Character Relationship Map: Sliver

Characters

• Carly Norris (played by Sharon Stone) — protagonist

  Carly is a beautiful book editor and divorcee in her mid-thirties who moves into the exclusive building at 113. She becomes romantically involved with Zeke while receiving warnings from Jack, investig...

• Zeke Hawkins (played by William Baldwin) — protagonist

  Zeke is a video game designer and the wealthy owner of the building at 113. He begins a sexual relationship with Carly, secretly monitors the tenants through an extensive surveillance system, and with...

• Jack Lansford (played by Tom Berenger) — supporting

  Jack is a novelist whose obsessive interest in Carly develops into stalking and intimidation. He warns her that Zeke is sick, but his increasingly erratic behavior leads police to suspect him in Vida'...

• Vida Warren (played by Polly Walker) — supporting

  Vida is a fashion model living in the building who also works as a call girl. She has sexual relations with Zeke and becomes one of the victims in the building's escalating violence. Her murder intens...

• Naomi Singer (played by Allison Mackie) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Zeke Hawkins → Vida Warren (Romantic Sexual Partners) — Their relationship contributes to Jack's jealousy and Carly's distrust of Zeke.

  The plot states that Zeke had sexual relations with Vida.

• Zeke Hawkins → Naomi Singer (Romantic Former Sexual Partners) — Their past sexual relationship fuels Jack's jealousy.

  The plot states that Jack was jealous of Zeke, who had sexual relations with Naomi.

• Carly Norris → Zeke Hawkins (Romantic Sexual Partners) — Their sexual relationship is undermined by Zeke's secrecy and Carly's growing anger.

  Carly invites Zeke to her housewarming party, and they begin a sexual relationship. She later rejects him and leaves after destroying his surveillance...

Story Dynamics

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

• Carly Norris → Naomi Singer (Social Resemblance) — Carly's resemblance to Naomi connects her to the building's earlier death.

  The tenants tell Carly that she bears a striking resemblance to Naomi, the previous tenant of her apartment.

• Jack Lansford → Vida Warren (Conflict Suspected Murderer And Victim) — Jack is linked to the discovery of Vida's body and becomes a police suspect.

  After Vida is murdered, police suspicion falls on Jack; Carly discovers him in the stairwell with Vida's corpse.

• Jack Lansford → Zeke Hawkins (Conflict Jealous Rivals) — Jack's jealousy and hostility toward Zeke are connected to the building's crimes.

  Jack is jealous of Zeke because Zeke had sexual relations with both Naomi and Vida. Jack also warns Carly that Zeke is sick.

• Jack Lansford → Naomi Singer (Conflict Murderer And Victim) — Jack's killing of Naomi is central to the building's mystery.

  Carly learns through deduction and one of Zeke's recordings that Jack killed Naomi in a crime of passion.

• Carly Norris → Jack Lansford (Conflict Stalker And Target) — Jack's obsession escalates into a lethal confrontation with Carly.

  Jack stalks Carly, warns her about Zeke, and eventually attacks her in her apartment. Carly accidentally shoots him dead.

Story Analysis

Carly's search for the truth about deaths in her building exposes Jack's crime and Zeke's invasive surveillance, forcing her to reject the men who threaten her safety and autonomy.

Plot Progression

1. A New Tenant at 113 — Carly moves into the building, meets its residents, and hears that she resembles Naomi, the former tenant who fell from her balcony. She begins a relationship with Zeke while Jack warns her about him.
2. Deaths Behind Closed Doors — Gus dies in the shower and Vida is murdered, deepening the residents' fear. Carly finds Jack with Vida's corpse, and suspicion falls on him.
3. The Building Under Watch — Zeke reveals that he owns 113 and has secretly monitored its tenants. Carly uses the surveillance evidence and her own deduction to discover that Jack killed Naomi.
4. A Violent Reckoning — Jack attacks Carly in her apartment, and she accidentally shoots him dead. Furious at Zeke for withholding evidence, Carly destroys his surveillance room and leaves him.