Character Relationship Map: Slipstream

Characters

• Stuart Conway (played by Sean Astin) — protagonist

  Stuart Conway is the inventor and user of the Slipstream time-travel device, which initially lets him move back ten minutes. After being shot during the bank robbery, he takes himself and Sarah Tanner...

• Sarah Tanner (played by Ivana Miličević) — protagonist

  Sarah Tanner is an FBI agent tracking Stuart Conway and working with Jake. She starts the bank shootout despite Jake's warning, is taken back in time by Stuart, and repeatedly tries to stop the robber...

• Winston Briggs (played by Vinnie Jones) — supporting

  Winston Briggs commands the bank-robbing criminals and takes the Slipstream device as a souvenir after Stuart is shot. His group then becomes involved in the chase, bus hijacking, highway gunfight, an...

• Jake (played by Kevin Otto) — supporting

  Jake is Sarah Tanner's FBI partner at the bank, where the agents are tracking Stuart Conway. He advises Sarah against initiating the gunfight, but joins the confrontation and chases the criminals outs...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Sarah Tanner → Jake (Professional FBI Partners) — They work together as FBI agents.

  The plot explicitly identifies Jake as Sarah's male partner while they track Stuart in the bank.

• Sarah Tanner → Winston Briggs (Professional Law Officer And Robber) — Their opposing professional roles place them on opposite sides of the crime.

  Sarah is an FBI agent present during Briggs's bank robbery and attempts to foil the heist.

Story Dynamics

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

• Jake → Stuart Conway (Conflict Tracking Officer And Suspect) — Jake participates in the effort to locate Stuart.

  Sarah and Jake are in the bank tracking Stuart before the robbery begins.

• Jake → Winston Briggs (Conflict Pursuer And Criminal) — Jake directly pursues Briggs's criminal group.

  Jake chases the criminals outside the bank during the gunfight and is shot and killed.

• Stuart Conway → Winston Briggs (Conflict Inventor And Adversary) — The inventor is opposed by the robber who acquires his device.

  Briggs takes Stuart's Slipstream device after the robbery, creating the threat that he and his men will discover its potential.

• Stuart Conway → Sarah Tanner (Alliance Time-Travel Partner) — They become cooperating companions through repeated time travel.

  Stuart takes Sarah back in time with him before the bank robbery, and later reverses the entire sequence while taking her with him again.

Story Analysis

A struggling inventor uses a time-travel device to undo a robbery-driven chain of violence and restore a better timeline.

Plot Progression

1. The Ten-Minute Experiment — Stuart develops Slipstream and uses it in unsuccessful attempts to arrange a date. His experiment is interrupted when Briggs begins a bank robbery.
2. The Bank Turns Violent — Sarah and Jake track Stuart inside the bank as Briggs's group demands vault money. The gunfight kills Jake and leaves Stuart mortally wounded.
3. A Stolen Second Chance — Stuart resets the bank robbery with Sarah, but her attempt to prevent it fails. Briggs takes the device, forcing Stuart and Sarah to confront its dangerous potential.
4. Pursuit Into The Sky — The criminals flee through a car chase, bus hijacking, highway shootout, and airplane confrontation. The airliner is eventually downed with Stuart aboard.
5. The Timeline Rewritten — Airborne access to multiple relay systems lets Stuart reverse the entire sequence. Briggs also returns to the pre-robbery moment and abandons the crime.