Linda is a content moderator living a highly structured and solitary life in a windowless room in San Francisco. Her isolated existence is driven entirely by objectum sexuality directed toward commercial airplanes, which she treats as sentient, male beings. She meticulously schedules monthly flights and rides the airport AirTrain, seeking a fatal union with a jet. She excels at her grim moderation job because it aligns with her profound emotional detachment from human society.

Karina is an anxious content moderator burdened by severe germaphobia and a paralyzing fear of flying. She views her daily exposure to horrific internet videos as a cosmic punishment for past mistakes. Despite her neuroses, she provides Linda with a rare tether to conventional society and genuinely tries to help her navigate dating and social norms.

Dave is a middle-aged manager for the parent company that oversees Acuity's operations. Externally, he projects corporate authority. Internally, he is suffering through a lonely mid-life crisis following a divorce and a failed startup. He relies on prescription antidepressants and reckless behavior to feel alive, treating his encounters with Linda as a way to reclaim his lost youth.

N92823 is a Boeing 737 airplane that serves as the primary object of Linda's affection. A terrifying encounter with clear-air turbulence on this plane triggered her sexual awakening as a teenager. Linda tracks his flight paths obsessively, treating the aircraft as a sentient partner destined to fulfill her ultimate romantic fantasy.

Anthony is Karina's affable fiancé, running a novelty T-shirt business that Karina's friends view with skepticism. He represents the conventional domestic stability Karina strives for. His casual flirtations and general immaturity frequently trigger Karina's deep-seated insecurities.

Simon is a struggling gig worker who initially interacts with Linda by using fake photos on a dating app. After admitting his deception during a disappointing coffee date, he successfully leverages his connection to Linda to secure a content moderation job at Acuity. He quickly becomes a disruptive and crude presence in her workplace.

Esme is a polished member of Karina's friend group who frequently hosts their manifestation gatherings. She polices the group's aspirational exercises and enforces social conformity through her perfectly curated goals, including a promotion and a pregnancy.

Judy is Karina's oldest friend and a regular attendee of the Vision Board Brunches. While she participates in the group's superficial judgments, she occasionally demonstrates genuine concern for Karina's well-being and understands her patterns of lashing out.

Stacy is an educated member of the Vision Board Brunch group. She actively participates in evaluating the other women's life goals, representing the high social and educational standards the group uses to measure success.

Morgan is a member of the Vision Board Brunch circle. She frequently clashes with Karina during the gatherings, especially when Karina accuses her of using the vision board merely to boast about a vacation she has already secured.

Nikki is a member of the Vision Board Brunch friend group who recently had a child. Her presence brings conventional domestic milestones directly into the group's competitive atmosphere.

Kevin is a pragmatic college student and the son of Linda's landlords. He acts as a polite intermediary between Linda and his parents, occasionally offering her practical advice on using dating apps while maintaining a cautious distance from her unusual lifestyle.

Deb is Linda's mother, living in Southern California. She struggles to understand her daughter's intense fixation on planes and outright dismisses Linda's attempts to bond over their shared, traumatic childhood flight to Chicago.

Al is Linda's brother. He lives in Bakersfield with his wife, Denise. Unlike their mother, Al remembers and validates Linda's early memories regarding the terrifying family flight, inadvertently fueling her obsession.

Denise is Al's wife. She observes Linda's highly unusual behavior during family gatherings in Southern California, maintaining a polite distance from her sister-in-law's eccentricities.

Mr. Chen is one of Linda's landlords. He prefers to keep a strict physical and social distance from his tenant, treating her with a detached suspicion that highlights her alienation.

Mrs. Chen is Linda's landlady, who maintains strict boundaries with her tenant. She prefers Linda to stay entirely out of the main property, viewing her more as an inconvenience than a neighbor.

Christa is the HR manager at Acuity. She handles workplace disruptions with corporate platitudes and small gift cards, prioritizing the parent company's liability over the genuine mental well-being of the moderation staff.

Scott is the regional manager at Acuity who addresses the staff following Santiago's breakdown. He strictly enforces corporate policy and declines to disclose meaningful details about the culprit, maintaining a sterilized work environment.

Santiago is a disgruntled night-shift content moderator at Acuity. His grotesque vandalism of a coworker's desk serves as a visceral, scatological protest against the dehumanizing nature of their work before he disappears.

Tonya is an employee at Acuity who immediately quits her job after finding her workspace vandalized by a night-shift worker, demonstrating the extreme psychological distress inherent in the office environment.

Beatrice is Anthony's coworker at his novelty T-shirt business. Her presence and casual interactions with Anthony frequently trigger Karina's insecurities, leading Karina to view her as a direct threat to her future marriage.

Mike is an old acquaintance of Dave Kinney. Their deeply hostile reunion at his bar exposes Dave's insecurities. Mike easily dismisses Dave's attempts to show off, refusing to validate Dave's suspicions about past betrayals.

Michelle is Dave's ex-wife. Her past relationship with Dave, and her rumored affair with his rival Mike, continue to haunt Dave's current life and contribute heavily to his ongoing mid-life crisis.

Gabi is Dave's teenage daughter, representing the strained family life he struggles to maintain following his bitter divorce from Michelle.

Jose is a host at the Elephant Bar. He observes Linda's weekly ritual of securing a booth to watch planes land, eventually exposing her long-standing habit of pretending to wait for a friend who never arrives.

Brett is a former coworker of Linda's. Her brief encounter with him in an airport Subway walk-in fridge represents one of her earliest human sexual experiences, cementing her view of intimacy as a quick, unromantic transaction.

Freddie is a married man with whom Linda had an affair during college. He unwittingly taught her how to mentally dissociate and imagine airplanes in order to pretend to enjoy physical intimacy with humans.

Brock is an old high school friend of Dave's who works as a commercial pilot. Dave attempts to use him to secure a date for Linda, entirely misunderstanding the specific nature of her desires.