Cassie Shore

## Cassandra Shore

> "*I get it. Sleeping Beauty wakes up and turns out, she’s a bitch. But I’ve got scores to settle, and if I were you, I’d make sure I’d stay off the list.*"
> ― **Cassie** to **Neveah** in *Push Comes to Shove*
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**Cassandra "Cassie" Shore** is a character on Netflix's Tiny Pretty Things. She is portrayed by Anna Maiche.

Cassie is The Archer School of Ballet's star student and a dancer with a bright future who’s the envy (and also nemesis) of every other young woman at the Academy. Everything changes when a shattering event befalls her — an event that could change the fate of every student and faculty member.

## Early Life

Cassie was a gifted dancer at The Archer School of Ballet who rivaled the other young women. Over a Sumer break, Cassie traveled to Paris where she met Ramon Costa and Delia Whitlaw, the sister of Cassie's biggest Archer School rival, Bette. Cassie also met Nabil Limyadi, an aspiring and gifted dancer with a great heart. She struck up a Summer romance with Nabil and they fell in love. Unbeknownst to him, she also had an ongoing affair with Ramon Costa. She and Ramon took a photo together over the Summer, though they tore the photo in half and kept their respective halves.

Cassie returned to The Archer School and her roommate June Park, who was one of her only friends at the time. When Nabil transferred to The Archer School, their relationship sparked controversy with their classmates, particularly Caleb Wick. She was partnered with Oren Lennox for many of their showcases and dance routines. She was on track to be the starring dancer in ASB's upcoming showcase, *Sleeping Beauty*. Her role as Aurora was a given after Topher Brooks changed his mind about casting Bette Whitlaw.

One night, after curfew, Cassie was invited to a party with every tier-three student except her roommate. She danced and drank a lot of alcohol with Bette and her fellow Archer girls. When Cassie was out of the room, June slipped Rohypnol into Cassie's drink in the hopes it would make her perform badly at the auditions the next day. When Cassie returned, June had left the party and gone back to bed. The drinking escalated and Cassie ended up in a pushing match with Bette. When Bette sulked off, Cassie went up to the roof to continue the party. She danced on the edge when Delia Whitlaw, wearing a dark hoodie and carrying a white rose, approached her. Delia had discovered Cassie's affair with Ramon Costa and wanted Cassie to stop seeing him. Cassie refused and they struggled before Delia accidentally shoved her off the roof. When Cassie landed on the pavement four-stories below, she shattered her leg and entered a comatose state.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 1

Cassie's spot at The Archer School of Ballet is given to newcomer Neveah Stroyer, who is oblivious to the incident involving Cassie. Her incident sparks bad press that Monique Dubois hopes to cover up with the introduction of a new student. But her attempts to cover up the incident is futile within the school, as tensions continue to rise specifically between her former dance partner Oren Lennox, Cassie's boyfriend Nabil Limyadi, and his roommate Caleb Wick. The students each have a suspect for who pushed her, but none more than a police officer Isabel Cruz, who is certain that Cassie's accident involved foul play despite ASB claiming otherwise. June Park contacts Officer Cruz to warn her that something bad did happen, explaining that there was a party the night Cassie was hurt and everyone in the tier three class was in attendance except June.

Meanwhile, Cassie's comatose condition begins to worsen as she contracts sepsis and has a seizure. As the truth regarding the night Cassie was pushed begins to unravel, the more suspicious everyone becomes. Caleb steals what he believes to be an Advil from June's room, has a paradoxical reaction that causes him to lose control and ultimately, have a seizure. A toxicology report reveals that he was drugged with Rohypnol - the same drug that was found in Cassie's toxicology report. Armed with belief that June is responsible for Cassie's fall, Esme and Bette raid June's room and discover the pills hidden in an Advil bottle. A distraught June confesses to a stranger that she drugged Cassie that night, but only because she wanted Cassie to perform poorly at the audition the next day.

In the meantime, Bette uses social media to establish a timeline of the night Cassie was pushed. She realizes that June could have drugged Cassie before everyone went to the roof, but Caleb counters that even if June did drug Cassie, the effects of Rohypnol wouldn't have kicked in by the time she fell. When Cassie's condition worsens, Nabil refuses to accept that she is deteriorating as the doctors claim. His suspicions are heightened when she squeezes his hand, though the doctors and Cassie's parents claim that the movement was an involuntary spasm from the seizures. Her parents, Penny and Frank, ultimately decide to withdraw life support. The students from ASB rally together to support Nabil and Cassie as she dies. When the doctor disconnects the life support she flatlines. But moments later her heart begins beating and she breathes on her own. A few days later, Nabil is reading to Cassie when she opens her eyes.

Cassie drifted in a minimally conscious state for days, before finally waking up. She told Officer Cruz that Bette Whitlaw was the one who pushed her off the roof, even though she knows it was someone else. Ramon Costa then visited Cassie at the hospital and threatened to hurt her and her career if she said anything about their relationship. She was frightened by him and, to appease Ramon's anger, brutally ended things with Nabil. When Neveah Stroyer visited, Cassie revealed that she heard everything that people told her while they thought she was asleep. Their secrets, their lies, and she planned to use them to fulfill her agenda. Neveah attempted to leverage Cassie into telling the truth about who pushed her, and Cassie seemingly agreed. The night of her press conference alongside Monique Dubois and Archer's board members, she stuck to her story that Bette was her attacker. She returned to The Archer School of Ballet on the final night of *Ripper* to warn Bette that she would be returning to the school. Bette held her ground, but Cassie eerily told Bette she didn't stand a chance as she had already won.

## Physical Appearance

Cassie is a gorgeous young girl with long, wavy light brown hair and brown eyes.

## Personality

Her peers describe Cassie as the girl who had it all - and knew it. Her lust for power often drives her to act cruel and selfish. Likewise, her fearless nature helps her navigate the cutthroat world of ballet. When she awakens, she admits her plan to use everyone's secrets against them to further her personal agenda. While she appears confident, she showed genuine fear of Ramon Costa and was heartbroken when he forced her to break up with Nabil. She is the snake behind the face of *Sleeping Beauty*.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* Corps
* Range of Motion
* Class Act
* Dance Dance Revolution
* Split Sole
* Joie de Vivre (Mentioned and Dream)
* Catch and Release
* Relevé
* It's Not the Walking, It's the Rising
* Push Comes to Shove

## Trivia

* She and Bette have known each other since they were 10 years old.
* In the books Cassie's last name is Lucas and she's Alec's cousin. After Will drops her Cassie breaks her hip and develops PTSD.
* Her relationship with Nabil was inspired by the song *Girlfriend in a Coma* by The Smiths.