Alex

> "*Uh, his name is Mr. Grey. He looks like a man, but don't be fooled. He is as far from human as they come. He is some kind of monster. Maybe even the devil himself. He'd go out nights, looking for victims. Seduce 'em, skin 'em. He has infinite appetite. Pain. Pleasure. He's obsessed with humanity. He picked me for an accomplice. Guess he could tell I was in the market for a skin suit.*"
> ― Alex to Toni[source]
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**Alex** is a character on the Hulu original series *Monsterland*. He is portrayed by Jonathan Tucker.

Alex is a sales clerk from Bloomington, Indiana who partnered up with a man named Mr. Grey, who had an insatiable appetite for death and murder.

## Season 1

### Port Fourchon, LA

Alex drowns 15 year old Chrystina Harris in a lake. She struggles to fight for her life but is ultimately overpowered. He proceeds to drag her body on shore, take her car keys, and cut her face off with a sharp knife. Afterward, he goes back to his car and opens the trunk, which contains boxes with names scribbled across them. He stuffs Chrystina’s bag in the trunk and hops in the front seat, where he notices a gash in his right cheek. He sews up the cut with a fishing line and drives away.

Alex stops at a gas station to fill up. He meets the eyes of a homely-looking stranger, but doesn’t interact with them. He then heads inside and asks the clerk if there’s a hotel near. He replies that the only motel was taken over by the offshore boys. Alex then suspiciously asks where the clerk sleeps. The clerk becomes alarmed. Instead, he tells Alex that there’s a diner nearby if he’s looking for a hot meal.

Alex arrives at Kajun Diner and pays Toni $100 to sit and converse with him. She asks where he’s from. He replies that he lives nearby, but she can tell by his accent that he’s lying. She can tell that he wants something from her but has yet to determine what that is. He asks if she could be anyone else in the world, who would she be. Toni doesn't believe that life works like that. She believes that when you’re born, there’s a million yous that you can be. And as you go through life, one by one, each version goes off and dies until you’re left with whoever you are by the end. Alex then asks if she lives nearby. She doesn't respond and runs into the back at the sound of a scream.

Alex gets Toni's address from Janine and shows up at her doorstep in need of a place to stay. He offers her $1,000 just for shelter for the night. He promises that he won’t hurt her and that there’s no catch. Toni agrees, allowing Alex to pull his car into her garage. She asks what he has in his trunk, but he doesn’t answer. Once inside, Toni asks who he’s running from. Again, he doesn’t answer. He then meets Jack. Toni warns Alex that she doesn’t respond well to men, but Jack is quite friendly with Alex. She asks what happened to his face. He claims that he got into a fight and had to sew it up.

After having sex, he asks what she wants to be when she grows up. Toni once had a feeling of great potential but that died the moment Jack came along. Toni believes that Jack’s fits are caused by her knowing that nobody wants her. Toni included. Again, Toni asks about the trunk. This time Alex says that he can’t tell her.

Alex catches Toni breaking into his trunk, where she finds the boxes with names written on them. She is startled by Alex, who tells her to pick one. Toni opens a circular blue box. Inside, she finds a skinned face. She is terrified and begs Alex not to kill her. Alex pulls out a knife and cuts his own face off, revealing the exposed flesh beneath. A sighting so gruesome that Toni passes out from fear.

The following morning, Alex is now wearing the skin of a woman. He explains to Toni that they’re called "alternatives." Modified shells that allow them to appropriate another physique and human experience — essentially skin suits. It hurts less every time, and Alex has done it 18 times. Alex is running from a man named Mr. Grey. He looks like a man, but he is as far from human as possible. Some kind of monster who’d go out at night looking for victims to seduce and skin. He has an infinite appetite and is obsessed with humanity. He picked Alex as an accomplice. Eventually, they acquired enough skin to last a lifetime, but Mr. Grey continued. It was 15 year old Chrystina Harris that made Alex see that he had lost control. He killed her and skinned her. He then became her. Alex couldn’t bare to see such a young life lost, so he killed Mr. Grey. Or at least Alex hopes he did. He thought that he saw Mr. Grey outside a gas station once. And if he is alive, he will want his stuff back, which Alex refuses to allow to happen. He will keep the skins. He can be anyone and feel anything. Alex then leaves town.

## Powers and Abilities

While Alex doesn't necessary possesses any powers persay, he often uses "alternatives" or skin suits to adjust in life. Killing people and taking their skin to wear it as his own.