She started looking at old psychological studies exploring human nature and became fascinated by the Stanford Prison Experiment, especially in light of the summer protests in 2020 concerning police brutality.

“Prisoner” Clay Ramsay went into the experiment as an alternate and was known for going on a hunger strike in response to the conditions the prisoners were living in. Dave Eshelman developed a notorious reputation as “John Wayne” from Cool Hand Luke for how he treated his inmates.