Adam Levitt

* Season 2
* Season 1

"*I just...I just shot my best friend. A guy I've known my **whole life**. A guy that I was willing to get beaten up to protect. A guy that got me with Abby. A guy who I formed...so many good memories with. And he tried to kill me. And I shot him...like he was nothing. In a moment, everything was gone. Everything that we had done together when we were kids, all those happy memories we shared...gone in a second. And all I saw at that moment was a **threat**. Someone trying to hurt me. And I shot him...I shot my best friend...cause in that moment...he was **nothing**,*"
—Adam recounts his murder of Luke[src]
**Adam Levitt** is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in *The Langdom Experiment*. He is a main point-of-view character in both *Season 1* and *Season 2*. He is the son of Joseph and Tracy Levitt, the younger brother of Sara and the older brother of Cassie. He is one of the five known survivors of Langdom, Missouri, and escaped the containment zone with Cassie and his girlfriend, Abby, in his family's RV. Eighteen months after the virus spread to the rest of the country, Adam, Abby and Cassie were still driving across the backroads of the former United States, searching for a safe-zone to settle in while also hiding from the government agents hunting them due to Cassie's immunity to the Cotton Plague.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Adam Levitt was born the second child and only son of Joseph and Tracy Levitt. He was born a year after his sister Sara and a few years before Cassie, and not long after his parents moved back to Langdom from Kansas City. As Adam was unplanned, his birth caused a great deal of stress in his family, adding to the feelings of resentment his mother already had. Adam nonetheless grew up happy and was closer to his father than his mother throughout his life. Adam quickly developed a keen interest in adventure and would often accompany his father on extensive trips into the wilderness where he learned many survival skills, including hunting, making fire, foraging, and how to use a gun.

In middle school, Adam became best friends with Luke Ericson, who introduced him to Abby St. John, the daughter of a local politician. Adam and Abby became rivals in sports and creative activities, but quickly developed chemistry and started a relationship. In each other, they found a deepness of affection neither of them had really felt, and they quickly became the couple of focus at their high school.

## Overview

"*Adam is a young man with an extraordinary creative streak. He takes after his father in how he looks at the world and is said to possess an old soul. He is mature for his age yet idealistic, and the cynicism of adulthood has not yet reached him,*"
—Adam's *Season 1* description[src]

"*One of the last survivors of Langdom, Adam is the last of the Levitt men. Charged in his father's final minutes with protecting his family, Adam in the guardian of his younger sister, Cassie, and will do anything to keep her safe from the government agents tracking their every move. But not everything is dark anymore, for Adam has bound himself to his new wife, Abby, the love of his life. Together, the three of them search for somewhere safe to settle, and Adam will do whatever it takes to make sure that they get there,*"
—Adam's *Season 2* description[src]

### Physical Appearance

Adam is a handsome young man with strong features. He has inherited his mother's black hair but the hair thickness of his father, and it often falls down into thick, messy locks. Adam has mud-brown eyes, a trait he shares with his elder sister Sara.

### Personality

Adam is creative, artistic, sensitive and kind, largely taking after his father. He possesses a strong adventurous streak and becomes uncomfortable when in one place for an extended period of time. His main goal is to explore the wilderness of the entire United States.

Adam has become significantly hardened by the events of the series, having to leave behind his own dreams and take on the responsibility of protecting his family.

## Killed Victims

* Luke Ericson - shot four times in the chest in self-defence
* Numerous counts of unnamed Turned

## Relationships

### Abby St. John

Adam and Abby have a loving relationship, having dated since they were in elementary school. They share similar views on the world and have much in common, and they remind Adam's father Joseph of him and Tracy in their youth.

At the start of the series, their relationship has become rather stagnant due to Adam feeling uncomfortable with being physical with Abby, caused by the fact that his mother, Tracy, is now dating Abby's father, Gordon.

By *Season 2*, Adam and Abby's relationship has grown further still when it revealed that they have married during the eighteen months between the first and second seasons.

### Joseph Levitt

Adam and Joseph have a loving relationship and a powerful father-son bond. Adam was always closer to Joseph both in personality and hobbies and would spend days on end camping with his father in the wilderness.

### Tracy Levitt

Adam and Tracy have a good, but very rocky, relationship. When he was growing up, Adam was much closer to his father than his mother. As he reaches adulthood, he comes to resent his mother, blaming her for the collapse of their family due to her leaving his father.

### Cassie Levitt

Adam is very close and protective of his sister, having taken on the duty of protecting her from the government agents hunting her due to her immunity to dollar rabies.

### Luke Ericson

"*Please don't make me do this, Luke! Don't fucking make me do it!*"
—Adam to Luke, just seconds before he is forced to shoot him[src]
Growing up, Adam and Luke were best friends and always had each other's backs. Throughout high school, Adam would always come to Luke's defence whenever he was being bullied due to his family's poor background. It was ultimately Luke that introduced Adam to Abby, and the three of them would hang out often.

## Trivia

* Adam is one of six known survivors of the Langdom Experiment, the others being his sister Cassie, his girlfriend - and later wife - Abby, Charlie Everett, Lloyd Smith and Frank Thornstein.
	+ It is likely, but not confirmed, that Frank Thornstein survived as well.
* Adam is one of two members of the Levitt family to kill another human, the other being his father Joseph.