Serial: "Hawkins County" Chapter 2 - 1970's Nostalgic Americana

"Hawkins County" has a dual story line until well into the second act. You have already met Pat O'Connor, the delinquent teenage boy on the run from the law. The premise of his story line: Can Pat O'Connor continue to elude capture by law enforcement for probation violation? Now in chapter 2, you will meet Jack Johnson, a nerdy college student whose life becomes enmeshed with Pat O'Connor's in way the two can not yet imagine. This is the second story line, with Jack Johnson being the antagonist to the protagonist Pat O'Connor. 

Continued character development of Jack Johnson:

Jack looked so much like Robert Redford today, so handsome and charming, that if the actor could see him now, even he would be impressed. He turned to the side to give his dad a profile shot, then back again to make bunny ears behind Marianne's head for the next click of the shutter. "Don't know him, except his name's Adam Nelson. Industrial Arts, so what can you expect? The dumb wiener cut the cheese down there, too. I tried my best to calm him down, but I might's well been pissing into the wind for all the good it did."

"Jack, did you really try to reach out and help him in the true spirit of Christian brotherhood?" Father Donovan said. 

"Um, why yes, of course," Jack replied. 

"Yes, I saw you trying to help him," Esther said. "Honestly, carrying on like that! They should withhold his degree."

"It's a sign of the times, mom," Jack replied, lifting his pants leg to show Senior a little calf. "They'll graduate anybody these days." (to be continued)

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