The happy face was inspired by the real life of Melissa G. Moore. From IHEARTPODCAST and MOORE, they have praised happy face -to -face podcasts; the silent silence of autobiography is written by MOORE and M. Bridget Cook. At the age of 15, Moore found that her beloved father was a multi -produced serial killer, called a happy face. In adulthood, she renamed her name and guarded her secret when her father served in prison.
Paramount+Primitive series jumped off from Moore’s true story and followed Ashford and her father to be imprisoned, known as a happy facial killer (Quaid). After decades of connection, he finally found a way to force himself to return to his daughter’s life. In the game with the clock, Melissa must find out whether to be executed for his father’s crimes. Throughout the process, she found that her father had the influence on the victim’s family and had to face her identity.