Dark Water Characters

Our fifteen-year-old leading lady acts first and asks questions later. She's smart when it comes to her English homework, but she doesn't really think things through before making decisions. Pearl...

He might not really speak, and his two most notable qualities (at least initially) might be his pantomiming and juggling skills, but this seventeen-year-old undocumented worker from Mexico quickly...

Pretentious, smart, and athletic, Robby takes after his mom (Agnès) in a lot of ways. He definitely has her know-it-all attitude down pat. In fact, he's your average Renaissance man who is good at...

Pearl's uncle is an all-around good guy. When his sister's marriage falls apart, he lets her move in with him. He's more than willing to help out undocumented workers by paying their medical bills...

Pearl's mom is a substitute teacher with a compulsive need to do something every single minute of every day. The way Pearl tells it, "My mother is an impulsive overdoer who gets her feelings hurt a...

We've all been there: We're best friends with someone and do everything together, but the moment a boyfriend/girlfriend comes into the picture, we're toast. Pearl tells us it was the same way with...

Agnès is Pearl's aunt and Robby's mom, and she's one of those people who thinks she's better than everybody else. No, really. Pearl attributes this to her homeland: She was born and raised in Fran...

Robby's on-again, off-again girlfriend is only really around because she supposedly had an affair with his dad. Or, to hear Robby tell it, "I couldn't like someone who had affairs with married men....

Let's face it: We know more about Pearl's dad's departure than we do about anything else having to do with the guy. The one time he shows up, he's full of complaints and regrets. And when he lets P...