Ruth

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Ruth

Portrayed by Joanna Bool

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Appeared in

"Catch-22"

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Name

Ruth

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Status

Alive

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Origin

Eddington, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Family Members

Derek - Brother
Desmond Hume - Ex-Fiance

Connection

Desmond's former fiancee

Season(s)

S1 - S2 - S3 - MP - S4

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Ruth is a former fiancee of Desmond who has appeared in his flashbacks.

She is Derek's sister and was Desmond's girlfriend for six years in Scotland, not far from the monastery in Eddington. They eventually made plans to marry but Desmond disappeared one week before their wedding. Desmond got drunk and had an experience that led him to become a monk. After Derek located him and punched him for deserting his sister, he visited Ruth to give her an explanation as to why he didn't go through with their marriage. He told her that he had a greater calling and for it he would sacrifice everything else. Ruth didn't believe him and thought that he was just too scared to go through with their wedding.

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Ruth: Next time you want to break up with someone, Des, don't join the monastery. Just tell the girl you're too bloody scared.

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("Catch-22")

Trivia

Ruth is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "friend, companion".
In the Bible, Ruth was the young Moabite widow who said to her Hebrew mother-in-law Naomi, "Where you go, there I shall go also; your people will be my people, your God, my God".
During casting for "Catch-22", she was described as "Ruth. 20's, Female, Caucasian, Scottish, Pretty. Ruth is said to be a strong and pretty woman who has rather sad eyes." [1]