Character Relationship Map: Dear Alice

Characters

• Karin (played by Tuva Novotny) — supporting

  Karin is a lawyer approaching an important new step in her career. She is married to Moses, whose work and family responsibilities are under pressure, and she is also Håkan's lawyer, helping him again...

• Bosse (played by Ulf Brunnberg) — supporting

  Bosse is a television star whose ordinary day turns sharply difficult when he discovers that he has been fired from his own show. He also finds his young wife with another man, placing both his profes...

• Moses Said (played by Peter Gardiner) — supporting

  Moses is Karin's husband and works as a social worker. He needs to send money to his hospitalized father in Uganda, but problems with the transaction interfere with that effort. At the same time, he i...

• Maya Said (played by Ella Ejiofor) — minor

  Maya Said is one of Karin and Moses’s daughters. When Maya becomes ill, Karin is unable to leave an important work meeting immediately, while Moses is already handling family and childcare responsibil...

• Richard (played by Tobias Borvin) — minor

  Richard is someone Bosse turns to for help after learning that his long-running television show is being replaced. He is also connected to pressure on Karin at work, alongside Sven, to abandon the Sai...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Karin → Richard (Professional Pressure) — Richard is among those pressuring Karin to use her maiden name rather than Said at the firm.

  The plot says Karin faces pressure from Richard and Svend to abandon the name Said at work.

• Karin → Maya Said (Family Mother And Daughter) — Karin's demanding career conflicts with her ability to respond promptly when Maya becomes ill.

  Karin's daughters are named Gloria and Maya, and the plot states that Maya becomes ill while Karin is unable to leave an important meeting immediately...

• Karin → Moses Said (Family Spouses Under Strain) — Their marriage is strained by competing work and childcare demands, financial worries, and the accusation against Moses.

  The plot identifies Moses as Karin's husband. Their family pressures intensify, they argue, and Moses asserts that Said is his name and that he is pro...

Story Dynamics

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

• Bosse → Richard (Social Seeker Of Help) — Bosse turns to Richard for help after his television career suffers a major setback.

  After learning that his show is being replaced, Bosse later seeks help from Richard.

Story Analysis

Interwoven career, family, and prejudice-related conflicts challenge Karin and Moses as they confront pressure on their identities and their family.

Plot Progression

1. Promotion Under Pressure — Karin approaches partnership while juggling her family and demanding work. The firm makes her advancement conditional on using Karlsson rather than Said, turning career success into a conflict over id...
2. Parallel Setbacks — Bosse learns that his television show will be replaced and seeks help from Richard. Karin's work and family pressures intensify when Maya becomes ill and a money transfer fails.
3. Suspicion Falls on Moses — An attempted-rape report is distorted into a claim involving a black assailant, and police suspect Moses. Karin says she never identified him as her attacker, but the accusation shakes the family.
4. Identity and Family Unresolved — Karin and Moses argue, and Moses asserts his pride in the Said name. Pressure at Karin's workplace continues, leaving the conflicts over identity and institutional suspicion unresolved.