characters

Gretchen Moore

Gretchen is a struggling mid-western millennial. Her debt and directionlessness are compounded by a challenging auto-immune disease.

Margot Hamilton

Margot is the coolest cool girl in northeastern Michigan. She’s young, rich, and effortlessly gorgeous. But behind the Poreless skin and Smiles, lies a soul as dark as her morning cold brew.

Chrissy Shaw

Chrissy is warm, big-hearted, and no-nonsense. She’s always on the go, juggling a job, a family, and being Gretchen’s unofficial life coach.

Ciara Conner

ciara is a scrappy dubliner, with a sharp tongue and quick temper. A 26 year old bartender, and Nat’s new love.

Nat Thepsiri

Nat, Gretchen’s ex-Husband, Is a late bloomer, prioritizing care- free vibes over responsibilities. He means well (mostly), but his gift for avoidance and vague optimism Made him a flaky life partner.

Maria Alonso

Detective Alonso has spent decades seeing the worst in people, and it shows. A big-city cop now stuck in a small town, she has no patience for small talk, excuses, or incompetence.

Jamal Mathis

Sergeant Mathis is Grounded and Kind, a small-town guy at heart. He’s more used to giving out traffic tickets than covering murder scenes.

Petra Lange

Petra is the founder and SHE-E-O of TruYouth. a commanding presence wrapped in Southern charm. To her followers, she’s aspirational. To those who’ve tried crossing her she’s…that’s hard to say…because they’re not around anymore.

Fyodor Golitsyn

Fyodor, Petra’s 120 year old great-grandfather, is A relic from pre-revolutionary Russia. He’s lived through it all - boom and bust - and he’s survived by always looking out for number one.

susie hill-fredricks

dubbed “glue-eating susie” in elementary school for, y’know, obvious reasons. Susie has blossomed in her 30’s, seemingly having it all, climbing the truyouth ladder and looking great doing it.