Grace St. James

**Grace St. James** is a character on HBO Max's *The Flight Attendant*. She is portrayed by Mae Martin.

Grace appears in the second season of *The Flight Attendant*. She is a fellow flight attendant of Cassie's and is described as being a friend of hers, but also "a dangerous influence, a devil on Cassie's shoulder." Despite this, she and Cassie are said to have a genuine connection and friendship.

## Throughout the Series

### "Seeing Double"

Cassie Bowden meets Grace as a new flight attendant on a flight to Berlin, Germany. Grace notes that things seemed weirdly intense between Cassie and Jada Harris, a fellow flight attendant. Cassie tells her that she's been trying to be a nice person, but that it's hard. She introduces herself as Grace, quipping that she herself is not a nice person. She invites Cassie to a bar in Germany, but Cassie, who is on the wagon, refuses, pleading that she has to work.

Later, on the flight back, Cassie discusses with Grace an explosion that happened in Germany, not revealing that it killed a man, Will Kotov, that she was tailing as a mark for the CIA. The two discuss their shared tinnitus (ringing in the ears) following the explosion. Grace tells her about a *Dateline* episode that she once watched about bombs. Cassie then points out Grace's scarf, saying that it's from two years ago. Grace agrees that it's kitsch, but says that it keeps people guessing. Following this, Cassie serves a drink to a milky-eyed man that she saw in Berlin, and Grace comments that the eye is creeping her out.

### "Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My!"

Cassie is troubled by the events in Berlin and new developments lead her to suspect that someone is dressing up as her in an attempt to frame her. Furthermore, Cassie believes this person could be Grace, explaining to her friend Annie that Grace is in a perfect position to imitate her, being a fellow flight attendant and that she too had tinnitus, despite claiming not to have been close to the explosion. Annie advises Cassie against pursuing her theory, but she does so anyway. She puts in a call to Grace, asking to hang out with her, but she claims to be in the middle of a "baking emergency." Cassie then decides to tail her.

Cassie does so and ends up following her to a local airport for smaller, non-commercial flights. There, she observes Grace taking a strange delivery of a small package. Later in the day, Cassie gets a text from Grace which reads "Free now if you still want to hang" and texts back "Totally." She makes her way to Cassie's place. There, she attempts to ascertain if Grace is her double. She goes so far as to spy on her in the shower, discovering that she does not have the same tattoo of a moth on her back, and therefore concludes that she is not the double. She even learns the contents of Grace's package - medical-grade fentanyl lollipops, which Grace explains that she provides to cancer patients who can't afford pain relief. She learns that Grace was once in the army, but that Grace got out because her definition of saving the world conflicted with theirs, that she didn't want to destroy a civilization.

### "The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year"

Cassie heads to the airport in the hopes of getting a flight to Iceland, believing her friend Megan Briscoe to be in need of rescue. At the airport, she runs into Grace. "Early flight?" Grace asks her and Cassie claims to be filling in for someone. Grace pleads with her to tell her that she's going to Berlin again, that she doesn't want to get stuck there with nobody fun. However, when they arrive at the desk for Icelandic flights, Grace tells her that she's not allowed in Iceland, claiming that there was some sort of incident that caused her to be banned from there. Cassie claims that it's not her route, that she was just going for coffee, and Grace tells her that they should hang out again and to have a safe flight. Once Grace is safely away, Cassie again approaches the Iceland counter.

### "Drowning Women"

After suffering a breakdown, Cassie pays a visit to Grace's place. For a while, she just sits and Grace asks her if she came to talk or sit, that she's okay with either. Cassie explains that her life is a mess and that she just blew up her relationship with her boyfriend, Marco. She tells Grace that she cannot catch a break and that she's losing her mind, apologizing for being needy. She tells Grace that she's sorry to put this all on her, but she came to her because she was hoping that she didn't know her well enough to judge her. Grace tells her that it's okay, that she's the one person she *should* come to when the world is falling apart because it's when she does her best work. She points out that she has a sword hanging on her wall and is therefore ready for the end days. She tells her that she's welcome to come over any time she wants to hide from life or talk, that she likes her. She offers Cassie a drink, but Cassie refuses, being on the wagon. However, it ends up being too much for her and she gives in, first taking one drink and then more and more.

### "No Exit"

Cassie is at Pacific Park in Santa Monica Pier, searching for the double in a blonde wig and sunglasses who has been impersonating her and killing people. Suddenly, as she gets off a Ferris wheel ride, the double comes straight up to her. "Cassie," says the double in Grace's voice. "Let's go," she tells Cassie, revealing a gun, but Cassie shouts at the attendant of the Ferris wheel ride that she wants to go again. The attendant agrees, ushering for Grace to take a seat as well.

When the two get to the top, Cassie comments that she just knew Grace was the double, that she didn't want her to be, but she knew it. She asks Grace just what her deal is and Grace takes off her sunglasses. She tells Cassie that she doesn't want to be doing any of this. Cassie tells her she doesn't have to, that nobody can make her do anything, not Benjamin Berry (Cassie's CIA handler), not anyone. Grace, however, replies that Benjamin certainly can't make her do anything, that she just stabbed him. In response, Cassie pulls out a boxcutter, but Grace simply flicks it away, pointing out that she's a trained killer and Cassie is a flight attendant.

Grace complains that everyone saw them getting on the ride together and that it ruins the whole plan. She takes off her wig and Cassie asks her why *she* is the one freaking out. In response, Grace repeats that she doesn't want to be doing this, continuing that what's happening is bigger than either of them. Cassie asks her to listen, that she had told her to come her when her life was falling apart and that her whole world is falling apart. Grace replies that she wanted out of the army, that the whole thing is a trap, but now she's doing again what she hated, killing for someone else. Cassie tells her that there's always a way out. Grace, however, says that she killed people and she's going to prison and that the worst thing is that she never had a choice. Cassie tells her to listen, to just tell her who's making her do this, that there's always a choice. Nodding, Grace agrees that she does have a choice. She puts the gun to her head and shoots it.

### "Backwards and Forwards"

Following Grace's suicide, Dot Karlson, Los Angeles regional director of the CIA, reveals to Cassie that she was not working alone. She offers to take Cassie back to the CIA Los Angeles headquarters to keep her safe, but when they encounter heavy traffic, the plan changes to bringing Cassie to her place instead. Once there, Cassie notices a picture of Dot wearing the same military uniform that she saw Grace wearing in another photo, indeed appearing to be the same photograph having been ripped in half. She realizes that Dot and Grace must have served together and that Dot is the one who has been pulling the strings of the double conspiracy all along. When she confronts Dot with this theory, Dot refers to Grace as one of any of a number of "broken tools" that she has used, saying it's not her fault if Grace felt indebted to her.

## Appearances

Season Two
* "Seeing Double"
* "Mushrooms, Tasers, and Bears, Oh My!"
* "The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year"
* "Drowning Women"
* "No Exit"
* "Backwards and Forwards" (appears in previously footage and in photographs)

## References

1. ↑ Topel, Fred (April 21, 2022). New 'Flight Attendant' cast are 'dangerous influences' for Cassie. UPI. Retrieved on April 21, 2022.