Tales That Witness Madness

An ambitious literary agent who wields charm and sexuality to influence clients and relationships, revealing a predatory appetite for power and status. Her maneuvering exposes how desire can masquerade as professional ambition. She embodies manipulation and self-interest within the Luau arc.

A sensitive, introverted boy living in a tense home. He befriends an imaginary tiger as a coping mechanism amid constant parental bickering. His inner world reflects how family dynamics shape perception and safety.

An antique store owner who inherits a mysterious portrait and a penny-farthing bicycle, triggering time-bending events that pull him into an earlier era and threaten his relationships. He becomes a conduit through which time-crossing narratives unfold.

Beatrice in the past and Ann in the present, a woman linked across timelines whose fate is entangled with temporal shifts. Her safety is threatened as timelines collide, illustrating how love can cross centuries.

A mysterious figure connected to the past who drives Timothy into earlier times through a strange portrait and a bicycle. His presence blurs mentor-like guidance with haunting influence.

A man who turns a dead tree into a bizarre art piece, mounting it in his home. His escalating fixation disrupts his marriage and social life, showing how obsession can deform reality.

Brian's wife, wary of his fixation and the odd object at the center of their home. She embodies marital strain and suspicion, challenging the boundaries between passion and danger.

Kimo's young daughter, caught at the center of the luau's dark ceremony. Her vulnerability makes her the focal point of danger within the ritual.

A Hawaiian client for whom the luau is organized. His interests extend beyond romance, and he becomes a key participant in the ritual’s unfolding dynamics.

Kimo’s dying mother whose passage to heaven is sought through the luau ritual. Her condition motivates the ceremonial demands and adds a moral weight to the proceedings.

A local figure who reorganizes the luau when Auriol’s plan falters. He steers the ceremony to fulfill its grim purpose, highlighting manipulation within ritual power.

Paul’s father whose constant bickering with Fay creates a tense domestic atmosphere, shaping Paul’s perception of family and safety.

Paul’s mother, part of a fractious couple whose quarrels contribute to Paul’s vulnerability and imaginative coping.

A psychiatrist in a modern asylum who claims to have solved four cases and presents each patient history to his colleague. His narration frames the inquiry and tests the boundaries between science and belief.

Tremayne’s colleague who cannot see the patients’ manifestations and ultimately dismisses them as madness, meeting a fatal end as the histories unfold around him.

A minor tutor figure in the Mr Tiger segment, representing external authority juxtaposed with the family’s turmoil.

A minor supporting character in Penny Farthing, contributing to the sense of transition between eras.

Another minor figure in Penny Farthing, reinforcing the episode’s movement between timelines.