Antidote

A determined, trauma-aware patient who questions the facility’s methods and fights for her life. She endures captivity, navigates power dynamics, and forms uneasy alliances while seeking escape and truth. Her resolve wavers under coercion, yet she persists, ultimately facing a grim fate and uncovering deeper mysteries about the facility.

The enigmatic physician behind the facility’s unconventional healing. He speaks in riddles and wields power with clinical charm, revealing a philosophy that healing equals control. He embodies moral ambiguity, manipulative authority, and a chilling belief in the necessity of torture disguised as therapy.

A crumbling criminal attorney who becomes entangled with Sharyn’s escape. He carries secrets from the outside world and a willingness to cooperate for a chance at release, yet his past catches up with him in brutal ways. His resilience under pressure offers a counterpoint to the facility’s cruelty.

A fellow patient with a volatile past who embodies merciless nihilism. She shares a hardened worldview formed by extreme acts and a willingness to die for a cause, complicating Sharyn’s attempts to form alliances. Her actions reveal the dangerous costs of letting cruelty go unchecked.

A wounded survivor who becomes involved with Sharyn and later betrays or harms her in the name of survival. His survival instincts and unsettling history mirror the brutal environment of the facility. He demonstrates the fragility and volatility of human desire for safety.

A patient with paralyzed eyelids who witnesses or endures the facility's cruelties. Her quiet endurance contrasts with the more explosive actions around her, representing the overlooked victims of the system. Her presence underscores the dehumanizing routine of the program.

A criminally insane patient whose unpredictable behavior heightens the danger within the facility. He embodies the breaking point many patients reach, and his interactions with others reveal the thin line between sanity and madness. He contributes to the atmosphere of peril that pervades the halls.

Sharyn’s ex-boyfriend, a drug trafficker who reappears in the facility and becomes a crucial ally in the escape. His presence adds a personal motive to Sharyn’s fight and introduces the possibility of redemption or doomed partnership. He ultimately sacrifices much in the pursuit of freedom.