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SEVENTEEN, Episode 05 - The Clenched Fist

Season 3, Ep. 5

SEVENTEEN, Episode 05 - The Clenched Fist

The central character is Severin Vincent Tennyson. Nicknamed “Tenny,” He is a sixty-four-year-old non-verbal, cane-using janitor at Gunderson High School in central New Jersey.

In a previous episode, the appearance of the newly hired Superintendent Millicent di Stefano, triggered Tenny to run from the auditorium thumping his chest shouting “Seventeen.”

By the way, no one in the school had seen him even walk without his cane, let alone run. Nor had anyone ever hear him speak.

Along the way, he left the super’s Chief of Staff sprawled on the floor like a jigsaw puzzle missing a few pieces.

Also, Jennifer Hargrove, Tenny’s job coach and a junior at the high school, quietly slipped out of the auditorium and followed him.

Enjoy SEVENTEEN, Episode 05 - The Clenched Fist.

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