| | | | PART I SCHOOLING |
| 1 | | | ROSE |
| | Rose | Holland | A pediatric neurologist. |
| | Lilly | | Rose's patient. |
| | Gareth | Quinn | Rose's husband. |
| | Emma Holland | Quinn | Rose's daughter. Aka: Q. |
| | Azra | Chaudhury | One of Rose's friends. |
| | Beck | Unsworth | Azra's ex-husband. |
| | Sonja | | Beck's second wife. |
| | Samantha | Zellar | One of Rose's friends. Aka: Sam. |
| | Kev | Zellar | Samantha's husband. |
| | Lauren | | One of Rose's friends. |
| | Julian | | Lauren's husband. |
| | Xander | Frye | Lauren's son |
| | Emma | Zellar | Samantha's daughter. Aka: Z. |
| | Glen | | The chair of anesthesiology at the Medical Center. |
| | Aidan | | One of Azra's son's. |
| | Charlie U. | Chaudhury | Aidan's twin brother. |
| 2 | | | Rose |
| | Tessa | Frye | Lauren's daughter. |
| 3 | | | EMMA Z |
| | Katie | Johnston | One of Emma Q and Emma Z's classmates. |
| | Caleb | Bingham | One of Emma Q and Emma Z's classmates. |
| 4 | | | ROSE |
| | Christopher | Columbus | An Italian explorer and navigator. |
| | Flora Wilson | Bianchi | Rose's acquaintance. |
| | Lizzie | Borden | The main suspect in axe murders of her father and stepmother. |
| 5 | | | BECK |
| | Wade | Meltzer | Bucky's father. |
| | Bucky | | A soccer player. |
| | Baashir | | The new midfielder. |
| | Amy | Susskin | The team manager. |
| | Will | | Amy's son. |
| 7 | | | BECK |
| | Roy | | Sonja's son. |
| 8 | | | XANDER |
| | Mr. | Aker | Xander's teacher. |
| 9 | | | ROSE |
| | Roger | Wicker | United States Senator. |
| | Edgar | | Kev's father. |
| | Suze | | Kev's mother. |
| | Blakey | | Kev's sister. |
| 10 | | | CH'AYÑA |
| | Ch'ayña | | Silea's mother. |
| | Atik | Yupanqui | Ch'ayña's grandson. |
| | Silea | | Atik's mother. |
| | Tiago | | Silea's man. |
| | | | PART II THE FIRST CUT |
| 11 | | | ROSE |
| | Elizabeth | Leighton | Head of the School, The Crystal Academy. aka: Bitsy. |
| 12 | | | EMMA Z |
| | Cynthia | | Emma Z's test tutor. |
| 19 | | | CH'AYÑA |
| | Kyler | | Atik's friend. |
| 20 | | | BECK |
| | Julius | Caesar | A Roman general and statesman. |
| | Richard | Nixon | 37th U.S. President. |
| 21 | | | ROSE |
| | Connor | | Emma Z's acquaintance. |
| | Caitlin | Comstock | Rose's acquaintance. |
| | Stephie | Turner | Emma Z's
acquaintance. |
| | Janelle | Lyman | Owner and Principal Instructor - Wild Horse Stables. |
| 24 | | | BECK |
| | Leila | | A designer. |
| | Andy | Millward | One of the ROMO coaches. |
| 26 | | | ROSE |
| | Aquinas | | Lauren's dog. |
| 28 | | | XANDER |
| | Géza | Maróczy | Hungarian chess player. |
| | Efim | Bogoljubov | A Russian-born German chess grandmaster. |
| | | | PART III THE WHOLE CHILD |
| 29 | | | ROSE |
| | Mr. | Wilkins | The gifted-and-talented instructor. |
| 34 | | | BECK |
| | Joe | Jelinek | Superintendent of the Crystal city schools. |
| 36 | | | EMMA Z |
| | | Young | A professor. |
| 37 | | | ROSE |
| | Carl | Wingate | The dean of the medical school. |
| | Tazeem | Harb | The mayor's wife and
Sam's friend. |
| | Edward | Bowers | An orthopedist. |
| 39 | | | ROSE |
| | Mitch | Stephenson | Rose's department chair. |
| | Chloe | | A pianist. Carl's daughter. |
| | Vince | | Carl's wife. |
| | Sherry | | Mitch's wife. |
| 41 | | | ROSE |
| | Logan | | A patient. |
| | Franklin | Barnes | One of Rose's post docs. |
| | Keith | Duggan | Emma Q's classmate. |
| | Sue | Willis | A young principal. |
| | Tasha | Avery | The Emmas' teacher. |
| | Caleb | Sykes | One of Emma Q and Emma Z's classmates. |
| 45 | | | BECK |
| | Dr. | Dan | A therapist. |
| | Adam | Sandler | American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. |
| | Aristophanes | | A comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens. |
| 46 | | | ROSE |
| | Arthur | Rubinstein | American-Polish classical pianist. |
| 47 | | | BECK |
| | Joey | | Meltzer's acquaintance. |
| 48 | | | ROSE |
| | Lucius | Seneca | Hispano-Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist |
| | Euripides | | Tragedian of classical Athens. |
| | Henry | Thoreau | American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. |
| | Justin | Bieber | Canadian singer-songwriter. |
| | Oscar | Wilde | Irish poet and playwright. |
| 49 | | | XANDER |
| | Jebanny | Ford | Xander's acquaintance. |
| 50 | | | ROSE |
| | Bonnie | Raitt | American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, and activist. |
| | | | PART IV SPIKES |
| 51 | | | ROSE |
| | Ainsley | | One who will assess the students portfolio. |
| | Miriam | | One who will assess the students portfolio. |
| | Toni | Andriesen | ALPACA's self-designated leader. |
| 52 | | | BECK |
| | Tom | Valiant | An artist. |
| 54 | | | XANDER |
| | Franklin K. | Young | An author. |
| | Bobby | Fischer | American chess grandmaster. |
| 56 | | | ROSE |
| | Ms. | Emory | Silea's new client. |
| | Darla | Robbins | Mitch Stephenson's admin. |
| | Jean | Byer | The interim associate vice provost for human resource mgt. |
| | Shirley | Ames | The chairman of the school board. |
| 57 | | | BECK |
| | Zeke | | One of the soccer players. |
| 58 | | | ROSE |
| | Kiana | | Glen's daughter. |
| | Coco | Chanel | French fashion designer. |
| | | | PART V THE FINAL CUT |
| 62 | | | ROSE |
| | Beecham | | A dog. |
| | John | Lennon | An English singer, songwriter. |
| 70 | | | XANDER |
| | Mikhail | Botvinnik | Russian-Soviet chess grandmaster. |
| | Salo | Flohr | Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. |
| 71 | | | ROSE |
| | Chrissy | Baker | Dave Baker's daughter. |
| | Dave | Baker | A geochemist at Darlton. |
| | Carter | Stanhope | A little cello prodigy. |
| 73 | | | ROSE |
| | George | Clooney | American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. |
| | Virginia | Woolf | English writer. |
| 76 | | | CH'AYÑA |
| | Pachacuti | Yupanqui | The ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco. |
