Mia Maddox

**Mia Jane Maddox** is a supporting character in *All the Wrong Kids*. She is portrayed by Emily Dubois.

During the summer before her eighth grade year at Marshall Maddox Middle School, Mia shared a kiss with her best friend Heather Alloy, resulting in sexual confusion for both of them. Heather dealt with these feelings by blaming their mutual best friend Anastasia Holmes. As a result, Heather ended her friendship between Anastasia, with Mia following suit. For the rest of the year, Mia struggled to terms with her sexuality. She eventually comes out to Finn as a lesbian in "The Third Strike", but later realises that she has developed feelings for him, and comes out as bisexual in "A Girl by Any Other Name".

In high school, Mia was the co-host of Marshall Maddox High School's radio show, *Good Morning Maddox* with Finn Chamberlain, taking on the role of host on her own when Finn left for homeschool and resigning upon his return in 2013; captained the girls' division of the school's track and field team; was named head of the school's creative writing club, Pen to Paper, and its French Club; was vice head of its LGBTQ+ club, Alphabet Soup, under Courtney Reynolds; and served as the Student Council's Historian in senior year. Additionally, Mia participated as a member of the school's Drama, Environmental, Film and Photography Clubs at various points in her high school career. In her final year of middle school, Mia was associate editor of the school newspaper, *The Weekly Waters*, and co-wrote the eighth grade play *East High Story* alongside Finn Chamberlain and Candace Summerfield.

In her senior year, Mia applied to Columbia University, New York University, the University of Southern California, the University of California, Los Angeles, Syracuse University and Loyola Marymount University. After being accepted to NYU, UCLA, Syracuse and Loyola Marymount, Mia decided to go to NYU to pursue a degree in film and television.

As one of the series major supporting characters, Mia holds the distinction of being the most frequently appearing character outside the original main cast throughout the show's run.

## Early life

In her seventh grade year, Mia is in a close friendship circle with Heather Alloy and Anastasia Holmes.

## *All the Wrong Kids*

### Eighth grade at Marshall Maddox Middle School

In "Enemies of My Enemy",

In "Council",

In "Freeman for the People",

In "The Chamberlain Report",

In "Halloween Horror Story",

In "Hooplining",

In "Finn the Black-Eyed Reindeer",

In "Stasia Claus",

In "Best Side Story",

In "The Third Strike", Finn discovers Mia rewriting the script for *East High Story*. He is originally angry that she is writing behind his back once again, but looks over it overnight once Mia begs him to. He returns to Mia the next day impressed with the script but slightly nervous about the concept of performing a play with a lesbian couple. Mia says that she is too but is tired of being scared all the time. Finn asks her what she means and Mia reveals to him that the reason Heather is so angry at Anastasia for abandoning them over summer is that Mia and Heather got close during that time and kissed. Mia goes on to say that Heather believes that if Anastasia had been with them, they never would have kissed and she wouldn't feel so confused. Finn asks Mia if she also feels confused, to which Mia responds that she used to be, but now believes she's a lesbian. However, she doesn't feel like she can talk to Heather about her feelings because she has been ignoring them and blaming everything on Anastasia instead, adding that Finn is the first person she's told that she's gay. Finn tells Mia that she has his support if she ever feels like she needs someone to talk to. Mia thanks him, and the two work together to revise Mia's latest script for *East High Story*.

In "You're the One I Don't Want",

In "Name in Lights",

In "Picture Nay",

In "Heatherstasia",

In "Most Valuable Player",

In "A Girl by Any Other Name",

In "Finally",

### Marshall Maddox High School

#### Freshman year

In "Shark-Infested Waters",

In "Camp Finnegan",

In "Date Night",

In "The Tutors",

In "Live on Air",

In "A Light in the Dark",

In "The Candace Summerfield Case Files",

In "Two Nerds and a Guy",

In "Smells Like School Spirit",

#### Sophomore year

In "Maddox Murder Mystery",

In "Advanced Placement", Mia is one of the student enrolled in the AP physics class that Finn joins.

In "The Midday Show with Nathaniel Ross",

In "Just for the Night",

In "Fist Against the Wall",

In "The Prettiest Girl in School",

In "Unhappy Holidays",

In "Out of Sight, Out of Mind",

In "Soapbox Summerfield",

In "The Heart of the Arts",

In "The Driving Test",

In "And Now, This",

In "The Hero Complex",

In "Friends to Call My Own", Mia agrees to run *Good Morning, Maddox!* in junior year while Finn seeks more intense treatment for his depression.

## Relationships

### Heather Alloy

Mia has a crush on Heather for most of the first season, before eventually losing interest in her in favor of Finn. Initially, Mia tries to deny her attraction to Heather, which blossomed over the summer holiday before eighth grade, but eventually admits to Finn in "The Third Strike" that she might be a lesbian.

### Finn Chamberlain

Mia and Finn develop feelings for one another throughout the first season.

## Trivia

* Mia appears in more episodes than any other character in *All the Wrong Kids* outside of the main cast.
	+ She appears in the most episodes (18) of any character outside of the main cast in the first season.
	+ She appears in the most episodes (14) of any character outside of the main cast in the third season.
* Mia is the first confirmed LGBT character in the series, identifying as bisexual from "A Girl by Any Other Name" after first believing herself to be a lesbian.