Michael Moore

* 2022
* 2019
* 2015

"*...I can't move on. **Not without you**. But that won't stop me from trying. Even though I know I'll fail...I'll do it for you. **Always**,*"
—Michael to Lucy's grave[src]
**Michael Moore**, formerly **Mayfair**, is the protagonist of *Extrasensory*. The twenty-two-year-old son of Ethan Mayfair and Karen Moore, he is an aspiring journalist, a former senior at Whitehall Academy, and the former heir to the Mayfair Family fortune. Growing up in the town of Lillian, Michael left the family home in Chicago to attend and live at the academy. After reconnecting with his childhood best friend Lucy Cassidy, Michael discovered he had developed extrasensory perception, able to see both past and future events, as well as see the recent actions of anyone he came into direct contact with. Using his new power, he embarked on a mission to expose a series of depraved crimes tied intrinsically to the town itself, including the horrific murder of his classmate Sharon Kates. Upon discovering the truth, he abandoned his family name and took on that of his mother before leaving Lillian behind with Lucy.

Four years later, he returned to Lillian to help investigate the kidnapping of several Whitehall students, discovering yet another dark secret connected to his family. Following Lucy's death at the hands of Harry, Michael left Lillian behind once more, attempting to find peace with everything he had suffered. He finally settled down in the town of Elysian Fields, Colorado to find peace, only to eventually be thrown into yet another mystery that required his remarkable powers.

## Biography

### Early Life and Background

Michael Mayfair was born in 1997 to Ethan and Karen Mayfair, part of the multi-millionaire Mayfair family. Shortly after he was born, his mother supposedly died in a hit-and-run and Michael was led to believe that his father's fiance, Julia Charles, was his mother. When Michael was six, his uncle David disappeared and was never seen again by the family; Michael kept a photograph of his uncle in his wallet and vowed to one day search for him.

Michael grew up in the town of Lillian, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan, where he became close friends with Lucy Rose; the two would play on the streets of Lillian, much to the chagrin of his grandfather, Shaun. When tensions between his father and grandfather boiled over, Michael and his family moved south to Chicago, leaving his old life behind. Michael and Lucy quickly fell out of touch.

### Season 1

#### 'The Long Dark'

Hours later, Michael and Lucy arrive at Norman's house. Norman is horrified at the state both of them are in, but Lucy stops Norman from moving by aiming the revolver at him. Michael orders Norman to shake his hand, and Norman tearfully accepts. As soon as they make contact, Michael "sees" Norman's experiences in the Iraq War, including losing his legs and his return to civilian life in Lillian. Michael then discovers that Norman killed Darcy Lang by choking her while on the job, but was caught by the surveillance cameras set up by Brenn in Lang's house. Shaun Mayfair used the footage to blackmail Norman, forcing him to choose between saving his own reputation or saving his daughter; Norman decided to choose his own reputation and is revealed to have killed Sharon, his own daughter, before Shaun destroyed the evidence of his crime.

Norman begins weeping and begging, saying he had no choice. Michael cuts him off by battering him around the head with the same crowbar that Norman used to kill his daughter, knocking him to the floor. Michael then uses the crowbar to destroy both of Norman's prosthetic legs. He takes the revolver from Lucy and loads it with a single bullet, throwing it beside Norman before informing him that the cops have found Shaun Mayfair's copies of the footage of his murder of Mrs Lang. He gives Norman a choice: wait for the cops and accept the consequences like a man, or take the easy way out.

Michael and Lucy then leave the house and get into the van, just before they hear a single gunshot. Michael sighs and asks Lucy where she wants to go; she replies with "away". Michael smiles and they begin to drive out of town. They leave Lillian town limits and drive up into the hills, where they see red-and-blue flashing lights all across town as the several surviving members of the LCW are arrested. Michael looks into the backseat and sees Sharon's presence, now smiling in peace before disappearing. Michael holds Lucy's hand as she falls asleep, before smiling as the scene cuts to black.

## Powers, Equipment and Abilities

### Powers

* **Extrasensory perception:** After witnessing the murder of Sharon Kates, Michael develops extrasensory perception, giving him clairvoyance and allowing him to track the events leading up to the murder and the events immediately after. In addition, whenever Michael touches someone, he can subconsciously "see" all of their recent actions. While he originally believes that the power comes from the entity known as Dagon, Michael eventually discovers that he inherited ESP from his mother and her family, the Moores.
	+ *Main Article: Extrasensory Perception*
* **Sensory Overload:** As Michael gains better control over his powers, he develops the power to project an unseen force from his hands, causing sensory overload in his targets that renders them unconscious or could even kill them after prolonged exposure. This ability becomes much stronger when Michael is experiencing stress, anger or pain, to the point that he was able to incapacitate several LCW members without even touching them when being goaded to kill Lucy.
* **Afterlife Contact:** Michael's second sight allows him to see the presence of Sharon Kates and other deceased individuals related to his investigation, including Darcy Lang and deceased members of the Dagon Cult.

### Equipment

#### Apparel

* **Gloves:** During his investigation into Sharon's murder, Michael begins wearing gloves as they prevent him from "seeing" people when he touches them or objects associated with them. He explains this away by saying he is a germophobe.

#### Weapons

* **Crowbar:** Michael's main weapon is a crowbar, later revealed to be the same one used to murder Sharon Kates. Because of his ESP, Michael is able to "see" Sharon's presence whenever he touches the crowbar.

## Associated Deaths

### Murders committed by Michael

* Scott Brenn - haemorrhage caused by Michael's sensory overload

### Murders connected to Michael

* Carol Rhodes - paralysed by sensory overload and shot twice in the chest by Lucy Rose

### Deaths connected to Michael

* Norman Kates - suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, using revolver provided by Michael
* Shaun Mayfair - brain aneurysm caused by Michael's sensory overload

## Relationships

### Lucy Rose

"*Where do you want to go?"
 "Away,*"
—Michael and Lucy as they leave Lillian[src]

### Shaun Mayfair

"*You have a gift, Michael. He bestowed this gift upon you. Use it. Take your first step to true enlightenment...*"
—Shaun to Michael, goading him to kill Lucy[src]

### David Mayfair

Growing up, Michael had a good relationship with his uncle David. Although he remembers him fondly, Michael has few memories of him by his late teens, as David disappeared in 2003 when Michael was just six. Growing up, Michael insisted that his father, Ethan, tell him stories of his uncle but Ethan always refused. Michael has expressed a desire several times to one day set out and find his uncle.

Four years after leaving Lillian, it is revealed that Michael made an effort to locate his uncle, but could only find a few scraps of evidence in public records; he discovered that the last confirmed trace of David was in an abandoned car in the middle of the Nevada desert, and before that records that David had escaped a Kansas hospital with another patient.

## Notable Quotes

"*Make a choice: be a man and face your actions...or take the easy way out,*"
—Michael to Norman[src]

## Trivia

* Michael possesses all three classes of clairvoyance: precognition, the ability to perceive or predict future events; retrocognition, the ability to see past events; and remote viewing, the perception of contemporary events happening outside of the range of normal perception.
	+ *Season 2* confirms that Michael inherited his ESP from his biological mother, Karen Moore.
* Michael exhibits similar personality traits to his uncle, David, before he disappeared.
	+ Both disliked their families because of the Mayfair family's disregard of poorer folk.
	+ Both listened to country and alternative music while growing up, to the displeasure of their parents.