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* ChekovsSkill: His background in college football comes in handy in Mexico, where he defends Ernie and the scrolls from hotel security.
* PromotedToScapegoat: [[spoiler:He gets promoted to Sovereign Protector mainly because the London office needs a local member who would sign off on the unpopular policies that they need to pass in order to make Lodge 49 solvent.]]
* ChekovsSkill: His background in college football comes in handy in Mexico, where he defends Ernie and the scrolls from hotel security.
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*ChekovsSkill: ChekhovsSkill: His background in college football comes in handy in Mexico, where he defends Ernie and the scrolls from hotel security.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:After finally accepting that he's not cut out to be Sovereign Protector and that his marriage to Connie is over, he is able to develop a friendship with Ernie.]]
* PromotedToScapegoat: [[spoiler:He gets promoted to Sovereign Protector mainly because the London office needs a local member who would sign off on the unpopular policies that they need to pass in order to make Lodge 49 solvent. This ends up backfiring for the Home Office, as Scott goes on a power trip, banishing Jocelyn from the lodge and trying to reinstate long-forgotten Lynx traditions that just alienate other members.]]
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!!Connie Clark
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Linda Emond
A journalist and member of the lodge. Married to Scott but has been having an affair with Ernie, her former high school sweetheart, since joining the lodge a year ago.
!!Connie Clark
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A journalist and member
->'''Played by:''' Kenneth Welsh
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Linda Emond
A journalist and member of the lodge. Married to Scott but has been having an affair with Ernie, her former high school sweetheart, since joining the lodge a year ago.
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* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Revealed to be suffering from some form of brain disease, with only a few years to live.]]
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!!Connie Clark
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Linda Emond
A journalist and member of the lodge. Married to Scott but has been having an affair with Ernie, her former high school sweetheart, since joining the lodge a year ago.
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* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Revealed to be suffering from some form of brain disease, with only a few years to live.]]
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[[folder:Tarquin]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Vik Sahay
Janet Price's second-in-command, and Liz's superior at Higher Steaks.
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* BadBoss: He's a bully who regularly degrades and humiliates the staff at Higher Steaks and then tries to con them into accepting worthless shares in the failing company in lieu of paychecks.
* SmugSnake: He lords his power over the rank-and-file employees, but the truth is he's little more than a puppet for Janet. [[spoiler:When she goes to jail, he suffers a complete emotional breakdown.]]
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[[folder:Clara]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Pollyanna [=McIntosh=]
Connie Clark's guide at Lodge 1 in London. [[spoiler:Also secretly Melinda, the Sovereign Protector of Lodge 1.]]
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* AlmightyJanitor: On the surface, she's just a Knight in Lodge 1. [[spoiler:She's actually the Sovereign Protector of Lodge 1, and thus the head of the Order of the Lynx.]]
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[[folder:Daphne Larson]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Mary Elizabeth Ellis
A struggling adjunct professor-turned-con artist working for Avery. [[spoiler:Later the Sovereign Protector of Lodge 55.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: At the start of season 2, she's gathering information about the scrolls on Avery's behalf, since he can't return to Long Beach. She starts to feel guilty about it, though, and thus ends up joining El Confidente in his quest in Mexico, and then later teams up with the other Lynxes to retrieve the scrolls.
* IllGirl: She seems to have a lot of health problems as a result of stress from her job.
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[[folder:Lenore]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Bertilla Damas
A flight attendant and former flame of Dud and Liz's dad. Also a victim of a pyramid scheme.
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* HairTriggerTemper: By her own admission, she has a wicked temper.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her excuse for her behavior is that she had to become an asshole to survive on her own.
* {{Jerkass}}: She feels no compunction about all the people she cons into buying Fydro.
* NeverMyFault: She blames Dud and Liz for her problems, believing that if they never existed, their dad would have left their mother, married her, and had children with her.
* {{Ponzi}}: She is mired in a scam involving Fydro, a supposed energy drink that's actually just water.
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[[folder:Alice Ba]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Celia Au
One of Dud's surfer friends, and an employee at the local donut shop.
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* OnlySaneMan: She is one of the more down-to-Earth members of the cast.
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[[folder:Jackie Loomis]]
->'''Played by:''' Cara Mantella
One of the few female Lynxes back in the 1950's, and the mother of Larry Loomis.
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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Subverted; [[spoiler:She was responsible for most of Wallace Smith's great achievements; Smith himself was a neurotic wreck who could barely function on his own.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She inadvertently created Long Beach's economic woes when her experiments with theoretical currency got stolen by Werner and instituted by Parabola in the form of Orbit coins, which spread among Orbis' low-level employees, then got into Long Beach's economy. When the Orbits became unsustainable, Long Beach's economy crashed.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: She carried on affairs with both Wallace Smith and her boss at Orbis, Werner.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Vik Sahay
Janet Price's second-in-command, and Liz's superior at Higher Steaks.
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* BadBoss: He's a bully who regularly degrades and humiliates the staff at Higher Steaks and then tries to con them into accepting worthless shares in the failing company in lieu of paychecks.
* SmugSnake: He lords his power over the rank-and-file employees, but the truth is he's little more than a puppet for Janet. [[spoiler:When she goes to jail, he suffers a complete emotional breakdown.]]
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[[folder:Clara]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Pollyanna [=McIntosh=]
Connie Clark's guide at Lodge 1 in London. [[spoiler:Also secretly Melinda, the Sovereign Protector of Lodge 1.]]
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* AlmightyJanitor: On the surface, she's just a Knight in Lodge 1. [[spoiler:She's actually the Sovereign Protector of Lodge 1, and thus the head of the Order of the Lynx.]]
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[[folder:Daphne Larson]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Mary Elizabeth Ellis
A struggling adjunct professor-turned-con artist working for Avery. [[spoiler:Later the Sovereign Protector of Lodge 55.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: At the start of season 2, she's gathering information about the scrolls on Avery's behalf, since he can't return to Long Beach. She starts to feel guilty about it, though, and thus ends up joining El Confidente in his quest in Mexico, and then later teams up with the other Lynxes to retrieve the scrolls.
* IllGirl: She seems to have a lot of health problems as a result of stress from her job.
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[[folder:Lenore]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Bertilla Damas
A flight attendant and former flame of Dud and Liz's dad. Also a victim of a pyramid scheme.
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* HairTriggerTemper: By her own admission, she has a wicked temper.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Her excuse for her behavior is that she had to become an asshole to survive on her own.
* {{Jerkass}}: She feels no compunction about all the people she cons into buying Fydro.
* NeverMyFault: She blames Dud and Liz for her problems, believing that if they never existed, their dad would have left their mother, married her, and had children with her.
* {{Ponzi}}: She is mired in a scam involving Fydro, a supposed energy drink that's actually just water.
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[[folder:Alice Ba]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Celia Au
One of Dud's surfer friends, and an employee at the local donut shop.
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* OnlySaneMan: She is one of the more down-to-Earth members of the cast.
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[[folder:Jackie Loomis]]
->'''Played by:''' Cara Mantella
One of the few female Lynxes back in the 1950's, and the mother of Larry Loomis.
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* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Subverted; [[spoiler:She was responsible for most of Wallace Smith's great achievements; Smith himself was a neurotic wreck who could barely function on his own.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She inadvertently created Long Beach's economic woes when her experiments with theoretical currency got stolen by Werner and instituted by Parabola in the form of Orbit coins, which spread among Orbis' low-level employees, then got into Long Beach's economy. When the Orbits became unsustainable, Long Beach's economy crashed.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: She carried on affairs with both Wallace Smith and her boss at Orbis, Werner.
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* GenerationXerox: Resembles his dad, both physically and in terms of attitude.
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[[folder:Janet Price]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Olivia Sandoval
-->"I think it, I make it, I take it."
The CEO of Omni, the company that owns Shamroxx and a number of other restaurant chains. Her underlings see her as a brilliant corporate visionary. [[spoiler:She's actually a neurotic, egotistical con artist.]]
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* CloudCuckoolander: She and reality are not on speaking terms most of the time.
* SmallNameBigEgo: She promotes herself as the future of food services in America, when the reality is that she is barely a regional player.
[[folder:Janet Price]]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Olivia Sandoval
-->"I think it, I make it, I take it."
The CEO of Omni, the company that owns Shamroxx and a number of other restaurant chains. Her underlings see her as a brilliant corporate visionary. [[spoiler:She's actually a neurotic, egotistical con artist.]]
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* CloudCuckoolander: She and reality are not on speaking terms most of the time.
* SmallNameBigEgo: She promotes herself as the future of food services in America, when the reality is that she is barely a regional player.
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* SignificantWardrobeShift: After coming to love Long Beach and Lodge 49, he swaps out his suit for more casual, beach appropriate clothing.
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* GeniusDitz: He may be lazy and directionless, but he is astonishingly literate, and is the only other person in the cast who can understand what the hell Blaise is talking about most of the time. His experience as a pool boy has also given him unexpected skills; when he seeks a job at West Coast Super Sales, Bob practically hires him on the spot, because years of unclogging pools means he understands the basic fundamentals of hydronic engineering.
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* BigSisterInstinct: In "The Slide", after Booie beats up Dud, she tracks him down, and goes apeshit on his car, creating enough of a ruckus that he and his indulgent parents are forced out of the neighborhood. In "Zugzwang", she confides that she refuses to leave Dud because in her mind, he's still the little kid who cried for days when she disappeared for two days.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PaulGiamatti
The author of the ''Europa Nights'' series of thrillers, and Lynx based in Gainesville.
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* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:Beneath his lively and gregarious persona, he's a basket case prone to having sudden freak-outs that often lead to self-injury.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's the self-proclaimed "Greatest Living American Writer". He's shocked when Blaise doesn't recognize him, and dismissive when Connie calls his books awful.
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[[folder:Jocelyn Pugh]]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Adam Godley
A Knight from the Home Lodge in London. He is sent to Long Beach to help sort out its financial problems and ends up advising Scott when he takes over.
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* ButtMonkey: He experiences constant mishaps in Long Beach, like getting harassed by kids and having his identity stolen by Avery.
* ExtremeDoormat: He lets everyone push him around.
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* DeathSeeker: It's repeatedly implied she doesn't want to live anymore. [[spoiler:In the season first-season finale, she threatens to kill herself in order to convince the bank to cancel her debts.]]
* PromotedToScapegoat: Towards the beginning of season 2, she suddenly finds herself promoted to manager at Higher Steaks. She tries to convince herself that it's because her new boss recognized her potential leadership skills, but soon learns the truth: [[spoiler:Higher Steaks is failing because their parent company is run by a madwoman, and they put Liz in management because they figured that her history of erratic behavior would make her a convenient scapegoat.]]
* PromotedToScapegoat: Towards the beginning of season 2, she suddenly finds herself promoted to manager at Higher Steaks. She tries to convince herself that it's because her new boss recognized her potential leadership skills, but soon learns the truth: [[spoiler:Higher Steaks is failing because their parent company is run by a madwoman, and they put Liz in management because they figured that her history of erratic behavior would make her a convenient scapegoat.]]
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* OutlivingOne'sOffspring: OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Ernie lost his daughter Amaya when she was a baby, an event that haunts him into the present day. He also mentions to Dud that it was his grief over the loss that first led him to the Lodge]].
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Shaves his beard in the season finale as part of an attempt to get his life on track.
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* CampGay: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Blaise is rather flamboyant, but it has more to do with his eccentric tendencies than his sexuality.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mentions that he did not have a happy home life in his youth, eventually being kicked out of his family's house. Whether this is because of his beliefs, his sexuality, or both remains unknown.
* HeroicRROD: After many days of extensive research and no sleep, Blaise collapses in hysterics in the middle of a supermarket and, at the end of the episode, decides to check himself into a mental hospital.
* TheInsomniac: A problem he has suffered from throughout his life, and a partial contributor to the HeroicRROD described above.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mentions that he did not have a happy home life in his youth, eventually being kicked out of his family's house. Whether this is because of his beliefs, his sexuality, or both remains unknown.
* HeroicRROD: After many days of extensive research and no sleep, Blaise collapses in hysterics in the middle of a supermarket and, at the end of the episode, decides to check himself into a mental hospital.
* TheInsomniac: A problem he has suffered from throughout his life, and a partial contributor to the HeroicRROD described above.
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* TraumaticCongaLine: In the course of one year, he suffered a debilitating leg injury, lost his dad, lost his house, lost his job, lost his car, and suffered ''another debilitating leg injury.''
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* ButtMonkey: The universe seems to love crapping on poor Dud.
* GeniusDitz: He may be lazy and directionless, but he is astonishingly literate, and is the only other person in the cast who can understand what the hell Blaise is talking about most of the time.
* ThePollyanna: Despite how crappy his life is, he is extremely optimistic.
* TraumaticCongaLine: In the course of one year, he suffered a debilitating leg injury, lost his dad, lost his house, lost his job, lost his car, and suffered ''another debilitating leg injury.''
* ThePollyanna: Despite how crappy his life is, he is extremely optimistic.
* TraumaticCongaLine: In the course of one year, he suffered a debilitating leg injury, lost his dad, lost his house, lost his job, lost his car, and suffered ''another debilitating leg injury.''
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* TheAlcoholic: If she doesn't keep busy, she drinks. Heavily.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Whenever she drinks, she does stupid things. [[spoiler:This is how she ended up stuck working at Shamroxx; after finishing law school, she decided to get loaded and somehow ended up committing a bad enough felony that she can't pass a background check for most full-time jobs.]]
* DeathSeeker: It's repeatedly implied she doesn't want to liveanymoreanymore. [[spoiler:In the season finale, she threatens to kill herself in order to convince the bank to cancel her debts.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Deconstructed; On the surface, she seems to be an intelligent, hard-working woman saddled by an idiotic brother and a sexist ass of a boss. As the first season goes on, it quickly becomes clear that many of her problems are the result of her own self-destructive tendencies.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Whenever she drinks, she does stupid things. [[spoiler:This is how she ended up stuck working at Shamroxx; after finishing law school, she decided to get loaded and somehow ended up committing a bad enough felony that she can't pass a background check for most full-time jobs.]]
* DeathSeeker: It's repeatedly implied she doesn't want to live
* WomenAreWiser: Deconstructed; On the surface, she seems to be an intelligent, hard-working woman saddled by an idiotic brother and a sexist ass of a boss. As the first season goes on, it quickly becomes clear that many of her problems are the result of her own self-destructive tendencies.
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* DrummersAreAnimals: The drummer for Don Fab and the Longshoremen.
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[[folder:Ernie Fontaine]]
!!Ernie Fontaine
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Brent Jennings
-->''"Why would anyone want to live forever? I just want to live for real, for a little while, right here."''
A plumbing salesman and Luminous Knight at Lodge 49.
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* TheMentor: Explicitly called this by Dud in the season finale. Ernie is quick to point out that anyone with a guy like him for a mentor is screwed.
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!!Elizabeth Dudley
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonya Cassidy
A former paralegal now working at Shamroxx to pay off the sizeable debt her dad's death left her with.
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* DeathSeeker: It's repeatedly implied she doesn't want to live anymore
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[[folder: Connie Clark]]
!!Connie Clark
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Linda Emond
A journalist and member of the lodge. Married to Scott but has been having an affair with Ernie, her former high school sweetheart, since joining the lodge a year ago.
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* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: Revealed to be suffering from some form of brain disease, with only a few years to live.]]
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[[folder: Blaise St. John]]
!!Blaise St. John
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->'''Portrayed By:''' David Pasquesi
An [[TheStoner apothecary]] and member of the lodge.
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* AgentMulder: One of the few members of Lodge 49 who is actually passionate about alchemy and esoterica.
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[[folder: Scott Mills]]
!!Scott Mills
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Eric Allan Kramer
An officer for Long Beach Harbor Patrol and member of the lodge.
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* DrummersAreAnimals: The drummer for Don Fab and the Longshoremen.
[[folder:Ernie Fontaine]]
!!Ernie Fontaine
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Brent Jennings
-->''"Why would anyone want to live forever? I just want to live for real, for a little while, right here."''
A plumbing salesman and Luminous Knight at Lodge 49.
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* TheMentor: Explicitly called this by Dud in the season finale. Ernie is quick to point out that anyone with a guy like him for a mentor is screwed.
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[[folder:Liz Dudley]]
!!Elizabeth Dudley
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Sonya Cassidy
A former paralegal now working at Shamroxx to pay off the sizeable debt her dad's death left her with.
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* DeathSeeker: It's repeatedly implied she doesn't want to live anymore
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[[folder: Connie Clark]]
!!Connie Clark
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Linda Emond
A journalist and member of the lodge. Married to Scott but has been having an affair with Ernie, her former high school sweetheart, since joining the lodge a year ago.
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* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: Revealed to be suffering from some form of brain disease, with only a few years to live.]]
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[[folder: Blaise St. John]]
!!Blaise St. John
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->'''Portrayed By:''' David Pasquesi
An [[TheStoner apothecary]] and member of the lodge.
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* AgentMulder: One of the few members of Lodge 49 who is actually passionate about alchemy and esoterica.
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[[folder: Scott Mills]]
!!Scott Mills
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Eric Allan Kramer
An officer for Long Beach Harbor Patrol and member of the lodge.
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* DrummersAreAnimals: The drummer for Don Fab and the Longshoremen.
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!!Sean "Dud" Dudley
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Wyatt Russell
-->''"You know, when I'm out there I feel like I'm all alone. And all these things chasing me, it's... it's dragons and dickheads. But it's different in here. I can see what this place is. I can feel it."''
A disarmingly optimistic ex-surfer who joins the Order of the Lynx after finding a ring on the beach.
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*ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Shaves his beard in the season finale as part of an attempt to get his life on track.
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!!Sean "Dud" Dudley
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Wyatt Russell
-->''"You know, when I'm out there I feel like I'm all alone. And all these things chasing me, it's... it's dragons and dickheads. But it's different in here. I can see what this place is. I can feel it."''
A disarmingly optimistic ex-surfer who joins the Order of the Lynx after finding a ring on the beach.
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*ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Shaves his beard in the season finale as part of an attempt to get his life on track.
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