Thomas Collins

Born and raised in Staten Island, New York City, James Collins - almost always known as Jim - moved to Boston when he was eighteen to major in Public Relations and currently works as Press Secretary to Massachusetts state senator David O'Brien. His attitude towards life is probably best described as that of a child who figured out that being a grown-up was the best game of all, and he spent most of his teenage and early adult years building up a reputation for serial dating and generally knowing how to have a good time. However, he'll be quick to point out that he's only fallen in love once, and has now happily settled down with his fiancée Kitty.

A Boston girl with the attitude to match, Kitty Stewart grew up in the privileged neighbourhood of Beacon Hill thanks to her late father’s inheritance, but has nonetheless always managed to keep her feet firmly on the ground. Ever since High School, she has taken it on herself to keep in check her best friend David's soaring ambition, and continues to do so in her current job as Chief of Staff for the newly elected state senator. However, despite frequently maintaining a tough exterior, Kitty has had her fair share of heartbreak, falling pregnant towards the end of her college years and subsequently suffering a miscarriage. For over ten years afterwards, she had a somewhat troubled love life that never went beyond the occasional awkward date - until she decided to take a chance on her co-worker Jim, whom she is now engaged to and shares an apartment with.

An avid film freak from Texas, Michelle is currently a freshman at University of Massachusetts Boston, majoring in American Studies and minoring in Political Science. Brought up a Republican, she helped introduce her roommate Robin Byrne to the party and ever since has had to endure having her ear bended about why she should switch her major and minor around.

Shannon is the fourth of seven O'Connell children and the second youngest girl. Growing up, she was very close to her younger sister, Susannah, and her older sister, Laura. Despite this, Shannon is probably the feistiest and least stereotypically 'girly' of the four O'Connell women; from a very young age was a big fan of almost every kind of sport apart from baseball, which the rest of her family was passionate about. Although Shannon's family was surprised when at the age of thirty-five she announced she was engaged and pregnant, they weren't surprised to find her future husband was an athlete: Owen Flynn, a basketball player for the Boston Celtics. Shannon took maternity leave from her job as a sports journalist for the local newspaper and gave birth to her first son, Colin Donald Flynn, on the 25th January, 2116. Shannon and Owen have since broken off their engagement, and currently lives with her son in a small apartment in Roxbury.