Quentin, seeing the scratches on his wrist where Tracy had tried to fend him off, realizes the truth of Alex's warning and rushes to rescue his friends.

In the last seasons, Jeff would spend much time with best buddy Smitty, and Donna and Alex would find best friends in Dave Kelsey, Alex's professional colleague, and his wife Midge.

* Natanya Ross as Robyn Russo – One of Alex's neighborhood friends.

* Alexis Fields as Nicole Wilson – Another of Alex's friends.

Karen and a number of Alex's other old friends are taken and assaulted by the police in an attempt to gain information about Alex's whereabouts.

It was later revealed that they were a group of Alex's former online friends on a role-playing game ; Stretch, an overweight boy who lives with his grandmother ( had roleplayed as several female and scantily clad superheroes such has Emma Frost, Ms Marvel, and the Invisible Woman ), Hunter, a thin young man with a stereotypical slacker appearance ( had roleplayed as the Hulk ), Lotus, a female fantasy fan who participates in Renaissance Fairs ( had roleplayed as Daredevil ) and Oscar, a man who often was fired from many jobs because of using the computers for online games ( had roleplayed as Spider-Man ).

After Alex's death, the friends find certain items from the Pride in an attempt to bring back Alex, but end up killing Oscar, and bringing back a younger version of Alex's father, Geoffrey, from a time period of one year after joining the Pride.

Ironically, the new Pride formed because Alex's friends claimed that they wanted to become more " responsible members of society ", and begin acting like adults.

She refuses Alex's offer brutally and helps usher her friends to safety.

Molly is abducted in a battle with a second incarnation of the Pride, made up of Alex's MMORPG friends and led by a younger version of Alex's father, Geoffrey.

In 1997, the book was reissued in an expanded edition, with updated information on the Defords and Alex's friends.

Stevie has caused trouble, such as buying a turkey from a pet adoption show and jocks slamming a pizza on Alex's head, but most recently, Alex is forced to take Stevie to the mall with him and his friends, when Stevie receives a magical coin to wish anything and runs off in the mall.

That embedded story itself contains a third tale, the eponymous Blind Assassin, a science fiction story told by Alex's fictional counterpart to the second novel's protagonist, believed to be Laura's fictional counterpart.

His use of Nadsat was essentially pragmatic ; he needed his narrator to have a unique voice that would remain ageless while reinforcing Alex's indifference to his society's norms, and to suggest that youth subculture existed independently of the rest of society.

Given Orr / Alex's desire to remain within the world of the Bridge, a world where he is well treated and lives a fairly pampered life, his attempts to stonewall and block the doctor's attempts to cure him are understandable.

The Barbarian ( along with his loquacious familiar ) are a deep expression of Alex's character ; when Orr's dreams are not themed around threat and opposition he dreams he is the Barbarian.

A second story line, which only occasionally intersects with the main topic of the book but to which concepts Jonah learns are also applied, describes Alex's marital life.

Despite ploys such as telling Havok that his teammates are dead and it was all Alex's fault, Havok remains defiant.

Alex's brother Stan's pet parrot drives the remote control car into the snow fort and threatens to light fireworks which are lined around the inside.

In the final scene of the film, while the four thieves are having their mugshot photos taken, they are shown to have Alex's chicken pox.

Alex's younger sisters Aaliyah Yoong ( born 16 July 2003 ) and Philippa Yoong are both water skiers.

Some in the scientific community are skeptical of Pepperberg's findings, pointing to Alex's communications as operant conditioning.

One nationwide event that ALSF is known for are " Lemonade Days ," during which dedicated volunteers host " Alex's Lemonade Stands " across the country, during the same June weekend that Alex first held her original stands, from June 11 to June 13.

Alex and Norma run a pledge drive for the local PBS station and are asked to create a new version of Alex's talk show.

She and Alex, her best friend, are on their way to stay at Alex's parents ' house for the weekend to study.

They are tied together by letters sent from Alex to Foer and attached to Alex's version.

Unfortunately the meeting's arrangements are heard by Les, a friend jealous of Alex's attraction to Jimmy and keen to get in with Pando's gang.

After a while, Alex began to miss Stevie because Alex's parents are career-obsessed, which makes Alex feel lonely at his home.

After saying goodbye to Abby, Alex and Terrance are caught by the police and are taken to Alex's home where Terrance's caretaker comes to get him with the intention of covering up his running away.

I call him, explain that I'm Alex's father and ask him to please help me, the Marines are telling me Alex has died.

Alex's personality is a match for Laurie Tuttle ( Doris Day ), as both she and Alex are seemingly made for each other.

Soon they are engaged, but when a friend of Alex's, Barney Sloan ( Frank Sinatra ), comes to the Tuttle home to help with some musical arrangements, complications arise.

The policemen who come to Alex's rescue turn out to be none other than Dim and former gang rival Billyboy.

* John Robinson as John McFarland, Alex's friend who has trouble at school while managing his alcoholic father.

Raúl Juliá plays Alex's hairdresser husband Joaquin, who wants to divorce her, as he has fallen in love with socialite Isabel Harding ( Diane Salinger ).

However, later it turns out that there is a deal from a French client who wants a certain part at a low price and in a massive amount, the conflict being they won't make a big profit and Alex's plant can't produce the amount wanted in time.

Grig tells Alex's mother and the people of the trailer park of Alex's heroism in the Rylan War and that he will be a Starfighter of great potential, who will teach future Starfighters.

Mister Sinister, an evil geneticist who was obsessed with the Summers bloodline, appeared eager yet surprised that Alex's potential exceeded Scott's – despite the fact that he seemed to lack control over his gift.

After the kidnapping, Alex encounters the ghost of the ancient warrior who originally vanquished the Dark Ninja, who explains that the Dark Ninja intends to sacrifice Alex's girlfriend to conquer the world.

Merv and Tara left, and new characters came in: Manny and Erin ( incoming freshmen ) and Grant, a junior who was Erin's brother and soon became Alex's boyfriend.

While attending the wedding, Billy meets Pat Garrett ( Patrick Wayne ) who is not yet a sherriff, but warns Billy of an attempt on Alex's life by Murphy's men that will happen the next day.

Meanwhile, the FBI, who has also been tracking the stolen chip, goes to Alex's school after being tipped off by the Air Force.

Mrs. Hess, who befriends Alex after he successfully rescues her, is there along with the FBI and the police while Alex's house is being repaired.

His mother, Johanna Bean, is a British expatriate and his father Hanifah Yoong Yin Fah is a Malaysian of Chinese descent through Alex's grandfather Yoong Wan Hoi who emigrated in 1933.

Dr. Herbert Terrace, who had worked with Nim Chimpsky, says he thinks Alex performed by rote rather than using language ; he calls Alex's responses " a complex discriminative performance ", adding that in every situation, " there is an external stimulus that guides his response.

Alex's experience with breast cancer eventually led to a career as a talk show host, where she met and married " Big Al " Barker ( Robert Klein ), an outlandish but likeable home appliance retailer who sponsored her talk show as " The Prince of Pricetown ".

* Victor Runkel ( David Gianopoulos ) ( Season 2 ): Victor was Alex's plumber who she dated after divorcing her husband.

These early years also featured the characters of Josie's beatnik boyfriend Albert ; Pepper's strong but dull-witted boyfriend Sock ( real name Socrates ); Albert's rival Alexander Cabot III, who chased after both Josie and Melody ; and Alex's obnoxious twin sister Alexandra Cabot.

Next to Ray, she is the only one who originally knows about Alex's powers.

* Michael Blakley as George Mack – Alex's father, a brilliant chemist who works for Danielle Atron at the Plant.

* Dorian Lopinto as Barbara Mack – Alex's mother, a more down-to-earth woman who works in a public relations firm.

The maître d's claim that the restaurant's policy on phones is very relaxed these days does not alleviate Alex's embarrassment since his concern was due to being seen with a companion who was not using the latest model, and not ( as the reader may have supposed ) due to talking on a cellphone in a restaurant.

Cyrus is Alex's God-fearing American head of department who arrived on the scene in 2006, soon after the Megabank merger and the apparent promotion of Rupert to senior banker status.