The Divided States: Stories from the Second American Civil War
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Michael Bianchi is the love interest and antagonist of Emily Faulkner, one of the main characters. After being in a romantic relationship, with her, he is forced to hunt Emily down as he weighs his loyalty to the revolution against his love for Emily.
A triggerman and fiercely loyal to the Combined Syndicates, Micheal pursues Emily throughout the show as one of the main antagonists. He has an Italian American background, having grown up under the opression of the robber barons of the 1920's. Seeing such wealth inequality and growing up in total squalor, he became a convinced communist.
EMILY (do not read)
Jesus Michael… they’re rounding up people outside
MICHAEL
(dismissive) Must be an anarchist cell. They’ve been up in arms ever since Reed stepped down…
[Michael sighs and stretches]
Chairman Browder thinks they're planning something big. He's being proactive, clamping down on em'. They'll probably be sent to East Bank, poor bastards. Nobody comes back from East Bank...MICHAEL
(Angry) Oh, I'm sorry Sarah, should I have told her I was cheating on her before or after telling Emily we shot her goddamn parents?
(Sad) The Faulkner job was a mistake. If I had known beforehand, I would never have done it
SARAH
You sure as hell didn't hesitate to blow the Board of Trade Building
MICHAEL
(Blind anger, shouting) Don't be fucking naive Sarah. It was a black flag operation. We're the goddamn Bureau, it's what we do! You know just as well as I that we had to create a pretense to take out the anarchist faction before they took the entire goddamn Syndicate down with them!
