Sterling Frost Sr.

**Sterling Frost Sr.** was a powerful casino kingpin hunting down Charlie Cale to avenge his son and business.

## Series

### Season 1

In "*Dead Man's Hand*", waitress Charlie Cale is called to her boss Sterling Frost Jr.'s office and correctly guesses that his father just got around to telling him about her. He confirms that’s true. She thinks now that he knows about her whole thing he’ll do the smart thing and fire it. She never understood why he kept her around. Sterling thinks his dad liked her, but that’s not the story she knows. He decides to start there, telling a once upon-a-time-in-Denver story about when a milquetoast collection of the best poker players in central Colorado met at a Fairfield Inn suite off I-25 for a mid-stakes ring game. A young woman from out of town was at the table. She had plenty of cash so they let her play. Three hours later, she mopped the floor with each and every one of them, which wasn’t anything special. But this had been happening in Cheyenne, in Rapid City. The same young woman cutting a haphazard path across the middle of the country. Never in any big games, never in corporate-owned casinos, but always the same result. She didn't lose and word spread quickly because, as Charlie knows, gamblers talk. But as far as anyone could tell, she was playing straight, yet she played with almost supernatural infallibility. As if she was seeing through the cards. So when she showed up at the Frost Casino and snuck into a tournament, his father Sterling Frost Sr. was interested. He secretly watched her play for two days, sitting in the crow’s nest ten hours a day by himself to study her. When his dad figured out what she was doing, he couldn’t believe it. It was impossible, insane, but there was no other explanation. She knew when her opponents were lying. Charlie, unphased, goes to the bar to get a drink while Sterling confirms the rumor is true. He also confirms she hasn’t gambled since, but she attributes that to his dad putting out the word that she played dirty. He said it himself, gamblers talk, and to this day, no podunk penny game in the country will take her by in. She’s blackballed. But, he didn’t break her fingers when he had her brought into that back room, noting that he’s a scary guy. He called her kid, told her it was “a real mess, kid”, and then gave her a job at the casino. Sterling believes he gave her a job to keep her in a cage. He thinks she has a gift that his dad made sure she’d never use again.

Charlie stumbles onto Sterling's crimes and blackballs the casino using his dad's trick that "gamblers talk". Sterling, realizing his career and reputation is over, walks off the highest story balcony. Charlie runs from his security guard Cliff and flees the motel, leaving quite the mess behind. She pulls into a diner and answers a call from an unknown number. On the other end is Mr. Sterling, who tells her it’s a mess. There wasn’t enough of his son to even identify. It’s a fucking mess, kid. He let her off once and gave her a good life. She asks what happens now. He wants her to tell him where she is. She might as well because there’s not a corner in this country small enough for her to hide in. No off-the-grid's off-the-grid enough for her to hide from him. He’s a tough old bastard and he’s got some years left, and he’s gonna spend them finding her. He’s gonna hit her where it hurts. When he does kill her, finally, she can thank him. He asks her if he’s lying, and she hangs up. This starts her journey of being on the run from one of the most powerful people in the country.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* "Dead Man's Hand" (Voice only)
* "Escape From Shit Mountain" (Mentioned/Name only)
* "The Hook"