Enemies of My Enemy

"**Enemies of My Enemy**" is the first episode of the first season of *All the Wrong Kids* and the first episode of the series overall.

## Synopsis

On the first day of eighth grade, six kids in detention form an unlikely and reluctant alliance.

## Plot

A new year at Marshall Maddox Middle School begins. Over the course of the school day, five students get detention: Anastasia for being, according to Principal Schreiner, "scantily dressed", who is thrown aback when she is ignored, then rebuffed and insulted by her former friends Heather and Mia when she tries to tell them about her summer vacation in Europe; Nathaniel, who takes the blame for vandalizing long-time enemy Candace's locker when that was actually the act of his best friends Jack and Luke; Liesel, a new student from Germany, for arriving late to Mr. Grosvenor's math class after getting lost on the way there; Candace for trying to defend Liesel; and Percy for punching Josh and threatening to do the same to Skip and Martin when he finds them harassing his twin brother Finn, who has been a frequent target of their bullying since the third grade. With nothing better to do after school, Finn decides to attend detention, as well.

On her way to detention, Anastasia learns that Heather is dating Skip, her boyfriend from the previous year who cheated on her with Karen Swan. In detention, Anastasia gets the rest of the detention attendees, save Liesel, to rant about Heather and swears to get revenge on her for her backstabbing behavior. Despite disliking both Nathaniel and Candace, she tries to recruit them both to her cause on the basis of their mutual dislike of Heather. Nathaniel agrees immediately. Candace is more reluctant, but joins in when Percy willingly allies himself to the cause, more to go after Skip than anything else. Liesel and Finn remain neutral.

The next day, Martin and Josh go on a rampage against anyone who has a friendly encounter with Anastasia on Skip's orders, including Karen (who reaches out to make amends to Anastasia for dating Skip without realizing he was in a relationship with her at the time), Sheila and Chenille Doberman (who offer to help Anastasia with the physics coursework when they see she is struggling) and Liesel (who merely says hello to Anastasia in the hallway as the two go their separate ways for classes. Finn, who witnesses Martin and Josh egging Liesel in the face and helps her wash it off in the closest bathroom, is spurred by this to join Anastasia's anti-Heather mission for the sake of the school at large, and encourages Liesel to join them, too, to which she eventually agrees.

The six meet up after school at Anastasia's house. After an afternoon of planning, Nathaniel presents a plan to ensure Heather's fall from grace over the course of the school year, which includes beating her out for the student council presidency, the sports captaincies she wants and a prominent role in the school play, all ensuring she will not get the superlative of "most popular girl in school", while also messing up her yearbook photo for kicks. The others agree to the plan.

## Credits

### Cast

#### Main cast

* Robyn Brinkworth as Anastasia Holmes
* Jason Cunningham as Nathaniel Ross
* Roxanne Lambert as Candace Summerfield
* Eric Martindale as Finn Chamberlain
* Sam Martindale as Percy Chamberlain
* Jessica Sheffield as Liesel Hofmeister

#### Recurring cast

* Travis Bedrosian as Jack Davis
* Hayden Braunstein as Martin
* James Douglas as Luke Laurent
* Emily Dubois as Mia Maddox
* Jonah Fold as Skip
* Andrea Leigh as Karen Swan
* Lyndon McCaul as Mr. Grosvenor
* Olivia McMahon as Mrs. Stewart
* Melanie Phillips as Principal Schreiner
* Bill Reeves as Kevin Holmes
* Caitlyn Robbins as Heather Alloy
* Cole Shirley as Josh
* Hannah Washington as Chenille Doberman
* Jane Washington as Sheila Doberman