The Supporting Characters.
Veronica
15 going on 30 and experiments with everything from drugs, fast cars (she and her boyfriend steals them just to do joyrides), and her sexual identity. Veronica is the daughter of Sparks’ previous wife and comes on the scene in mid-series. Her mother and stepfather are mysteriously killed and hitchhikes back to LA from Miami to be with her father.
Clearly a wild child, Veronica is our coming-of-age transformational and intergenerational hook. She totally relates to the muses, and they act as her surrogate mother. As the seasons mature so does she. Smart, musical, beautiful, and a high school dropout, Veronica seems like the girl next door but is Hollywood experimental—with boys, girls, drugs, booze—a coming of age horror story.
Wolfe
Sparks’ best friend. Big, black, and bold. Opposite to Sparks, his music career never rocketed into the space, so he had to adapt and work behind scenes. He has been loyal to Sparks’ career for years, even if it doesn’t allow him to have a life of his own.
It is easy for people to like and trust him, he is a friend of everyone, but nobody really takes him for seriously. Now that Sparks is in jail, he is determined to do everything to get his best friend out of the slammer.
He becomes our out-of-prison lead actor and diligently follows the clues wherever they take him. He is secretly in love with Mira and she reciprocates with a whoop-ass that becomes the sexual tension for the entire season.
Detective Espinosa
The detective in charge of Sparks’ case. He is mean, Hispanic, small of frame but an ego the size of Nevada. He is corrupted from top to the bottom and has history with Sparks for—which he holds a big resentment.
Now that he has the power, as long as he is in charge, Sparks will never see the light of day. Espinosa answers to the District Attorney and works on specific cases that benefit and solidify his position as one of the most feared cops in the city.
Detective Brenda Ackerman
The good cop in this story. She is young, hungry for success, but she never lets Espinosa’s shady connections get to her. She remains truthful and optimistic, as the season progresses, she begins to understand the reality of the crooked system and will try to fight off Espinosa, even if that may cost her a career that she worked endless hours for. Mid-season she starts to see the connection between Lulu and Mr. Franks. As a result, she is our “roadrunner” where she gets blown up, run over, and locked in a freezer—giving new meaning to freezer burn!
Lulu Cheng (alias Mr. Frank)
The bitch DA sent from hell with only power and sex on her mind. She has no morals, no inhibitions, and absolutely everything to lose if Sparks gets a new trial. Lulu provides the opportunity to discover the underbelly of LA social and racial injustices—motivated only by money and more money. She leads a secret life as Mr. Franks, the owner of the largest escort service in SOCAL. Bring her down, Sparks wins. As long as she is in power, expect hard times.
GlendaAnne
The hooker with a heart—every man’s fantasy and every woman’s dream. Obviously a redhead, blue eyes, and slinky. She looks fabulous in miniskirts, gowns, and jewels. Or absolutely nothing at all. Smart, sexual, and “flexible”, she is the connection between the serial murders and the deaths of the 4 hooker cold cases. GlendaAnne believes taxicab sex should be an Olympic field sport. GlendaAnne used to work for Mr. Frank’s escort service known as “The Exotics” but failed to sleep her way to the top. She has a penthouse off Melrose and a beautiful Malibu beachfront hom —nobody has a clue where the money came from. Think Robert Palmer’s Simply Irresistible (She’s so fine, there’s no tellin’ where the money went).
Katie
The private dick—a total bitch on heels and was born with a chip on her shoulder, and her troubled past just made it worse. She works for Sparks’ production company and was involved with him in a disastrous love affair for 7 years. This gives us a great opportunity to tell a lot of Sparks history in the backstory. Katie, in some episodes, becomes the main character. Prone to violence and rage, Katie has a soft look but is hard to the core. Due to conflicted moral issues, she is doing both Espinosa, Lulu, and Ackerman. The pillow talk reveals juicy secrets (much like all the backstabbers in Revenge) that help unwind the backstory.