Refining Fire

Refining Fire is the novella-length Season One finale of Shadow Unit, with production number 1x08. It was written by Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear.

Basic Statistics
Location: Tyler County, Texas; Washington, DC

Point of View Characters: Chaz, Falkner, Daphne, Todd, Brady, Lau, Hafidha

Away Team: everyone but Chaz

Timeline: May, June 2008

Unsub: William Villette

Major backstory revealed: Chaz is the result of Adeline Villette's rape by her brother, William Villette. She eventually ended up as a prostitute in Las Vegas and died of a drug overdose. After her death Chaz ended up in a series of foster homes, some of which were horrifically bad. At times he had a difficult time getting enough to eat. Reyes was aware of Chaz's situation but, in the interest of learning more about the Anomaly, did nothing to help the boy.

LiveJournal References
"*ping* cvillette"

Group worrying over Chaz's absence

"It was an Interesting Week* last week,"

Trivia
It was the first episode written despite being the final episode of the first season.