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JIM REEVES - Supporting Role

Male, 30s-40s. The grieving father of Tyler, one of the twenty-three children lost on Owen's bus. Jim is a man consumed by raw grief and rage, desperately seeking someone to blame for his son's death. He's a sales manager, normally composed and authoritative, but the loss of his child has shattered him completely.

Jim requires significant emotional range: seething anger that builds to explosive confrontations, vulnerability when discussing his final moments with Tyler, and ultimately heart-wrenching desperation when faced with his son's voice in the coffin. His anger at Owen is genuine and visceral, fueled by the guilt of his own last words to Tyler ("hurry up or you'll miss the bus") and his recent divorce that left Tyler as the only thing he had left.

In Episode 3, Jim leads the charge against Owen at the memorial. He's accusatory, relentless, and increasingly unhinged as he reveals Owen's connection to multiple emergencies. In Episode 5, he becomes tragic and desperate, unable to resist his son's voice calling from the coffin despite everyone's warnings. His final moments before being taken are absolutely terrifying: the realization that what's in the coffin isn't his son.

This role demands powerful emotional authenticity: grief, rage, desperation, terror, and ultimately the primal fear of a father facing something unnatural.

This is a major supporting role spanning multiple episodes. Voice actor cast in this role will receive an IMDB credit.