Mary Portman

Mary Portman was a patient of Dr. Bailey. They were trapped together during the shooting in the hospital.

Being Trapped in the Hospital
Mary and her husband Bill came to the hospital when Bailey could perform a colostomy bag reversal surgery. Mary hadn't eaten anything for quite some time, so she asked her husband to get her a pizza. While Bill was away, the hospital was put under lockdown because of Gary Clark, who was shooting people in the hospital. Mary noticed something was wrong because her husband hand't returned yet (he wasn't allowed to enter the hospital anymore) and Dr. Bailey kept hanging around in her room (because of the lockdown).

However, Dr. Bailey refused to confess that there was something wrong, untill Charles Percy entered the room, saying the shooter was on the floor. Mary was really scared when Bailey looked through the window and saw Gary coming their way. She told Mary to play dead and covered her with sheets. Charles hid himself in the bathroom and Bailey hid herself under Mary's bed.

Gary Clark entered the room and started crying because he thought the hospital had killed another patient, like his wife. He was about to leave the room, when he heard a noise in the bathroom. He discovered Charles, who confessed he was a surgeon. Gary then shot him in the abdomen and also pulled Bailey from under the bed. However, she said she was a nurse, and Gary left the room after reloading his gun.

Mary then finally could breathe again. Bailey then urged her to assist her while trying to keep Charles alive. Mary handed over supplies to Bailey. Bailey couldn't do much however, and they tried to drag Charles to an OR. Mary feared Gary might come back, but Bailey managed to calm her down. They dragged the bleeding Charles to the elevators on one of Mary's sheets, but they were turned off because of the lockdown. Charles then died in front of Mary in Bailey's arms.

After Gary had killed himself, the lockdown was annuled. Mary and Bill were seen hugging each other in front of the hospital.

Getting the Surgery
Six months after the shooting, Mary and her husband were featured in a documentary about the shooting. Mary was followed by a TV crew on the day she was admitted to the hospital for a second time. Bailey and Mary were relieved to see each other again.

Bailey performed the colostomy bag reversal surgery flawlessly. Because Bailey got attached to Mary, she decided to have a drink at Joe's because of her success. However, it later turned out that Mary wouldn't wake up. Bailey sadly explained to Bill that it's very rare, but that it sometimes happen that patients don't wake up from the anesthesia after surgery. When her organs started failing, Bill decided to take her off of life support.

Being Autopsied
Following her death, a pathologist performed an autopsy on Mary's body together with Bailey. Bailey constantly argued with the pathologist because she got really attached to Mary and she thought that he pathologist wasn't doing her job right.

Sadly, the cause of her coma was never found and Bailey had to tell Bill that she had no idea why Mary didn't wake up after surgery.

Bill Portman
Mary married Bill and they were living a happy life together. Mary revealed in the documentary that they were thinking about having kids after the surgery. They never got to that, as Mary was in a coma after surgery. Her devestad husband decided to take her off of life support after a couple of days when her organs started to fail.

Notes and Trivia

 * Dr. Bailey got very attached to Mary, which is very rare. Bailey has only gotten attached to a couple of other patients over the course of the series.