The cast...

Who are these pictures of? Well the images of Gemma and Jayde are Larisa Oleynik, Mary is Michelle Meyrink, Faith is Eliza Dushku, Henry is Patrick McGoohan, Christian is Julian Rhind Tutt, Jonathan is Danny Strong. David Garners is Dan Hedaya. Alex is Liz Santos. DMS is (unknown). Leda is Michelle Williams.

The Garners home

• Jayde Garner (Rachel)
  Description: Physical, social, popular, smart/cunning, confidant, cheerleader, feared social dictator
  Similar Characters: Cher in Clueless, Buffy in the movie, the Heathers, Cordie in the series.
  Info: Jayde is smart, strong, agile, beautiful, rich and she knows it. The world is hers and no one with a sense of self preservation stands in her way. Jayde shapes the world and the people around her to her liking. Her long term goal is 'to marry Christian Slater and die' or be worshiped as the Goddess that she is. Information on her social clique pool can be found here.
• Mary Ulman (Ken)
  Description: Brilliant, obsessively curious, focussed, hacker, A's student, learner, explorer, quiet, shy, friendly and warm to people she knows
  Similar Characters: Jordan from Real Genius, Willow from the early series.
  Info: Mary's long term goal is to understand how everything works. Everything.
• Gemma Garner (Kate)
  Description: Asthmatic, shy/withdrawn, tolerated, clever/educated, suspicious, brilliant, geek/nerd, has scary other sister
  Similar Characters: Willow in the series, maybe someone people from pump up the volume (but its too long since I've seen it), the geek characters from Real Genius.
  Info: Gemma is physically Jayde's twin but is vastly different in personality and focus. Gemma has a frighteningly active intellect and can be very focussed in her attempts to understand things. Rather than shape the world to how she wants it, Gemma tries to fit in and understand. Gemma is seems somewhat lost at times and her long term goal is to find something satisfying that suits her.
• Jonathan (Richard)
  Description: Shy/withdrawn, camera fiend, creative, clever, social leper
  Similar Characters: Picked on nerds from any 'mainstream' show, Jonathan from Buffy
  Info: Jonathan has a thing for video and cameras and not being social. He is totally lacking in all social skills and is almost unnoticed by the world at large.

Supporting Cast

• Casey Williams(?)
  Description: Brilliant, outgoing, friendly, F-A's student (depending on subject), unfocused, hacker, zany, unicycle rider, class clown
  Similar Characters: Chris from Real Genius, Travis in Clueless
  Info: Casey is the class clown. He is intelligent, perceptive and has a wicked streak a mile wide. He seems to have an innate understanding of anything that has any logic or design behind it. His long term goal is to become a billionare before he is 30. Or to take Kathy Donaldson out to the Jim Rose circus on Friday. Or maybe....
• Dr Alexandra Grey
  Description: Perceptive, understanding, helpful, funny.
  Similar Characters:
  Info: Alexandra is Jayde, Gemma and David's psychologist. She has been helpful in bringing the twins and their father together. Alexandra's long term goal is to make the world a healthy place.
• Christian Browning
  Description: Smart, happy, helpful
  Similar Characters:
  Info: Christian is a young watcher, come to fight Eeeeeeeevil(tm).
• Sir Henry Peter Webley Fitzwilliams
  Description: Serious, dedicated
  Similar Characters:
  Info: Henry retired and came back to head the Watchers council. He is dedicated to the orgisation and the eternal struggle.
• Faith
  Description: Powerful, aggressive, predator, feared, dark
  Similar Characters: Faith in Buffy (duh!)
  Info: Faith is the reformed, rogue, slayer. Rescued from the War council by our gang, she is hanging round the perifery of the group, helping patrol and training up Jayde while trying to find her own place.
• David Garner
  Description: Powerful, confidant, sarcastic, aggressive, smart, predator, feared dictator
  Similar Characters: Father in Clueless, evil Hollywood lawyers, Father in Heathers.
  Info: David is an aggressive, rich, influential, powerful, brilliant lawyer. David's can be seen in his daughters, Jayde has his strength and aggressive will to modify the world to his liking and Gemma has his intelligence, focus and dedication. Once David has decided what he wants, he can focus 100% on achieving his desired result. David's long term goal is to win his next case by crushing his opponent.
• Leda Skeltys
  Description: dead
  Similar Characters: Blank film
  Info: None. She is dead. Well in actual fact she comes back as a ghost early in the show, but you should probably go and read the plot now just to find out more.
• DMS
  Description: Brilliant, angry, rebel, homeboy.
  Similar Characters: Ice anything really. :)
  Info: DMS stayed in LA when Stella moved. He had a gang and respect and was actually making a difference. DMS's long term goal is to smash the state or at least block the 10%.
• Dr Conrad Cayse
  Description: Plotting, cold, callous, evil.
  Similar Characters: Probably something out of a cheesy 'orror film.
  Info: Conrad is a researcher sent by the council.
• Stella Stettner
  Description: Friendly, down to Earth, take no crap, motherly, kind,
  Similar Characters:
  Info: Stella has a satisfying job that provides a luxury home and plenty of money. Stella is the De facto ruler of the Garner home and her word is law. Stella's long term goal appears to be to get Jayde to clean up after herself, rather than Jayde making Gemma clean.
• Donnan Landly
  Description: Surfer dude, buff, tanned, Californian, spaced out, cool
  Similar Characters: Pool guy from Earth Girls are Easy, general Hollywood surfer dudes
  Info: Donnan has everything he needs in life: a van, a surf board, a slack day job that pays for his accommodation, and plenty of time to surf. His long term goal is going surfing tomorrow, day after at the latest.
• Val Kennedy (glitch)
  Description: Obsessive, cracker, hacker, experienced(?), A+ student, scholarship fodder, feared, vengeful, smart
  Similar Characters: Crackers from Hollywood films, cast from Real Genius gone bad.
  Info: Glitch is a genius with computers and too smart for his own good. Fortunately for his high school life, he is also a but of a bastard and isn't above bribing and blackmailing people to stay ahead. Glitch's long term goal is to get rich.
• John Whitley (Neo)
  Description: Wannabe, shy, B's student, hard worker, desperate wannabe, insecure
  Similar Characters: I'm sure you can imagine.
  Info: Neo wants to be too. Just that little too much. John's goal is to have other people think he is cool.

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