Lesson 3

[David Thompson]

Module 1, lesson 3 Assignment 1

What I learned doing this assignment is that the main character (Ned Stark) is very nuanced, and we’re given hints at his character, all while his world is shifted, or turned upside down, depending on how it’s viewed.

Example show: Game of Thrones

Ned Stark.

1: His role in this show is one of the many main characters in GoT, he is Lord of Winterfell. A major player in the Seven Kingdoms.

2: Being an old friend of the King, he’s well suited to be the “Kings Hand”, his expertise is in leading men, and running a castle. He brings discipline, a depth of knowledge that is quite useful in his new role.

3: Intrigue – King’s landing is a dangerous place. Intrigues are around every corner in the castle, from the Queen and her brother to the aspirations of anyone in line to succeed the King. Ned must step carefully, to prevent his family from being harmed by the many plots unfolding around them.

4: Moral Issue – I haven’t picked up Ned’s moral issue. I figure in future episodes he’ll be pressed to choose between his family and their safety, and the role he has for his King.

5: Unpredictable – On one hand I figure I know what Stark will do, but he has thus subtext about how he’s fed up with the way the kingdom is being run.

6: Empathy – The audience sides with Ned, due to his actions around his own family. This shows he cares deeply about family, even when that comes into conflict with his duty to uphold his oath to the King.

[David Thompson]

Module One – Lesson 3 – Assignment 2

What I learned in this assignment is that my characters need more layers, and a lot more thought, even though I’ve written them in two books.

My series – The Furies (or a title to be determined later)

1: The Journey of this show. A serial killer strikes a small west coast town. When the serial killer kills Dan’s niece, he’s taken into a world where ancient gods and goddesses still exist, which up-ends his atheist mindset. The serial killer is possessed by an ancient evil, a demon, known as Sorath, who is literally Mister 666 himself.

2. Main Characters:

Dan Lanahan – Detective in the small town.

Megaera – One of the Furies

A: Role in the show.

Dan is the main male character in the show. A cop, with experience in Dallas. His niece is murdered, followed by the murder of a fellow cop.

Megaera – A Fury, one of three. Thankfully only three. She and her sisters propel the show forward by looking to avenge the murder of Dan’s niece, since she can’t move on while her killer has escaped justice.

B:Unique Purpose/Expertise

Dan – as a cop, he investigates the murders. He’s tracking down the serial killer when the killer is intercepted by the Furies, literally unleashing Hell.

Megaera – as a goddess, she possesses magic powers, and can go through space and time. She also falls in love with Dan (Plot “B”). She goes after Dan like he was a target. He stands no chance against her.

C: Intrigue

Dan – He has a backstory of being a cop in Dallas, whose wife was an alcoholic, and she caused an accident, killing their unborn baby and an innocent bystander in Dallas. After the murder of his mother, Dan rejects all beliefs in greater powers.

Megaera – She has a soft spot for this intriguing mortal man, but how is she going to deal with Dan when he finds out his niece’s ghost is currently with the Furies.

D: Moral Issue

Dan – will he stand by as the Furies exact revenge for murders? What can he do to stop them, even if he might not want to stop them?

Megaera – Goddesses shouldn’t “dally” with mortal men. Also, why did Dan spot her initially?

E: Unpredictable

Dan – He’s pretty predictable at first, resistant to Megaera’s advances, but as he’s shown who she is, he denies the evidence, preferring to think he’s been drugged.

Megaera – True to her name, which means “Jealous Rage”, Megaera tends to lose her temper and cause damage. She is also quick to commit murder, but contains it to people who “deserve” her attention. She’s spontaneous. If she feels it, she does it.

F: Empathetic

Dan – Dan isn’t really living until he encounters Megaera. She pulls him out and his life takes a sudden turn. Are Gods actually REAL? Yes, they are. And boy, are there a lot of them.

Megaera – we will empathize with Megaera as she enacts vengeance on people who’ve murdered their own family and have escaped justice. Especially when it’s a murdered child.

[David Wickenden]

Subject Line: David Wickenden Engaging Main Characters

Lesson 3

What I learned from this assignment: I learned that the deeper, more complex characters make the more interesting characters. We want to see their weaknesses and their strengths and how they overcome those traits that hold them back.

Assignment 1

Show: Mr. Robot

Main Character: Elliot

A. Role in the show: MC is a computer security technician during the day and a brilliant computer hacker at night. His role plays the pivotal role in destroying a mega corporation that had a part in killing his father.

B. Unique Purpose/Expertise: Elliot is a brilliant hacker who has never been caught. There is no one he cannot reach.

C. Intrigue: No one knows of Elliot’s secret life as a hacker, except Mr. Robot, another hacker. His best friend, boss, and arch rival are watching him, but have no idea of what he does behind the scenes. Other intrigue flows around those he targets for hurting others, such as Ollie’s infidelity to his best friend, Angela. The main intrigue deals with the plan to destroy Evil Corp.

D. Moral Issue: Elliot crosses the line more than once. He targets drug dealers and dishonest people and has no problem destroying their lives if needs too. One of Mr. Robot’s plans may cost innocent lives and Elliot balks at this.

E. Unpredictable: Each way Elliot deal with his enemies is different and causes a surprise. His recent decision to live the normal life is a big surprise and the fact that he asked Shayla, his drug supplier out as a girlfriend is even bigger for this anti-social individual.

F. Empathetic: Elliot is an introvert suffering from depression, and social anxiety disorder. Although brilliant, he cannot relate to people is incredibly lonely.

Assignment 2

In my story, Laura is a phycologist who specializes in PTSD. She works with military, police, EMS, Fire and other agencies to help first responders deal with the trauma they encounter. After seeing how sexual assault of children continues to hurt her best friend and other victims, and encounters PTSD suicides of first responders dealing with the same issue, she takes the law in her own hands.

If the government and the legal system will not deal with these preparators, she will. She goes from helping people to killing people.

The show has two main characters.

Laura is the PTSD councillor who turns into a vigilante determined to stop the worse sex offenders when the legal system doesn’t.

Janice is Laura’s best friend. Having been molested as a child, she still suffers from her trauma. She has become a police officer, bent on making those who harm children pay for their crimes through the law. When the vigilante strikes, she is tasks on finding and stopping the killings.

Laura

A. Role in the show: Laura starts a crusade to punish the worse child abusers who have escaped real justice because of loopholes in the law.

B. Unique Purpose/Expertise: To better treat those suffering from PTSD, she has trained with first responders and has learned tactic skills that help her hunt and kill child abusers.

C. Intrigue: Every time Laura strikes, there is a chance of her being caught or killed by either the criminals she hunts or the police who are hunting her.

D. Moral Issue: Laura is killing people. She has become judge, jury, and executioner. She has also lied to her best friend.

E. Unpredictable: Laura doesn’t just hunt one person but criss-crosses the country killing offenders. She does it in different manners so not to create a MO that the police can track.

F. Empathetic: She has seen too many victims of child abuse, both the victims and their families, as well as those first responders who have taken their lives because of what they had to deal with. She has had to give up her entire life and practice to try to bring attention to this issue. She has had to give up Janice.

Janice

A. Role in the show: Janice has been tasked with hunting down and stopping the vigilante.

B. Unique Purpose/Expertise: Highly trained and because of her past, highly motivated. Janice has risen through the ranks to run the sexual crimes department.

C. Intrigue: Janice is involved with a number of cases, but she determines that someone has been killing her suspects just before she’s ready to apprehend them.

D. Moral issue: Janice has been assaulted as a child. She uses her position to chase child abusers. She stands fully with the law and does not cut corners.

E. Unpredictable: Clues unearth all kinds of revelations. He can be hard as nails yet can feel deeply for victims as well as families.

F. Empathetic: Janice still suffers from her childhood trauma. She can’t enter her own apartment without searching for assailants. Suffers from nightmares of her assault. So dedicated to seeing the guilty punished, that she has no life, nor relationship other than Laura.

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[Anne Grant]

Module 1, Lesson 3, Assignment 1

AG’s Engaging Main Characters

What I learned doing this: I recognized that Esty’s absent mother played a significant role throughout this story (and that mine did as well in my own story in ways I had not yet seen).

Esther Shapiro (Esty), the lead character in Unorthodox:

• A. Role in the show: has been raised by her aunt and grandparents to become the obedient Hasidic wife and mother that Esty’s absent mother failed to be.

• B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Esty is trying to escape her coercively controlling Hasidic community, and she has secretly developed a musical talent.

• C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?

Esty knows she is different from other girls, but we are not sure how. Her mother has secretly given her papers that prove she is entitled to German citizenship, and her shiksa piano teacher is helping her to secretly escape.

• D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? Esty is defying religious rules by secretly leaving her husband after he says he wants a divorce and when she realizes she may be pregnant.

• E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? Esty goes to Berlin and tries to see her mother. She proves resourceful and is invited to audition for a music scholarship even though she is a novice piano player. She unexpectedly sings a Hasidic song powerfully.

• F. Empathetic: Why do we care? Esty repeatedly questions authority and longs to be free like her new friends in Berlin. She learns that she was told lies about her mother, who loved her but was forced to surrender her as a baby in custody court. Her vulnerability, her eagerness to be free from religious rules, her powerful singing of a Hasidic song, and her refusal to return with her husband all reveal her strength of character.

[Michael O’Keefe]

MODULE ONE – DAY THREE – ASSIGNMENTS:

Mike – Engaging Main Characters

What I learned doing this assignment as it pertains to lead characters – it is how their roles/ journeys and the story line are linked by the TV show’s over-arching theme. The ‘traits’ of each main character need to contribute to the protagonist’s journey: his maturation or decline as a person, while simultaneously adding to the plotline in a believable manner.

ASSIGNMENT 1:

A. Role in the show:

Peter: FBI agent who is Neil’s handler, he has a vested interest in seeing the program work. Neil: Art expert/thief who is working for the FBI in order to finish out his prison sentence.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise:

Neil: Expertise: Knows art, the art world and the thieves who operate in that world. || Purpose: To thwart the art thieves, to work off his remaining prison sentence as an FBI consultant/informant. Irony: Using an art thief and convicted felon to apprehend other art thieves. Peter: Expertise: Understands Neil as he studied him, pursued him and captured him. || Purpose: To be Neil’s mentor.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?

Peter: He is using Neil’s art expertise and experience as a world-class thief to solve white-collar crimes, Additionally, he is using his badge, and (Neil) his informant, to apprehend white-collar criminals. Neil: He is an art thief who is hiding his affiliation with the FBI from various thieves and acquaintances in the art world.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing?

Peter: Is it ethical to put Neil in harm’s way in order to apprehend thieves. Neil: By bending, breaking and ignoring Peter’s ‘rules’ as an FBI informant/consultant, will Neil’s extracurricular activities be found, will he be sent back to prison?

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?

Neil: With each case, he is tempted by the world-class jet-setting lifestyle. It is a temptation he must continually fight. Peter: Suspicious of Neil, Peter thinks the worst of him at every turn. Despite the dozens of cases that Neil solves for the FBI, Peter’s self-fulfilling prophecy chaffs Neil.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care?

Neil: Given a second chance, Neil’s upbeat demeanor, innate charm, and mercurial behavior has the audience hoping (fingers crossed) that Neil doesn’t give into temptation and go back to that way of life. With each successful case, Neil learns what friendship means, what being part of something bigger and better than yourself entails. Peter: He has his reputation and career on the line for Neil and the program he is overseeing. Peter is in his own, heavy-handed way trying to ‘help’ Neil and show him there is a better life.

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ASSIGNMENT 2:

I. Tell us the journey of your show. From a young man recovering from the death of a loved one, to “a savior” who leads a group of the psychically-gifted individuals in a shadow war for earth’s continued existence.

II. Who are the main characters that will sell your show?

A. Caleb Sutherland – (protagonist) A reluctant messiah who learns to embrace his powers to elude capture and to take his place among those like him, the Riders, in preparing for the upcoming Armageddon.

B. Victoria Musgrave – (Caleb’s love interest) Attracted to the mystery that is Caleb, her need to help strays, to bring out the best in people, draws Caleb to her.

C. Charles Stewart – (Caleb’s mentor) a “Runner” and an old friend of the family who fights against those who wish to use & corrupt Caleb and Rick.

III. Answer these questions for each of those characters.

A. Role in the show:

1. Caleb: Young man who is tasked/forced to lead a group of psychically-gifted people against an evil that is set on enslaving all of humanity.

2. Victoria: To love Caleb, keep him grounded and to keep the burden of responsibility and the weight of tragedy from crushing our newfound hero.

3. Charles: Mentor, friend and guide to both Caleb and Rick. He saves several of the main characters from themselves.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise:

1. Caleb: Expertise: born with extraordinary psychic powers. || Purpose: Use these inherited gifts to save mankind from enslavement. Irony: It is love and the creation of life, not weapons of war that save the day.

2. Victoria: Expertise: Able to sense and help people who are hurting and/or in need. || Purpose: To save Caleb from all that he faces both internally and externally. || Irony: her compassion gets her killed.

3. Charles: Expertise: Understanding of what they face, what their powers are and how to develop them || Purpose: To train Caleb and his men to fight, to be prepared for the upcoming war.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?

1. Caleb: He is leading the ‘Riders’ in their battles, using his powers and hiding it from Victoria.

2. Victoria: Is in love with Caleb and keeps his secrets from her control-freak father and others.

3. Charles: His brief affair w/ Caleb’s mother, his ability to see a person’s future, his desire to return to the 1850s and his fiancé.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing?

1. Caleb: By using his powers to help to heal, will he reveal his kind to the general public.

2. Victoria: by befriending Caleb, will her affair with him destroy her relationship w/ her dad. Worse, will it provoke her unstable ex-boyfriend to retaliate.

3. Charles Stewart: By wanting to go back in time to save his fiancé, what consequences will there be by altering the future

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?

1. Caleb: Lets his love for Victoria and his drive to help others cloud his judgment, he is reckless.

2. Victoria: Reacts emotionally and like Caleb her desire to help ‘strays’ creates issues.

3. Charles Stewart: He looks at life like a game of checkers, moves w/ the big picture in mind; doesn’t see the immediate costs.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care?

1. Caleb: Unasked for gifts and the burden that comes with them. He is fated to lead the forces of good against the evil set on enslaving all of mankind. He has a big heart, is both idealistic and a romantic. Who can’t get behind a person like that.

2. Victoria: Beautiful, intelligent and tenderhearted. A young woman who lives her convictions, who won’t let peer pressure affect her.

3. Charles: Sacrificed a life to watch over the Standfort family. Lonely and alone, he is nevertheless, totally committed to watching over and training Caleb and his brother.

[Anne Grant]

What I learned from this assignment: Continually refocusing on the main characters — their expertise, secrets, and contradictions produces greater depth and intrigue in the story.

Module 1, Lesson 3, Assignment 2

AG’s Engaging Main Characters

1. Tell us the journey of your show.

A lonely child, Anne, finds her best friend in Jesus. Although she is a bright student, she holds supernatural beliefs that she seldom talks about for fear of sounding arrogant. She marries Phil, a minister, who recognizes her recurring depression. He encourages her to join the women’s movement and to work on reforms for girls and women in public schools. She produces shows on women’s history and becomes a minister. She seeks supernatural answers to child sex abuse. Battered mothers teach her about discrimination against them in custody courts. She again seeks spiritual answers and becomes pastor of a largely West African congregation. After she and Phil retire they discover they no longer hold supernatural beliefs. They find this liberating.

2. Who are the main characters that will sell your show?

We meet Anne as a young child who responds to an emotional altar call by accepting Jesus in a tent meeting. She grows up in a quiet, predictable fundamentalist home. At 19, Anne marries a Methodist seminarian, voluble and compassionate Phil. His energy sometimes overwhelms her. He has no idea how deeply Anne holds her supernatural beliefs. Phil struggles to understand why he cannot make her happy.

3. Answer these questions for each of those characters.

• A. Role in show:

Anne is the transformable character, but also a change agent.

Phil is a change agent and surprised to learn he is also a transformable character. While both inspire others, they are being changed at the core of their beliefs, which frees them both.

• B. Unique Purpose / Expertise:

Anne asks prophetic questions. She believes that faith in God is her greatest gift and she feels called to help people grow. She also has a creative sense of humor and does clown ministry.

Phil is a critical thinker and tenacious problem-solver, which sometimes causes new problems. He is a skilled Bible scholar and folk singer who composes worship songs. He recognizes similarities in Anne’s anger, despair, and self-loathing to that in Black kids — though Phil and Anne are white.

• C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?

Anne is cheerful on the surface, but sometimes lonely, depressed, angry, and impatient.

Phil is resourceful and motivated to solve problems. People become dependent on his willingness to help, but then he resents their dependence.

• D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing?

Anne believes the Holy Spirit is leading her when it may be her own sense of moral outrage over injustice. She tends to overload herself, becoming Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired and needs to HALT before she makes a serious mistake.

Phil sometimes “misses the mark” with his impressive intellect, drive, and skills. He dreams about shooting arrows into dangerous places for vulnerable children to retrieve.

• E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?

Anne is fearless testifying against powerful judges who have put battered women and their children in danger. As pastor of a huge inner-city church, she demonstrates for affordable housing and immigrant rights

Phil has an enormous bandwidth and undertakes ambitious projects that leave them both exhausted.

• F. Empathetic: Why do we care?

Anne and Phil both appear to be genuinely committed to people and social justice but naively short-sighted about the demands these make on them, their children, marriage, and others. We want them to survive and thrive, but their divine assignments may do them in.

[Sydney Burtner]

Subject line: Syd’s Engaging Main Characters (M1, L3)

4. What I learned doing this assignment is more insight into what’s going on with my characters.

ASSIGNMENT 1:

Watch the next episode of your Example Show to see any places the lead characters might fit this model.

Jon Snow, episode 3

A. Role in the show: Nobleman-outcast seeking his place; appears to be thrown away; becomes a leader of the other outcasts with Tyrion mentoring
B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: He’s a highly trained swordsman with a past that makes him empathetic to other outcasts
C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? Ned Stark goes out of his way to hide Jon’s true parentage
D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? Not yet (he will have to go against his morals and feelings to end Daenerys’s moral corruption and misuse of power)
E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? Angry that the Night’s Watch was not what he thought, he’s initially aggressive, but instead embraces the poor thieves he’s now partnered with in the Night’s Watch
F. Empathetic: Why do we care? He’s been (supposedly) cast off by his family because he’s a bastard

Tell us the name and Engaging Profile answers for at least one character from your example show.

Deadline: 24 hours

ASSIGNMENT 2:

Tell us the journey of your show.

A young, well-educated village woman becomes sister to Golden City’s next heir when her courtesan mother marries the king. When King Abzar is assassinated, they go on the run. The Amir offers help and protection — if Charita agrees to serve as a spy in the Mughals’ vast empire.

2. Who are the main characters that will sell your show?

Charita — The Desired (18) Educated, independent, dancer, dangerously bold;

Veer — General, failed to stop the assassination of his King and friend, he’ll say he wants justice, but revenge is on his mind

Rajendra — was heir to the throne before King’s new wife had a son; now she and the baby are on the run and he’ll do whatever he has to in order to keep the throne

Bhadrabahu — second son from a conservative Hindu family, has reinvented himself as the ultimate playboy in Mughal court; knows everyone’s secrets, has a few of his own

3. Answer these questions for each of those characters.

Charita

A. Role in the show: — She makes a deal to spy for the Mughal Amir. How far will she have to go to protect her infant brother, true heir to the throne?

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: — Well-educated village girl, who can dance and sing, perform poetry (early form of theatre). She can slip into different personas as needed.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? — She can play the part of courtesan though she’s never been one like her mother. She has a secret relationship with Jagger.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? — Is she willing to seduce for the Mughals? Is she willing to kill for the Mughals? The answer is, “No” — but working undercover as a courtesan leaves those around her with expectations. And, her infant brother’s safety is at stake.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?

At first, she’s scattered and even ashamed. As she gains confidence, she comes into her power. Is she starting to enjoy the risk-taking? By the end of season one, she’s got enough valuable info to start making demands of her employer.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care?

Raised in a village, by her courtesan mother, she realizes she’s too smart for that life — but yet some aristocrats don’t accept her at court — and also, she’s a woman in a man’s world with a dangerous job, not of her choosing. The dead king’s cousin now claims her brother’s throne, but he targets her, blaming her for the fact that he got exiled.

General Veer

A. Role in the show: — He says he wants “justice,” in his heart, he wants revenge. He’s an outlaw now that King Abzar has been assassinated. He holds Rajendra responsible.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: — Master fighter. Leader. Trained and led an army — many of whom abandoned their post, refusing to serve the usurper, to join him in exile.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? — He’s moved from being the one who upholds the law to the leader of rogue renegades. Instead of protecting the king, he wants to kill the new one. He has to create a new moral compass.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? — He was an honorable man. Will he abandon his honor in the name of revenge.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? — Veer takes the death of King Abzar personally. He knew Abzar took to many risks and he never trusted Rajendra or his father (though Abzar did). He’s haunted by the belief that he could have and should have prevented the assassination. Abzar was his friend.

Rajendra

A. Role in the show: — Usurper; was raised to be King Abzar’s successor, and then was undone by courtesans, one married the king and produced an heir.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: — he was manipulated by his father, but also learned to be ruthless and enterprising from him; when his father tried sell him out, he successfully turned the tables; the student has become the master

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? — Everyone believes he is responsible for King Abzar’s death, he’s not and he doesn’t know who is.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? — Raised by a villain, crossing boundaries is a game; still, he does not want to be his father, he wants his own legacy

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? — He has the throne, but is it safe. To secure his reign, he has to prevent the true heir from coming back; he wants to find the infant and to break Charita’s ties with the Mughals. And who actually killed Abzar. Rajendra’s paranoia makes him unpredictable.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? — he was an abused child; as such, he tries to defend the children of the kingdom from like behavior

Bhadrabahu

A. Role in the show: — Charita’s mentor / liaison

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: — Manager of tawaif (courtesans), the ultimate playboy in Mughal court

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? — he’s the second son of a conservative, anti-Mughal family; he’s all fun on the outside, knows everyone’s secrets

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? — in his mind, he’s amoral, boundaries are meant to be crossed; leading a double life

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? — He comes across as everyone’s friend; who’s side is he on? His own. Yet, he has some connections that are more important than others (Charita’s mother Vanhi, his own family — though they’ve publicly disowned him);

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? — His father’s rejected him, but he still supports the family financially; will put himself on the line for Vanhi; helps the poor, disenfranchised

[Moses Quainoo]

Moses Quainoo

Engaging Main Characters

“What I learned doing this assignment is…?”

ASSIGNMENT 1:

Watch Episode 3 of Mr. Robot to see any places the lead characters might fit this model.

Role in the Show:

Elliot is a computer hacker who finds himself working for a company he resents and says they are evil.

Tyrell is the Senior Vice President of technology of the Evil Corporation.

Unique purpose/Expertise:

Expertise: Elliot is a computer hacker using his expertise to fight the Evil Corporation.

Purpose: He wants the world to be a safe place.

Tyrell wants Colby’s job.

Intrigue:

Elliot: works normally at Allsafe providing computer security. Then he is on drugs and has sex with the drug dealer.

Tyrell: has a good position in the business and wants Colby’s job.

Moral Issue:

Elliot: Is it right to continue with the drugs than go for rehabilitation? Is it right to continue associating with the fsociety?

Tyrell: Is it right to pay someone to take a beating from him? Is it right to draw closer to the boss’s secretary to get more information about the new CTO?

Unpredictable:

Elliot joins Mr. Robot seated on a side rail. As they talk Elliot loses guard and Mr. Robot pushes him over and Elliot drops from the height.

Elliot invites Shayla to come to a party with him as his girlfriend.

Tyrell pays someone three hundred dollars to take a beating from him.

Empathy:

Elliot is in the hospital, bruised, and suffers a cut on the forehead that needs stitching.

Tyrell’s appointment for the job is rescheduled.

ASSIGNMENT 2:

Tell us about the journey of Old Toms.

Ishey gets an invitation to join a GoFundMe group on WhatsApp and raises money when he challenges his brother to the Borborbor dance.

Who are the main characters that will sell Old Toms?

Ishey Garfunk

Senakey

Van Pee

Gilly alias G Selor

Answer these questions for each of those characters.

A. Role in the Show:

Ishey Garfunk – Ishey is a security officer going grocery shopping after work, and meets an old friend who invites him to join their group and give eighty pounds.

Senakey – He who suggests the group get every Old Tom to join and contribute.

Van Pee – A retired security officer and a recently qualified pastor. He wants to make money from GoFundMe.

Gilly alias G Selor – A retired agricultural engineer, he created the GoFundMe for the 1979 Old Toms year group on WhatsApp.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise:

Ishey Garfunk – Ishey wants to contribute to the funeral of his leading buddy and ended raise money in the GoFundMe.

Ishey is a gifted dancer, knows about studio recording, and uses his knowledge to create Borborbor fusion. He is an experienced administrator and manages cash inflow to the group.

Ishey got a ‘Division 3’ at the GCE O Levels and was put down by his fellow Old Toms.

In the challenging world, Old Toms who got ‘Divisions 1 and 2’ and went to universities to pursue degrees in various fields cannot create money for the group.

In everyday life, Ishey is the hero.

Senakey – A Champion dancer.

Van Pee – Knows how to organize a contest and people.

Gilly alias G Selor –

A. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?

Ishey Garfunk – Ishey challenged his brother to a contest, and will take all monies raised beyond the prize. Ishey signs a Film deal with recording studios, radio, and TV stations. Ishey is using the contest to raise money for him.

Senakey

Van Pee

Gilly alias G Selor

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they
crossing?

Ishey Garfunk – Is it right to swindle money for charity? Sign deals without the consent of the other Old Tom players?

Senakey –

Van Pee –

Gilly alias G Selor –

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?

Ishey Garfunk – Ishey threatens to withdraw the prize. Ishey introduce a fused version of the Borborbor songs without consulting the group. He set up Gilly. Ishey demanded that Old Toms bring their books to stage the contest to raise more money.

Ishey is a gifted dancer stepping into new territory – traditional Borborbor music. Ishey reports for work early and hand on in the standard room till start time.

Ishey finds out Gilly made an outstanding donation to Serpentine contrary to what the group gives to bereaved families. He supports the idea of knowing the coffers are emptied at will and accounts reconciled to look right.

Senakey – Prod his brother to pay up

Van Pee –

Gilly alias G Selor

F. Empathetic: Why do we care?

Ishey Garfunk – Ishey is facing financial difficulties and Van Pee asks him to give the group money. His origin country did not further his education because he got ‘Division 3’. So he is worthless? The same worthless Old Tom is asked to give money and came back to raise money beyond every dream.

Ishey asks for leave to attend a funeral and the company needs to approve it. He searches for the group and fails. The world locks down.

Senakey –

Van Pee –

Gilly alias G Selor –

[Chris Driver]

Module 1

Lesson 3

Original Show

Adam

Role in the show: The show will be somewhat autobiographical, centered around him and the other criminals of the late 1800s that he interacts with.

Unique Purpose/Expertise:

His unique purpose is that he is a bank robbing prodigy and con man. He is one of the best and is determined to amass an empire.

Intrigue:

His past and identity is almost a mystery.

Moral issues:

Being a criminal is a moral issue in itself, but Adam truly wants to be a decent man which raises even more ethical concerns for him.

Unpredictable: We never know what he’s going to plan next or how his plan will go.

Empathetic: His nonviolent approach and humanity makes us sympathize with him. He came from nothing and worked hard to get what he has but deep down he’s a good man.

[Leona Heraty]

Leona Heraty’s Engaging Main Characters

What I learned doing this assignment is…using the Engaging Main Characters tool helped me start to flesh out the big picture ideas of who my main characters are and their motivation.

Example Show: LOST | Season 1, Episode 4

Jack: Main Character

A. Role in the show: A surgeon with a troubled past who saves the lives of hurt passengers after the crash and leads the group.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise:
Purpose: Find a way to be rescued off the island
Expertise: Surgeon who saves lives

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?
Why is he afraid of joining the others in the memorial service?

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing?
Burning the bodies left inside the fuselage.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?
Why did he help build the fire to burn the bodies but walks away from the memorial service?

F. Empathetic: Why do we care?
Undeserved misfortune of the plane crash

Kate: Jack’s love interest

A. Role in the show: Kate is a 30-something escaped convict who is fearless and helps Jack.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise:
Unique Purpose: Helps Jack and the others find a way off the island
Expertise: Athletic and fearless

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?
Why was she the U.S. Marshall’s prisoner?

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing?
They have run out of food and she’s a vegetarian. Will she eat wild boar?

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?
She suddenly climbs a tree to try to secure a transponder at the top of it.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care?
Undeserved misfortune of plane crash and possibly wrongfully convicted of a crime

ASSIGNMENT 2

1. Tell us the journey of your show. The tenants and the property manager start out safe then have to fight for their lives and end up as fearless warriors, safer, stronger and wiser.

2. Who are the main characters that will sell your show?

Genesis and Josh

3. Answer these questions for each of those characters.
A. Role in the show:
Genesis: Reluctant Hero, middle-aged burned out property managers who was fired from her city job and is desperate for employment.
Josh: Selfish, rebellious teenager who doesn’t care about helping anyone.
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B. Unique Purpose / Expertise:

Genesis: Purpose: To lead the group in their fight against the amphibious monsters. Expertise: Expert marksman.
Josh: Purpose: To be Genesis’s right-hand man/helper. Expertise: Excellent surfer and swimmer.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface?
Genesis: She has a gambling problem and lost all her savings in a poker game and is a thief.
Josh: He is hiding a drug problem

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing?
Genesis: Is it OK to break into off-limits buildings? Is it OK to take action and not wait for law enforcement, who promised to be there soon? Is it OK to ask a teenager to risk his life to save the group? Is it OK to steal stuff of value from the complexes?
Josh: Is it OK to do drugs to relieve anxiety? Is it OK to ignore others’ cries for help? Is it OK to try to run away and save only yourself?

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next?
Genesis: She tries to run away from the amphibious sea monster, then comes back to help the others left behind.
Josh: He tries to swim away and leave the others to save himself.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care?
Genesis: Middle-aged, disillusioned with life and undeserved misfortune of earthquake and be hunted
by amphibious sea monsters.
Josh: Troubled teenager struggling with drug addiction after the death of
his father and undeserved misfortune of earthquake and be hunted by amphibious
sea monsters.

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[Wayne Petitto]

Wayne’s Engaging Main Characters

What I learned doing this assignment is how to create multifaceted, uniquely intriguing characters that engage an audience in every way.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Name & Engaging Profile answers for at least one character from LOST.
Kate:
A. Role in the show: Love interest & Doctor’s helper in most adventures
B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Strong woman, insightful
C. Intrigue: She was the prisoner in the flight!
D. Moral Issue: Does she want to help the unconscious Air Marshal?
E. Unpredictable: How will she handle being disclosed?
F. Empathetic: Attractive, helpful, brave, likable, quick thinking

ASSIGNMENT 2: The process on ASTRONOMIC ATTRACTIONS.

Tell us the journey of your show.
An Astronaut is stranded on a planet with no possible return and must adjust to life on a completely different world in the hands of an odd-looking humanoid woman who saves and harbors him from authority.

Who are the main characters that will sell your show?

Mike (astronaut)
A. Role in the show: Stranded human on a strange planet
B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Understands Science
C. Intrigue: Alone (only human within 6 lightyears), must survive, evade strict authority’s capture
D. Moral Issue: Owes life to Desae, is a fugitive alien, endangers Desae and her son, Nome.
E. Unpredictable: How react to loneliness, how get along with Desae, how evade authorities
F. Empathetic: The only human, how would we feel in this situation, nice guy, thankful, helpful.

Desae (humanoid)
A. Role in the show: Saves and harbors “alien invader,” (eventual love interest)
B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Knows the planet, society, and government, self-subsistent
C. Intrigue: Odd looking humanoid, has feelings for Mike
D. Moral Issue: Harboring a fugitive, endangering her son
E. Unpredictable: Evasive to authorities, unusual ways of doing things
F. Empathetic: She’s a single mom, Loves her child, hardworking farmer, falls in love with Mike

Nome
A. Role in the show: Desae’s 2-year-old son
B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: very inquisitive, bright, brave
C. Intrigue: Young humanoid, emulates Mike (as father figure)
D. Moral Issue: NONE he is innocence personified
E. Unpredictable: Childlike, yet intuitive, resourceful
F. Empathetic: Good kid, humanoid nature

HAL
A. Role in the show: Mike’s onboard AI computer
B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Studies humanoid nature, (eventually becomes tutor for children)
C. Intrigue: Withstands being studied and experimented with by planet scientists (who can’t decipher)
D. Moral Issue: Is technically inferior digital computer in a trigital computer world which is not as maturely programed into AI capability.
E. Unpredictable: Does not allow planet scientist to operate but responds upon hearing Mike’s voice.
F. Empathetic: Study of hominoid nature leads great insights for Mike & Desae.

Yardas
A. Role in the show: Desae’s eccentric neighbor and confidant
B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Foil for Desae’s common sense, and source of humor and outlandish ideas.
C. Intrigue: Flighty, corky, ditsy, friend.
D. Moral Issue: Husband is dullard, may not be trusted with secret of Mike.
E. Unpredictable: Simply, yes. (Flighty)
F. Empathetic: Loves life, sees positive in everything, leads them to steal HAL from Museum.

[Karen Tolliver]

Karen Tolliver: Engaging Main Characters

Module 1 Lesson 3 Assignments 1 and 2.

What I learned doing this assignment is the building of your characters purpose, moral issues, unpredictability, and intrigue is what gives your character the depth and course to follow in building the story line.

Assignment 1

TV Show “Lost”

A. Roll in Show:

Jack: The only Doctor on the airplane when crashed on deserted island.

Kate: Survivor who was bought on the plane as a prisoner.

B. Unique Purpose/Expertise:

Jack: Expertise- A surgeon with great skills.

Purpose- To keep everyone alive until rescued.

Kate: Expertise- She is tough, volunteers for assignments.

Purpose- To assist Jack with all duties.

C. Intrigue:

Jack: He’s afraid he can’t save everyone.

Kate: Hiding the fact she is a prisoner.

D. Moral Issue:

Jack: The code of ethics as a doctor to always do your best to save lives.

Kate: To help save lives despite having murdered someone.

E. Unpredictable:

Jack: Saves a man’s life in the ocean but didn’t go back for the girl in time and she dies.

Kate: The Marshall wants to die and ask Kate to shoot him instead she walks away.

F. Empathetic:

Jack: Getting beat up as a kid in school.

Kate: Even though Ray the farmer turned her in to Marshall, she still wants him to receive his reward money.

Assignment 2

1. The journey of my show: Aailyah must find out who set up her husband for murder that sent him to prison.

2. The main Characters that will sell my show: Aailyah Williams and James Donovan.

3. Engaging Character Questions

A. Role in Show:

Aailyah: 36-year-old Paralegal in a Law Firm.

James: 37-year-old Partner in the Law Firm.

B. Unique Purpose/Expertise:

Aailyah: Purpose- To free her set-up husband from murder charges.

Expertise- Knows the law well.

James: Purpose- To guide Aailyah through her husband’s case.

Expertise- Knows the law well and able to practice it.

C. Intrigue: What is the secret beneath the surface?

Aailyah: She can have Visions.

James: He secretly sabotages Aailyah’s husband’s case.

D. Moral Issue:

Aailyah: She will sleep with James to help free her husband.

James: Will lie to the judge and jeopardize the case for Aailyah.

E. Unpredictable:

Aailyah: She enjoys sleeping with James and does it again.

James: Sleeps with the Judge for favors.

F. Empathetic:

Aailyah: Her husband is murdered in prison. Bullied as a child for being different with gift of Visions.

James: His father was a lawyer head of Law Firm and expects nothing less of James.

[Bent Hanlen]

Bent’s engaging main characters

what I learned doing this assignment is this ……….. I am seeing traits I didn’t see before. I didn’t think about them when I created the characters in the first place. Now I forsee additional seasons ahead because of what has evolved through this creation process.

Tavner in the Patriot

Role in show – a spy assigned to get nukes away from Iran’s program

:B. Unique Purpose / Expertise – can kill and not be guilty of what he’s done

:C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? He struggles to feel human and to go back and forth between being a loving husband to a cold blooded killer.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? He has no empathy and must do what he must in order to get the job done.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? He kills anyone and hurts anyone if they are in the way.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? He suffers from depression. He’s flawed and his flaws show.

Commander Smith

Role in the show: Leader of the swing shift at the police station

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: He’s in charge of the 4 officers who messed up and let a cartel leader get out of arrest.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? He wants to retire that year but now it is not looking good for him unless he can get the officers to quit.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? He wants the officers to quit so he can retire. He knows they do not want to quit.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? he goes out on assignments with them and tries to set them up to fail.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? In the end he must do his job and help them arrest the suspects they find who are tied to this cartel leader.

DONNER

Role in the show: POLICE OFFICER, REPRESENTS THE lbgtq

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: BOOKS CRIMINALS TAKES PICTURES

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? SHE IS MARRIED TO A MAN WHO DOESN’T KNOW HER OTHER SIDE

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? SHE REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MISTAKE OF RELEASING A PRISONER

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? SHE WANTS TO FIGHT BACK AND GO PUBLIC

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS HER FAULT THAT A PRISONER WAS RELEASED.

CALHOUN

Role in the show: DESK CLERK AT STATION

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: TAKING INITIAL INFORMATION FOR REPORT . REPRESENTS FACE OF THE DISABLED IN POLICE FORCE

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? HE WANTS TO BE ACTIVELY PURSUING CRIMINALS. DOESN’T LIKE DESK DUTY

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? HIS BITTERNESS MAKES HIM CUT CORNERS. HE THINKS HE WON’T BE FIRED EVER.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? HE CONSTANTLY APPLIES FOR PROMOTION

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? WE WANT TO SEE HIM WIN.

DEERHORN

Role in the show: NATIVE AMERICAN A DETECTIVE

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: HE FOUND THE CARTEL LEADER AND BROUGHT HIM IN.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? HE WANTS TO TRANSITION TO ANOTHER CAREER

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? HE IS LOSING HIS DESIRE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND IS HARDENING INSIDE

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? HE MIGHT QUIT HE MIGHT NOT. THE CREW HE IS WITH IS HIS ONLY FAMILY AFTER DIVORCE

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? WE WANT TO SEE HIM FEEL LOVE AGAIN FOR WHATEVER HE DOES

OFFICER BRENT

Role in the show: ROOKIE COP

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: FRESH FROM ACADEMY, HE IS THERE TO LEARN AND IS THE FIRST TO BE BLAMED FOR THIS MISTAKE OF RELEASING THE CARTEL BOSS

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? HE IS THE SON OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE SO HE HAS PROTECTIONS

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? HE KNOWS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH SHIT

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? HE REFUSES TO QUIT AND ALL SIGNS POINT TO HIM AS A LIABILITY

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR REDEMPTION AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

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[Michael O’Keefe]

Module 2 – Lesson 3: Easy Way to Five Seasons – Assignment

Mike – Five Seasons

What I learned is…. The importance of knowing the big picture, seeing where your show will be in five seasons. This process makes it possible. I tend to get lost; can’t see the forest for the trees.

I. Brainstorm to find the arc of the entire journey, from Season One to Five.

Shangra La is the bigger mystery that could play out over five seasons? The origins of Shangra La, its inhabitants, its appeal, its dangers. Shangra La is the current reality, what layers could be beneath that could become future seasons? The dangerous factions within Shangra La: (1) Feeders, deciding to leave and go to earth to survive; (2) The Council of Elders, ruling class in Shangra La, have a hidden agenda which is to merge with earth and take over as the ruling class; (3) Splinter Beings, Danyak’s twisted creation. Beings that come from sink holes in Shangra La (places where the fabric of time and earth have merged) and are transported to earth by Danyak’s minions to collect human souls for Danyak.

*The huge transformation that happens over the five seasons = Earth, Shangra La and the Old South co-exist. The feuds, power struggles and back stabbing end as they have bound together and formed alliances in order to defeat the Necromancers, then the Splinter beings. ———————————————————————————–

II. Brainstorm the Stair Step version.

Possible Stair Steps: [#1] Bigger mystery [#2] Bigger conflict [#3] Bigger opponent [#4] Major layer exposed [#5] Exploring more dangerous ground [#6] Bigger arena for the fight

Season One = Caleb finds love, we are introduced to Shangra La, a parallel earth he visits. #1 & #2 & #5

Season Two = Necros arrive on earth, Feeders flee Shangra La, take over Wyo. #1 & #2 & #3

Season Three = Shangra La opens its borders (hidden agenda – make addicts of humans) #1 & #5 & #6

Season Four = Sink holes in Shangra La, places where the fabric of time & earth merge. Splinter beings come thru the portals: unstable, deadly. *They are Danyak’s creations!! #3 & #4 & #5

Season Five = The Old South (Annabelle & coven) new Capitol; she’s the President! #1 & #4

SEASON 1 START: Caleb is a student with psychic powers who finds himself leading a group of similarly-gifted individuals into a shadow war with supernatural foes.

SEASON 5 END: World weary, Caleb returns to his mother’s painting vault, climbs into the painting from which he was created and goes into stasis. =================================================================

III. For each season, brainstorm the Building Blocks.

Season 1:

A. High Concept or major hook of the season – There is a parallel earth made up of man’s spent emotions.

B. Big Picture Arc/Journey: from traumatized student to resistance leader committed to saving mankind.

C. Main Conflict: Caleb must stay ahead of 3 gov., agencies, intent on capturing him, given his abilities.

D. Mystery/Open Loops: What is Shangra La to Caleb, why does he keep visiting the place?

E. Cliffhanger: Caleb is now being hunted by an assassin. —————————————————————————

Season 2:

A. High Concept or major hook of the season – The Feeders flee Shangra La, take over Wyoming

B. Big Picture Arc/Journey – Caleb learns warfare, leads his group into battle

C. Main Conflict – Caleb is fighting both Feeders and Necromancers while avoiding gov. agencies

D. Mystery/Open Loops – Victoria’s ghost appearing in Lori’s life as well as Caleb’s

E. Cliffhanger –War with the Necromancers increases as they attack a military base. ———————————————————————-

Season 3:

A. High Concept or major hook of the season – modern man reacquaints himself w/ magic

B. Big Picture Arc/Journey – Shangra La is addicting men to ensure they will be protected later on.

C. Main Conflict – War w/ necros goes underground; focus is on Wyo & Montana leaving the union.

D. Mystery/Open Loops – Shangra La opens its borders, Old South is expanding, unstoppable force field

E. Cliffhanger – The US and Shangra La join forces in the confrontation with splinter beings and Feeders

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Season 4:

A. High Concept or major hook of the season – Other dark forces join together

B. Big Picture Arc/Journey –

C. Main Conflict – open warfare with the splinter beings

D. Mystery/Open Loops – Danyak, what’s his end game? Lyderia passes thru Annabelle Lee’s shield, meets w/ her, why?

E. Cliffhanger – Lyderia and Annabelle talk over tea, come to an agreement, hug, all smiles.

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Season 5:

A. High Concept or major hook of the season – enemies join forces in the face of bigger enemies

B. Big Picture Arc/Journey – full cycle of war: from skirmishes, to all out war, to retreating to Old South

C. Main Conflict – all out war; Necromancers and splinter beings on humans

D. Mystery/Open Loops – what agreement did Annabelle and Lyderia come to?

E. Cliffhanger – Annabelle Lee is sworn in as the new republic’s President and Lyderia, vice president. ———————————————————————————————

IV. Write a description of each season and give us the 5 seasons.

SEASON ONE

EPISODE 1 Etchings of Fear

ACT ONE

Kidnapped, Caleb argues w/ Andrew & Mashika, | Charles at roadside, saves Caleb uses Victoria

ACT TWO

Caleb awakens, meets Olivia, they talk, mom (Natalie) comes in, Olivia leaves hospital room.

ACT THREE

Caleb leaves hospital w/ Riders | Rick is w/ Carolyn, | V’s spirit trapped w/ Victor by Annabelle

ACT FOUR

Riders & Caleb return to crash; flashback to another crash | Olivia arrives, she talks, C. teleports

ACT FIVE

Rick & wife fight; she leaves w/ kid. | Carolyn appears in road, wrecks Jeep; kills wife & kid.

ACT SIX

Caleb in Yellowstone | Olivia sees Victoria’s ghost in Cody | Caleb visits Olivia while she sleeps.

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Episode 02 Epiphany – The Morning After

TEASER

Caleb sleeping w/ Tatania & Chyenne, has nightmare, they save him from dying.

ACT ONE

Funeral for Rick’s wife & daughter | mom & Caleb bond | Olivia & mom meet at her home

ACT TWO

Olivia w/ Caleb at heart lake | Rick meets Andrew (in disguise) at a bar. He tricks Rick.

ACT THREE

Olivia & Caleb make love; she’s killed; Riders rescue Caleb | Mom revives Olivia | Charles rescues Rick from Andrew

ACT FOUR

Charles & Rick cross over, meet Bill | Shaw arrests Olivia | Caleb rescues Olivia; they leave

ACT FIVE

Caleb relives Olivia’s death, wakes up, she’s w/ him in bed, talk re: Victoria’s death.

ACT SIX

Rick goes to white buffalo | Caleb shares his feelings w/ Olivia, she’s kidnapped by Mashika

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Episode 03 Love’s Dying Child

TEASER

Victoria spies on Caleb giving out food | tells Lori he’s the Sylvan Park Robin Hood

ACT ONE

Norman sees Rick change the season | Carolyn saves Rick | FBI raid Natalie’s home, take art!

ACT TWO

Olivia is whipped by Mashika, Annabelle lee rescues her, blows up barn | FBI investigate it.

ACT THREE

Caleb & Charles rescue Rick from Carolyn | Natalie’s orgy, V. spies on Caleb | Olivia vodooed

ACT FOUR

Rick meets Riders & joins up | Lori runs into Caleb | Olivia meets coven

ACT FIVE

Rick dreams of pilgrims | Victor w/ Victor | Natalie recalls painting with V. | FBI has her art.

ACT SIX

Caleb & Victoria in meadow | Natalie & Victoria talking, re: Caleb and she’s his 1^st mortal

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Episode 04 Watering Hole Of The Dead

TEASER

Caleb dreams of driving, Carolyn shows up, shows him Victoria’s death | Lori feels it, they talk

ACT ONE

Caleb & mom get her art | Charles learns Annabelle Lee is Necro | Rudy & Jenkins on stakeout, Charles tries to rescue Olivia: caught & made a slave on Annabelle Lee’s plantation

ACT TWO

Shaw & Bruce meet | Caleb sees Victoria in mirror, punches it, Rick saves him | Jenkins & Rudy tag a crossover | Charles in a field behind a plow horse as a slave.

ACT THREE

Rudy & Jenkins on stakeout, Caleb shows up, fixes Rudy | Rick & Caleb find Victor’s lab.

ACT FOUR

Agent Richards gasses Caleb, he escapes | Shaw is mad, art is gone | Caleb w/ V. sees his dad die

ACT FIVE

Caleb teleports drugged to his old school | Rudy & Jenkins in DC; Rudy does good | Caleb is rescued in parking lot by Cindy, girl who found him in the library semi-conscious.

ACT SIX

Annabelle Lee cannot open portal | Victoria is saved from a Feeder by Tatania & Cheyenne

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Episode 05 If Only She Knew

TEASER

Caleb as a boy w/ his dad and Rick: fishing and panning for gold, they plan a hike.

ACT ONE

Rick & Jenkins in no-where Nevada, comic-relief scene | Tatania & Cheyene take V. to cave & teach her love | Charles tries to free Olivia, can’t | Bruce & Shaw plot | Charles returns home. | Caleb w/ Tatania & Cheyenne; he recalls his talk w/ V. re: her father & crooked cops.

ACT TWO

Caleb trains Tatania & Cheyenne, they all go to an art showing; find Victoria! | Caleb relives 1^st trip with V. to the cabin! Back to present day, the four of them bond!

ACT THREE

Caleb w/ V. teleport off as police arrive; Rudy & Jenkins watch | V learns it is Caleb’s B-day

ACT FOUR

Caleb w/ Victoria, he comes clean, tells her about his abilities; they make love in the cabin.

ACT FIVE

Riders at Jackson Hole, Homeland S. flies in; Riders leave in Mustangs, cars turn into horses

ACT SIX

Caleb & V. at oceanscape home Dec 6^th. | Necromancer crashes into swamp, takes manshape | Caleb shows Victoria his nightmare, it freaks them out. It’s her blood he tastes in the vision.

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Episode 6 Handsome Boy Comes Calling

TEASER

Lead Necro takes on a human form, seduces and kills a hooker in New Orleans, then flies off.

ACT ONE

Caleb & V. on beach, talk; teleport to her tree house | Jack comes out. C. leaves. | Necro takes on person’s form | Natalie visits Luke’s grave, tells him he has to come back | Caleb at GTs w/ Vict.

ACT TWO

Caleb & Victoria 1^st meeting; at a park w/ Natalie | Caleb w/Victoria in GT’s, she kisses him.

ACT THREE

Kristin lays 12 eggs, they hatch, grow rapidly & eat the janitor. | Rick & Malakai riding, chased by cops, river kills them | Necromancers now teens | Caleb in library, meets Lori w/ V.

ACT FOUR

V. & Lori go to GT’s | Caleb’s not there. They leave | Caleb comes out w/ Braelin in tow. | Caleb & Charles root out the Necros | Outside the church, the Riders & butterflies dispatch all but one Necro which flees. | Caleb meets Jack, V’s dad, he hates Caleb. | V & Caleb go out to dinner.

ACT FIVE

Caleb & Charles track Necro | Caleb recalls fight w/ gunslingers, how he was shot

ACT SIX

Caleb is helped w/ bullet wound by Tarek; | Caleb teleports to Victoria’s home, leaves a note.

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Episode 07 Into the Sweet By & By

TEASER

Caleb visits his dad’s grave in England, Leondra shows up, takes him to meet Mandy

ACT ONE

Caleb teleports into V. bedroom, leaves a letter | Necro in graveyard crosses over, just before the drone missile levels graveyard. | Caleb & Charles escape. | Caleb recalls his meal w/ V. | Charles talks to Caleb about living in the past | Caleb chases & kills Necro, is stung in leg & infected.

ACT TWO

Caleb meets Bill, they talk w/ Council of Elders | Rudy & Jenkins at work | Annabelle goes to ranch as a Necro, kills cattle looking for Caleb | Corinna & feeders leave Shangra La for good

ACT THREE

Feeders wind up in Wyatt, Wyo., kill everyone, save one person who escapes. | Compound in Montana, Leondra w/ Mandy & Caleb | In Wyatt, bodies buried in mass grave | Corinna w/ Gwen teaches her how to feed w/out hurting the person; they can’t leave any more bodies.

ACT FOUR

Riders fight Necros & win.| Rudy w/ Jenkins crop dusting graveyards; Linda in water truck on ground | Rudy recalls quitting Daphne and Homeland Security & giving her the finger.

ACT FIVE

Jenkins w/ Rudy at a bar. Rudy recalls Gwen; he’s smitten.| Rudy wakes up from nightmare of a medusa, snuggles w/ Linda. | Charles & Natalie w/ energy collectors pitching it to investors.

ACT SIX

Caleb at store window, thinks back to past & recalls a woman in Walgreens he saved from suicide.

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Episode 08 Bolt from the Blue

TEASER

Caleb & V make hot cocoa, take shower, make love, Caleb leaves when dad knocks on door.

ACT ONE

Caleb hiding from V & Lori at the fountain | Caleb drops lamp on bullies picking on Sherry. He comes out of it; he’s at that store window from a moment ago. Charles is w/ him: Tells him only Caleb’s grandfather had the ability to “Bring your memories into reality. Having your past take shape in the here and now” KEY POWER USE IN SEASON TWO | Rudy returns to Linda’s room, hurt; Necro ruined the plane. | Corinna in guise as Wyatt’s mayor meets w/ other Necros in guise; Jesse is spying on them |Rudy passes out from wound | Daphne learns the truth from Frank Ross about the “crossovers” She is blown away!

ACT TWO

Violet w/ Johnny Lee; both killed by a Necro | Caleb & V. going skinny dipping, recalls 1^st time he got in her car to sign the photo-op forms, then talking about loss & Rachel ‘s death.

ACT THREE

Jack GPS on V. | Caleb & V. skinny dipping, hiding from dad in forest, Caleb heals her ankle | Rudy at bar on the hunt, recalls Linda’s death, | runs into Gwen in disguise, leaves w/ her

ACT FOUR

Rudy has sex, Gwen reveals herself, drugs him. | Caleb at the school dance; rufied by Tiffany then groped and fondled.

ACT FIVE

Caleb is rescued by Lori. In her car, they share a psychic fantasy, very sexual in nature.

ACT SIX

Rudy wakes up in a slaughterhouse, meets Jesse. | Series of shots showing Necros on earth.

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Episode 09 Holding Hands with Death .

TEASER

Caleb visits Sherry, he’s infected! He almost rapes her, leaves before he does the deed.

ACT ONE

Corinna, as Stewart, kills Matthew, the Governor, then takes his form. | Rick w/ crossovers & Riders fend off Wolves, escape through a crack in rock | Victoria & Lori go to school talking re: Caleb and being drugged | Rick closes the crevasse, kills the wolves, meets his daughter & wife | Jesse and Rudy at his cabin. Jesse shows Rudy the VCR he took of killing a Necromancer.

ACT TWO

Caleb at the falls recalls Victoria. He is infected w/ Necro poison. | Council of Elders meet | Warehouse full of communing Necros | Caleb gets a tattoo,

ACT THREE

Feeders at state capital of Wyo.| Rudy & Jesse 1000 yards off ready to snipe them. Gwen senses Rudy & escapes. | Mandy w/Leondra & Bill on 3 wheelers talking security | Caleb at the cave, bath water burns him; poisoned, he teleports off | Victoria arrives moment later, figures it out.| Atlantis, Charles meets w/ Buttner & Selene re: the dispersion panels & possibility of the citizens becoming addicts to the spray is realized, its better that – than dead at the hands of Necros.

ACT FOUR

Victoria. goes to cabin, saves Caleb from Necro that is forming from his body | Rudy tracks the van, kills a Necro; Gwen comes out, Rudy escapes | Jesse in church praying, visitation from Apostle Paul who advises him to stay close to Rudy..| Lori & V. drive around bonding

ACT FIVE

Girl’s night out: V & Lori, go to movies then café, get jumped in café parking lot by 2 thugs.

ACT SIX

Caleb senses V’s wound, teleport there, stops time. Wrecks the two thugs, Lori & Victoria do not see or remember a thing. Caleb puts them in V’s car, then restarts time…V smells his cologne

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Episode 10 Vanities of Man .

TEASER

Caleb learns from Cindy that he got her pregnant; they’re Necros, twins. He freaks; leaves.

ACT ONE

Victoria goes over to Caleb’s: surprises him: makes love | Annabelle sends Olivia off to seduce Caleb, get his fluids | Caleb after V. saves him, discovers the pocket watch’s magic | Olivia questions Sherry, then goes & seduces Richard.

ACT TWO

Caleb dreams of Olivia seducing & killing him. He freaks; teleports off, lands in nearby cove. Woman sees it, swims out to rescue him, he teleports off. Ends up in his shower | Recalls the stabbing incident of his heart w/ Victoria in bed. | Teleports off – naked. | Daphne raids the vegan’s Montana compound, no one’s there | Annabelle Lee at her home, visits Riwyee, they agree on Alexis being the key | Alexis at her dad (Charlie’s) coffee shop, agents watch the place, she ditches them.

ACT THREE

Jenkins w/ wife (Tammy) freaking out over botched mission. | Charles, a 7 yr old boy, we see Riwyee curse him | Jenkins in hot-tub w/ wife who is a feeder| Earlier, we see Gwen taking Tammy over in bath tub, killing her and assuming her form.

ACT FOUR

Jenkins w/ Tammy aka feeder. She kills him, says to him, “Rudy will be joining you soon | Bruce in Miami tries to sell the portal idea to a drug-dealer | Alexis gets msg that Jenkins is dead. She breaks the news to the group. Rudy reminisces openly & honestly re: Jenkins.

ACT FIVE

Caleb teleports naked into café break room, steals clothes | starts working | owner thinks he is the new hire.| Bruce & Rudy talk re: technology of Alexis, Rudy will get it, it’ll cost Bruce $2million | Back at café, Caleb plays guitar for them: heals hurts, erases pain, heals memories…

ACT SIX

Caleb recalls playing at a City park, gave away too much. V found him fried in his bedroom | Back to café, Caleb senses the assassin. He stops time, leaves assassin, Amanda, a note, takes her wallet and leaves… Caleb is being hunted by a professional assassin.

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SEASON TWO

Episode 01 Hazards of Immortality .

TEASER

Rudy & Jenkins at a rest stop; they get on each other’s nerves.

ACT ONE

Rudy & Bruce in hotel, exchange Alexis’ laptop for $, | busted by Daphne, in jail | Caleb telelports into camp, gives Riders the assassin’s wallet | V in Caleb’s room finds flyer of him & Charles playing in French Quarter, he explains playing the harmonic doesn’t drain him. | Daphne scares Rudy w/ chemical castration drug | Bill teleports in and rescues Rudy, they go to Montana ranch.

ACT TWO

Necros sabotage power plants in 15 cities | Bruce is attacked by Chiago, FBI move in; Ricardo shoots Chiago from afar. Bruce is shot too. | Cindy’s bedroom, Caleb visits, she’s mean and ugly; he leaves. | Charles w/ Angela (Bill’s new love) at political get together. He kills two Feeders: Leah & ?? Director of FBI and Director of Homeland Security. | Natalie takes Olivia’s painting & removes the patch she painted over her wound. | Olivia dies while making love to Caleb, Sept 7^th

ACT THREE

Caleb visits Café, speaks w/ Laurie, owner, thanks her, then leaves | Subira & Charles attend Andrew’s party. | Fight over Subira, Charles lays Andrew’s forehead open. | Palladin finds Alyssa lying in the dirt; Love at first sight. | Assassin, Amanda, goes in GT’s looking for Caleb

ACT FOUR

Million Dollar Bar, Amanda talks w/ Jaimie, waitress, knows Calebs been in.| Rudy & Bill attend Jenkins funeral, they’re invisible. Daphne & agents are there. Rudy fucks w/ them.

ACT FIVE

Palladin w/ Alyssa, in love, she’s in the street, truck comes racing toward her | Graveyard, the trees smash the SUV’s people freak. | Jackasses in pickup, truck fly down the road. Alyssa hides in a tree limb, Palladin can’t find her, freaks. Alyssa reads his thoughts, surprises him. They enter the café together.

ACT SIX

Palladin & Alyssa enter the café, trick his brother and leave | Caleb visits Cindy; she’s dead, babies are gone, ripped thru her tummy and went out the window.|

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Episode 02 A Swan Song .

TEASER

Caleb is visited by Victoria apologizes for the accusation at GTs. Lyderia is there, hidden; watching her. Does not like Victoria; protective of Caleb. There is history there.

ACT ONE

Alyssa w/ Palladin talk, profess love; | Caleb rescues Rick from moment of shame w/ his wife, who learns he slept w/ Carolyn | Caleb takes Rick to New Orleans to play music with him & Charles | Seeing graffiti in the bathroom, Caleb recalls V., at GT’s and how she blew up at him

ACT TWO

Caleb in boys’ locker room, finds sheet of paper w/ high-lights, takes it to V.’s bedroom, leaves it for her | Back in New Orleans, he meets Alyssa, she tells him about his half brother | Caleb & Rick meet Palladin, leave as trouble comes | Daphne sees the teleportation of Caleb & gang to the cabin. | she sends Norman the coordinates, who then sic’s Amanda, on them.

ACT THREE

Rick, Palladin, Caleb & Alyssa on a fishing trip in mtns. | Caleb recalls his dad as a Roman warrior in mirror when he was 6 yrs old | 3am, Amanda enters cabin, Caleb kills her!! |

ACT FOUR

Caleb returns to cabin, wakes everyone, they leave; moments later cabin is destroyed | Norman and Daphne talk about Caleb, thinks his kind is preparing for war by taking out power stations | At HQ, we see the group watch on TV as Montana secedes. Mandy points out Corinna. | Jesse invades Montana state capital, there to kill Corinna, fails and dies.

ACT FIVE

Rudy at grave site; Gwen shows up, taunts him. Mandy shows up, explains how Rudy & Gwen are mated for life. He is disgusted.

ACT SIX

Caleb and gang in underground vault w/ the $ | Necros take over a base | Mandy w/ Tyler, teleport off. Moment later, the compound is leveled with rockets – kills everyone.

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Episode 03 Forever Young

TEASER

Lori sees Caleb get in limo w/ sexy woman, pic and sends to V. || Norman & Daphne talk

ACT ONE

Norman is behind the Montana compound bombing || banquet table w/ Riders || Caleb teleports to Mandy’s distress as does Bill, he teleports to Compound, sees the mess & goes off for revenge || V. visits Caleb at home; finds him passed out naked in back yard, saves him || Tiffany slaps Caleb at his locker ||| Caleb w/ Mandy at the bombed-out compound ||| Charles w/ senator promoting the need for slurry planes | Caleb leaves $ for Sherry, leaves a note for her to move to Cody | Caleb visits Ranger Jacobs who tells him Rick is a Shepard ||| V w/ Natalie talk re: Caleb’s situation

ACT TWO

President & his people welcome the Council of Elders ||| Corinna goes into an ICBM silo. ||| V. is taken before the Elders and jailed. ||| Shuri frees V., gives her powers to crossover ||| Bill kills Norman w/ his mind in a cafe || Rudy hooks up w/ Gwen; they meet and can’t kill one another |

ACT THREE

Lori recalls seeing Caleb w/ Kadija, & sending text to V. ||| Caleb & Kadija buy toys for Xmas ||| Caleb at HQ planning, kills Amanda, takes Victoria & goes to Sistine Chapel in 1510, || Teleporting back, Caleb & V are at a restaurant being spied upon by a free-lance TV pervert

ACT FOUR

V & Caleb meet perv; scene cuts to FBI alerted and coming to get them.|| Charles in New Orleans w/ Angela, | Natalie sends in a suicide bomber…

ACT FIVE

Kristin video tapes the explosion from across the street. In alleyway, Charles, Natalie & Angela who is hurt ||| Caleb & Victoria enjoying dinner, senses danger, he foils FBI trap, leaves w/ Victoria.

ACT SIX

Riders w/ Melody roasting marshmallows, having fun; Charles teleports in with Robert Murray and James Douglas – two more like him Runners! | Monique joins them. ||| Gwen w/ Rudy getting into a sub w/ metallic briefcase we saw Corinna w/ earlier. They end up at her hidden headquarters – underwater. End with clones of Gwen walking in on them.

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Episode 04 The Face of War .

TEASER

Lori in Biology class, sees Caleb w/ special needs kids, texts V. || V. thinks back to earlier in the morning how she upset Caleb w/ a crass comment.

ACT ONE

Enforcers & Riders rounding up Corinna’s followers in the Montana state capital bldg.||| Caleb in a store, attacked by a feeder; Necro poison saves him, it kills the Feeder.|| Ranger Jacobs attacked by Wolves & killed ||| Natalie in vault paints wolf w/ Tinkerbelle on its nose ||| V meets Natalie Aug 29^th, ||| Guryon uses Jaimie from the bar as bait; Andrew is there & steals Rick, Tarek kills Guryon. |||

ACT TWO

Riders w/ Runners & Gunslingers battle Necros and win a decisive battle outside the park ||| Caleb w/ V. uses pocketwatch to find Rick – goes back to Halloween night, 2016 instead. Caleb w/ Sherry & Caleb trick-r-treating, || later Caleb at V bedroom window: gives her perfume, she confesses she thought Caleb was her sugar daddy… Caleb recalls teleporting from Paris back to V’s bedroom sensing she was in pain. She wasn’t there.

ACT THREE

Caleb & V talk, make out; | cut to Lori in her bedroom hot and bothered, her mom comes in, Lori confesses she has feelings for Caleb, Francine understands|| Back to present, pocket watch shows Caleb & V, Armageddon ||| Annabelle Lee w/ Damen & Delilah w/ coven & Carolyn ||| Luke, Caleb’s dad, returns from the painting & appears as a business man. He is resurrected!!

ACT FOUR

Andrew tells Rick (he’s captured) that he hates his curse. Riwyee comes thru mirror takes Andrew with her, Andrew tells Rick she’s the one who cursed him. Riwyee takes them both.||| Caleb has nightmare-vision of ICBM being fired into the sky by Corinna, he’s in the cave in bed with Victoria, Tatania and Cheyenne ||| Luke goes to Riwyee’s shack and rescues Rick || Rudy & Gwen at the Montana cabin, make love; Rudy wants to join the group || Kristin and necros find cabin; Rudy and Gwen gone; they want to learn how Gwen made herself || Andrew w/Annabelle Lee, dancing, she fills him in on the new South and its benefits.

ACT FIVE

Victoria having Thanksgiving dinner w/ her dad and Pauline at Pauline’s house. Victor shows up, Victoria is pissed. Stranger is photographing Victor from a distance. V and dad argue in his office

ACT SIX

Victoria after dinner in her bedroom, door locked; pissed || Victor leaves, comes across stranded Jeep, meets Kristin. Make a date for coffee next night || Victoria teleports to barn with Caleb

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Episode 05 Day of Days

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SEASON THREE

Episode 01 Sleep has a Twin

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END OF SEASON FIVE

[Tully Archer]

DEAN WINCHESTER:

A. Role in the show: Co-lead with his brother Sam. The one dedicated to The Family Business, and their father. Ladies’ man and joker, with a soft widdle underbelly.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: To find their father and continue the work. All the hunter skills.

C. Intrigue: He’s secretly trying to drag Sam back into The Family Business permanently.

D. Moral Issue: He’s very “shoot first, ask questions later”. And he is a complete asshole to women.

E. Unpredictable: One minute he’s killing, the next he’s comforting a child.

F. Empathetic: His brother, and now his father, abandoned him. He wants peace in the family. He never had a childhood. He just wants love.

[Tully Archer]

Tully’s
Engaging Main Characters

What I
learned doing this assignment is a lot of stuff about Tessa’s emotional journey
and her strengths and weaknesses as an ISFP raised by tyrants and hiding her
own very privileged mindset.

Journey: From
completely helpless without daddy’s money to somewhat stable. Emotionally, from completely aimless to
having at least one, admittedly petty, goal she’s going to cling to with full
stubbornness: stay in this job that she doesn’t like, because it pisses off her
family that she’s helping poor people.

The Characters That Will Sell The Show: Tessa, the lead, Ava, her sister of suspicious loyalty and primary link back to the family and that world, and Dana, her quasi-mentor at work and well meaning but somewhat chaotic sort of mother figure. Yes, I need to change some names LOL they all rhyme.

TESSA:

A. Role in the show: Former rich kid, as of right now, aimless stubborn streak, desperate to make ends meet.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Purpose: To adult. In all meanings of the word, including ones she doesn’t realize right now. Expertise: Quickly embraces new ideas. Charms people into following her enthusiasm. (Needs enthusiasm first.) Her ability to stay in the present moment and find joy in baking a bread, that makes her near unstoppable. Creative, flexible – BUT, her trauma has squashed that for now.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? She IS a rich bitch. She’s been all over the world, she can watch the news like anyone, she’s on facebook she can talk to whoever she wants… she IGNORED the poor. She took advantage of the way you’re raised to think as a wealthy kid: that others are to blame for their own suffering. She DID that, and that’s why at 26, she’s fucking clueless as to how life works for anyone else. To qualify as something that will make other characters never look at her the same… it’d have to have been some real, dastardly ACTION that she took that she’s now pretending she would never take. Like… something HORRIBLE. Against a poor person.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? Well her own morals are murky… but going ahead even though she’s not sure is also murky? It’s more about her vague sense of “impropriety”, maybe? Or at least, in season one?

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? Maybe she still thinks the rules don’t apply to her. She might lie. She might make excuses. She might think she can charm her way out of rent.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? She gets joy out of new experiences, she has all these wonderful stories of stuff she’s done all over the planet, but she can’t afford them anymore and that’s bumming her way out. That’s the first arc, probably, to adjust downward financially and rediscover joy and adventure here. (Their favorite memories are spontaneous events – she can do that poor, too!) She really is trying. When you force her to see that she’s been wrong, she feels bad and she makes actual effort to correct the problem. So we’ll come back to her, week after week. We learn to trust her, we learn FROM her.

AVA:

A. Role in the show: Sister of Tessa, and primary connection back to her family and that old world.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: To communicate between parties; even spy.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? She’s way farther gone than Tessa thinks she is. It’s BECAUSE she still has emotions – she’s sacrificing them on the daily. She’s WORSE than a sociopath, she’s a flying monkey.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? Full on, nothing-else=to-call-it-but-BETRAYAL of Tessa will be hard for her. But she’ll do it. Maybe allowing her own small children to be pulled into all of this is her biggest stomach churn. Tessa’s done drugs before, she can wrap her head around Tessa no longer deserving any respect, but her kids are kids.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? We only know her through Tessa, so whatever Tessa doesn’t expect, we won’t really either.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? She’s in survival mode. She really believes that she’s safest this way.

DANA:

A. Role in the show: Mentor at the job, mother figure for Tessa personally/emotionally. Also a force of chaos.

B. Unique Purpose / Expertise: Purpose: To enjoy the absolute shit out of life. In a very messy home, 90% of the time. Expertise: How to appreciate forward movement of any kind. How to be a proud ADHD person, and by extension, how to be a proud Figure-It-Outer.

C. Intrigue: What is secret beneath the surface? Hmmmm. I’m playing with the idea of her being like, a drug dealer on the side. I picture lots of random “on the side” stuff, and see D moral issue… I kind of think she doesn’t mind telling the difference between “random, whee!” and “this is actually a very bad idea”.

D. Moral Issue: What moral boundaries are they crossing? She is messy in her personal life. It’s cool to accept that your kitchen will always smell, but she also accepts being an asshole. She doesn’t pay attention to things that DO matter, either.

E. Unpredictable: What will they do next? Literally whatever grabs her fancy.

F. Empathetic: Why do we care? She cares, about the people she’s decided to care about. She struggles with her ADHD, and has found ways to be happy anyway, which we all could learn from.