Topher Abar

Topher is the sharpest kid in Tulsa, a math prodigy who builds elaborate sugar-cube structures and speaks to adults like an equal. He lives with his parents Angela and Cal and his siblings, curious and watchful, clearly aware that something is being kept from him even if he cannot yet name what.

Dylan Schombing plays precocity without cuteness — Topher reasons like a small adult but still needs tucking in, and that gap gives the show a quiet emotional register amid its conspiracies and masks. He's the household's clearest eye, noticing what the grown-ups hope he won't.