Annie Mouradian

**Annie Mouradian** is a main character on HBO Max's *The Flight Attendant*. She is portrayed by Zosia Mamet.

She is a brass tacks lawyer, who gets in over her head pulling strings to help her best friend Cassie. In the second season, she is looking for new employment after having been fired from her practice and spent several months doing volunteer work. She is also navigating the complexities of her relationship with her boyfriend, Max, as things are becoming serious, but she refuses to refer to it as an engagement.

## History

### Biography

She was born and raised in New York. She is actually of Armenian heritage, however. Her name is technically pronounced "Ah-nie," however, as a child, kids called her "Annie" and she finally got tired of correcting it, simply allowing the name to stick.

She is dating a man named Max, but is very touchy about the words used to describe their relationship, having commitment issues. Their relationship later advances to the point of her wearing a ring, but once again she stops short, refusing to refer it as an engagement.

## Throughout the Series

### "In Case of Emergency"

After waking up next to the dead and badly-bloodied body of Alex Sokolov, Cassie Bowden calls her and starts rambling about a girl who was innocent and she realizes that she's talking about Amanda Knox. Cassie asks her if Knox called the police and Annie tells her that she did and she was arrested. She sees that Cassie is in Bangkok and advises her to not get arrested there, describing their laws as "byzantine." She wishes Cassie safe travels before ending the call. Cassie later tries to call her again, but she is otherwise engaged and the call ends up going to her voicemail.

### "Rabbits"

Cassie tells the full tale of what happened to Annie, who agrees to represent her for free as her lawyer, even though she doesn't normally do pro bono work. Annie advises Cassie to keep working even as they prepare for their next meeting with the FBI. They do just this and Annie tells her that the FBI may only be fishing and she can always plead the 5th if needed. The two work out a code, that Cassie is to look at her before saying anything to the FBI. If she smiles, then Cassie is to tell the truth, but if she nods, Cassie should plead the 5th. However, when they actually have the meeting, things go disastrously wrong. Thrown by FBI agent Van White's showing her a picture of Alex's dead body, Cassie goes completely off-script, ignoring Annie's advice and telling the FBI to investigate somebody named Miranda. Following the meeting, Annie lays into Cassie, saying that if she wasn't a suspect before, she is now. They review what happened in Bangkok, Annie concluding that the only reason Cassie isn't dead herself is because she wasn't in the room when Alex was killed. Cassie points out that if this is true, she was so black-out drunk that she didn't notice that she got back into bed with a dead man. She asks if there's any way to fix things and Annie tells her that she's getting obsessive, which is her job. She tells her to go be a flight attendant, that there's nothing else she can do there.

### "Funeralia"

Cassie calls Annie, sharing information with her about how Sabrina Oznowich told her more details about Miranda, whose full name is Miranda Croft. She wants to know what they can do, but Annie tells her to again let her be the lawyer and leave things to her. Later, she discovers that somebody, most likely Miranda, has ransacaked her apartment. Shocked, she visits Annie's apartment, where she discovers to her complete surprise that Annie has a boyfriend named Max, though Annie insists that she's not actually her boyfriend. Annie receives a call and learns that the Bangkok police have discovered the bottle they believe to Alex's murder weapon. She pleads with Cassie to stay at her apartment and just stay save while she does the work. She is therefore shocked when she learns that Cassie has crashed Alex Sokolov's wake in the hope of getting information out of Alex Sokolov's parents, Edward and Janet. She warns Cassie that the Sokolovs are laundering money for some very scary people, some of whom are her clients and can get very violent. She pleads with Cassie to get out, but Cassie instead hangs up the call and ignores her repeated texts. Annie therefore calls a favor from a friend, which proves to be key in allowing Cassie to escape the place unharmed by the Sokolovs. After finally leaving the memorial service, Cassie texts her that she's alright and Annie comments to Max that she's going murder her herself when she gets the chance.

### "Conspiracy Theories"

Cassie returns to Annie's apartment, but Annie is angry with her and refuses to buzz her in at first. She finally relents after Cassie reveals that she actually came face to face with Miranda. Once inside, Cassie reveals that she stole a bag of shredded papers from the Sokolov residence. Annie doesn't want anything to do with it, but Cassie and Max spend an evening together piecing the papers back together, ultimately finding a key clue regarding a flight. While the two of them chase after this, Annie deals with the fallout from the favor that she called in. She meets with the boss of her law firm, Diana Carlise, who tells her that she is now in debt. She tells Annie that whatever they ask of her will not be pleasant and she doesn't want anything to do with it. Later, she speaks with a contact at the MTA about getting the footage that would prove that Cassie was in contact with Miranda, but the contact tells her that they won't be able to pull it without raising some serious red flags. Frustrated, Annie tells them that she's going to need a different answer than that.

### "Other People's Houses"

When Cassie witnesses the apparent suicide of Sabrina Oznowich, Annie comes to try to help her when she talks to FBI agent Van White. Cassie, however, again ignores her pleas to let her handle it and instead babbles some more about Miranda and a company named Lionfish. She shouts that it wasn't suicide and starts walking away. Annie shouts back that she has nowhere to go and Cassie breaks down sobbing. Annie apologizes to her, saying she doesn't have to do it all alone. She again pleads with Cassie to let her help her, hugging her and telling her that it will be okay.

Cassie realizes that Annie is very upset and scared. She begins working with Max to try to find some evidence, something that will take the burden off Annie. Meanwhile, Annie is forced to deal with the fallout of her favor from before. She is given an envelope and told to hand-deliver it to a client named Josef Jasar, telling him that his family will be taken care of. She warns them that she could be disbarred which would make her of no use to them. They tell her that she could refuse the request, but if she does, she will instead be given another which will be even more difficult. Backed into a corner, she accepts the task. She calls her boss, Diana, trying to get help, but Diana again tells her that she doesn't want anything to do with it. Annie then takes the envelope to the client, who turns out to be an inmate at a prison. Inside the envelope are two pills, which the inmate takes. She later calls Max, leaving a voicemail suggesting they watch a silly movie together, unaware of the very real danger he is in at that very moment.

### "After Dark"

Annie is shocked to discover that Max has been badly injured in a car crash while out trying to help Cassie with one her theories. She dismisses Cassie's story of them gathering evidence from the servers of Lionfish onto a Hello Kitty flash drive, saying that Cassie has totally lost it. When Cassie pleads with her to listen, she tells her that she's thinking only about herself and demands that she take her stuff and get out of her apartment.

Devastated, Cassie calls all her friends, looking for anyone willing to spend time with her, before finally having a finally wild evening with Buckley Ware, a recent beau of hers. She eventually, however, decides that she has to fix things with Annie and takes Buckley over to Annie's apartment. There, Cassie's attempt to patch things up between them only ends up making things worse. Annie tells her that she's sick of always excusing and forgiving her for things. Shocked, Cassie brings up times in the past when she's had to forgive Annie, but Annie tells her that none of it compares to Max being hit with a car. She tells Cassie that their friendship doesn't work and they get into a debate about honesty, Cassie pointing out that Annie hadn't even told her that Max existed. At this, Annie tells Cassie that she's right, that perhaps their friendship had only worked up until now because they didn't show each other the messy bits. Cassie never had to call her a liar and she never had to call Cassie a drunk. Cassie pleads that she's not a drunk, but Annie points out that she can barely stand up straight even right then and there. She tells Cassie to grow up and Cassie leaves, shouting Annie is going to feel really bad when she winds up dead. She leaves with Buckley, saying that they're going to go do something crazy.

Annie then meets with a woman named Jennifer, giving her an envelope and asking her to deliver it to their boss, Diana. She says that it's her resignation letter from Davis & Carlisle. Jennifer asks why she doesn't give it to Diana herself, and she says that Diana would try to convince her to stay and she doesn't want to. She tells Jennifer to never let anyone tell her who she is, hinting at some of the awful things she's had to do recently.

### "Hitchcock Double"

Annie is sitting in the hospital with Max when she receives a text. She heads outside the hospital, where she finds Cassie, who tells her that she said some really horrible things to her. This time, she is more willing to listen, admitting that she was very scared and at the end of her rope, but she should have tried to help and to listen. Before they can get further, another woman comes up, quipping that she doesn't want to interrupt the "Lifetime movie of the week." Cassie introduces her as Miranda Croft and Annie is surprised that she is, in fact, a real person. Cassie tells her that Miranda knows the truth and they need Annie's help to negotiate protection in exchange for Miranda's information. Annie asks Miranda several questions, including whether or not she's killed anyone. Miranda admits that she has and Annie tells Cassie that that's not something she can make magically go away, that she doesn't even have the law firm behind her anymore because she quit. She, however, promises to try to do something, telling them to go to a hotel while she makes some calls.

Cassie and Miranda step to the side to discuss this. Miranda does not like the idea, saying that they should flee the country instead or else her boss Victor's assassin, Feliks, will kill them. She tells her to tell Annie anything, so Cassie goes to Annie and lies to her that they're going to the hotel. Later, Annie returns to Max's hospital room, where she is shocked when he greets her with a casual "Hey," having woken up from his surgery. She tells him that she loves him and kisses him. He asks if he's her boyfriend now, but she quips that she hasn't changed just because he got hit by a car. He asks what's happening with Cassie and she admits that she doesn't know, that Cassie had claimed she was checking into a hotel, but now she's somehow figured out to turn off her "Find a Friend." She tells Max that there has to be something she can do, asking him exactly where they were when he got hit.

Based on Max's information, Annie travels to the alley that was the site of the car crash. There, she discovers the Hello Kitty flash drive that Cassie mentioned previously stuck in a grate. Unable to reach it herself, she finds a group of kids playing nearby and gives them $20 to retrieve it for her.

### "Arrivals and Departures"

Annie takes the flashdrive directly to Kim Hammond at the FBI. She discovers her looking at information about the Sokolovs and tells her that she has information that she will help. She hands over the flash drive and a file folder, saying that it's loaded with incriminating information regarding Unisphere Asset Management and Lionfish. The two pore over the information and also discover that there is more to Cassie's boyfriend, Buckley Ware, than what they thought. Unfortunately, they also find that there is little direct action that they can take at the moment, as Cassie has boarded a work flight and gone to Rome.

In Rome, Cassie manages to settle almost everything. Back in the United States, she meets Annie in a cafe. Annie tells her that she's glad that she's not dead. They hug and sit for a meal. She tells Cassie that Max is okay but will probably have an epic scar and that he'll tell so many crazy stories about it that she'll have to break up with him. She says that it's been a dark ride, but somebody they'll sit down and drink and laugh about this. At this, Cassie says that they won't, pulling out a chip and explaining to Annie that she's trying to go sober. She admits that it's difficult, but she's trying. Annie tells her that after everything, she can handle it. She says that she'll be there for her emotionally, but not financially, because she doesn't have a job at the moment. She quips that they can collect unemployment together, but Cassie tells her that this isn't so, explaining that the FBI cleared things up with Imperial Atlantic Airlines, allowing her to keep her job.

Cassie tells her that she's working a flight the very next day. She offers to pay for the meal, but when she reaches into her pocket, instead discovers a book, the copy of *Crime and Punishment* in which Alex Sokolov had a page keeping account numbers for bank accounts. She discovers it ripped out, along with a note from Miranda saying that she took the page and will see her soon. She says Miranda's name and Annie asks if Miranda is there right now. Cassie races out of the cafe, but does not see Miranda anywhere.

### "Seeing Double"

Annie and her boyfriend Max are excited to arrive in Los Angeles and visit Cassie's new home. They are stunned by the seemingly picture perfect quality of Cassie's home and impressed by how well put together she also seems to be. Cassie points out the ring that Annie is wearing, but Annie insists that it is not an engagement ring. Cassie then reveals that she was the one who got it for Max. Annie is eager to meet Cassie's new boyfriend Marco and have dinner, but their reunion is interrupted when Cassie unexpectedly has to leave, claiming that she has to help out a friend, but can't talk about it.

Cassie eventually returns and the group agrees to get take-out dinner. Just then, however, Cassie gets a text on her phone, saying that Imperial Atlantic found her luggage. Annie is confused that Cassie doesn't seem more excited by the news, saying that she's been acting weird and making excuses all day. Cassie then reveals that she witnessed an explosion during her trip to Berlin, saying that she didn't tell her and Max about it because she didn't want to start their trip off on a weird note.

Annie tells her she's glad she's okay, and agrees they can wait to eat until Cassie gets her luggage. When the luggage arrives, however, something is very off. It appears at first glance to be Cassie's luggage, but it actually isn't. When Cassie opens it, she discovers a uniform that isn't hers, a Viewmaster and a blonde wig with blood on it. Cassie tells Annie and Max that she thinks someone is pretending to be her. When she gets no reaction, she shouts "Hello?!" at them, and they agree that this is bad.

### "Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My!"

Annie tells Cassie that with everything that's happening around her, it feels like she's living in a spy novel. She asks Cassie just what she's involved in, but doesn't buy it when Cassie replies "nothing," as Cassie is a terrible liar. She presses Cassie, who then reveals that she is an asset for the CIA, saying that Annie was just about to figure it out anyway. Both shocked and bemused, Annie replies that she was nowhere close to figuring this out. She listens to Cassie's story of there having been an explosion in Berlin which killed the mark that she was spying on, then asks Cassie if she's told any of this to her handler. Right at that moment, Cassie gets a call from the man in question, Benjamin Berry, but she declines it. He then calls back, however, so she takes the call. Afterwards, Annie asks her if she has anyone at the CIA she can trust. Cassie starts to reply, but before the conversation can continue further, Cassie's boyfriend Marco arrives. After Marco leaves the room, Annie comments that Marco looks pretty chill for Cassie having nearly been blown up, then realizes that Cassie hasn't told him. She tells Cassie that she and Max will work on the Viewmaster slides tomorrow.

### "The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year"

Cassie arrives home and Annie asks her if she's alright. She claims that she is, but secretly sneaks off the bathroom to decode an emoji chain sent by her friend Megan Briscoe, who is on the run internationally from North Korean agents. That evening, Annie catches Cassie trying to sneak out in the dead of night. Cassie starts trying to make excuses, but Annie tells her that it's okay, that she's already told her about her secret activities. She sends Cassie on her way, promising to continue to work on the Viewmaster slides.

Later on, Annie discusses the Viewmaster slides with Max, but he tells her that he has something better. He describes a pattern matching software that he's using and suggests that they leave to meet with his parents around noon. Her muttered response leads him to suspect that she completely forgot about said meeting. Before they can discuss it further, however, Marco suddenly arrives with a bouquet of roses. Annie is then forced to act as a go-between when she calls Cassie, only to realize that she didn't tell Marco what she was doing, nor about her activities with the CIA. Cassie also dodges her question about whether Marco had asked her to move in, feigning bad reception.

With Cassie AWOL in Iceland, Annie is left to deal with her own issues. She and Max pay a visit to Max's parents and, as they enter their house, Annie slips the engagement ring off her finger. This move does not go unnoticed by Esteban and Gabrielle Diaz, a pair of bounty hunters who are monitoring the household from a van parked at a discrete distance. Meanwhile, Max's parents are surprised to see Annie, explaining that they weren't even sure if she was real, as this is the first time that Max has ever brought a girl home. To Annie's shock, Max's mother tries to prepare her ginseng tea, telling her that it does wonders for fertility.

Overall, the visit is a disaster. Annie seems more focused on continuing to work on the Viewmaster slides and helping Cassie. When the group has dinner, Max's parents ask her about the job she interviewed for, but she plays it off, saying that she doesn't think she's even going to get it. Max's parents then turn the conversation to future grandchildren, causing Annie to put on the brakes full stop, saying that it's not a thing and that she doesn't want children. She tells them that whatever they think she is, she isn't, and that she doesn't want to talk about it anymore.

As she and Max return home, she tells him that she really liked his parents, but gets a stony reception from Max. She asks him if he's upset about the kid thing, saying that they talked about a million times. He tells her that he disagrees, that they *joked* about it and that his parents are nice people who didn't deserve the very special episode of Annie Mouradian who showed up. He says that he's angry because he was excited for his parents to meet her and she took off the ring. She says that they're still in discussions. "Drop into lawyer mode," he replies disgustedly, and she tells him that she's not in a good head-space with everything going on with Cassie. She says that she doesn't know if she even wants the job and that they probably won't even make an offer because she's a mess of a human being. "Why do you think is, Annie?" he asks her and heads inside. She curses and texts Annie some information. Cassie calls her back, but she lets it go to voicemail and heads inside. She calls out for Max, saying that they needs to talk, but finds him laid out on the floor. As she goes to investigate, Esteban Diaz grabs her from behind and knocks her out, laying her on the floor next to Max.

### "Blue Sincerely Reunion"

Annie wakes up, only to find Esteban Diaz staring down at her. Esteban tells his partner Gabrielle that she and Max are waking up, but she tells him not to worry about it, that they can just dose them again if needed. Annie asks Max if these are the neighbors and he agrees that they are, noting that Gabrielle's hair is blonde and thinking that she could be Cassie's double. He tells her that he's going to try to cut his zipties with his shoelaces, claiming to have seen it on YouTube. She replies sarcastically that it's a "super-reliable source." He snipes back that slipping off zipties isn't as easy as slipping off a ring. She asks him if he really wants to do this right now, but their conversation attracts the attention of Esteban, who comes over and slaps Max in the head. He then shouts that they're not finding anything, starting to interrogate the two of them regarding Cassie's whereabouts. He asks if they'd like to be bruised up for their wedding pictures. "Dude, I wouldn't hold my breath for that," quips Max. It's the wrong thing to say, as Esteban makes a fist at him. Annie pleads with him not to hit him, saying that they don' know where Cassie is. Just then, Gabrielle comes over, telling Esteban to stop, that he's going to hurt his hand. She reminds him they have tools for that.

To Annie's horror, Gabrielle goes to work on Max, jolting him with a taser. She tells Max that she loves him, apologizing for being bad at feelings. He tells her that it's going to be okay, but she says that if they're to die, she's not okay with how things are right now. She then drops casually the idea that she's worked for the mob, causing Gabrielle to ask her just what she means. Annie is referring to some of her work that she's done as a lawyer, but claims to Gabrielle to be "big time" with the mob. Max, picking up on what Annie is attempting, agrees. Gabrielle, however, calls it out as an obvious bluff. She moves to tase Max again, but before she can, Esteban enters with an envelope, indicating that Cassie is in Iceland. The two settle to chat, stating that they need eyes on Megan Briscoe. This leads Annie to wonder if maybe it's Megan that they're really after and that they don't even really care that much about Cassie. Max manages to break his zip-ties and sneak a photograph of the Diazes. Gabrielle then comes back over, indicating that she and Esteban are leaving, and warning them that they'll kill them if they call the police. Afterwards, Annie wonders just who Cassie's double could be, if it's not Gabrielle.

After the two are gone, Annie looks through her purse, only to discover that the ring is missing. They then notice that the Diazes left the door to their place open. They head over and discover the dog Mr. Waffles barking at a door. Annie opens it and discovers the real homeowners tied up inside, shouting at Max to call 911. Annie later takes a call from Cassie, who is arriving back in the United States after having spirited Megan Briscoe away from Iceland. Cassie notes that she sounds weird and Annie tells her that some crazy stuff went down. She asks Cassie if she ever connected with Marco, but Cassie tells her they have to meet. Annie agrees that she'll have Max pick up a place and text her, shouting at her to call Marco.

They meet up and Cassie says that she can't believe that Annie and Max were held hostage. Max points out that it was more like they were prisoners, such there was no ransom demand. Annie explains to Cassie that they had thought that Gabrielle was her double at first, but then they realized that they were really after info on Megan. She says that things are getting out of control and recommends that Cassie report in to the CIA.

### "Drowning Women"

Cassie returns home after having paid a visit to her handler, Benjamin Berry, only to have sex with him. Annie is shocked to hear of this, and that Cassie stole a file containing a psychological evaluation of her, seemingly painting her as a crazy person. Cassie reads off that the file describes her as having "narcissistic delusions" and "borderline psychopathic tendencies." Annie tells her that the most the file can do is paint the picture of her possibly being a killer. Cassie then tells her and Max that she's hoping for the evidence from the Viewmaster, only for them to reveal that it was stolen by the Diazes. Annie is then forced to watch as Cassie leaves to go to a training for Imperial Atlantic, only to encounter her boyfriend Marco and for Marco to break up with her when she admits to having slept with Benjamin.

In the aftermath of this, Annie is determined to continue going through the evidence to do something to help Cassie. She notes that the Diazes knew some very specific things and Max tells her that they bugged the apartment, revealing that he has already found the bugs in question. He tells her that he can do a reverse-trace, but asks her if she's planning to pull a Cassie and confront them. He gets to work, only to discover that the Diazes stole important information off his laptop. He tells Annie that he can get it back, but they would have to be on-site to do so. She declares that it's time to go and get everything back.

The two proceed to the Diazes true home. Max heads inside, claiming the Viewmaster, while Annie watches in shock from the outside as he has a close encounter with the Diazes. He tries to grab a bag containing the engagement ring he gave Annie, but is unable to obtain it. In the aftermath, Annie asks him if he's insane, saying that he almost got himself killed over a ring. He shoots back that she's made it clear that it's a shiny rock overvalued by capitalism, but *he* picked it out and it's important to him. He says that when he saw her reaction, he knew he had got it right. He says that she may not care about, but he does. When she seemingly does not react, he says her name and she tells him that she called in a domestic disturbance complaint that should keep the Diazes busy for a while.

### "Brothers & Sisters"

Annie and Max arrive at Cassie's home, only to discover Cassie passed out on the floor, her place a mess. Annie immediately goes to Cassie, asking if she's okay, or if she is hurt. She smells alcohol all over Cassie and realizes what must have happened. She tells Max that they're going to need some time, as well as coffee.

Cassie, finally waking up, tells Annie that she doesn't need the face she's making. Annie points out that Cassie's eyes are still closed and therefore she can't see her face. Cassie asks if they can just skip to the conversation where she tells her that she's disappointed in her. Annie tells her to let her decide what's going on in her own brain, but Cassie shouts at her to get out. Annie tells her that she won't and when Cassie tells her she's not messing around, she just grabs her and hugs her. She tells her that she's not going anywhere. Cassie says that she thought if she quit drinking, her problems would all just go away, but she just ended up getting drunk on a beach. Annie tells her that she fell off the wagon and it happened, but the question is what she's going to do now. She says that nobody expected perfection and that Cassie at least made it a year.

Cassie, however, shakes her head, telling Annie that she didn't make it a year, that she had lied about that. When Annie says nothing, Cassie asks if she heard her and she agrees that she did. She tells Cassie that she has things she needs to do: first tell the truth about drinking from now, secondly clean her apartment and third to trust her best friend Annie. Cassie asks what else and she tells her that it's to apologize to Marco for being horrible. Annie also points out that there's someone still impersonating her, but Cassie says that other people can solve it, that she's not a CIA agent. Annie agrees that this is a huge step, to make a life change.

Cassie tells Annie that she just wants to sleep, but that she's supposed to be flying with her brother Davey to New York for them to clean out their mother's house and for her to a forgiveness letter at her father's grave. She says there's no way she can go, but Annie tells her that she absolutely should go, that among other things the double can't pin anything on her if she's gone. Just then, there's a knock at the door. It turns out to be Cassie's handler, Benjamin Berry. Annie has Cassie escape out the back while she skillfully deflects him. She stops him from coming in, pointing out that you can't barge into someone's home. When he claims to be a co-worker of Cassie's, she asks for ID or a badge, but when he is unable to produce either, she tells him to leave. He says that there was an incident, but she just asks if he's done. With no other recourse, he is forced to leave.

Later, Annie tries to get Max to eat lunch, only for him to bring over his laptop and tell her that he has bad news regarding Cassie. He explains that Diazes were sending "stalker-level info" regarding Cassie to some North Korean agents, including the address of her mother's home. Annie curses, realizing that Cassie is walking into a trap. She begins frantically calling and texting Cassie, warning her to get somewhere safe. Cassie, however, distracted by other things, ignores the messages until it is too late, forcing her and Davey to make a harrowing escape.

### "No Exit"

In the aftermath of the latest events, Cassie returns home with her co-worker, Shane Evans. As she begins discussing the situation, Annie asks her if it was smart to bring a co-worker along. She then reveals that Shane is with the CIA also, much to Shane's chagrin. They discuss the Viewmaster, Shane stating that with everyone else at the other scenes on it dead, he thinks that *Cassie* is the next target, as it's the only way to frame her. When Cassie gets a call, she leaves for the bathroom. Annie comments to Shane that this is where she's going, as it's where everything secretive happens there.

Annie eventually comes into the bathroom to find Cassie in the bathtub in despair, eating hot candies. Cassie tells her that she's obviously supposed to die soon and she can't get the dead bodies out of her mind. She explains that while she was in New York, she had a terrible conversation with her mother, who looked her in the eye and told her "I don't like you." She tells Annie that she's starting to thinks she's right, that she doesn't like herself either. Before Annie can say anything to this, however, Max knocks at the door. He tells them that he has something. They exit the bathroom and he explains that he thinks the last Viewmaster slide is from an amusement park ride at Pacific Park at the Santa Monica Pier. He further explains that he thinks whatever is supposed to happen there has to go down today, as tomorrow the entire park is going to shut down for a month for renovations. In the midst of all of this, Cassie discovers a bloody knife planted in her place and Shane discovers that the backdoor has been jimmied open. Annie comments that a bloody knife in her house is pretty incriminating.

Cassie declares that she has to go to the pier. Annie, however, tells her to listen, that if Shane is right, then she's doing exactly what the crazy person wants. She points out that the bloody knife is proof that this person is ten steps ahead of her. Cassie, however, just goes to a drawer and grabs a box-cutter, ignoring both her and Shane's advice and insisting that she's going. Shane finally gives in, so Annie and Max say that they're going to. Shane, however, tells them to stay put. After he and Cassie leave, however, both Annie and Max agree that they're totally still going. Annie comments that she understands now why Cassie never listened when she told her not to do anything.

The two arrive at Pacific Park and Annie comments that Cassie is going to be pissed at them. Max, however, says that she'll get over it, commenting that if they stop this crazy person, he's getting a churro. As the two of them wander the park, looking for Cassie, they spot Esteban and Gabrielle Diaz. Annie asks what they're even doing there and Max points out that they did take their stuff and call the cops on them. The two of them hide in a photo booth, Max saying that they probably made their "kill list." Annie asks Max not to say stuff like "kill list," pointing out that they can't just hide there forever and start a life in the photo booth. Max agrees that they have to fight back. Annie then pulls out a taser that they stole from the pair. She tells Max that she's about to come off the indecision fence with a huge swing and that she needs him to trust her. He agrees and she outlines a plan, warning him that it's stupid, idiotic and dangerous.

The two then proceed to put said plan into motion. Max emerges from the photo booth, racing out and creating a scene by bumping into a man and upending a large pile of stuffed toys he is carrying. Esteban and Gabrielle immediately take off in pursuit, Annie stealthily emerging from behind to follow. Esteban and Gabrielle eventually catch up to Max, Gabrielle pinning him up against a wall. She comments that it was smart of Annie to run away, leaving him to take the heat. She tells him that she's convinced they want to die. "Fair is fair" agrees Esteban as they move to deliver Max some serious pain, but before either can do anything, Annie tases Esteban from behind, knocking him to the ground. Max shoves Gabrielle forward. She pulls a knife and Max shouts at Annie to zap her with the taser. She does so, succeeding in reloading before Gabrielle is able to reach her. She too falls to the ground. Annie then reaches down, removes the ring from Gabrielle's finger, and places it back on her own. Max gets up and goes over to her, telling her that what she just did was badass. She, however, apologizes, telling him that she will never make him be the damsel in distress again. He, however, says that she trusted herself and it worked. He kisses her hand. Noting the ring, he asks if this means that they are officially engaged now. She just stares.

### "Backwards and Forwards"

Following the events at Pacific Park, Cassie pays Annie and Max a visit at the hospital, where they have been waiting to see if she is okay. She is rattled by the suicide of her double, Grace St. James, but pleased to see that Annie and Max escaped uninjured. Annie tells her that the hospital staff wouldn't tell them anything, so they've just been sitting there watching paint dry. Cassie asks them why they followed her, that Shane told them to stay. Annie points out that Cassie never would have done the same in her shoes, asking her if she thought they were seriously going to just stay home and knit a sweater. Cassie is forced to admit that this is true, though she notes that she doesn't know how to knit. Cassie is then called away, but later returns briefly to ask Annie and Max if they still have the laptop that they stole from the Diazes. They tell her they do, so she asks if she can have it.

Later, Cassie is at the home of Dot Karlson, the regional director of the CIA. Having discovered that she is the true architect of the double conspiracy, she puts in a call to Annie. She explains what she has just learn, as well as the fact that she is at Dot's place right now. She tells Annie that she needs Max right now. Fortunately, it turns out that Max is just arriving by Annie. Cassie asks him if he can trigger an alarm at Dot's place remotely if she texts him the address. He agrees that he can, so she ends the call to text the address. "Now?" he asks. "Yes. Yes, now," a bemused Annie informs him. Following this, Cassie is lured to a meeting with Jenny, a woman who has been attending her Alcoholics Anonymous meetings with a secret agenda, on the false pretense of her brother Davey having gone nuts and then passed out on the couch. As Cassie examines Davey, who has secretly been drugged by Jenny, her phone rings with a call from Annie. When, however, Cassie turns around, she sees Jenny with both the phone and a hammer, which she uses to smash the phone, before coming after Cassie with it.

Both Cassie and Davey manage to escape from Jenny with their lives. With the various crises at an end, Cassie recommits to her sober life and takes the time for a happy occasion: the wedding of Annie and Max. This takes place at a chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cassie arrives late, meeting up with Shane as her date. She informs him that Annie and Max have decided to start a PI firm together, something he calls "very 1970s *Hart to Hart*." Shane has to leave to catch a work flight, but Cassie stays for the remainder of the festivities. Annie, still dazed by the whole experience, asks Cassie if she just her get married, saying that she's having a minor out-of-body experience. Cassie tells her to just enjoy the moment. Annie agrees that she will, but tells her that since she loves her and wants her to be happy, she's going to do a thing. She produces a bouquet. Cassie tells her not to touch it, that she's not playing this game. Nevertheless, Annie counts one, two, three and tosses it, but Cassie refuses to catch it, letting it fall to the ground. Afterwards, she, Annie and Max dance together to the song "Suspicious Minds."

## Relationships

### Cassandra Bowden

Annie is Cassandra "Cassie" Bowden's best friend. She is willing to serve as her lawyer for free, without question, despite her normal policy of not doing any pro bono work. She puts herself at risk for Cassie, willing to call in favors as needed. Even so, she is often frustrated by Cassie's erratic behavior. She also doesn't share certain aspects of her life with Cassie and admits that their relationship probably works better because of this. Despite this, she ultimately proves to be a true friend for Cassie, risking herself even when Cassie seems to be at her worst and ultimately doing her everything to clear her name. In the second season, Annie continues to be a close friend of Cassie, coming to visit her at her new place in Los Angeles. She provides assistance when Cassie finds herself embroiled in yet another international conspiracy, as well as shoulder to cry on and sound advice when it turns out that Cassie's new sober life isn't quite what it seems.

### Max

Max is apparently Annie's boyfriend. She claims that this is not actually so, but Max states this is only because of her weird rules about labels in relationships. Whatever the case may be, the two of them are practically living together and he is comfortable enough in her home to use the shower there. He also sometimes provides with favors, such as computer hacking. After Max is badly injured in a car crash, Annie is forced to admit that she loves him. In the second season, Annie has consented to wear a ring given to her by Max and even meet his parents. However, she insists that the ring is not an engagement ring and remains coy about the nature of their relationship. Max describes her as being like an octopus: skittish, smart and always having an escape plan.

## Appearances

Season One
* "In Case of Emergency"
* "Rabbits"
* "Funeralia"
* "Conspiracy Theories"
* "Other People's Houses"
* "After Dark"
* "Hitchcock Double"
* "Arrivals and Departures"

Season Two
* "Seeing Double"
* "Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My!"
* "The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year"
* "Blue Sincerely Reunion"
* "Drowning Women"
* "Brothers & Sisters"
* "No Exit"
* "Backwards and Forwards"

## Gallery

### "Rabbits"

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## References

1. ↑ Max Original - The Flight Attendant. HBO Max. Retrieved on November 16, 2020.