MEET THE CHARACTERS
KEVIN
The New Guy Who Gets Too Good at the Game
Kevin arrives at Paradise Motors determined to treat people fairly and build a better future. Then he discovers he is very good at the game. The commissions grow, the applause gets louder, and the hours get longer.
He is making a living. When does he get to live it?
VINCE
The Legend Who Stayed One Year Too Long
Confident, funny and trusted by generations of customers, Vince is everything Kevin hopes to become. He has also been promising to leave after one more good year for fifteen years.
Now he sees Kevin following the same road. Teaching him when to walk away may matter more than teaching him how to win.
TONY
The Guy Who Learned to Laugh at the Fire
Tony has survived every new manager, pay plan and meeting promising that everything is about to change. His defense is a joke, usually a good one.
Beneath the punch lines, he takes the cost of this life seriously. If everyone is leaving someday, what exactly are they waiting for?
FRANK
Human Resources Has Asked Us Not to Describe Frank
Loud, unpredictable and guided by instinct, Frank treats the employee handbook as a collection of interesting suggestions. Customers love him anyway.
In a showroom full of performances, he never pretends to be anyone else. Kevin finds that both infuriating and unexpectedly revealing.
RICK
The Man Who Has Never Been Wrong in a Meeting
Polished, confident and fluent in corporate optimism, Rick knows exactly what the person above him wants to hear. To Kevin, he looks like success.
Rick believes in the system: the targets, the forecasts and the next revised action plan. He has spent his career climbing the ladder. He stopped looking down a long time ago.
CHARLIE
The Man Who Has Seen It All
Charlie has survived every grand new idea at Paradise Motors, including the confusing six months when everybody was supposed to come first. While others panic, he keeps his perspective.
He is not cynical. He is experienced. There is a difference.
MAYA
The Life Kevin Keeps Saying He's Building
Maya loves Kevin's ambition and understands his need to give their family security. What she cannot understand is why building that life requires him to miss so much of it.
As Paradise Motors asks for more, she sees the cost before he does.