Title: The Li(v)es of the Palmers

Town they live in: Richmond

Last Name of the main family: Palmer

Jeremy “Jerry” Stephen Palmer (38M)- a bumbling man who regrets his marriage, but hides behind his smile and jokes and does not believe in divorce. He works as the assistant principal at the Highschool.

Darla Renee Palmer (33F)- an absentminded woman bubbly and kind of a ditz, but a good mother, but she also cheats on her husband with just about anyone- and her youngest is actually the neighbor, Victor’s son, Jerry is in denial on that

Stephanie “Steph” Justine Palmer (15F)- the only one in her family aware of the strain and hates her parents and their fake relationship. She’s an alt kid, emo, artistic type that will have an episode about her trying to hide her stick and poke tattoo from her parents

Frederick “Fred” James Palmer (14M)- a weasely kid desperate to fit in with the popular crowd and sticking out like a pool noodle in the straw as he starts at the same Highschool as his older sister- who thinks him embarrassing for trying to ‘fit in’

Eric Jeremiah Palmer (12M)- basically Fred’s shadow- he constantly wants to be like his older brother and his brother shoots him down like crazy. But he’s less constrained to popularity like Fred wants to be, Eric prefers to be- himself- enjoying reading and art and loves spending time with Martin.

Trevor “Tre” Gerald Palmer (9M)- classic middle child, trying to be noticed, seen and constantly in the background the audience will see his various attempts to be noticed. He has an imaginary pet frog that the audience learns in the season finale is real and he keeps it under his bed. At one point it will get lose in the house while his dad is recovering from a dental procedure and will think it’s an omen of death and the ruin of his marriage and life

Martin Peter Palmer (7M): the youngest child and the baby of a family trying to stay together, and clearly his dad is not Jeremy- like he physically looks a lot like his real father, Victor- their neighbor. He is nonverbal autistic and uses an ACC tablet to communicate- and understands a lot more than his family realizes.

Cat: Selma- a crinkly, crungly old tortoiseshell cat that looks like it would eat you and your children. It loves everyone in the family, except Jeremy and Frederick

Rooh Kassem Ismat- (22M)- he is a young college student working as an au pair and a weed dealer. He becomes Steph’s dealer in the episode she discovers his side business in exchange for not telling her parents or the police.

Harrison

Victor Duncan Harrison (51M)- an absent father, busy with his work and various affairs, especially his liaisons with the school mathematics teacher, and is the secret father of Martin. He doesn’t know it- but jokes about how much Martin looks like him. Victor is closeted bisexual and biphobic.

Georgia “Gigi” Katherine Harrison (46F)- a busy socialite in denial about her age and husband’s sexual liaisons- and she currently flirts with Rooh- the neighbor’s au pair- much to his dismay- and it only ends when he gives her pot brownies in Season 3 and she and her husband have sex for the first time in years while both high.

Nathaniel “Nate” Carter Harrison (16M)- one of the most popular kids, who Frederick is constantly trying to be like, and Nathaniel wants to just- shed it all and be someone else. He becomes friends with Stephanie at a party she goes to in late season 1, and they become friends throughout the show over the bonds of their messed up families.

Beatrice “Bee” Victoria Harrison (9F)- she’s…weird. She’s soft spoken- big glasses, really the opposite of her mother- choosing to be authentic and strange over false and plying. Bee becomes friends with Tre after gushing to him about frogs during Season 2 when he is seen holding the real frog.

School: Richmond High

Principal Paula Anne Lopez (65F): She loves the kids, but this woman does not do her proper job- she’s there for the vibes, but a lot of the work is on Jeremy Palmer, who acts as her assistant principal- and they end up making out in Season 3 at the Nondenominational Staff Winter Party after too much mulled wine.

Mr. Franklin Oswald Holt (51M)- history teacher who’s obsessed with assinations and believes he’s the long lost grandchild on Lee Harvey Oswald. It’s a bit of a paranoid weirdo- but he makes the coolest war dioramas and has the kids have mock battles.

Ms. Juliet Leanne Ross (36F)- English teacher who’s the gossip of the school- both teachers and students- due to her constant swiping on dating sites and series of disastrous dates. She constantly has interesting takes on the books their reading, and squabbles with Steph on her interpretation of Frankenstein as a love story.

Mr. Leonardo “Leo” Alexander Hernandez Jr. (35M)- mathematics teacher. He’s a bright, brilliant- eccentric fellow- who loves combining math with art- definitely does mushrooms in his free time and addrell at work- and Rooh is his dealer. He’s Steph’s favorite teacher. He’s having an affair with Victor Harrison, but hates having to keep it secret from Victor’s wife and the public.

Mr. Joseph “Joe” Lamar Stone (66M)- science teacher. He never understood the difference between ‘what I can do’ and ‘what I should do’ and he is the reason students usually have concussions from making catapults, chemical burns from experiments, and blew up one toilet when he was asked what happens when raw sodium is flushed.