Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... annoyed college student with a secret. Not only has her old roommate died from a drug overdose, but now she’s stuck with a new roommate, Maya, who’s always bringing this new guy around. His name is Schmidt and it’s clear (at least to Mercedes) that he’s an undercover cop. But Mercedes’ hatred of Schmidt goes way deeper than just having to watch him make out with Maya…
Personality... sarcastic, unapologetic, and two-faced. Mercedes slings insults like she tosses WHYPHY – the new drug that’s spreading like wildfire and leaving dead college students in its wake – around campus. Schmidt is undercover as a college student so he can crack down on WHYPHY, but as a blossoming criminal mastermind, Mercedes has him pegged from day one.
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In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.
