Frank Pratt

**Frank Pratt** is one of the people trapped in the Town. He is the husband of Lauren Pratt and father of Meagan Pratt. Since he became trapped in the Township, he has become an alcoholic.

## Biography

### Background

At one point, Frank and his family were traveling when they became trapped in the Town. They elected to say in Town rather than Colony House, and had their own home.

### Season One

One day, Frank passes out drunk in Tom’s Bar as night was falling. Tom tries to wake him, but is unable to and decides to leave him there, remarking that Lauren will kill him. However, that night, Meagan is convinced by one of the Creatures to let it inside, and it slaughters Meagan and her mother. When he arrives at the house the next morning and sees people gathered out front, he assumes that they’ve arrived for a bake sale before Boyd exits and begins berating Frank for not nailing the windows the shut when he had a child in the house. Frank begins falling apart, refusing to believe what happened, and Boyd drags him upstairs to look at the eviscerated bodies of his wife and daughter. Frank sobs at the sight while Boyd tells him that a man is supposed to protect his family, but Frank caused their deaths instead, and orders him to look at the bodies. As Frank breaks down and refuses to look at the bodies, Boyd orders that he be locked up.

Boyd visits Frank in his cell and asks him if he’s hungry or if there is anything he needs. Boyd then tells him that it is important to understand that what is going to happen that night is not personal. Frank says he knows, and adds that Lauren liked Boyd because he was hard on people because he had to be, made the difficult decisions, and was going to be the person to get them all back home. Frank then says that he wasn’t always an alcoholic, and Boyd understands, and asks if there is anyone Frank wants to see or to tie up loose ends, and Frank says there is one thing. Frank and Boyd go to Meagan’s favorite place, a swing Frank made for her in the trees by their house. Frank reminisces about how Meagan always asked him to push her higher and higher, but Lauren was afraid that it was not safe. Frank then asks if he will be buried next to them, and Boyd promises that he will. Boyd then leaves him alone by the swing for a few minutes. Later in the day, Boyd walks into Frank’s cell and tosses a talisman on the bed, and tells him that there’s a small shack a hundred yards beyond the tree line, and orders him to take the talisman and make whatever life he can there. Frank asks what Boyd will tell everyone, but the Sheriff walks away.

At the Matthews’ Choosing Ceremony, as Father Khatri explains the rules, Boyd asks if he can interrupt. He then begins to say that while he has them all gathered, he thought he would address the issue of Frank and the Box. As Boyd begins his speech, Frank asks to speak, and is given the floor. He explains to the group that he has been thinking about his last Christmas with his family before they got trapped in Town. He recalls that he was a good dad, but admits he wasn’t perfect. As he reminisces, he confesses that he let the Town and the Creatures in the forest get to his head, and he forgot what really mattered. He lamented that had he been a little stronger, he could have had another Christmas with them all at their home. Frank instructs his fellow townspeople not to let that be taken away from them, and to take care of each other. He then turns to Boyd, and expresses gratitude for his attempted intervention, but points out that the only two things that he loved in the world are gone, and he just wants to see them again. One person attempts to dissuade him but he promises that he is doing this clear-minded.

As night begins to fall, Boyd leads him out to the Box as many other townspeople watch. As Frank stoically marches towards it, he stops at the threshold and tells Boyd to get everyone home, asking him to promise him. Boyd agrees, and Frank enters the Box. Once it is dark, Frank nervously paces around the Box until he notices Creatures surrounding it. He tries to maintain his resolve and prepare to fight them, but he begins breaking down and sits down on the floor. The Creatures then break in and attack him.

The next morning, Boyd finds Frank’s dismembered body. He loads the body into a cart and begins taking it to the graveyard. En route, he passes the Diner, and Ethan Matthews asks him what is in the cart and Boyd answers that its supplies for the Church as he attempts to better conceal the body. Boyd then reaches the Church and hands the body to Father Khatri, instructing him to bury Frank with his family.

## Appearances

### Season One

* Long Day's Journey Into Night
* Choosing Day
* A Rock and a Farway (corpse)

## References

1. ↑ Long Day's Journey Into Night
2. ↑ Choosing Day
3. ↑ A Rock and a Farway