A new show always means a lot of new faces, so here’s a quick summary of each of the main characters on The Whispers and a little bit of what we know about them thanks to the pilot.

The Whispers isn’t a truly complicated show, but just in case it was hard to put all the families and relations together while watching the pilot last week, we’ve put together a quick refresher of who’s who and to whom.

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Wes Lawrence — Barry Sloane

Wes Lawrence is a defense department operative that works closely with the President. In the pilot, he was sent to Africa to investigate some bizarre discoveries, including a plane that crashed in the desert, and a strange rock formation that gave off an electric pulse when he touched it.

He is husband to Lena Lawrence, and father to Minx. He has a personal connection to Claire Bennigan, and after the pilot’s airing this week, it seems she was the woman he had an affair with that has strained his marriage.

Lena Lawrence — Kristen Connolly

Lena Lawrence is a devoted wife and mother who is dealing with some difficult times as she tries to move past the emotional wreckage of her husband’s affair, and also deal with the care of her daughter, Minx.

She is wife to Wes Lawrence, mother to Minx Lawrence, and has some serious hangups when it comes to Claire Bennigan, thanks to the woman’s affair with her husband.

Claire Bennigan — Lily Rabe

Claire Bennigan is a specialist with the FBI who has the unique ability to see things through the eyes of children. She is especially important to the case of Harper Weil and her mother’s accident, since there is definitely more to the case than meets the eye.

She is mother to Henry Bennigan, and wife to Sean Bennigan, a pilot whose plane was reported to have gone down in the Arctic, but was discovered crashed in an African desert with no sign of a body anywhere near.

The bearded mystery man — Milo Ventimiglia

In the pilot, we saw a strange bearded man collapse in an alley after writing ‘Minx’ down on a scrap piece of paper. Clearly, he has some connection to Drill, and can sense which child will be the invisible adversary’s next target.

The last few scenes of the pilot make a few connections as to who this John Doe is, but in the spirit of keeping at least a few surprises alive, we won’t spoil to whom this bearded man may or may not have connections. Watch the pilot!

Jessup Rollins — Derek Webster

Jessup Rollins is an FBI agent and partner to Claire Bennigan. He is skeptical of Claire’s insistence that something nefarious is going on with these children, and is still unconvinced that these crimes are anything other than as they seem.

Minx Lawrence — Kylie Rogers

Minx is daughter to Lena and Wes Lawrence, and is introduced to Drill in a playground tube in the pilot. We know that Drill has some seriously awful intentions for Minx, as we see her accessing her father’s governmental portal before the end of the first episode.

Henry Bennigan — Kyle Harrison Breitkopf

Henry Bennigan is the son of Claire and Sean Bennigan. He lost his hearing years before the pilot, and his father, Sean, was lost in a plane crash.

We saw Henry interacting with Drill at the end of the pilot, and he could clearly hear the noises outside his window. It is made clear that Drill wants Henry to keep his newly healed hearing to himself, and we can’t help but wonder what his mother will say when she finds out how his hearing was restored.