Allie Pressman

**Allie Pressman** is a resident of New Ham who served as Mayor of New Ham from late summer to autumn of 2019, succeeding her older sister Cassandra Pressman.

Reluctantly accepting her appointment after her sister's murder, her administration as mayor continued Cassandra's policy of collectivization. She presided over the subsequent trial of Cassandra's murder where she sentenced Greg Dewey to death. She used the Guard to strictly implement her sister's policies and ignored Lexie Pemberton's harassment case. Though she widely expanded their power, she eventually lost the Guard's favor and was overthrown in a coup. She was replaced as town mayor by Harry Bingham and Lexie Pemberton. She is portrayed by Kathryn Newton.

### Before New Ham

Little is known about Allie's previous history, other than she has lived her life in her older sister Cassandra Pressman's shadow, often ignored in favor of Cassandra. Despite this, she was a loyal supporter of Cassandra until the latter's death.

### Arrival in New Ham

Allie struggles having feelings for her close friend Will LeClair. In fear of running out of food, Allie and Will volunteer to conduct a food index on Cassandra's orders. When Allie returns to Will after finishing her turn administering the index, she discovers Will bonding with Kelly Aldrich instead. Facing the concept of rejection, she finds comfort in a brief sexual relationship with Harry Bingham.

Allie confronts her older sister Cassandra, shortly before Cassandra's death, in Childhood's End upon discovering that she was not appointed by Cassandra as a member of the 'committee for going home'. She distances herself from Cassandra, leaving Cassandra defenceless when Greg Dewey shoots and kills her after a prom.

### Administration as Mayor

Allie gives an emotional speech, breaking down in tears, at Cassandra's funeral. Hiding in mourning, the Committee decides to appoint her as mayor to succeed Cassandra. She declines the offer at first, not wanting to take her sister's place out of guilt, but is eventually convinced by Gordie.

Finding New Ham losing order with Cassandra now gone, and after a shooting incident at the Cafeteria, she orders the Guard to confiscate all firearms and keep them hidden under her safekeeping. She also commands the Guard to punish offenders who disobey Cassandra's work routine by cutting offenders' food rations, much to the inconvenience of Harry Bingham who refuses to work and is left in depression and self-imposed isolation.

As *de facto* judge, in *Putting on the Clothes*, Allie presides over the trial of Greg Dewey, accused of murdering Cassandra after Dewey openly confides in Harry that he was the one who killed Cassandra. Harry reports Dewey to the Committee and testifies in the trial. Though Dewey, along with his provided lawyer Helena Wu, quickly lose the case and is found guilty by the jury, the task of deciding which punishment to sentence Dewey is left to Allie, who, after a period of deep reflection, decides to execute him by firing squad. In the execution itself, as Allie was witnessing, Grizz Visser, realizing that, of the three executioners, his gun was the one that was loaded, backs out last-minute. Allie immediately takes his place and shoots Dewey.

At New Ham's Thanksgiving Feast, Lexie Pemberton appears to mock and satirize Allie and her government in a performance by the high school's improvisation class, unintended by the class' leader, Bean. Immediately after walking out of the feast in protest, she is admitted in the town clinic along with many of the Thanksgiving Feast's attendees upon experiencing stomach pain. Gordie diagnoses her with food poisoning. Will immediately comforts Allie on her bedside when she fears her own death, abandoning Kelly, whom Allie assumed had become Will's partner. When Will decides to sleep beside her the following night, she begins a relationship with Will, however decides to end it the next day, reasoning that it would distract her from work and lose her power.

When the Committee investigates the food poisoning incident, they suspect Lexie, who just minutes before Allie's poisoning was openly insulting her on stage. Allie accuses Lexie of poisoning the feast and orders her immediate arrest. On strict supervision by the Guard, two Guard members refuse to leave her cell when Lexie politely asks for privacy to change clothes after menstruating. Humiliated, she pleas for Allie to take action upon encounter, but Allie ignores her, believing the Guard had done its duty fairly, leaving Lexie upset and critical of Allie. Her public support begins to wain, so she takes Will's advice of calling elections for mayor and Committee membership. Lexie and Harry, who is pressured by Campbell Eliot, run against her for mayor.

Allie is then approached by Elle Tomkins, who admits to having poisoned food in the Thanksgiving Feast, albeit inadvertently. Sympathizing with Elle when she discovers Elle's partner Campbell's history of domestic abuse, she agrees to technically "imprison" Elle in her custody order to secure Elle's security and safety from Campbell. With Allie unable to give any explanation on Elle's "arrest", Lexie seizes the opportunity to accuse Allie of detaining Elle without charges, and placing New Ham in a violent, authoritarian and oppressive regime using the Guard, in a mayoral debate.

### Coup and imprisonment

After the debate Allie admits to the Committee that she will most probably lose the election, and regrets calling it. She changes her mind and agrees to starting a relationship with Will. However, the Guard places her under arrest the morning after, stripping her of her power as mayor. The Guard, now led by Campbell, proceed to march onto the town church in the middle of a religious service, announcing the postponement of the elections, and declaring Lexie and Harry to be New Ham's new co-mayors. Allie and Will are kept captive by the Guard.
## Relationships

### Cassandra Pressman

*Main article: Allie and Cassandra*

Cassandra is Allie's older sister, and Allie describes herself as being in "the shadow" of Cassandra and has always relied on Cassandra to be the leader of the two. However, Cassandra's heart condition has always had Allie worried about her sister's health, and she revealed in many conversations that she had always prepared herself for the possibility that her sister might die. A small wedge is drawn between them after Cassandra does not pick Allie in her council for the new world. Allie feels betrayed, and storms out of the house.

After Cassandra's death, Allie is distraught, however, she steps up to govern and lead New Ham, commenting that it is something she has always wanted, but perhaps could not due to Cassandra.

### Will LeClair

*Main article: Will and Allie*

The relationship between Allie and Will is a complicated one, as she did not, at first, wish to reveal her feelings for him. However, after encouragement from Cassandra in *What Happened?* she reveals that she does have feelings for him, and kisses him the same night. Will, however, does not seem to feel the same about her, and the relationship between the two continues albeit on friend terms.

Throughout the show, Will acts as Allie's right hand and counselor in her role as Mayor of New Ham after her sister's death, but Allie is clearly seen to be jealous of Will's relationship with Kelly Aldrich. The relationship advances in *Poison* when Will realizes he has feelings for Allie and the two share a bed for the night.

### Grizz Visser

*Main article: Allie and Grizz*
Grizz and Allie became friends shortly after Cassandra's death. He was one of the supporters of Allie taking her sister's place as the leader of New Ham. However, he also saw how this decision overwhelmed her and often offered his support and helpful quotes that she could read.

### Helena Wu

Helena and Allie become closer soon after Cassandra's death. Helena seems to support Allie taking the lead. However, their personalities do clash after Allie begins confiscating guns and Helena refuses to hand over her father's arsenal since Allie cannot promise her safety.

### Harry Bingham

Harry and Allie get closer after his breakup with Kelly Aldrich and her rejection from Will LeClair. In *Our Town,* he invites her to a game of fugitive. She initially declines as she thinks it's wrong that he is rude to her sister and acting friendly towards her. She later comes to play, at some point in the game she is hit by a car and Harry seems genuinely concerned. Later that night they hung out at his party and when it starts to rain they get inside and have sex. love

At the prom in *Childhood's End,* Harry asks her to dance after seeing Kelly dance with Will. She declines and tells him that this would complicate things too much. After the death of Cassandra, Harry feels partially responsible and tries to apologize to Allie, who only kicks him out. The two don't really interact much until Allie is told that he is missing work, and comes to warn him that his rations will be cut. She claims she understands how he's feeling, as she didn't want to do anything after her sister's death, but that he needed to get up anyway.

When Campbell menages to trick and manipulate Harry using his addiction to drugs to let him step up as a co-mayor, so Campbell can actually take the power of the town, Harry is really conflicted about turning his back to Allie. They lived with the constant presence of Cassandra between them, even now that she's dead, but he seems to genuinely like her, romantically or not: when they face each other after his "decision" to step up as mayor, she knows he's not doing fine and that he's lying to her when he says that running for the title is the right thing to do because they don't agree with a couple of things. Then, before he leaves he tolds her to let him know if she can find another place where they could be friends, showing him really sad and conflicted about everything going on in town and between the pair.

Then, when Campbell makes arrest Allie and Will through the two new co-mayors, Harry and Allie shares a long knowing glance, in which she's clearly and silently telling him that what's happening it's his fault, because he knows she's been framed and he's letting it happen. With guilt painted on his face, Harry tells the guards to bring Allie away, as she keeps staring at him while she's dragged away. He looks ashamed, conflicted and definitely guilty.

**HollywoodLife** talked EXCLUSIVELY with **Kathryn Newton** about Allie and Harry, including whether or not they would have ended up together:

***“One hundred percent they are endgame. That’s it. They’re meant to be. They’re meant to be together,” Kathryn told HollywoodLife while promoting her new movie Freaky.***

### Campbell Eliot

Campbell is Allie and Cassandra's cousin, along with his younger brother Sam. The two do not seem to get along that well. When Campbell becomes a suspect in the death of Cassandra, Allie arrests him and tries to pressure him into admitting the truth. However, due to no concrete evidence, she has to set him free. It seems to bite her in the back later on as Campbell stages a coupe with Harry, Lexie, and the Guard, who turn on Allie. He has her arrested just as she did him, along with Will, and instructs Harry and Lexie to lie and say that Allie was planning on stealing the election.

### Elle Tomkins

Allie and Elle barely interacted in the show until Campbell was arrested under suspicion that he was involved with Cassandra's death. She brings in Elle for questioning and she is hesitant to say anything, knowing Campbell would be upset if she did. Elle then tells Allie that she cannot just arrest him if he's guilty, he has to be killed, which startles Allie. However, since there was not enough evidence to convict Campbell, she lets him go, not knowing the extent of danger she put Elle in.

In episode 10, Elle, after being on the run, goes to Allie's house and demands that she is arrested. She confesses to making the pie that made everyone sick and it was only intended for Campbell. Allie agrees and lets her stay in her house. However, it comes out that Elle was arrested, which Allie refuses to explain to everyone. Campbell then forms a coup, raids Allie's house, arrests her and Will, and finds Elle in her bedroom. He brings her downstairs and tells her to go up to Allie and "punish her" for arresting her. Elle spits in her face and says she'll get what's coming to her, which may be code for she will help her get out of this.

### Luke Holbrook

Allie and Luke were never close until her sister is murdered. Afterward, he, Will, Gordie, Sam, Grizz, and Becca all pressure her to take over. When Allie does, Luke & the guard stand by her, reading Dewey's house and arresting him, taking turns guarding her house, and coming up with work schedules and activities for the citizens to do.

### Sam Eliot

Sam is the younger brother of Campbell and Allie and Cassandra's cousin. They all seem to fluently speak ASL in order to properly communicate with Sam. They seem close enough to let Sam live with them after Campbell kicks him out of the house.

## Appearances

**Season One (10/10)**

* *What Happened?*
* *Our Town*
* *Childhood's End*
* *Drop by Drop*
* *Putting on the Clothes*
* *Like A F-ing God or Something*
* *Allie's Rules*
* *Poison*
* *New Names*
* *How It Happens*

## Trivia

* Allie told Will that she liked the feeling of power she got from leading New Ham.
	+ This is despite the fact that she never wanted to run New Ham as it was always Cassandra's thing.
* **HollywoodLife** talked EXCLUSIVELY with **Kathryn Newton** about Allie and Harry, including whether or not they would have ended up together.
	+ ***“One hundred percent they are endgame. That’s it. They’re meant to be. They’re meant to be together,” Kathryn told HollywoodLife while promoting her new movie Freaky.***

## Gallery

*See also: Category: Images of Allie Pressman*
* Promotional
* Season 1 Screencaps