Suspicious Minds

*Series: A Girl Named Jo*

"**Suspicious Minds**" is the second episode in the first season of *A Girl Named Jo*, and the second episode overall. It aired on July 10, 2018.

## Synopsis

*Jo and Cathy stumble across a startling revelation about* *the Attaway Fire.*

## Plot

*Bobby is seen staring at a picture of his sister, thinking about the fire incident that killed her that day. Jo walks into the room, comforting him, he says that her mother was beautiful just like she is.*

Meanwhile at the Fitzroy's, the family is having dinner and Virginia mentions that Lawrence has called their house three times, Cathy is annoyed by this and her mother reminds that his family is helping them with the hotel and not to be crass.

At The Chambers', Jo mentions that no one liked her "Eternal Flame" idea for the Phoenix fest and Junior agrees, then Thomas dislikes the fact of her working on this.

Cathy asks her parents what happened to Frances Chambers, Jo's mother, her father Russel responds by saying that the rubber factory over on high street caught on fire and spread quickly and Frances didn't make it out in time. He mentioned that he was told that one of the employees **Lenny Alvarez**, the man who was in charge of one of the assembly lines, dropped a cigaret into the machine which started the fire.

After hearing Jo's idea for the Phoenix Fest, Bobby agrees that it's a good idea for her to be on the committee to gain school spirit. Then Junior asks his dad if he can tryout for the basketball team, but Thomas says that he urgently needs his help at the diner because one of his employees quit. Bobby encourages Junior to tryout for the team and volunteers to cover his shifts at the diner when he tries out and makes the team. Then he gives Jo the idea of doing a pop art Warhol theme with screen prints for the fest, she appreciates the advice but tells him that she is still set on her original idea "Eternal Flame".

Jo arrives at Cathy's house and is kindly greeted by Ray who begins to have romantic feelings for her, Cathy tells him to go away and get ready for school. Virginia walks into the room and Cathy introduces Jo to her, noticing that she is Frances Chambers' daughter, she mentions that she went to school with her and that her death was a terrible tragedy. She wonders if Jo remembers that day of the incident when the fire happened, then splits a headache, then Jo and Cathy head off to school.

In the committee meeting, the girls are all giving ideas for the fest and Cathy says that they need something that no one has seen before. Jo suggests that they do an "Andy Warhol Pop Art" theme where they would blow up images and print them in different colours like a new way of making art. Cathy likes her idea and agrees to use it for the Phoenix fest, she comes up with the plan of finding old photos and giving them new life.

In the cafeteria, Cathy is seen walking with Jo and Alice tries to get her attention, she tries to apologize but Cathy doesn't listen, then she says that Cathy was avoiding her and Lawrence all summer and asks if she's really going to be friends with Jo Chambers, Cathy says that she's grown up and that she would rather hang with Jo than her.

Junior shows up for basketball tryouts, Lawrence tries to intimidate him but Junior isn't concerned. The two begin trash talking each other just before Mr. Richards can begin the tryout. Meanwhile, Cathy asks Ms. Jenkins if she has any archives from the Attaway fire incident 10 years ago and from Attaway times that they can use for Phoenix fest, she tells her about the theme her and Jo have decided on and tries to find the archives they desire. She was given an old newspaper from May 21, 1950 that explained what happened at the factory and who was responsible for the incident, she was then given a small video reel and asked how she can make them bigger, Ms. Jenkins told her to follow her.

Cathy is now using the projector to visualize the photos she was given by Ms. Jenkins, Jo then jumps out and surprises her saying she's waiting for Junior to finish basketball tryouts. She asks why Cathy's staying after school, she responds by saying she is Attaway's new Andy Warhol, visualizing the old photos on high street from 1950 after the fire incident. One of the photos she is projecting is of a woman possibly holding a baby in her arms, Jo acknowledges this and says that it can't possibly be from after the fire, Cathy asked how she knew this and Jo says that the woman in the photo is her mother and that. Cathy was surprised at this.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Jules LeBlanc as Jo Chambers
* Addison Riecke as Cathy Fitzroy
* Tanner Fontana as Junior Chambers
* Bella Shepard as Alice Hargrave
* Joseph John Schirle as Lawrence DuPont

### Recurring Cast

* Wes Armstrong as Bobby Atkins
* Jake Getman as Ray Fitzroy
* JF Davis as Thomas Chambers
* Christie Lynn Smith as Virginia Fitzroy
* Bruno Oliver as Mr. Richards
* Bonnie Hellman as Ms. Jenkins
* Tom Kiesche as Russell Fitzroy
* Gabbie Woodworth as Betty