV series - Justin Green* Charmed TV series - Finn* Fidel TV movie - Guillermo Garcia...
).
The series was created by Oliver Goldstick
Oliver Goldstick
Oliver Goldstick is an American television screenwriter and producer.Most notably, Goldstick was the creator and executive producer of Inconceivable, a short-lived medical drama...
and Marco Pennette
Marco Pennette
Marco Pennette is an American television producer and screenwriter.-Early life:Pennette was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut where he grew up loving theatre: "I want to go into theatre; TV sort of lured me away." He attended New York University where he studied at the Tisch School of the...
. Goldstick and Pennette also serve as executive producers as do Brian Robbins
Brian Robbins
Brian Robbins is an American actor and producer, director and screenwriter. He often collaborates with Mike Tollin.-Biography:...
and Mike Tollin
Mike Tollin
Michael "Mike" Tollin is an American film director and film/television producer. His career highlights included Radio, Coach Carter, and Varsity Blues. He frequently collaborates with Brian Robbins in which they own a production company together called Tollin/Robbins Productions...
. The show was a Touchstone Television and Tollin/Robbins production. It was one of the few shows produced by the former not to air on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
in recent years.
Only two episodes aired before the series was canceled.
Cast
- Ming-NaMing-NaMing-Na is a Macanese-born American actress. She has been credited with and without her family name, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it...
- Rachel Lu - Jonathan Cake - Dr. Malcolm Bowers
- David NoronaDavid NoronaDavid Norona is a Cuban American actor.-Biography:David Norona was born in Hialeah, Florida on December 14, 1972 to Cuban parents Jorge Norona and Edith Iglesias. He began his acting career at Coral Gables High School with roles in The Sound of Music and The Fantasticks...
- Scott Garcia - Reynaldo RosalesReynaldo RosalesReynaldo Raul Rosales is an American actor.-Filmography:* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV series - Justin Green* Charmed TV series - Finn* Fidel TV movie - Guillermo Garcia...
- Angel Hernandez - Joelle CarterJoelle Carter-Early life:Carter was an army brat. Her father was in the Army and the family moved often throughout the United States. She attended high school in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, and enrolled at Augusta State University on a full athletic scholarship for swimming and cross-country.-Model...
- Patrice Locicero - Mary Catherine Garrison - Marissa Jaffee
- Angie HarmonAngie HarmonAngela Michelle "Angie" Harmon is an American fashion model and television/film actress. She became a well-known model before gaining international fame for her roles in Baywatch Nights and Law & Order....
- Dr. Nora Campbell
1.01 - "Pilot"
Original U.S. air date: September 23, 2005- Directed by: Chris LongChris Long (director)Chris Long is a British director and producer. He has worked on Smallville, Supernatural, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, among others.-Director:* Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...
- Written by: Oliver GoldstickOliver GoldstickOliver Goldstick is an American television screenwriter and producer.Most notably, Goldstick was the creator and executive producer of Inconceivable, a short-lived medical drama...
, Marco PennetteMarco PennetteMarco Pennette is an American television producer and screenwriter.-Early life:Pennette was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut where he grew up loving theatre: "I want to go into theatre; TV sort of lured me away." He attended New York University where he studied at the Tisch School of the...
and Shawn Schepps
When a Caucasian surrogate mother gives birth to an African American baby, the couple for who she was supposed to carry a child for refuses to take the newborn. Rachel is caught in the middle of the madness as she tries to sort things out, but is afraid that the clinic may be sued, or shut down, by the couple. The clinic's psychologist, Lydia (Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard
Alfre Ette Woodard is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Awards, 17 times for Emmy Awards , and has also won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.She is known for her role in films such as Cross Creek, Miss...
), finds that her job may be in jeopardy because she might not have done the proper background check on the surrogate mother. As the mother refuses to tell the truth about the baby's father and as the time gets closer for Child Services to step in and take the child, Marissa offers to adopt. However, the birth father is finally contacted and takes the baby home.
Meanwhile, Dr. Bowers is helping fulfill a dead soldier's dream of being a mother by using her sister as the surrogate for her frozen embryos. Just before the process is started, however, the widower finds himself questioning the whole thing and backs out. Dr. Bowers also is having to deal with a couple who is having problems conceiving a child and ask Dr. Nora Campbell (who he used to date) for help.
Patrice seeks revenge on Dr. Bowers over their breakup by replacing one of the specimen cups in the laboratory with Bowers' sperm. At the same time, Scott and his partner, welcome their baby to the world. Also, Rachel's son asks questions about his father and she reluctantly gives him answers.
1.02 - "Secret And Thighs"
Original U.S. air date: September 30, 2005- Directed by: Chris LongChris Long (director)Chris Long is a British director and producer. He has worked on Smallville, Supernatural, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, among others.-Director:* Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman...
- Written by: Oliver GoldstickOliver GoldstickOliver Goldstick is an American television screenwriter and producer.Most notably, Goldstick was the creator and executive producer of Inconceivable, a short-lived medical drama...
, Marco PennetteMarco PennetteMarco Pennette is an American television producer and screenwriter.-Early life:Pennette was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut where he grew up loving theatre: "I want to go into theatre; TV sort of lured me away." He attended New York University where he studied at the Tisch School of the...
and Shawn Schepps
After the Lindstrom family's birth didn't go as planned, they brought a lawsuit against the clinic risking all that the clinic has established. As Scott tries to battle the case in the courtroom, Nora overhears the problem and offers to help by giving a large sum of money to the Lindstrom as a settlement. There is one catch, though -- Nora wants to become a partner in the clinic.
Lydia has dealings with a couple that, come to find out, the wife is actually taking birth control to prevent having children. Due to her having extensive plastic surgery, she is afraid her genes will give the child some of her bad physical attributes. She wants to have a "perfect" child by having an attractive donor. Her husband, however, knows none of this. Eventually he is informed.
Scott and his partner are running low on breast milk which was provided by their surrogate and are looking for options. Scott's partner, at first, refuses to accept formula and asks Marissa for help. Patrice become increasingly paranoid as she receives anonymous emails from someone who saw her swap specimens in the laboratory. A close couple friend of Rachel's finally decide to not have a family after multiple surrogates bail out on them at the last minute. Rachel then makes a huge decision by offering to carry their baby for them at which they accept.
Dr. Bowers and Nora work with a woman who can have a risky procedure to fertilize her. The problem is that it is illegal. Dr. Bowers agrees to have Nora perform it, but then changes his mind because of the possible legal ramifications. Nora, however, wants to go on with the planned process and is able to change Dr. Bowers' mind.
In a shocking close to the episode, Lydia is confronted by an angry Mr. Lindstrom at the office stating that everyone working there will take no responsibility for their actions. In revenge, Mr. Lindstrom hits Lydia with his car in the parking garage. Her fate is unknown.