Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) Porter paid Jim Abbott to perform an illegal abortion on girlfriend Terry Andrews, who later died, a disenchanted Mia decides to return to Hong Kong. Iris becomes emotionally involved with Jim, but the scandal surrounding Terry Andrews forces him to leave San Francisco for New York. Laura decides not to take her final vows and leaves the church for Mark, who ends his relationship with Iris and begins a career as an architect. Lt. Tom Donnelly (Robert Burr) helps Helen (Grace Albertson, Gloria Hoye) overcome her grief when husband Phillip (Len Wayland) dies suddenly, and after a short courtship, the
A Many Splendored Thing (Homicide: Life on the Street) scripts to Fontana and Menaul. "A Many Splendored Thing" featured the second of two guest appearances by actress Julianna Margulies as Linda. A few months later, Margulies started her long-running lead role as nurse Carol Hathaway on the medical drama series "ER". She was cast in the part after having worked with Fontana on the unaired pilot of "Philly Heat", an ABC miniseries he worked on about members of the Philadelphia Fire Department. Tom Fontana had offered Margulies a recurring role on "Homicide", but she turned it down in favor of "ER". "A Many Splendored Thing" also featured a guest