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"Have you ever broken a stick before?"
In this prequel to FERN, Bill Verne attempts to climb the cut-throat corporate ladder of Mammon Incorporated, only to find that his pursuit of wealth and success comes at a devastating cost to both his loved ones and the world around him.
15 Cast Members
Dalton Zook
Bill Verne
Wesley Brewer
Daniel Mammon
Abby Pearson
Christine
Hunter Roth
Jacob
Elizabeth Conover
Michelle
Peter Canfield
Steve Stevenson
Winfield Hall
Receptionist
Ashlyn Simone
Woman with too many couches
Levi Eells
Narrator (voice)
Molly Shannon
Fern
Ben Grimes
Police Officer
Lajla Raske
Savannah (archive footage)
Sophie Conover
Bobby (archive footage)
Lexie Conover
Fern #2 (archive footage)
Kaleb Jackson
Man kicking tree (archive footage)
