Episode 0: Prologue

Prologue is the precursor episode of the Shattered mini-series. It establishes a backstory (primarily for the adult characters) recalling events that occured up until the births and babyhood the series major teen characters. Though very brief, much can be explained or inferred about the characters.

Characters:

 * Beverly Johnson (née Marino)
 * Darrell Johnson
 * Elizabeth Van Dell
 * Ryan Wickham
 * Alicia Marino (cameo)
 * Alfonso Marino (cameo)
 * Claudia Johnson
 * Aaron Johnson
 * Liam Van Dell

Episode Summery:
The episode is depicted in black-and-white (to further represent that this is a dive into the past). The first shot brings us to a small table top with a bouquet of bright flowers. The shot takes us over to a romantic, kind  Darrell (age 20) embracing his girlfriend Beverly (age 19). After a couple alluring embraces, Darrell gets down on one knee and proposes to her, to which she gleefully accepts. Fast-forwarding three months later, we fade into seeing a beautiful, wedding adorned Beverly primping for her wedding. We are then cut to the actual ceremony (Alicia and Alfonso Marino make a cameo at this time). Later that night, Darrell and Beverly toast to having a long and happy marriage. Later that evening, the two engage in intercourse for the first time as a married couple and happily fall asleep.

The video intensifies from here as we shift from the comforting, peaceful Johnson houshold in Belladonna Cove  to the chaotic Wickham houshold in Riverview 16 months later (note: Liam as well as Claudia and Aaron were born at this point). Here we witness the violent physical and mental abuse of Elizabeth (age 21). Ryan (age 22) is screaming and hitting her constantly for no apperant reason (just because he can), which results in latter running in tears. Ryan then picks up baby Liam and cuddles him, subtly insulting his mother through his ear and saying that he will steal him away from her. Elizabeth becomes furious and smacks him about saying that he will NEVER touch her baby again. She retreated to the bedroom, though Ryan followed and attacked her in a corner of the room. Elizabeth victored in the fight, which resulted in Ryan demanded her to leave the room. That night, Elizabeth is giving baby Liam a bath when Ryan, unbeknowst to her, snuck out in the middle of the night. The next morning, Elizabeth realized that Ryan had vanished and took this opportunity to escape her abusive boyfriend. Unable to ring up a taxi, Elizabeth grabbed Liam and started her escape on foot (side-note: She found transportation that would help her retreat back to Belladonna Cove). She was able to quick land a house and told Liam that she will never let anything happen to him and that this was the start of a new life from him.

The video softens and backtracks some months back to the births of Claudia and later (to a surprise) Aaron. The video ends with Beverly downstairs cuddling a baby Claudia and Darrell tucking Aaron in his. Darrell's only words in this episode were "Make your daddy proud!" before fading to black.

Trivia

 * Originally, Elizabeth was to find a note proclaiming that Ryan left. This is not present in the actual episode as she immediately takes action and escapes.
 * Ryan was originally supposed to die by  swarms of flies (due to his bad hygiene). However, he ramains alive he merely sneaks out in the middle of the night and isn't seen until further in the series.
 * The intensity of Elizabeth's abuse was escalated signifcantly compared to earlier plans.
 * Despite Elizabeth motherly and non-violent behavior, she is shown to be able to defend herself very well in a physical conflict. This is evident when Ryan attacked her in the bedroom and she emerged victorious.
 * The prologue is quite ironic compared to the actual series as the family structure is swapped. Elizabeth's and Ryan's relationship is an absolute disaster but after Elizabeth's escape, she lives peaceful and happy from then on. The Johnson family, on the other hand, is reversed. Beverly and Darrell seemed to have a fairy-tale marriage but Darrell's relationship with Aaron (during his teenage years forward) will serve a major conflict in the series and lead to the deterioration of the family.
 * The adult characters' appearance and main attire remained unchanged for about 18 years.
 * As the timeline shows, it is shown that Liam is slightly older than Aaron.
 * Alfonso and Alicia, Beverly's parents, were planned to play a larger role in the prologue (attending a baby shower for the birth of Claudia and a larger role during the wedding scene) however were reduced to mere background characters during the wedding ceremony.
 * Prologue is the only video in the series that bears no subtitles (Aside from the opening title). This is because the events are shown in dream-like flashbacks (so there is little to no dialogue).