Carl Surran (played by Kevin Henderson) is a physician in Atlantic City.
Character Biography
Season 1
Surran treats Ethan Thompson following a fall.
Season 2
Surran treats Commodore Louis Kaestner following a stroke. He describes his symptoms as right sided paralysis and apoplexy. He recommends rest and allows the Commodore to be cared for at home by Gillian Darmody. ("What Does the Bee Do?")
Surran treats Nucky Thompson following a gunshot wound to his right hand. He visits Nucky at home to change his dressings and is surprised when Nucky briefly falls asleep. Surran asks if Nucky is alright and he says that he has been sleeping poorly. Surran says that this is to be expected. Nucky looks at his hand and jokes that he has stigmata. Surran laughs and asks Nucky to keep the hand protected. Nucky notes that there are few people who want to shake his hand at the moment. Surran says it is probably slow everywhere since Nucky was injured. Nucky observes that Surran is busy and asks about The Commodore. Surran cites doctor patient confidentiality but Nucky knows that he is not above breaking the rules. Nucky reminds Surran about the medicinal alcohol licence that he arraned. Surran apologises and Nucky begins to give him instructions for next time but they are interrupted by Margaret Schroeder. Margaret is concerned about her daughter, Emily, and asks Surran to check on her next. Emily is feverish with reduced appetite. Margaret leaves and as Surran goes to follow Nucky tells him to remember who his friends are. ("Two Boats and a Lifeguard")
Surran examines Emily while Teddy eats in the next room. Margaret anxiously waits for the doctor’s findings while Owen Sleater drinks a cup of coffee. Surran announces that Emily’s temperature is 99.8 and asks Margaret to call him in the event that she spikes a fever. Margaret wonders if it was something Emily ate. The housemaid Katy comes in and suggests that Emily over-exerted herself on a trip to the lake. Surran believes that it is likely to be a virus that is going around. ("Two Boats and a Lifeguard")
Relationships
- Ethan Thompson - Patient
- Louis Kaestner - Patient
- Nucky Thompson - Patient, bootlegging supplier
- Emily Schroeder - Patient
- Margaret Schroeder - Patient's relative
Memorable Quotes
| Season one appearances | |||
| Boardwalk Empire | The Ivory Tower | Broadway Limited | Anastasia |
| Nights in Ballygran | Family Limitation | Home | Hold Me in Paradise |
| Belle Femme | The Emerald City | Paris Green | A Return to Normalcy |
| Season two appearances | |||
| 21 | Ourselves Alone | A Dangerous Maid | What Does the Bee Do? |
| Gimcrack & Bunkum | The Age of Reason | Peg of Old | Two Boats and a Lifeguard |
| Battle of the Century | Georgia Peaches | Under God's Power She Flourishes | To the Lost |