I was born in the Crenshaw District. Grew up there. Raised my own daughter there. I'm watching it change almost by the day. I'm scared because I don't understand why.
-Irene Abe
Irene Abe is a character first appearing in Season 4. She is a reporter at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner seeking to uncover the truth about Detective Andre Wright's murder and connection between the CIA and the drug trade.
Biography[]
As a child during World War 2, her family was put into an internment camp at Manzanar. She went to college at Berkeley, then headed back to Los Angeles. She worked for the LA Times, but was fired for a piece she wrote on the second Owens Valley aqueduct. She later took a job at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. She meets up with Teddy McDonald who starts confessing to Irene as she presses the tape recorder. He goes to the bartender to get him and Irene a drink, but drugged Irene's drink, which causes her to fade as she is trying to focus with the window, but it got to her. Her head is leaning against the steering wheel and Teddy pulls her pony tail and sees Irene's nose bloodied. Teddy then asphyxiates Irene and kills her.
Legacy[]
Irene wanted to expose the truth about Franklin Saint and the crack epidemic in Los Angeles and wanted to get to the root of the story so the people can know. She sought every piece of information, especially from Alton Williams, and upon learning of the CIA's undisclosed funding of the Contra war in Central America, she attempted to expose the CIA and Teddy for flooding America with cocaine. She was threatened by Teddy but that didn't stop her from working to expose him, forcing Teddy to dispatch her.
Appearances[]
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Quotes[]
- "Nine whole months of not working for a white guy, I was starting to forget my place in the world."
- — Irene to Charlie after learning he was replacing Joanna as the Editor. (The Get Back)
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