Delusional Characters

NYPD detective investigating a series of bombings across New York, from the Office of Technology attack to the Virtual Spaces bombing. He is a family man with many children and a pregnant wife, and he works the case even while protecting his family from threats.

Arc: He connects the bombings to Thomas Owens's group, survives Arjan Marku's ambush and a car bomb, and returns home to a grateful family at Juliana's play.

• Maggie Chin — ATF special agent and his investigation partner
• Rob Trilling — his NYPD partner
• Mary Catherine — his pregnant wife
• Juliana — his daughter
• Harry Grissom — his lieutenant/boss
• Walter Jackson — criminal intelligence analyst on his squad
• Thomas Owens — bomb-maker suspect he arrests
• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — would-be killer who ambushes him

Reclusive bomb-maker who joins Ellis Warrenton's group and builds sophisticated explosives targeting tech companies and infrastructure. He distrusts government, craves recognition, and wants to force public attention on climate change and Big Tech.

Arc: He becomes the group's chief bomb maker, grows disillusioned with Ellis, apparently rigs a remote detonator to harm Ellis, and is arrested while trying to slip away from the group.

• Ellis Warrenton — group leader he comes to distrust
• Kimmy — companion he cares for
• Leonard Barr (Pry) — fellow group member
• Spencer Owens — his brother
• Michael Bennett — detective who arrests him

Charismatic radical who recruits Owens to bomb banks and tech companies, believing change follows chaos. He dismisses victims as collateral damage, demands obedience, and plans robberies to fund more attacks.

Arc: He pushes the group toward a bank robbery and killing Bennett, but Owens's booby-trapped remote detonator explodes in his hand, burning him and ending his plans.

• Thomas Owens — bomb maker he dominates and threatens
• Kimmy — follower who objects to killing
• Leonard Barr (Pry) — associate and muscle
• Robert Heitz — attorney contact who advises him
• Michael Bennett — detective he wants killed

Group member called Pry, whose left hand is missing fingers matching the bomber's mark at the Office of Technology break-in. He is the muscle of the group and, with Ellis, targeted and killed Sergeant Rose Vega.

Arc: He is arrested after being found in a storage unit, booked, and linked by cigar butts and his missing fingers to the bombings.

• Thomas Owens — co-conspirator; lost fingers in Owens's cabin
• Ellis Warrenton — co-conspirator and leader
• Vic Watson — his stepfather
• Robert Heitz — his attorney
• Sergeant Rose Vega — victim of a bomb he helped plant

Developer pressuring the Trillings to sell their car lot, later revealed to be Arjan Marku, a suspected killer and possible FBI informant. He escalates from offers to arson and armed assault.

Arc: He leads an attack on the Trilling house, is wounded by Chet's shotgun, then ambushes Michael in New York and is killed when Michael's car bomb detonates as he opens the door.

• Gary Trilling — car-lot owner he pressures to sell
• Rob Trilling — brother who refuses his offer
• Chet Trilling — wounds him with a shotgun
• Michael Bennett — detective he tries to kill
• Brian Hadley — FBI agent who protects him
• Cindy — informant he paid for updates

Criminal attorney who hates Michael Bennett because of the Harold Chubb case. He represents Leonard Barr and advises Ellis Warrenton to deal with Bennett quickly.

Arc: No significant arc; he acts as a link between the bombers and legal maneuvering.

• Michael Bennett — his enemy
• Leonard Barr (Pry) — client
• Ellis Warrenton — criminal contact he advises

Man who pinches Ayesha outside a Queens clinic and is beaten by the women. He files false complaints against the NYPD, but surveillance video later exposes his groping.

Arc: His false complaint collapses when the video makes him the Dumbest Person of the Week.

• Ayesha — woman he sexually harassed
• Michael Bennett — detective who confronts him
• Juliana — witness to his harassment

ATF special agent who partners with Michael Bennett on the bombing investigation. She is resourceful and tough, from using bluffs to physical takedowns, and shares an immigrant family background with Sarah Hua Tan.

Arc: She builds trust with Bennett, helps arrest Leonard Barr and Thomas Owens, and continues the case while also checking on Bennett after his injury.

• Michael Bennett — investigation partner
• Walter Jackson — colleague in the case
• Leonard Barr (Pry) — suspect she subdues
• Thomas Owens — suspect she arrests
• Devon Green — old academy classmate who helps arrange a FaceTime interview
• Mary Catherine — calls her with news of Michael's injury

Michael's young NYPD partner who flies to Montana to help his brother Gary defend the family car lot from Arnold Marks. He is practical, brave, and in a romantic relationship with Juliana.

Arc: He helps fight off Marks's attacks, supports Gary through Lillian's death, and returns to New York in time to surprise Juliana at her play.

• Michael Bennett — NYPD partner
• Gary Trilling — brother
• Chet Trilling — grandfather
• Mona Trilling — mother
• Juliana — romantic partner
• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — antagonist threatening his family
• Cindy — acquaintance who secretly informed on them

Young woman in Ellis's group who flirts with and encourages Tom Owens and tries to comfort him. She is disturbed by the human cost of the bombings and objects to killing a cop.

Arc: She grows close to Owens, then slips away through the back fence while he is being arrested, avoiding capture.

• Thomas Owens — companion she encourages and cares for
• Ellis Warrenton — group leader whose violence she questions
• Leonard Barr (Pry) — fellow group member who is possessive of her

Michael's wife and the matriarch of the Bennett household, pregnant during the story. She keeps the family steady and urges Michael to help Rob when he needs it.

Arc: She supports Michael through the bombing case and his injury, and attends Juliana's play with the family.

• Michael Bennett — husband
• Juliana — daughter
• Brian Bennett — son
• Rob Trilling — young man she sees as important to Michael
• Maggie Chin — contacted about Michael's injury

Michael's daughter who witnesses Ronald Pittman's harassment of Ayesha, helps Katie get a job, and stars in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She is dating Rob Trilling.

Arc: She deals with the fallout of the clinic incident, misses Rob at her play, then is overjoyed when he arrives with roses.

• Michael Bennett — father
• Mary Catherine — mother
• Rob Trilling — romantic partner
• Katie — friend she helps
• Ayesha — friend whose harassment she witnessed
• Ronald Pittman — man who harassed her friend

Michael's lieutenant and boss at NYPD who assigns him to the bombing case full-time. He complains about being shorthanded but supports the investigation.

Arc: He keeps Michael informed from headquarters, approves his Montana trip, and calls with case updates.

• Michael Bennett — subordinate detective
• Maggie Chin — expects daily updates from

Criminal intelligence analyst in Bennett's squad who tracks connections between the arsenal theft, bombings, and Arnold Marks. He helps identify Thomas Owens through online videos.

Arc: He works background research throughout, providing Bennett with key intel while Bennett is away.

• Michael Bennett — colleague and friend
• Maggie Chin — colleague in the investigation
• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — subject of his research

Rob's older brother who owns the family car lot in Montana and is pressured by Arnold Marks to sell. He is grieving after his bookkeeper Lillian dies in the arson fire.

Arc: He refuses Marks's offers, survives the fire and armed attack, and continues to protect the family business.

• Rob Trilling — brother
• Mona Trilling — mother
• Chet Trilling — grandfather
• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — prospective buyer he refuses
• Lillian Mathis — bookkeeper killed in the fire

Rob and Gary's mother, known for her cooking and fierce protectiveness. During the armed attack, she stabs an intruder with a vegetable knife.

Arc: She keeps the family fed and calm through crisis, and defends the home when attacked.

• Rob Trilling — son
• Gary Trilling — son
• Chet Trilling — father
• Lillian Mathis — woman whose service she prepares food for

Rob and Gary's grandfather, who shows signs of dementia but remains fiercely independent. He fires a shotgun that wounds Arnold Marks and drives off the armed attackers.

Arc: Despite confusion, he acts decisively to defend his family and property.

• Rob Trilling — grandson
• Gary Trilling — grandson
• Mona Trilling — daughter
• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — attacker he wounds
• Cindy — young woman whose name he keeps forgetting

Young woman from the gas station who catches Fido and helps at the reception, but is secretly passing information to Arnold Marks for money for school. She is friendly with the Trillings.

Arc: She is exposed as the informant, confesses, and runs away to her father's gas station.

• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — paid her for information
• Gary Trilling — friend
• Rob Trilling — acquaintance
• Chet Trilling — keeps asking her name

Homicide detective from the Bronx who helps Bennett track Jimmy Pinter and confronts a harassing construction worker. She had previously corrected the worker's treatment of women.

Arc: No significant arc; she assists on the bombing case.

• Michael Bennett — colleague helping with the investigation
• Rob Trilling — calls him 'Super Jock'

Detective who briefs Bennett on the Office of Technology bombing and procures security footage. Bennett says he trusts her completely.

Arc: No significant arc; she provides crucial case material.

• Michael Bennett — fellow detective he trusts

Mother of bombing victim Abby Boyd, grieving and trying to understand her daughter's death. She tells Bennett about Abby's ex-boyfriend Jimmy Pinter and says she lost a son five years earlier.

Arc: No significant arc; she gives Bennett the Jimmy Pinter lead.

• Abby Boyd — daughter killed in the bombing
• Jimmy Pinter — Abby's ex-boyfriend

Abby Boyd's recent ex-boyfriend and a construction manager, initially suspected because of his access to explosives. He proves he was in Baltimore at the time and breaks down at being suspected.

Arc: He is eliminated as a suspect after showing his alibi.

• Abby Boyd — ex-girlfriend
• Joyce Boyd — knew him as a nice young man

Young city clerk killed in the Office of Technology bombing. Her mother describes her as bright and friendly.

Arc: She is a victim whose death drives the investigation.

• Joyce Boyd — mother
• Jimmy Pinter — ex-boyfriend

NYPD sergeant killed when her patrol car exploded in her driveway in Queens. Her death is connected to the group's earlier bombing.

Arc: No significant arc; she is a victim whose murder fuels the case.

• Armando Vega — husband
• Leonard Barr (Pry) — one of the people who planted the bomb
• Ellis Warrenton — one of the people who planted the bomb

Widower of Sergeant Rose Vega, still dazed by her death when Bennett and Maggie visit. He describes the morning of the explosion.

Arc: No significant arc; he provides context for the earlier bombing.

• Rose Vega — late wife

Thomas Owens's older brother, who has looked after him since school and sends him money. He cooperates with Bennett after being asked whether he could live with himself if Tom's next bomb killed children.

Arc: He gives the investigators the Yonkers address that leads to Tom's arrest.

• Thomas Owens — brother
• Michael Bennett — detective who interviews him
• Devon Green — ATF agent who sets up the call

FBI agent from the Bozeman field office who interviews Bennett after the Trilling attack. He later warns Bennett by burner phone that Arjan Marku may be heading to New York.

Arc: He chooses to do what he thinks is right by warning Bennett despite Bureau politics.

• Michael Bennett — detective he interviews and later warns
• Brian Hadley — FBI colleague
• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — suspect he tracks

FBI agent who defends Arnold Marks as a valuable informant and tries to downplay the Trilling assault as a business disagreement.

Arc: No significant arc; he protects Marks until Marks is killed.

• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — informant he protects
• Leland Ackerley — FBI colleague
• Michael Bennett — person he interviews

NYPD internal-affairs investigator who approaches Bennett outside the Vega house, making him fear he is being investigated. She is actually part of a group helping the Vega family with food and college funds.

Arc: No significant arc; she briefly misleads Bennett and then explains her charitable role.

• Michael Bennett — NYPD detective she knows professionally
• Maggie Chin — ATF agent she is introduced to

Bank manager who gives Bennett and Maggie access to security footage across from the damaged OTI office. She shares her family's immigration story with Maggie.

Arc: No significant arc; she provides a key lead for facial recognition.

• Michael Bennett — detective requesting footage
• Maggie Chin — shares family history with
• Darren — her employee

Local business owner in Palm Island who tells Bennett that Arnold Marks is buying up properties and may be connected to a casino/hotel plan. He is waiting for an offer from Marks.

Arc: No significant arc; he provides background on Marks's local influence.

• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — buyer courting his property
• Michael Bennett — conversation partner at the reception

Bookkeeper at the Trillings' car lot who dies in the arson fire. Her death deepens the conflict with Arnold Marks.

Arc: No significant arc; her murder galvanizes the Trillings.

• Gary Trilling — worked at his car lot
• Mona Trilling — woman whose service she prepares food for
• Rob Trilling — met him at the airport

One of Rob Trilling's roommates and a friend of Juliana's, originally from Pakistan. She gets a work visa and a courier job after fixing the delivery program, and she narrowly misses the Virtual Spaces bombing.

Arc: She gains independence through a job interview and is hired for her computer skills.

• Juliana — friend who helps her and attends her interview
• Rob Trilling — roommate
• Ayesha — friend/roommate

One of Rob Trilling's roommates who is pinched by Ronald Pittman outside a clinic, triggering the group's violent response. She appears in surveillance video being fondled and then defended.

Arc: No significant arc; her harassment becomes a public controversy.

• Ronald Pittman — man who harassed her
• Juliana — friend
• Katie — friend/roommate
• Sylvia — friend/roommate
• Sabiha — friend/roommate
• Fareeha — friend/roommate

One of Rob Trilling's roommates and part of the group that defends Ayesha outside the clinic.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Ayesha — friend/roommate
• Rob Trilling — roommate

One of Rob Trilling's roommates and part of the group that defends Ayesha outside the clinic.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Ayesha — friend/roommate
• Rob Trilling — roommate

One of Rob Trilling's roommates and part of the group that defends Ayesha outside the clinic.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Ayesha — friend/roommate
• Rob Trilling — roommate

Michael's oldest son who makes pancakes for the younger kids and helps supervise Christmas decorating. He points out that bomb-making videos are available on YouTube.

Arc: No significant arc; he supports the family and attends Juliana's play.

• Michael Bennett — father
• Juliana — sister
• Maeve — late mother whose train tradition he continues

Daughter in the Bennett household who helps supervise the younger kids and jokes at family gatherings.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — father
• Juliana — sister
• Brian Bennett — brother

Young son in the Bennett household who plays video games, teases Juliana, and later tells her he is proud of her and hopes she stays healthy, confused by the phrase 'break a leg'.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Juliana — sister
• Eddie — brother he plays video games with

Young daughter in the Bennett household who races her sister at Dinosaur Playground and sits with Michael at the play.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — father
• Chrissy — sister

Young daughter in the Bennett household who races Shawna and plays on the swings.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — father
• Shawna — sister

Daughter in the Bennett household who yells at Shawna and Chrissy at the start of a family scene.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Shawna — sister
• Chrissy — sister

Daughter in the Bennett household who yells at Shawna and Chrissy and later sits with Michael at the play.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Shawna — sister
• Chrissy — sister

One of the younger Bennett children who plays video games with Ricky.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Ricky — brother

Michael's grandfather, a priest who provides leftover fried chicken, jokes with the family, and offers to stay overnight to protect against Arjan Marku. He attends Juliana's play in a clerical collar.

Arc: No significant arc; he remains a supportive family presence.

• Michael Bennett — grandson
• Mary Catherine — family

Michael's late wife who always had the kids make a train of decorated wooden train cars at Christmas. Her tradition is continued by Brian.

Arc: No significant arc; she is remembered through family tradition.

• Michael Bennett — late husband
• Brian Bennett — son

Doorman at Michael's building who takes Bennett's leftover sandwich, accepts Arjan Marku's photo, and promises to keep watch.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — doorman and tenant

Doorman at Michael's building who comes on duty hungover and brushes off Bennett's warning about the potential threat.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — doorman/tenant

Former colleague and friend of Bennett who tells him about the Picatinny Arsenal burglary and stolen explosives.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — former colleague/friend

Local news reporter who announces on air that a woman injured in the Virtual Spaces bombing has died.

Arc: No significant arc.

Professor at LaGuardia who interrupts the interview with Jimmy Pinter, tells Pinter not to talk to police, and insults Bennett and Maggie. Security guard Jeannie Cartes calls him a 'whack job'.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Jeannie Cartes — security guard who calls him a whack job

Security guard who warns Bennett about Dr. Lemm and pretends to scold him so Lemm won't interfere.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Dr. Lemm — professor she says is a whack job

Rookie patrolman at the Queens clinic scene who recognizes Bennett and explains the women's fight with Ronald Pittman.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — old acquaintance from childhood

Local deputy in Montana who takes Gary's report about the car-lot fire but dismisses Rob's suggestion to review security footage due to limited resources.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Gary Trilling — takes his report
• Rob Trilling — chastises him for telling her how to do her job

Employee at Sarah Hua Tan's bank who initially questions the need for a warrant, then complies and pulls up video feeds.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Sarah Hua Tan — his manager

One of the armed intruders at the Trilling house, described by his crooked nose. He kicks in the kitchen door and is stabbed by Mona Trilling before fleeing.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Mona Trilling — woman who stabs him

One of Arnold Marks's men, arriving at the Trilling house with a chromed pistol. He is hit by a rifle shot and helped back to the truck.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Arnold Marks (Arjan Marku) — fellow attacker

Leonard Barr's mother, drunk and hostile when investigators question her. She refuses to reveal Leonard's whereabouts and swings at Maggie before being taken down with a foot sweep.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Leonard Barr (Pry) — son
• Maggie Chin — officer she attacks and who subdues her

Leonard Barr's stepfather and owner of Watson Residential Construction. He arrives to protect his stepson after the arrest and argues with Bennett.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Leonard Barr (Pry) — stepson
• Michael Bennett — detective arresting his stepson
• Maggie Chin — ATF agent who insults his wife

Warehouse club employee who quietly tells Bennett and Maggie where to find Leonard Barr's storage unit. She had gone with Barr to the storage unit once and avoided him since.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Leonard Barr (Pry) — person she avoids after visiting a storage unit with him

Young cop remembered by a construction worker as the man who saved him from a life of jail by taking him to athletic fields. He does not appear in the story.

Arc: No significant arc.

Old classmate of Maggie's from the academy who arranges a FaceTime interview with Spencer Owens.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Maggie Chin — old classmate from the academy
• Spencer Owens — ATF agent he is with during the call

Assistant chief in Yonkers who questions Bennett about the commotion and not being alerted, then accepts his explanation.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — local assistant chief who questions him

Police captain and old friend of Bennett's who greets him at the precinct and catches up about their children.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — old friend

FBI agent at Picatinny Arsenal who tells Maggie that the FBI may let the ATF take the evidence.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Maggie Chin — FBI agent she clashes with

Kid who gets into Mike's phone and changes the ringtone as a prank, loving technology and vintage TV.

Arc: No significant arc.

• Michael Bennett — the person whose phone he pranks

Gary Trilling's llama, who startles Rob in the van, escapes during the fire, and is caught by Cindy with popcorn. He repeatedly spits at people, including the narrator.

Arc: No significant arc; he is a comic presence in the Montana subplot.

• Gary Trilling — owner
• Rob Trilling — hisses at him
• Cindy — catches him with popcorn