Freeman for the People

## Episode guide

"**Freeman for the People**" is the third episode of the first season of *All the Wrong Kids*, and the third episode overall.

## Synopsis

Anastasia and Candace are furious to learn that Percy, Finn, Liesel and Nathaniel are all backing Ian's campaign and team up to take him down.

## Plot

### Primary plot

Anastasia and Candace, still livid over the revelation that Finn, Liesel, Nathaniel and Percy have all been backing Ian Freeman's campaign for Student Council President instead of them, team up in order to slander Ian's campaign and drive his supporters to other candidates.

The two are further frustrated to learn that in order to win important positions on the student council, influential students Henrietta Parsons and Samuel Faulkner have publicly backed Ian's campaign, boosting his support even more. Additionally, candidates Karen Swan and Heather Alloy both drop out as Ian's lead in the polls grows.

### Secondary plot

Liesel and Finn begin to feel guilty about helping Ian with his campaign instead of Anastasia and Candace. The two decide to use his role as editor-in-chief of *The Weekly Waters* to write a positive opinion piece about the candidates in the hopes that it will win them support. The next morning, the two meet to find that while Liesel wishes to support Anastasia as originally planned, Finn has written an endorsement of Candace's run, as he feels guilty for betraying her twice. As the two squabble about which of the two girls to support, Mia Maddox reminds them that the newspaper is supposed to take a neutral stance and that if Finn decides to support either candidate on behalf of the paper, she, as associate editor of the paper, will rally the rest of the newspaper staff to kick Finn out for abuse of power.

Wondering what Nathaniel would do in a similar situation, Finn and Liesel come up with the idea to get the other members of *The Weekly Waters* to submit Finn's endorsement under their names, so that Finn can directly petition the teacher supervisor for permission to publish the piece. Finn organizes a meeting with *The Weekly Waters*' section editors and wins most of their approval to publish his endorsement under their names in exchange for Finn paying them all a "mini-salary" for the rest of the semester, and convinces Mrs. Stewart that the piece is demonstrative of existing journalistic practices, pointing to presidential endorsements of Barack Obama from *The Boston Globe* and *The New York Times* in 2008. A final meeting is held among all *Weekly Waters* editors, including Mia, to approve the final piece, which is ultimately published under the name "The Editors of *The Weekly Waters*".

### Tertiary plot

Percy, convinced that Nathaniel and Ian are dating, continually hints at the possibility of their relationship.

## Appearing cast

### Main cast

* Robyn Brinkworth as Anastasia Holmes
* Jason Cunningham as Nathaniel Ross
* Roxanne Lambert as Candace Summerfield
* Eric Martindale as Finn Chamberlain
* Sam Martindale as Percy Chamberlain
* Jessica Sheffield as Liesel Hofmeister

### Supporting cast

* Trenton Adkins as James Ellison
* Francisca Caputo as Esmeralda Valdez
* Vanessa Cruz as Delilah Santiago
* Kristin Davenport as Henrietta Parsons
* Emily Dubois as Mia Maddox
* Lori Gallegos as Dominique Wolfe
* Calvin Hill as Samuel Faulkner
* Michael P. Jones as Ian Freeman
* Tristan Kemp as K. J. Daniels
* Andrea Leigh as Karen Swan
* Caitlyn Robbins as Heather Alloy
* Jane Washington as Sheila Doberman