Season One

**Season One** is the premiere and first season of the Netflix series, *The Society*. It was announced on November 28, 2018 and released on May 10, 2019.

## Summary

The Society follows a group of teenagers who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town, left without any trace of their parents. As they struggle to figure out what has happened to them and how to get home, they must establish order and form alliances if they want to survive.

## Plot

### "What Happened?"

While a mysterious and irritating smell permeates the town of West Ham, Connecticut, the high school students depart by bus for a 10-day trip. The students are returned to town that same night, told that the road to the camp is blocked. However, they discover that everyone else in town has disappeared, and while they can use their cell phones to contact each other, they are electronically cut off from the rest of the world. Some use their newfound freedom to engage in a wild party, while others attempt to ascertain what happened. The next day, they discover that all roads out of town are blocked by a seemingly endless and dangerous forest. A group is sent to explore the woods. Cassandra worries about being able to find medicine for her heart condition. She urges the other teens to share their resources to ensure survival in the abandoned town. Campbell points a pistol at Cassandra. The exploration party returns, carrying the body of Emily, who has died from a snakebite.

### "Our Town"

A solar eclipse darkens the sky. Gordie hypothesizes they are in a parallel universe. At Cassandra's suggestion, Allie and Will go to grocery stores to take inventory of the available food. Sam and Becca search records at town hall for information that might explain what happened to them. Gordie researches heart conditions for Cassandra and they share a moment. Sam finds a record that a company requested $1.5 million for smell removal and his father and uncle refused to pay, the day before they were taken; Campbell persuades him to cover up the information. Becca realizes she is pregnant. Harry organizes a game of "fugitive" in order to take everyone's minds off events. Kelly helps Will conduct the food inventory and they bond. Allie and Harry have sex. Campbell and Elle do cocaine and get drunk together. The electricity flickers on and off during a storm, causing worry that the town may lose power. Bean discovers the solar eclipse wasn't scheduled and may have been a sign, or proof that they are in a parallel universe. A dispute at the hardware store over flashlights ends with a mass brawl, looting, and a car exploding.

### "Childhood's End"

The women of the town rally, with Cassandra as their leader, and decide that the town needs a more organized way of life. Kelly proposes organizing a prom to keep up morale. At Cassandra's suggestion, the town unanimously agree to create a work rotation list, ration food, share housing, and eat communally. Harry grows agitated with work assignments and communal living, and Allie is upset that Cassandra has not appointed her to the ad-hoc governing committee. Harry and Kelly discover that Harry's mom and Kelly's dad were having an affair. Harry tells his friends that life would be easier if Cassandra were dead. At the prom, Kelly and Will dance, making Harry and Allie jealous. Becca reveals to Sam that she is pregnant, but refuses to say who the father is. Campbell supplies Harry with drugs. Grizz and Sam share a moment after Grizz asks to be taught some sign language. Gordie and Cassandra share a kiss. Will and Allie share a dance. Gordie masturbates in Cassandra's room. Campbell and Elle consummate their relationship. While cleaning up after the prom, Cassandra finds a stray dog, and then she is shot twice in the stomach by an unseen assailant. She dies.

### "Drop by Drop"

Gordie extracts the bullets from Cassandra's corpse. The town holds a funeral for Cassandra. Lexie becomes paranoid and refuses to leave her house, and other women feel unsafe. The men decide they need to enforce the work lists to keep the town running. "The Guard," mostly made up of football players, is formed to patrol the streets. Grizz comforts Allie. Helena gives Luke a gun from her parents' safe. Becca worries about her pregnancy and people finding out. Sam promises to love her baby and be there for them both. Two people pull guns on each other in the cafeteria. Allie is persuaded by Gordie to assume Cassandra's leadership role. Campbell supplies Harry with more drugs. Allie leads her first town meeting and announces that all guns are to be confiscated. Elle approaches Kelly to propose a regular movie night to maintain morale and community. The Guard searches everyone's house and confiscates guns, but Helena observes that the edict is unenforceable and refuses to comply. Allie decides to keep the confiscated guns instead of destroying them. Sam reveals that Campbell is a diagnosed psychopath. Campbell nearly drowns Elle in her bathtub to assert his control over her.

### "Putting on the Clothes"

Greg Dewey tells Harry that he killed Cassandra because he thought Harry wanted her dead. Harry tells Kelly and Gordie about Dewey's confession. Elle sees the same dog Cassandra saw before her murder; Campbell allows her to keep it. Grizz and the guard raid Dewey's house at dawn and arrest him, finding the murder weapon in his room. Will suggests they have a trial. Harry further spirals into drug addiction. Clark interrogates Greg and beats him, but Luke and Allie stop him. Helena reluctantly agrees to defend Greg at the trial, while Gordie serves as prosecutor. Harry testifies against Dewey, but Helena forces him to admit that Dewey thought he wanted Cassandra dead. Elle realizes the dog is missing and confronts Campbell, but he says he doesn't know where it is. Allie tries and fails to get Greg to confess his motive and reveal any accomplices, and implies that execution is an option. The jury finds Greg guilty of Cassandra's murder. Greg defames Cassandra, Allie, Will, and women in general, and claims Campbell helped him plan the murder. Allie orders the Guard to arrest Campbell.

### "Like a F-ing God or Something"

Allie is plagued with indecision regarding Dewey and Campbell, and the town begins to turn on her. Allie tells Luke that she will not order Harry's arrest. Allie questions Campbell, who denies helping Greg kill Cassandra. Elle advises Allie to either let Campbell go or kill him. Harry tells Kelly he is receiving threatening text messages and fears "women" will kill him. Sam lies about finding nothing helpful at the town hall, but Becca says she found correspondence about the smell involving the EPA and a man named Pfeiffer. Greg goes on a hunger strike. Allie releases Campbell due to lack of evidence. Will convinces a reluctant Allie to sentence Greg to death. Greg freaks out at the execution site, and Grizz vomits at the reality of the situation. Allie takes Grizz's place and participates in the execution with Luke and Jason. Harry apologizes to Allie, but she tells him to leave. Sam offers to be Becca's baby's father. Luke asks Helena to marry him, and she says yes; they have sex for the first time. Allie accuses Will of using Cassandra to manipulate her into being the leader and executing Greg.

### "Allie's Rules"

It is five months since Greg's execution, Thanksgiving is around the corner, and there is uneasy peace. Allie tells Will that she is afraid she set a dangerous precedent when she killed Greg. At the town meeting, Will announces they will be out of food by next summer, and Grizz plans to lead a search party to see if they can find suitable farmland beyond the forest. Will suggests Allie call elections, but she refuses, saying it will sow divisions. Harry is severely depressed and won't get out of bed. Luke goes ring shopping for Helena to propose to her properly. Grizz tries to learn sign language for Sam, but learns British Sign Language instead of ASL. Sam appreciates the effort and they spend the day together. Kelly successfully performs an ultrasound on Becca. Gordie announces that he thinks they are in a parallel universe, and Allie names the town "New Ham." Elle, bearing signs of physical abuse, poisons a pumpkin pie for Campbell with antifreeze. Her plan goes awry when Campbell decides they should go to the communal Thanksgiving dinner, rather than eating at home, and brings the poisoned pie.

### "Poison"

Several people at Thanksgiving dinner eat the poisoned pie, though Elle eats as much of it as she can. Sam and Grizz kiss. Lexie and others perform a skit that mocks Cassandra's death and is critical of Allie's leadership. Will and Kelly have sex. Allie, Elle, and others get sick from the poisoned pie. Kelly cares for them at the hospital, and all patients recover. Allie thinks she was deliberately poisoned. The Guard searches the houses of everyone who cooked pumpkin pie, including Lexie and Elle. Campbell covers for Elle. Lexie is arrested; when her period begins while in custody, Clark and Jason force her to change clothes in front of them. Grizz is upset to learn Sam is having a baby with Becca, and Sam doesn't tell him that he's not the biological father. Kelly breaks up with Will because he has feelings for Allie. Kelly tries to help Harry deal with his depression. Lexie tells Allie what Jason and Clark did, but Allie refuses to act. Campbell tells Elle he knows she tried to poison him, and he expresses relief that they are "the same". Allie announces elections for mayor and town council, and declares her candidacy for mayor.

### "New Names"

Clark and Jason want Luke to run for mayor to consolidate the Guard's power, but Luke feels uneasy. Will tells Allie he has feelings for her, but Allie decides she isn't ready for a relationship. Campbell convinces a reluctant Harry to run against Allie; Kelly suspects Campbell has ulterior motives. Elle tells Helena about Campbell's abuse, and Helena lets her stay at her house. Someone sends Elle a video of Helena sleeping; taking it as a threat, Elle leaves to protect Helena. Allie forbids the Guards from running for elected positions. Kelly and Gordie decide to train one another in medicine. Elle tells Allie she poisoned the pie and that Campbell is abusing her, asking Allie to arrest her so she can escape Campbell. To protect her, Allie does not reveal the reason for Elle's arrest. Luke has cold feet about marrying Helena. Grizz leads an expedition to look for potential farmland, and he and Sam reconcile before he leaves. Lexie declares her candidacy for mayor at the last minute, painting Harry as selfish and Allie as a dictator. Kelly sees a photo of the bus driver who took them where they are and realizes she recognizes him.

### "How it Happens"

Lexie wins support from those tired of Allie's rules. Allie's allies fear Lexie has no plan for running the town. Grizz and his team find a field suitable for farming. Kelly shows Allie the photo of the bus driver, Pfeiffer, who argued with Harry's mother and Sam's father the day before the buses came. Sam reveals the truth about documents he found in the town hall. Becca gives birth to a girl named Eden. Campbell and Harry recruit Clark and Jason to stage a coup against Allie; they coerce Luke into joining them, straining his relationship with Helena. They persuade Lexie to ally with them and become co-mayor with Harry. Allie and Will are imprisoned under false charges of trying to rig the election; Elle pretends to take Campbell's side for her own safety. Lexie and Harry announce that they are taking power, postponing council elections. Lexie intervenes to prevent Allie and Will from being stoned by angry onlookers. Grizz's expedition party returns with good news. Meanwhile, back in the "real" West Ham, Allie's mother pets the same dog Elle adopted in New Ham and reads to schoolchildren in front of a memorial plaque listing the missing teenagers' names.

## Cast

Starring

* Gideon Adlon as Becca Gelb (10/10)
* Sean Berdy as Sam Eliot (10/10)
* Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Helena Wu (10/10)
* Jacques Colimon as Will LeClair (10/10)
* Olivia Dejonge as Elle Tomkins (10/10)
* Kristine Froseth as Kelly Aldrich (10/10)
* Jose Julian as Gordie Moreno (10/10)
* Alex MacNicoll as Luke Holbrook (10/10)
* Toby Wallace as Campbell Eliot (10/10)
* Rachel Keller as Cassandra Pressman (4/10)

Also Starring

* Spencer House as Clark Beecher (10/10)
* Emilio Garcia-Sanchez as Jason Alvarado (10/10)
* Salena Qureshi as Bean Akkad (10/10)
* Olivia Nikkanen as Gwen Patterson (10/10)
* Kiara Pichardo as Madison Russo (9/10)
* Naomi Oliver as Olivia Wyatt (8/10)
* Kelly Rose Golden as Marnie (8/10)
* Matisse Rose as Jessica Bartley (8/10)
* Alicia Crowder as Erika Osby (7/10)
* Benjamin Breault as Blake Reese (6/10)

* Peter Donahue as Shoe (5/10)
* Seth Meriwether as Greg Dewey (4/10)
* Madeline Logan as Gretchen Marshall (4/10)
* Dante Rodrigues as Zane Guerra (4/10)

Guest Starring
* Amy Carlson as Amanda Pressman (2/10)
* David Aaron Baker as Jim Pressman (1/10)
* Michael Siberry as Rodgers Eliot (1/10)
* Paul Anthony Stewart as Doug Eliot (1/10)
* Anastasia Barzee as Karen Bingham (1/10)
* Chaske Spencer as Mr. Pfeiffer (1/10)
* Chloe Levine as Emily Warner (1/10)
* Ava Gaudet as Lynette Eliot (1/10)

Co-Stars

* Henry Lynch as Marc (3/10)
* Acei Martin as Tiffany Freeman (3/10)
* Emeka Anammah as Travis (3/10)
* Ryan Doyle as Gangly Boy (3/10)
* Troy Tripicchio as Matt Hendricks (2/10)
* Haley Lanzoni as Jesse Johnson (2/10)
* Steven McDermott as Noshir Al Khalifa (2/10)
* Grant Whitney as Scott Arnero (2/10)
* Ryan Goffman as Eric Klein (1/10)
* Caroline Vigna as Carla (1/10)
* James Daniel Wilson as Jimmy Newsom (1/10)
* Sibohan Cassidy Robinson as Annie Fronk (1/10)
* Caroline Portu as Lotus Khan (1/10)
* Maggie Budzyna as Lily Urbanski (1/10)
* Nicolla Bulato as Connie Xavier (1/10)
* Carly Nahon as Gina (1/10)
* Autumn Wong as Meg Holter (1/10)
* Bria D'Aguanno as Millicent Greene (1/10)

* Angela Hope Smith as Abby Spancer (1/10)
* Bates Wilder as Will's Father (1/10)
* Blake Carroll as Kid #2 (1/10)
* Jake Orozco-Herman as Looter (1/10)
* Madison Paige Trzaski as Kid #4 (1/10)
* Abigail Bates as Foreperson (2/10)
* Abraham Joyner-Meyers as Goth Accordion Player (1/10)
* Allie Rose as Drummer (1/10)
* Kevin Kurgat as Tuba Player (1/10)

## Deaths

* Mr. Bingham *(Confirmed Fate)*
* Emily Warner
* Cassandra Pressman
* Greg Dewey

## Videos

THE SOCIETY Official Teaser Trailer (2019) Netflix SeriesSeason One TeaserTHE SOCIETY Official Trailer (2019) Kathryn Newton, Teen Netflix TV Series HDSeason One Trailer
## Trivia

* Principal photography for the first season took place in Lancaster, Massachusetts, from September to November 2018.

## References

1. ↑ https://deadline.com/2019/04/the-society-trailer-first-look-at-chris-keyser-marc-webbs-netflix-ya-drama-series-1202588359/
2. ↑ https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1125139/The-Society-filming-location-where-is-The-Society-filmed-set-Netflix-series-New-England

 **Season Two** | TBA