Character Relationship Map: Senior Year

Characters

• Stephanie Conway (played by Rebel Wilson) — protagonist

  The protagonist, a 14-year-old Australian immigrant who becomes a popular high school cheerleader in 1999. After being sabotaged into a coma, she wakes up at age 37 in 2022 and returns to high school...

• Seth Novacelik (played by Sam Richardson) — protagonist

  Stephanie's loyal childhood friend who harbors a secret crush on her. Now an adult librarian at Harding High in 2022, he supports her throughout her return to high school. He accompanies her to movies...

• Tiffany Blanchette-Balbo (played by Zoë Chao) — supporting

  Blaine's ex-girlfriend and Stephanie's high school rival who secretly orchestrates the cheer stunt that lands Stephanie in a coma. Now married to Blaine and a devoted mother, she initially acts out of...

• Martha Reiser (played by Mary Holland) — supporting

  Stephanie's childhood friend who has returned as Harding High's principal and cheerleading coach in 2022. She cares for Stephanie upon her awakening but initially struggles with past resentments over...

• Young Blaine Balboa (played by Tyler Barnhardt) — supporting
• Blaine Balbo (played by Justin Hartley) — supporting

  A popular high school student in 1999 who dates Stephanie Conway before becoming her ex-boyfriend. Decades later, he is married to Tiffany and lives in their former house. At the 2022 prom, he appears...

• Jim Conway (played by Chris Parnell) — supporting

  Stephanie's widowed father who cares for her after she wakes from a twenty-year coma. He provides reluctant but steady support as she navigates her return to high school and ultimately encourages her...

• Lydia Conway (played by Lucy Taylor) — minor
• Janet (played by Avantika) — minor
• Yaz (played by Joshua Colley) — minor
• Lance Harrison (played by Michael Cimino) — minor
• Dr. Jean Johnson (played by Tiffany Denise Hobbs) — minor
• Nurse (played by Lauren Halperin) — minor
• Mr. T (played by Brandon Scott Jones) — minor
• Neil Chudd (played by Jeremy Ray Taylor) — minor
• Britney 'Bri Luvs' Balbo (played by Jade Bender) — minor
• Deanna Russo (played by Alicia Silverstone) — minor
• Young Martha Reiser (played by Molly Brown) — supporting

  The teenage version of Martha Reiser during the 1999 high school years. She is part of Stephanie's friend group before Stephanie's shift in social status creates distance between them.

• Young Stephanie Conway (played by Angourie Rice) — supporting

  The teenage version of the protagonist in 1999. Driven by a desire for social status, she transforms herself into the school's most popular cheerleader. Her ambition leads to a rivalry with Tiffany an...

• Young Seth Novacelik (played by Zaire Adams) — supporting

  The teenage version of Seth during the 1999 timeline. He is one of Stephanie's original friends who accompanies her during her early high school years before her popularity surge alters their dynamic.

Story Analysis

A woman navigates identity, friendship, and authenticity after waking from a decades-long coma.

Plot Progression

1. The Coma Awakening
2. Reclaiming Popularity
3. Confronting Reality
4. Authentic Resolution