In his initial conversation with Ann Napolitano about adapting her 2020 novel, "Dear Edward," for television, Jason Katims made clear that among the changes he would need to make would be the creation of additional characters to help tell an ongoing story.
Of course, as the show debuts this week on Apple TV+, the titular character remains young Edward Adler, a brilliant home-schooled boy who also is a piano prodigy. Portrayed by 13-year-old Colin O'Brien, Edward is the lone survivor of a plane crash who is faced with a great deal of change very quickly and, understandably, struggles with all of it.
Other characters deeply affected by the crash lost loved ones who, like Edward's parents and big brother, were on the flight.
