Character Relationship Map: The Triangle

Characters

• Stu Sheridan (played by Luke Perry) — protagonist

  Stu Sheridan is one of the longtime friends traveling through the Bermuda Triangle with Tommy Devane and Gus Gruber, accompanied by his fiancée Julia Lee. After finding money aboard the lost ship, he...

• Charlotte 'Charlie' Duval (played by Olivia D'Abo) — protagonist

  Charlotte 'Charlie' Duval works with Captain Louis Morgan aboard the salvage boat and joins the group when they board the Queen of Scots. After discovering the bodies and learning that Stu Sheridan is...

• Julia Lee (played by Polly Shannon) — supporting

  Julia Lee is Stu Sheridan's fiancée and insists on joining the pleasure cruise with Stu Sheridan, Tommy Devane, and Gus Gruber. She sees the ghost of a child and nearly drowns, later tries to stop Stu...

• Tommy Devane (played by Dan Cortese) — supporting

  Tommy Devane is one of Stu Sheridan and Gus Gruber's high school friends and joins the cruise into the Bermuda Triangle. He helps investigate the abandoned ship, survives Stu's attempt to flood the ba...

• Gus Gruber (played by David Hewlett) — supporting

  Gus Gruber is a high school friend of Stu Sheridan and Tommy Devane who joins the cruise and photographs a voodoo sacrifice with Tommy. A curse follows the group, and Gus later sees the same ghost wit...

• Priestess (played by Sonya Williams) — supporting

  Priestess is a voodoo practitioner encountered by Gus Gruber and Tommy Devane during a sacrifice in Bermuda. After Gus photographs the ritual, she quietly utters a curse, establishing the supernatural...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Stu Sheridan → Julia Lee (Romantic Fiancée) — Engaged couple traveling together before the curse takes effect.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Tommy Devane → Charlotte 'Charlie' Duval (Alliance Co-Survivor) — Allied survivors who cooperate to escape the ghost ship.
• Stu Sheridan → Charlotte 'Charlie' Duval (Conflict Pursuer & Fleeing Ally) — Stu hunts down his former friends after his descent into violence.
• Gus Gruber → Priestess (Conflict Cursed Victim) — Gus inadvertently triggers a supernatural curse by photographing the priestess.
• Tommy Devane → Gus Gruber (Social High School Buddy) — Longtime friends who embark on the trip together.
• Stu Sheridan → Gus Gruber (Social High School Buddy) — Longtime friends who embark on the trip together.
• Stu Sheridan → Tommy Devane (Social High School Buddy) — Longtime friends who embark on the trip together.

Story Analysis

A pleasure cruise becomes a supernatural survival ordeal shaped by a ghost ship and a distorted passage of time.

Plot Progression

1. A Curse Before Departure — A planned pleasure cruise brings the travelers to Bermuda. A photograph of a voodoo sacrifice is followed by a priestess's whispered curse.
2. The Ship in the Fog — A diving apparition, dense fog, and failing electronics isolate the group at sea. The sudden appearance of the RMS Queen of Scots offers a dangerous escape route.
3. Remains in the Darkness — The group explores the apparently powerless ship and discovers signs of its disturbing past. A ghost, a vault, and a violent murder transform the voyage into a survival crisis.
4. Fire on the Queen — The survivors uncover the killer's connection to the ship's previous voyage and attempt to escape. The killer is hanged, and the ship is destroyed by fire.