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Megan Hunt
Megan Hunt played by Dana Delany, is the main charater of the show. She is a medical examiner and one of only four characters to appear in all episodes, making her first appearance in season one's premiere "Pilot". Delany is to reprise her role for the shows third season. Madeline Milne played a young Megan in "All in the Family".

Development and reception
Delany along with Bishop who plays Peter Dunlop had to experience autopsises to prepare for the role. Bishop said that, "Dana and I went and saw three in one day. We saw three autopsies and we got right in there and we felt everything". Delany said, "The crew makes fun of me now because they know that the minute there's going to be anything disgusting, 'Oh, Dana's going to be so happy'". Delany was shortlisted for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayl as Megan, ultimatly not progressing into the final nominations. Delany was also shortlisted at the Golden Globe Award's for "Best Actress in a Television Series Drama" and again, did not progress.

Kate Murphy


Kate Murphy played by Jeri Ryan, is a Chief Medical Examiner and one of only four characters to appear in all episodes, making her first appearance in season one's premiere "Pilot". Ryan reprised her role for the shows third season. In "Talking Heads", she helps Megan's (Dana Delany) daughter Lacey (Mary Mouser) for a school project. In "Society Hill", Kate and Ethan Gross (Geoffrey Arend) helps solve the case, after identifying hair found at the crime scene. In "All in the Family", Megan's ex-husband Todd Fleming (Jeffrey Nordling) arrives at the office, needing forensic testing for a case he is working. Todd later departs after completing the testing, smiling at Kate as he leaves. In "Buried Secrets", Megan exhumes a girl's body without her permission, which leaves her angry. Although Megan receives backlash from Kate for not following procedure, this helps the team catch the killer. Megan does not follow procedure again in "Broken Home", stopping the funeral of a girl when she sees irregularities in her death. Kate is once again angry, but when Megan finds out from Lacey that Kate is in a relationship with Todd, Kate is apologetic towards Megan. However Megan refuses to talk to her, but tells Lacey to respect Kate, even if she does not like her.

Development and reception
Ryan said that her role in a previous career, Star Trek: Voyager helped her with her role in Body of Proof as she knew quite a lot of the scientific vocabulary used, as Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction series. She said, "I haven't had so much of that [medical dialogue] but it's not that difficult. I did technobabble for years, so if I can do technobabble I'm not that concerned about the medical stuff!". She later added to the science of the show saying, "That's my favorite part of the show, the science and guts. I mean, I was dissecting a lung the other day and it was so much fun". She later added, "I want more blood, more guts, I want to touch everything. I love it". Ryan said of her character, "Kate's not that stereotypical ice queen wagging her finger — I love that she's more human". For the third season of the show, Richard Burgi was cast as a love interest for Kate, playing a district attorney named Dan Russel. Kate decides to run for Congress, where she meets Dan. Ryan said, "She decides life is short, now is the time". Ivan Sergei was cast as a "mysterious" "enigmatic Ukranian lust" for Kate, called Sergei Damanov, who appeared in "Fallen Angel". Burgi's character dislikes this and it temporarily creates a love triangle between her, Dan and Sergei's guest character. Aubry D'Arminio of TV Guide compared Kate to Olivia Pope, calling Kate "ambitious". Ryan said to D'Arminio about the "Fallen Angel" episode, "Sergei and Kate have this very steamy, very passionate thing. And then it gets complicated. She wants to keep it as private as she can, but she's in over her head. All signs point to him being the killer". When asked about Megan's reaction to Sergie possibly being a murderer Ryan said, "They don't always see eye to eye. So Megan helps but also just berates her". Finally, Ryan said the scenes between her and Sergie were "fun" adding, "Although it was funny because he stayed in character - and spoke in a Ukrainian accent - the whole time. Until they called 'wrap,' I'd never even met Ivan!".

Kate has recieved positive to mixed reviews. Several critics have praised the relationship between Kate and Megan, and Kate and Curtis. However, some critics did notice the characters limited screen time during season one, and some critics during season one had mixed views on Kate's relationship with Todd. The Huffington Post wrote an article called "Nine Characters Who Deserve More Screen Time", putting Kate as one of their nine. They said, "You don't cast a TV powerhouse such as Jeri Ryan and not give her enough to do. We want to see Dr. Kate Murphy out of the office a little more, getting into the thick of it. Jeri Ryan loves the blood and guts stuff, give her more!". Ryan was shortlisted for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayl as Kate, ultimatly not progressing into the final nominations.

Bud Morris
Bud Morris played by John Carroll Lynch, is a Detective who made his first appearance in season one's premiere "Pilot". Lynch announced that the second season would be his last, making his last appearance in "Mind Games".

Peter Dunlop
Peter Dunlop played by Nicholas Bishop, is a Medicolegal Investigator who made his first appearance in season one's premiere "Pilot". Bishop announced that the second season would be his last, making his last appearance in "Mind Games".

Reception
Bishop along with Delany who plays Megan Hunt had to experience autopsises to prepare for the role. Bishop said that, "Dana and I went and saw three in one day. We saw three autopsies and we got right in there and we felt everything".

Samantha Baker


Samantha "Sam" Baker played by Sonja Sohn, is a Homicide Detective who made her first appearance in season one's premiere "Pilot". Sohn announced that the second season would be her last, making her last appearance in "Mind Games".

Ethan Gross
Ethan Gross played by Geoffrey Arend, is a Forensic Pathology Fellow and one of only four characters to appear in all episodes, making his first appearance in season one's premiere "Pilot". Arend reprised his role for the shows third season. Ethan, alongside Curtis Brumfield (Windell Middlebrooks), serves as a Forensic Pathology Fellow at Philadelphia. He and Curtis help solve the case in "Letting Go" and "Helping Hand"; in "Letting Go" they find out the two vicitms were planning to marry, which leads to the arrest and subsequent conviction of one of the victim's father, who was displeased by this. Ethan serves as a general helper to Megan Hunt (Dana Delany) in the episode "Talking Heads" after being told by Megan to find the dismembered parts of a victim, which leads him to dumpster diving, as well as helping Megan's daughter Lacey (Mary Mouser) for a school project. "Dead Man Walking" sees Ethan and Curtis perform an autopsy on Jessica Archer (guest star Christina Hendricks), but finds that Jessica has a twin sister Karen (also played by Hendricks). Ethan becomes attracted to her, but has to tell her she may have a genetic mutation, as this is what Jessica died of. She agrees to get checked and Ethan and her promise to stay in touch. Ethan helps solve the cases in "Society Hill" and "All in the Family", as well as in "Buried Secrets" consoling Samantha Baker (Sonja Sohn) after the death of her friend. Ethan and Megan also perform the autopsy in the finale, "Broken Home".

Development and reception
To prepare for his role as Ethan, him and Middlebrooks oversaw an autopsy. Arend said, "It was really fascinating to me because it's like a body opened up. It was the most beautiful thing - the colors. Everything was like clockwork. I was like, 'Oh my God, look at this.' I'm like, 'Wendell, look at this.' And Wendell's on the other side of the room and he's like, 'I'm okay. I'm okay'". In an interview with Access Hollywood, Arend told an interviewer that he hoped that Ethan would get a love interest in the second season saying, "Love, hopefully! Love in the morgue, you take it where you can get it!". In the third season, a number of the original cast members were axed, but Arend stated that he did not believe his character would have been dropped. Arend said, "What actually kept me from thinking they were going to cut my characterm was Windell. I thought, 'They can't cut his character,' so I felt I was afforded some safety since my scenes are predominantly with him. I'm attached to the hip with him, and he's just gold". Teasing on the changes which would occur to Ethan in the third season, Arend said, "I said to Matt Gross, our executive producer, 'When is Ethan going to man up and decide what he wants to do? I feel like he's been in a holding pattern.' Ethan starts to move in a very specific direction this year. Hopefully, if we get a Season 4, you'll see it explored more", stating the Delany's character has made Ethan change and has "expanded his horizons a bit".

Ethan has recieved positive reviews. Critics have praised scenes between Ethan and Curtis, becoming a "comical partnership". Crtics also praised Hendricks guest role, saying that "she and real life husband Geoffrey Arend had a sweet sort of chemistry". Arend was shortlisted for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards for his portrayl as Ethan, ultimatly not progressing into the final nominations. Yahoo! called him and Curtis the "comical duo" of the show.

Curtis Brumfield
Curtis Brumfield played by Windell Middlebrooks, is a Deputy Chief Medical Examiner and one of only four characters to appear in all episodes, making his first appearance in season one's premiere "Pilot". Middlebrooks is to reprise his role for the shows third season. This is Middlebrooks first role as a series regular. Curtis, alongside Ethan Gross (Geoffrey Arend), serves as a Deputy Chief Medical Examiner at Philadelphia. He and Ethan help solve the case in "Letting Go", a role which they do in "Helping Hand", and "Talking Heads". In "Dead Man Walking", Curtis and Ethan perform an autopsy on Jessica Archer (Christina Hendricks), but finds that Jessica has a twin sister Karen (also Hendricks) and therefore has to treat her of the illness her twin died from. In "Society Hill", Curtis helps confirm a TOD for the vicitm and in "All in the Family", Kate Murphy (Jeri Ryan) asks Curtis to help examine a juvenile. Alongside Megan, in "Broken Home", they help solve the case, by finding out that the victim's boyfriend was cheating on her with the victim's sister.

Development and reception
Middlebrooks oversaw an autopsy with Arend, and disliked looking inside a body. He said, "I love that personality wise he connects very scientific and I connect emotionally. And so that's what it was with the autopsies and stuff". Arend called Middlebrooks "gold", noting that him and Middlebrooks' characters are "attached to the hip". Middlebrooks teased what is upcoming for his character in the third season, promising scenes with Ryan's character Kate, teasing some "great moments" between the two, which will explore his characters "softer side".

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Curtis has recieved positive reviews. Critics have called him the "standout" character, who brought "comic relief" to the show, "delivering some of the best lines". His partnership with Megan has been called "great" as have Curtis' relationship with Ethan. Middlebrooks was shortlisted for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards for his portrayl as Curtis, ultimatly not progressing into the final nominations. Yahoo! called him and Ethan the "comical duo" of the show.

Lacey Fleming
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Todd Fleming
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Joan Hunt
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Dani Alvarez
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Tommy Sullivan
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Adam Lucas
Adam Lucas played by Elyes Gabel, is an upcoming detective who will appear in season three as a new regular character alongside fellow new character, Tommy Sullivan (Mark Valley). Upon the announcement of the character being created and cast, Adam Lucas was initially called Adam Schaeffer, however this was changed during production. Described as a "smart", "cocky" detective, Gabel's casting was announced in August 2012. Gabel's casting, along with Valley's was after the three characters - Peter Dunlop (Nicholas Bishop), Bud Morris (John Carroll Lynch) and Samantha Baker (Sonja Sohn), left in season two. Showrunner Matthew Gross described Adam as "a guy who thinks that he knows it all". He continued, "He’s wise beyond his years, but doesn’t have the experience to back it up. And he might get himself in some trouble along the way for running his mouth off". Christopher Murphey said, "Adam is a born-and-bred Philadelphian, his father’s a big defense attorney. So he has a perspective; his joining the police force was kind of a rebellion against his father, but it’s not that he’s some do-gooder. It’s that for every defense attorney out there in the world who bends the rules, we need a cop who knows how to bend the rules the other way and get away with it. He’ll be something of an operator. So again, really we do need two cops on the police side of the investigation, just for practical purposes, but we also feel like these are two dynamic characters we can get a lot out of".

Yvonne Kurtz
Yvonne Kurtz played by Annie Wersching, is an upcoming nurse who will appear in season's three yet to be named first and second episode. Wersching's casting was announced in August 2012. An ABC executive said that Yvonne would be "front and center", but did not reveal any more details, as it was part of a "top-secret double-episode storyline". Matt Webb Mitovich of TV Line questioned whether a double episode should be a season opener, but Dana Delany who plays Megan Hunt revealed that producers "really liked" the double episodes toward the end of season two as they had "really high stakes", adding, "so right off the bat we’re back to that. It’s going to be a little bit insane for a while!".

Dan Russell
Dan Russell played by Richard Burgi, is an District Attorney who is a love interest for Kate Murphy (Jeri Ryan). Burgi's casting was announced in October 2012. Dan temporarily became part of a love triangle, along with Kate and Ivan Sergei's character, called Sergei Damanov. Kate decides to run for Congress, where she meets Dan. Ryan said, "She decides life is short, now is the time".

Angela Martin
Angela Martin played by Lorraine Toussaint, is an upcoming police chief who will appear midway through season three.