Terry Thomas

**Terry Thomas** is the CEO of the Minishonka's casino.

## History

### Town Changes and Birthday Party

Two months later, the town had been converted into a tourist attraction. Terry met with Reagan to show her where they were on the plan. When she said she was struggling to keep up with the workload and needed more help, he just encouraged her to drink more water, saying that it would help.

He and Reagan walked around town. He was happy with the changes they'd made and encouraged Reagan to stay the course, saying it would help them get their land back. Their conversation was interrupted by Feather Day, who hated all the old-timey colonizer changes. Terry tried to explain that it would help all of them in the long run, but she said that she owned a gym called Sweat. It was a great business. But no one wants to work out at a place called Ye Olde Sweat. Terry told them it was just branding and soon, they'd all have a lot of money because of it. Feather told him it wasn't over and left.

Terry then met with Al about the finances. He knew it wasn't a home run, but wanted to know where they stood. Al told them it was bad. Business had gone down at all the rebranded shops. Al said the Americana brand was in the dumpster, but Terry was certain they'd rebound.

Terry went to meet his wife for dinner, but entered the building to find a surprise birthday party she'd planned for him. The two of them danced together to "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" to start off the party. As Terry prepared to lift Renee into the air to end the song, the song was interrupted by a video of Nathan, apologizing to the town. Nathan interrupted the video while Bobbie tried to pause it, saying he realized it was a mistake to center himself, only to find himself saying the same things he'd said in the video. Bobbie finally managed to pause the video, only for Terry to say it was his birthday and he wanted to see the video.

After the video was over, Nathan tried to apologize, but Terry said that he'd been stressed all week and watching the video made him feel better because it was hilarious watching Nathan drown and knowing his own life wasn't that bad. Nathan said that Terry had once told him that everything would work itself out. The advice hadn't worked for Nathan, but he had a feeling it would be different for Terry.

Later, Deirdre joined the party. He told her he was having trouble with the Main Street business leaders and the rebranding. He wanted her help getting them to embrace the rebranding, but she told him she was going to be the interim state comptroller. Terry immediately realized the town would be electing a new mayor and he needed a mayor who would support his plans. He decide to go out and find the next mayor.

### Party for Deirdre

Terry was in his office when Feather Day came in and told him she was running for mayor and wanted his support. He said he couldn't give it because the casino couldn't take sides and he didn't personally get involved in politics. He wished her luck.

Terry then met with Nathan and Bobbie and said he wanted Nathan to run for mayor. Nathan tried to decline, saying he was trying to de-center himself, but Terry assured him people love a white redemption story. He also said that he didn't want Feather Day to become mayor because Feather had previously sabotaged his wife's business. He told Nathan to test out schmoozing at the going-away party he was throwing for Deirdre.

At the party, Terry further encouraged Nathan, who still wasn't sure about it.

Reagan realized she'd hired a pretendian to be the new curator and asked Terry to come over and stare him down. Terry did so and explained why what Shep was doing wasn't okay. Shep then admitted he was actually Swedish. Terry told him to leave his medallion and go. With no other options, Reagan hired Nelson Renville.

Terry then met again with Nathan, who said he wouldn't run for mayor, but said Bobbie should run instead. They had a good story, being the non-binary child of two immigrants and they knew every important person in town. Terry and Nathan went to Bobbie's house to ask them to run and they accepted before even hearing what they wanted them to do.

### Campaigning with Bobbie and Sue's Funeral

Bobbie wanted to use their online presence to campaign, but Nathan and Terry said that grassroots, face-to-face campaigning would be more successful. Terry took Bobbie out to meet potential voters, but became frustrated when they spent a lot of time with each person, becoming friends with people who weren't even eligible to vote. Bobbie said again that they wanted to use their videos to campaign, but Terry said they needed voters, not teens wasting time on the internet. Bobbie asked what about people who did both and together, they visited a nursing home, where many of Bobbie's fans lived.

Terry also attended Reagan's aunt Sue's celebration of life, for which he shut down the casino for a day, something he'd never done before. At the party, he shared a story of Sue being Rage Fuel's band manager and hitting a promoter who refused to pay them with a frying pan she pulled out of her bag.

### Consulting on Adirondack

Terry brought Reagan to New York with him to consult on season three of Adirondack. She was reluctant because she found the show highly offensive, but agreed when he said it was part of a larger plan to bring production to the reservation. When they arrived, Terry made it clear there was property available to them should they choose to move production and delighted in being on the set. However, when he realized they didn't change anything based on the notes Reagan had given them, he decided to stop following their rules and had them add many more things, to the point where the show was so offensive that no one could ignore it.

### Halloween

In the lead up to Halloween, Renee and Terry asked Jimmy if he had Halloween plans. He said he didn't, but Terry didn't believe him. When pressed, Jimmy said he was going trick or treating with a girl, but when he wouldn't tell them who, they said he'd have to stay home and pass out candy with Renee instead.

Terry and Renee tried to figure out who the girl was, but weren't able to. When Bobbie heard about this, they immediately went to social media and found out it was Emma Day, Feather's daughter.

Feather came to Terry, telling him Emma had left after school with Jimmy and accusing Jimmy of kidnapping. Terry said that wasn't possible, as Jimmy was with Renee, only to find out from Renee that that wasn't the case. The three adults met up and decided to work together to bring their children home, using the tracker on Jimmy's phone. When Jimmy's dot disappeared, Terry called Bobbie again and learned they were by the Big Larry statue with bags of candy. They were surprised the kids had gone trick or treating after all, but when they arrived, they saw the kids kiss and then start spray painting the statue. The adults raced over and saw that they'd sprayed the word "colonizer" onto the statue. Renee and Terry agreed they weren't mad about that, but Feather wanted to call the police. Terry talked her out of that by reminding her that it would be bad for both campaigns, but worse for hers. They all agreed to pretend the night didn't happen.

### New Business Direction

As he sent Nathan and Bobbie off to the firefighter pancake breakfast, Terry said he had some business proposals for Reagan to look over. He told her that he wanted to put an Auntie Anne's in the cultural center. She pushed back, saying she had extremely limited space as it was. When she pushed, Terry admitted that Ye Olde Rutherford Village wasn't doing well and without a major cash influx, it would all be gone.

Wanting to help Terry, Reagan pulled a THC gummy bear out of her purse and gave it to Terry, telling him to eat the head while she had a whole one for herself. Then they lay in the back of his truck bed as they rode out their high. When Terry came down, he said he wanted them to get into the legal weed business, as it was a great way to make a lot of money and their status put them in a legal gray area. Reagan said if he wanted to do that, he needed to contract Roy Crooks, as his Nation had made a killing in legal weed.

Terry was reluctant, but reached out to Roy, who came to see Terry and offered to give him the money he needed, saying he had plenty and if they didn't help each other, who would help them?

Terry worked with Roy and soon they opened "Dank You Very Much." Feather protested their ribbon-cutting.

### Debate and Election Result

Terry helped Bobbie prepare for the debate, as they knew Feather would pull out all the stops. At the debate, Terry was horrified when Bobbie, upon being accused of being Terry's puppet, told everyone about Jimmy and Emma vandalizing the Big Larry statue.

Terry was angry with Bobbie, but also respected the decision and said he hoped it was the right one because voting started the next day.

Reagan came to Terry with a model she'd built of several small houses on the plot of land she'd been given. She told him she wanted to use her land to build a communal living space for people to cohabitate and support each other in the traditional Minishonka way. When he pointed out the difficulty of establishing this, she lost some of her enthusiasm, but he told her to write up a proposal and they'd present it to Council together.

After the votes were tallied, Bobbie was declared the winner and new mayor of Rutherford Falls. Feather congratulated Terry on the win and said she had other things in the works, including a book deal, meaning she'd make a lot of money off her run without having to waste time actually being the mayor.

## Notes and Trivia

* He watches America's Got Talent.
* He auditioned for The Last of the Mohicans.

## Appearances

 **#02** | "The New Curator"
 **#03** | "Aunt Sue"

## References

1. ↑ White Man in the Cupboard, 2x01
2. ↑ The New Curator, 2x02
3. ↑ Aunt Sue, 2x03
4. ↑ Adirondack S3, 2x05
5. ↑ Halloween, 2x06
6. ↑ Firefighters Pancake Breakfast, 2x07
7. ↑ Election, 2x08
8. ↑ Election, 2x08
9. ↑ The New Curator, 2x02
10. ↑ Adirondack S3, 2x05