The Beast

In 2044, Gabrielle is a purification candidate who confronts both the promise of a better life and the danger of losing her emotions. Her lifelong fear of catastrophe drives her, and her bond with Louis becomes a fragile counterpoint to the system that seeks to control feeling and identity.

A fellow purification candidate, Louis is drawn to Gabrielle but struggles with the impulse to love while fearing that purification will strip away his capacity to feel. His past-life echoes across eras, revealing a complex mix of affection, resentment, and longing.

An android monitor who escorts Gabrielle to the nightclub and observes her purification progress. Calm and enigmatic, Kelly maintains distance while guiding the protagonist through the club’s shifting decadal themes.

Gabrielle's past-life husband in 1910 France; a doll-maker and factory owner. The factory flood and resulting fire reveal the perilous intersection of art, industry, and catastrophe, ending Gabrielle and Georges’ first life together.

The medium who appears uncannily accurate in multiple sessions, guiding Gabrielle through glimpses of past lives and hinting at deeper forces shaping her fate.

The architect whose lavish Los Angeles home Gabrielle house-sits in 2014, framing the aspirational surface of the city against the vulnerabilities revealed by her past lives.

A dancer in the 1910 ball scene, part of the salon where Gabrielle encounters Louis and the shadows of the past linger.

Another ball attendee in 1910 France; one of the social circles that frames Gabrielle’s memory of that era.

Ball participant in 1910, encapsulating the era's social life and Gabrielle’s entangled past with Georges and Louis.

Ball attendee in 1910 France; part of the salon atmosphere that foreshadows Gabrielle's fated meeting with Louis.

Barman at the club where the decades collide, adding atmosphere to the 1960s-1980s themed sequences and the ongoing tension around emotion and memory.

Club attendees who populate the dynamic nightlife that Gabrielle visits in the central present, illustrating the social side of the purification-era world.