Index: pre-Misfits
pre-MISFITS
The Bishops
a fresh start / big city: The first Bishops to set foot in the United States.
uncomfortable silence / turmoil: Bishop is told his children have been born.
lineament: At age 27, Ahmik Bishop is a millionaire.
arm candy: Lilah is worried when she sees her father with another woman.
snowman: Bishop is scientific in his approach to everything, even snowmen.
Mara before Bishop:
wunderkind: Mara spends a night up late at ballet school.
milk: Piotr becomes obsessed with young Mara.
run: Mara is competitive as hell.
poltergeist: Mara receives a goodbye letter from her lover.
depression: Mara's life continues after Valek's death.
yin: Mara deals with agents trying to defect and takes care of some personal business that might also involve defecting.
Mara:
feckless: Mara's reaction to first meeting Lucas.
virtuoso / balcony / my favorite thing(s), fetish(es): Bishop shows Mara a little about how he sees the world.
candlelight: Mara comes home to a surprise.
sugar daddy: Mara's twisted relationship with Bishop and other men.
without a date: Lucas attends a fundraiser. He regrets coming by himself.
under the table: Mara does the dirty work for Bishop.
bath: Mara. currently lost.
stay the night: Lucas manages to drive Mara away yet again.
damnation: Mara seeks Lucas out after a particularly bad day.
wanton: Mara gets her clothes dirty during an encounter with a man.
cooling off / broken heart: Maybe, Lucas should just stop trying.
kitsch: Lucas proposes to Mara.
decisive action: Lucas and Rekha wake up to find Mara in the apartment.
Lilah and Harris:
honor thy father: Lilah pays her father a visit after he interferes in her life and prevents her from getting a job.
let down your hair: Harris tells Lilah to relax for once.
flowers: Lilah gets flowers.
arcane: Lilah's reaction to getting flowers. She knows who they are from.
open: Lilah opens up to Harris.
kvetch: Harris hates Ireland. Lilah is annoyed.
Mr. Right: Harris comes to "rescue" Lilah from her engagement.
all that glitters: Lilah is back in the States, much to Lucas' surprise.
paragon: Harris meets Kev.
The Darrens
unfamiliar customs / antedeluvian / thingamajig: Eliza finds a fountain pen.
laconic: Eliza hits on Ariel.
affray: Eliza can stand up for herself.
revividus: Ariel wants to go to a concert but it's during Sabbath. Who'll go with him?
ancestors / dry: boring family stories.
megrim / pity: Eliza tries to distract Ariel from his migraine.
making repairs / sticks and stones / on the roof: Ariel fixes the roof. Eliza helps.
sough / playfulness / morning: Eliza ambushes Ariel. He's a little apprehensive.
primordial: Eliza brings home news that change everything.
orotund: Eliza names her second son.
chase: Tim and Kev and a puppy.
hourglass: Tim teaches Kev something.
cover: Kev doesn't want to be alone.
catch: Kev questions the meaning of a lullaby.
settle: Kev needs some time before falling asleep, much to Tim's annoyance.
open: The boys open their Christmas presents.
hold: Kev is courageous; Tim is shy and holds back.
wait: Kev's first day at school.
sagacious: Tim tells his brother he's joining the military.
prescience: Kev is taken away by social services.
mores: Kev has a fight with one of his foster parents.
taciturn: Kev is a quiet boy.
Dennis, Joseph and Stella
fence / secret passage: Dennis doesn't like to ring the doorbell.
outer space: Dennis wants to be an astronaut. Joseph doesn't.
spin: a quiet moment for Stella.
lion tamer: Stella knows how to stand up for herself.
making an entrance: Vanessa sneaks out of the house at night.
what's in it for me?: Stella is recruited into Cerberus.
the early days: How Stella and Dennis come to hate each other.
you'll always be my friend: Dennis discovers a secret of Stella's.
the coolest girl I've ever dated: Joseph's courtship of Stella West.
mistletoe: At a Christmas party, Stella escapes to the balcony for some fresh air.
indiscretion: Dennis' and Stella's first sexual encounter.
penance: Dennis gets into a rather sticky situation when Joseph starts asking questions he can’t know the true answers to.
the extra mile: Dennis and Joseph serenade Stella at the karaoke bar.
wall: Dennis and Stella have a secret get-together.
if it ain't broke: There are consequences to Dennis and Joseph's bathroom lock being broken.
tergiversation: Dennis wakes up with a hangover and realizes how close he got to fucking up.
suspicion: Joseph is suspicious.
a bird in hand: Stella wants more than she should.
Hobbie
fall: Hobbie deals with bullies.
offer: Hobbie makes a friend.
hide: He promised Aunt Carrie he wouldn't tell anyone.
lean: A dare to prove he's worthy.
break: Hobbie is in hospitals and enjoys it.
regret: Helen has made mistakes.
historic / scoop: The first kill.
don't bother with the beggar's son and he won't bother with you: O'Ryan during his first prison sentence.
f reedom / an offering: Luceno offers Hobbie more than just a job.
acta: Hobbie is inducted into Cerebus.
Wes
push: Wes learns to swim.
bucket: Wes has always been good with breasts.
like the back of my hand / fulfillment: Wes' parents abandon him once a year but he always comes back.
equine / horse: Wes' cowboy days come to a sudden end.
nonplus: Wes’ parents reaction when they found out that he ran away.
big top: Wes' work at the circus.
A-TEAM (Dennis, Hobbie, Joseph and Stella in training)
luck: The first day for the new batch of Cerebus recruits.
defalcate / dining room: Dennis and Stella can't sleep.
what's not to love?: Dennis plans a romatic night in with Winter.
grandiloquent / don't let them get away: Hobbie's first attempts at work are very well thought-out.
intoxication / anniversary: Dennis gets drunk every year on Joseph and Stella's wedding anniversary.
shibboleth: Hobbie's name scores him a date.
vulnerable / cruelty / bound and gagged: a torture victim of Hobbie's.
nocuous / when I get my hands on you: torture.
incisive: torture.
soft: Hobbie hasn't gone soft.
whose side are you on?: Stella visits both parties after Dennis and Winter's breakup.
deck the halls: Dennis is not in the Christmas spirit.
can I be with you for a while?: Dennis gets a phone call from Winter that derails his plans.
Tim
affection / increment: Tim and Cammie have sex.
ghost, wraith: We are nothing but ghosts.
patter of small feet / responsibility: Cammie and Tim talk about their future together.
stress: Tim has recurring nightmares.
grave: Tim goes home.
homecoming / a grave / no pain, no gain: Tim returns home for the very last time.
muse of fire: Tim goes home one last time to die there.
light: Tim's last thoughts.
quiddity: Kev at Tim's funeral.
encomium: Kev at Tim's funeral (2).
derision: Mara is not very understanding when Kev mourns his brother's death.
testimony: Mara and Lilah team up to get Kev to stop moping (not really).
where it all happened: Kev and Mara visit his parents' old house.
tradition / pain: Kev visits Tim once a year.
lugubrious: Lilah looks after Kev while he's mourning.
characters with less background
throw: Kenneth is thrown out a window.
highhanded / in the shade: Doyle waits up for Shirley.
bravura / enthusiasm: Doyle and Shirley make a porno.
heavy: The man who becomes Face.
beauty and the beast / scar: Looking in the mirror is hard in the beginning.
joyride: Lynn has always loved cars. And it's not really stealing.
last update: February 19, 2012