Timid wallflower Emma Frost gets bullied at school, pushed around by a domineering father and is generally unhappy with her miserable (if privileged) life. Then, she starts getting terrible headaches and begins hearing voices in her head and has little inclination that her world is about to completely change.
Christian Frost; Emma Frost; Winston Frost (Emma's father); Hazel Frost (Emma's mother); Ian Kendall; Sherry Howard; Nicole Jordan; Dolores Donovan; Matilda Brant; Bryce (chauffeur); Felicia (maid); Ms. Grizette; Dr. Davenport; Ms. Cruikshank
Synopsis
Emma wakes up in the school infirmary after having a blinding headache which caused her to pass out. The other girls tease her about doing it on purpose to get out of taking a final. While taking the test the next day, Emma realizes she can "hear" the correct answers in her head. She aces the test and is accused of cheating as she is normally a B student. She is forced to take it again but has no extra help this time from the minds of other students. She aces it again but hears Ms. Cruikshank tell Ian that her father called and threatened to pull funding if she didn't get an A+.
Emma continues to get perfect grades in school thanks to her blossoming mind powers. She is also pleased to have her arch-rival disgraced and forced to leave the school due to lack of funds. Emma becomes deeply infatuated with Ian. She greatly displeases her father when she tells him that Ian has inspired her to become a teacher. Ian gives Emma a ride home during a storm and she impulsively kisses him. Emma shows up for school the next day to find that Ian has been fired. Her father gloats that he set the trap and photographed her smooching on her teacher.
Christian Frost; Emma Frost; Winston Frost (Emma's father); Hazel Frost (Emma's mother); Adrienne Frost (Emma's sister); Cordelia Frost (Emma's sister); Bryce (chauffeur); Dante Ortega; Robert (bouncer)
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Emma accidentally discovers that her brother is gay, a secret he has successfully kept from the family. On vacation in Peru, she also learns that her father is running around on her mother and takes pictures to prove it. When Emma's mother finds the camera with the incriminating photos, it seems like the Frost family is on the verge of completely falling apart.
Christian Frost; Emma Frost; Winston Frost (Emma's father); Hazel Frost (Emma's mother); Adrienne Frost (Emma's sister); Cordelia Frost (Emma's sister); Dante Ortega; Dr. Upjohn; Violet (maid); Kelly (little girl)
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Emma's mother makes excuses for her philandering husband until Emma touches her and psychically makes her see the truth. Unfortunately, this shock puts Hazel in the hospital. Christian moves out of the house to live with his boyfriend. Winston pays the police to plant drugs and arrest Dante. Emma believes sister Adrienne may have mental powers like her own. In despair, Christian tries to hang himself but Emma's powers warn her and she finds him.
The Frost family is in an uproar as Emma has just saved Christian from hanging himself. Winston is upset that she called 911, thus making the situation public. Angry with her father for his indifference, Emma becomes even more furious when she discovers that Cordelia has been getting drugs for Christian. Emma decides to tell her father about the problem and is shocked when Winston praises her for her recent rebellions. Just as Emma is about to be handed the reigns to the Frost family fortune, she learns that her father is putting Christian in a mental institution and decides to leave home.
On her own for the first time in her life, Emma finds that paying her own way is difficult as she loses one job after another. She discovers that she can use her mind to make people see money and tries to pass a piece of newspaper off as a hundred dollar bill at a restaurant. She gets caught and ends up doing dishes, making an unlikely friend out of the regular dishwasher. Troy invites her to crash at his place and the two get on swimmingly until two goons show up looking for the ten grand Troy owes to their boss.
Troy tries to win the ten grand he owes to a mob goon in a high stakes poker game but doesn't do very well. Emma realizes that she can "see" the cards that the players are holding in their minds and tries to convince Troy to give her a shot. Tired of running from Milo and Stu and amazed when Emma proves she can call any card he pulls from the deck, Troy concedes and Emma ends up winning big.
Emma Frost; Troy Killkelly (guest); Lucien (villain); Milo (villain); Stu (villain)
Synopsis
Emma and Troy give Lucien the $10,000 that they won in a poker game thanks to Emma's mind powers but the thug demands another $5,000 in interest on the morrow. The pair return to the casino but Emma's powers don't do so well in other games of chance and they are scoped out by security. Deciding to flee to New York, they are apprehended by Milo and Stu before they can put their plan into action.
Emma Frost; Troy Killkelly; Winston Frost; Adrienne Frost; Lucien (villain); Milo (villain); Stu (villain); Petal (villain); Bazz (villain)
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Not having the five thousand that Troy owes Lucien, he cooks up a plan to act like they have kidnapped Emma to get $250,000 from her father. They make a video and send it to Winston Frost but his reply is less than enthusiastic as he tells the bad guys to go ahead and kill his little girl.
With the kidnapping plan a bust, Troy tries to wrestle Lucien's gun away from him and is shot and killed for his trouble. Adrienne sells the ransom video to the local network and with a publicity nightmare looming, Winston has to reverse his decision and attempt to save his daughter.
Winston coughs up the money for his daughter's ransom but Emma realizes that Lucien and his gang are going to kill her anyway. Emma uses her burgeoning mind powers to cause her captors to kill each other and she takes the money herself and heads to New York to begin a new life.
Emma Frost; Christie McDermott; Max; Ian Kendall (cameo)
Synopsis
Emma begins a new life for herself by enrolling in Empire State University with a new roommate, new friends and a new hair color (blonde for the first time). After her powers wig out at a basketball game, Emma hides in her room until she is confronted with the fact that Christie's academic advisor is her old high school teacher, Ian Kendall.
Emma Frost; Christie McDermott; Max; Ian Kendall; Astrid Bloom (cameo)
Synopsis
Emma and Ian catch up as they haven't seen each other since Emma got her old high school teacher fired for kissing him. Anti-mutant sentiment begins to rear its ugly head on the E.S.U. campus. Emma and Christie go to a party with Max but leave when a fight breaks out with a rival basketball team. Emma suspects that Christie and Ian might be seeing each other. Astrid Bloom arrives on the scene.
Emma Frost; Christie McDermott; Max; Astrid Bloom; Ian Kendall (cameo)
Synopsis
Emma learns that Astrid is a mutant telepath like herself and the two become friends as Astrid teaches her how to use her powers more effectively. Emma learns for certain that Christie is seeing Ian romantically.
Emma Frost; Christie McDermott; Max; Astrid Bloom; Ian Kendall (cameo)
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Astrid continues to help Emma get a handle on her powers. Max and Emma go on a date but when Emma tells him she wants to take things slow, he becomes enraged and attacks her. Emma confronts Ian about his relationship with Christie.
Emma Frost; Christie McDermott; Astrid Bloom; Ian Kendall
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Emma steals Ian out of the arms of Christie and the two begin a relationship. Emma moves out of Christie's dorm room and moves in with Astrid. When Christie confronts Ian about his betrayal, he becomes angry and attacks her.
Emma Frost; Christie McDermott; Astrid Bloom; Ian Kendall
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Emma is horrified as she learns that Astrid has caused the recent attacks among her circle of friends to bring Emma closer to her. Emma and Astrid clash but Emma is victorious as her new friend taught her how to use her mind powers a little too well. Emma uses her powers yet again to get Ian out of trouble for his attack on Christie but Ian ends up rejecting her when Emma reveals to him that she is a mutant.