Jackie O'Neill

Jackie is Adora's oldest friend in Wind Gap, a boozy, blunt fixture on the porch with a wine glass rarely empty and a mouth that says what everyone else in town is too polite to. She watches Camille's return with a mix of affection and unspoken knowledge, clearly holding more history than she lets on.

Elizabeth Perkins plays her as comic relief that curdles the moment you look closer — the tipsy, gossipy neighbor who turns out to be one of the few adults in Wind Gap willing to tell the truth. The performance finds real ache under the brassiness, making Jackie's loyalty and her grudges feel equally dangerous.