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He’s putting the pieces together from the past, trying to rebuild himself to be better. The film revolves around him and how the rest of the cast influences him and vice versa. We explore his past through the present in order to create the future.

Jacob’s sister, their relationship is hot and cold, she makes fun of him one moment, and plays the caring tough love older sister the next, but is she there for him when he needs her is the question. His abusive ex is her best friend from College.

Jacob’s old flame, a passionate artist destined for greatness in the works she paints, a wannabe DaVinci. But when Jacob plays her patron, she takes, and takes, and takes until he no longer knows who he is. What makes this extra hard is she was the person Jacob loved, trusted, and respected the most in his life. His journey will teach him to trust again, by delving into the memories of her and learning about what drives her complexity. But the past will come back to haunt him.

In the return to Jacob’s passion for writing, he meets a kindred spirit, more self critical than him, if that’s possible, and she sees right through him. Stuck in his head, in theory, and she encourages him down the path that he needs to truly find meaning in life.

Jacob’s mother, loving, supportive, but rather disconnected by the things he finds passion in. Understanding why her divorce with Jackson unfolded will reveal why Jacob struggles with relationships.

Jacob’s father, a man who doesn’t really have an emotional touch, at least that we can see. The question is he just a cold father stereotype, or is he a man who’s further along the journey Jacob’s on, just as disillusioned as him, and the key to understanding him, and empathizing with him, is the same key for him to find forgiveness in himself.

Jacob’s therapist whom helps Jacob deconstruct who he thinks he is, and make sense of the pieces, but she can only do so much to help him put the pieces together, he needs to find out how that works and do it himself.

Jacob’s long time friend from grade school, still stuck on substances, and arguably a bad influence. He’s there when Jacob needed him, but will need Jacob when it’s least convenient for him. This will become a big test of Jacob’s boundaries, and make himself question if he’s a true friend.

Jacob’s long time friend from grade school who’s taken a more productive path, the discipline of martial arts, and applies that philosophy to life. This inspires Jacob to get involved. But Louis’s philosophy only goes so far, and he’ll need Jacob’s help battling his own demons.

Jacob’s new landlord who becomes a best friend, and introduces himself into the world of self help and business. But Henry isn’t all put together, he’s stuck on a missed connection he turned away out of fear of intimacy. In some mysterious way Jacob becomes instrumental in aiding him along his journey to change that.

He becomes a friend to Jacob through Henry, someone else who’s ambitious in life, a positive influence in that regard, but his solution to dating is to treat it like his businesses, and avoid the risks of giving your heart to one person. He’ll get a front row seat to what happens when a man loves and commits fully to someone who inspires him.

A black belt instructor whose school teaches Jacob a healthy approach to learning a craft, and how it can be applied to the rest of life.

She’s Maggie’s College friend, her dream is to be an actress, but she doesn’t know how to take control of her destiny, instead she finds herself getting rejected time and time again. The question is, does she reject herself or her own dreams, or find a way?

Jacob’s Screenwriting teacher, he’s a hot shot Hollywood type, a sell out who wants to will others down the same path he’s found works. But once confronted with something with soul, his is so black he can’t help but stamp out the flame. But are the embers of his soul stamped out completely? Or is there a chance to reignite that passion? Maybe the right student can influence that?

A screenwriting student turned friend to Jacob. He’s got feelings for Courtney but he’s never learned how to confront the feelings, have the courage to ask someone out, or pursue them. There’s a lot of things he wasn’t taught that maybe Jacob can help with, but will he stay resentful of him?

A screenwriting student turned friend who feels like life is so insignificant, he longs to be like the superheroes in the comics he loves, but thinks they’re a fantasy. Perhaps he’ll learn slowly we can go from our small pocket of the world to help the rest. Like a rock thrown into a pond, the water ripples out.

Henry met someone on online dating who was into him but through fear of intimacy he choked and could never find her again. By chance he’s able to meet her again, through the help of divine will and his friend’s luck. She’s born in the Ukraine, moved here when she was three, black glasses, and named after a flower. She’s the first person in a while who really made him feel challenged and appreciated, and he wasn’t used to it.

She’s a coworker who was also nudged along by their boss after the death of her mother. So when things turn tragic she and Jacob connect on that.

Hailey’s new boyfriend, he cares about her, but doesn’t realize she’s just using him to get back at her ex Jacob. He’s bought into her version of the story and wants to help her get any justice that would please her.

He’s a spiritual director who’s studied all the different religions and has constructed his own global perspective. Deep down he’s more lost than anyone but doesn’t know it. He’s not a member of that church, nor a spiritual director, he’s the blind leading the blind. They just let him use the office space.

Jacob’s boss, she is the one who got the ball rolling towards the beginning, getting him to therapy. She’s a bit of a role model, and looks after her people. But she will also be the reason he is sent into a spiritual crisis later, a crisis which will lead to finding a missing piece of the puzzle that was in his back pocket all along.

There’s several other minor characters, but minor doesn’t mean they aren’t well thought out, and cared about. The goal with this film is to show that everyone is on their own journey, they’re all working through something, even the “villains.” Everyone’s “villain” is someone else’s “hero.”