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General Information
| Network(s) | HBO |
| Creator(s) | Misha Green |
| First Aired | 8/16/2020 |
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Groups & Organizations
- Order of the Ancient Dawn aka Sons of Adam (1.2): Titus’ cult which seeks eternal life.
- White Supremacist? (1.2): It is asked by Atticus, borderline confirmed by Christina, that bigotry is very much part of the Order’s belief system. However, it is made clear they don’t any association with the Klan since the KKK are poor.
- How Many Lodges (1.4): It was noted there are 35 lodges of the Sons of Adam
- Established (1.4): 1813 is when the Sons of Adam was established.
Notable Events
- The Great Autumnal Equinox Fire of 1833 (1.2): The fire that killed Titus and many members of his cult – but was survived by one of Titus’ slaves.
Notable Locations & Items
- Southside Chicago (1.1): Where Atticus, Letitia, and many of the main characters are from.
- Ardham, Massachusetts (1.1): A place where Montrose says Atticus’ birthright, from Atticus’ mother’s side, is.
- Devon County (1.1): The county Ardham is in, which has a racist sheriff.
- Founder (1.2): The founder of Ardham is a man named Titus who made his fortune in shipping (slaves if you ask Letitia).
- Denmark Vessey’s Bar (1.1): The place Montrose frequents for a drink
- Woody (1.1): The name of George’s car
- Book of Names (1.2): The spellbook that the Order of the Ancient Dawn use.
- Winthrop House (1.3): The house Letitia buys that belonged to Horatio Winthrop, who was a member of the offshoot of the Sons of Adam and stole pages from the Book of Names.
Terms To Know
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Jonathan Majors Plays Atticus Freeman
A veteran of the Korean war, with a complicated relationship with his father, Montrose, and by complicated, we mean Montrose was abusive to Atticus growing up. Hence, alongside his mother’s death, why Atticus joined the military. After all, even with a certain love for his aunt, uncle, and little cousin, there wasn’t anyone holding him back in the United States.
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Additional Information About Atticus
- Introduced In Episode 1: Sundown
- Favorite Books (1.1): Atticus notes to a woman on his way home that his favorite books are pulp stories featuring all kinds of adventures.
- Nickname: (1.1): Likely due to how small he was as a kid, Atticus’ nickname is Tic
- Grandfather Titus (1.2): Titus is Atticus 4x great grandfather.
- Freemen For Real (1.4): The Freeman family were never slaves.
Quotes
I’ve done… horrible things, things I’ve tried to forget. And when I’m with you, that seems possible. It’s like… ’cause you see the good in me, I know it’s there.
— Atticus (Lovecraft Country 1.6)
Courtney B. Vance Plays George Freeman
Atticus’ uncle, and Montrose’s older brother, who is married to Hippolyta and has a daughter named Dee. His occupation is working at a publisher that releases a green book that helps Black folk of the time know where it is and isn’t safe to travel. However, after a beating during one of his trips, his knees aren’t what they used to be, and this pushes his wife, who often helps him write his articles, to want to participate in a more active way than just making George’s notes into something cohesive.
Additional Information About George
- Introduced In Episode 1: Sundown
- Favorite Book (1.3): Bram Stroker’s Dracula
Quotes
Jada Harris Plays Dee
George and Hippolyta’s daughter, who is an artist. One who often draws comics for her father as he travels across the country, and also seems to be an artist for her father’s green book as well.
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Additional Information About Dee
- Introduced In Episode 1: Sundown
Quotes
Aunjanue Ellis Plays Hippolyta
Dee’s mother and George’s wife, who, for the most part, is a homemaker. However, she does have a taste for adventure. This likely stems from her long being the person who handled her husband’s notes after he returned for trips and possibly writing the articles.
Additional Information About Hippolyta
- Introduced In Episode 1: Sundown
- A Special Comet (1.4): Named Hera’s Chariot
Quotes
I feel like they just found a smart way to lynch me without me noticing the noose.
— Hippolyta (1.7)
Jurnee Smollett Plays Letitia
Letitia can usually be found with a camera in one hand, and the other extended either as a greeting or because she is asking for something. From what it appears, she is the youngest of three and doesn’t necessarily have the best relationship with either of her siblings, especially with her missing their mother’s funeral.
But, with a sense of adventure, a passion for activism, some singing talent, and being a high school track star, she becomes a good partner for Atticus’ journey to find his father.
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Additional Information About Letitia
- Introduced In Episode 1: Sundown
- A Duet (1.1): According to her sister Ruby, she and Letitia haven’t sung together since their church days, which Letitia implies was long ago.
- Friends Since High School & Beyond (1.1): Was the only girl in the Southside Futurist Science Fiction Club, that Atticus was part of.
- Nickname (1.1): Leti is her nickname
Quotes
Wunmi Mosaku Plays Ruby Baptiste
A local singer with some notoriety, but not the kind of fame or money to have her own home. Which disappoints her sister Letitia who, when she breezes in, was hoping for better accommodations than what was offered.
Additional Information About Ruby
- Introduced In Episode 1: Sundown
- Heart On Her Sleeve (1.5): Leti notes that one quality Ruby shares with their mother is that she easily falls in love.
- Mother’s Name (1.8): Is Marnie
Quotes
Demetrius Grosse Plays Marvin
Marvin is Letitia’s older brother who, the way it sounds, while their mother raised the girls on the south side of Chicago, their father raised him elsewhere. Thus, he and his sisters are a bit disconnected, but Marvin and Letitia especially. Why? Well, seemingly like with Ruby, it is because seeing or hearing from Letitia is usually related to her needing money or a place to stay. Making her inability, or lack of desire, to show up when the family needs her, like their mother’s funeral, frustrating.
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Additional Information About Marvin
- Introduced In Episode 1: Sundown
Quotes
Montrose (Michael Kenneth Williams)
Atticus’ estranged father, and also George’s younger brother, who is known for his drinking habits, outbursts, and being a widow. One who, as a child, was far nicer, but then that got beaten out of him.
Additional Information About Montrose
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 2
- Childhood Memories (1.2): Enjoyed drawing as a child, until his daddy took the joy out of it.
- It is also noted that Montrose experienced a great amount of abuse which has led George to feeling guilty for not protecting him more.
- Not On Speaking Terms (1.2): Hasn’t spoken to Atticus in nearly 5 years.
- Earliest Acknowledgement Of Queer Feelings (1.8): It is noted by Montrose, while speaking to Atticus, the earliest he had desires was when he was 8. However, after a priest was accused of being with another man, and put in an asylum, he suppressed those feelings until meeting Thomas (noted in episode 9).
Quotes & Gifs
William (Jordan Patrick Smith)
A friend of Christina who greets Atticus and his party and attends to them during their stay – but is not a butler.
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Additional Information About William
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 2
Quotes & Gifs
Samuel Braithwhite (Tony Goldwyn)
The leader of the Order of Ancient Dawn that is trying to open a doorway to the Garden of Eden for eternal life.
Additional Information About Samuel
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 2
- Daddy Dearest (1.2): Is Christina’s father
Quotes & Gifs
Christina Braithwhite (Abbey Lee)
With being born a woman, Christina found herself on the outside of what her father and his peers have long planned, yet knowledgeable just the same. Making her olive branch towards Atticus a question of whether her friendship is a ruse or a slight against her father.
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Additional Information About Christina
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 2
Quotes & Gifs
Dora (Erica Tazel)
Atticus’ mother, Montrose’s wife, who is deceased.
Additional Information About Dora
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 2
Quotes & Gifs
Hannah (Joaquina Kalukango)
Dora’s ancestor who escaped her owner, Titus, and his cult, after being raped and impregnated during the great Autumnal Equinox fire of 1833.
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Additional Information About Hannah
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 2
Quotes & Gifs
Ji-ah (Jamie Chung)
A woman who keeps appearing to Atticus who seems to be someone he left behind when he fought in Korea.
Additional Information About Ji-ah
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 2
- Is a kumiho spirit that Soon-Hee summoned to avenge her daughter’s rape but has since kept Soon-Hee’s daughter’s body. However, it is believed, after she consumes over 100 souls, primarily through sex, the kumiho spirit (9 tailed fox) will release Jiah (source: 1.6)
- Loved Judy Garland and her movies (1.6)
- Met Atticus in 1950 when he was in Daegu, South Korea, where Ji-ah is from (1.6)
- She was Atticus’ first (1.6)
Quotes & Gifs
Sammy (Jon Hudson Odom)
The owner of a fairly popular bar on the southside, alongside a gay man.
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Additional Information About Sammy
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 4
Quotes & Gifs
Yahima Maraokoti (Monique Candelaria)
A two-spirit Arawak who Titus found some time between 1810 and 1813, possibly near Guyana, who he used to translate the symbols within the book of names. Which, for Yahima, were similar to that in a cave near Alomun Kundi, which she was taught.
Additional Information About Yahima
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 4
Quotes & Gifs
Hillary Davenport/ Dell (Jamie Neumann)
Ruby’s alter-ego when she becomes a white woman that is from a small town in Maine.
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Additional Information About Hillary
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 5
Quotes & Gifs
Captain Seamus Lancaster (Mac Brandt)
The leader of the Chicago lodge of the Sons of Adam.
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Additional Information About Captain Lancaster
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 5
Quotes & Gifs
Tamara (Sibongile Mlambo)
One of the first to integrate the Marshal Fields department store and not because she was the most qualified, but simply on a whim.
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Additional Information About Tamara
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 5
- Education (1.5): Didn’t go past 7th grade.
Quotes & Gifs
Paul Hughes (David Tanbra)
The manager of the Marshal Fields department store.
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Additional Information About Paul
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 5
Quotes & Gifs
Young-Ja Unni (Prisca Kim)
Ji-ah’s friend who trained to be a nurse, alongside her, and was a local communist.
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Additional Information About Young-Ja
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 6
Quotes & Gifs
Soon-Hee Meeh (Cindy Chang)
Ji-ah’s mother who was a single parent before her former husband married her and since his death, she has been a social pariah.
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Additional Information About Soon-Hee
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 6
Quotes & Gifs
Mudang (Alexis Rhee)
A local shaman that helped Soon-Hee summon the spirit that possesses Ji-ah.
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Additional Information About Mudang
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 6
Quotes & Gifs
Josephine Baker (Carra Patterson)
After getting sucked into a portal, Hippolyta encounters Josephine Baker as she travels through time and the two become close friends.
Additional Information About Josephine Baker
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 7
Quotes & Gifs
Nawi (Sufe Bradshaw)
A general during Hippolyta’s time-traveling that teaches her how to fight and stand up for herself.
Additional Information About Nawi
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 7
Quotes & Gifs
Seraphina AKA Beyond C’est (Karen LeBlanc)
Seraphina aka Beyond C’Est is essentially God of the universe.
Additional Information About Seraphina aka Beyond C’Est
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 7
Quotes & Gifs
Topsy & Bopsy (Kaelynn Gobert-Harris & Bianca Brewton)
Two nightmarish figures that Diane has to deal with after Captain Lancaster curses her.
Additional Information About Topsy and Bopsy
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 8
Quotes & Gifs
Verton Freeman (Will Catlett)
George and Montrose’s father who was abusive, and is the reason Montrose is the way he is.
Additional Information About Verton
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 9
Quotes & Gifs
Thomas (Khamary Rose)
Montrose’s first love back when he was a teenager.
Additional Information About Thomas
- Introduced In Season 1, Episode 9
Quotes & Gifs
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