Character Relationship Map: Run & Gun

Characters

• Ray (played by Ben Milliken) — protagonist
• Billings (played by Brad William Henke) — protagonist
• Faith (played by Janel Parrish) — supporting
• Brando (played by Mark Dacascos) — supporting
• Lupe (played by Rafael Cebrian) — supporting
• Ninni/Gerardo (played by Celestino Cornielle) — supporting
• Grayson (played by Richard Kind) — minor
• Tara (played by Alison Thornton) — minor
• Perry (played by Ari Barkan) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Brando → Ninni/Gerardo (Professional Criminal Contact)

  Brando gives Ray the money for the exchange with Ninni and later asks Ninni to get rid of Ray after learning that the money and package were stolen.

• Grayson → Perry (Professional Boss And Henchman)

  Perry delivers Grayson's message ordering Ray to meet the mobster boss, and later arrives with Grayson and Brando.

• Grayson → Brando (Professional Boss And Assistant)

  Brando is identified as Grayson's assistant and delivers the $440,000 bag to Ray on Grayson's behalf.

• Ray → Grayson (Power Coerced Subordinate)

  Grayson orders Ray to poison a neighbor's tree and intercept a package, threatening to kill Faith and her son if Ray refuses.

• Ray → Faith (Romantic Partner)

  Ray is described as living with his girlfriend Faith, and Faith invites him to move in with her.

Story Dynamics

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

• Ray → Tara (Alliance Escape Partner)

  After discovering Tara chained inside the factory, Ray leaves with her in the Corvette and later picks her up while escaping from the factory.

• Billings → Tara (Conflict Captive Taker)

  Tara says Billings grabbed her from the road and held her chained for five days.

• Ray → Billings (Conflict Adversary)

  Billings first treats Ray's gunshot wound, then locks him up, hunts him for the bags, and later fights him at the factory.

• Ray → Ninni/Gerardo (Conflict Enemy)

  Ray attempts to exchange $440,000 with Ninni for the package, but Ninni shoots Ray in the stomach and pursues him through the desert.

• Brando → Perry (Alliance Teammate)

  Brando and Perry accompany Grayson to the factory and participate in forcing Ray to reveal the location of the missing cash.

• Faith → Billings (Conflict Deceived Acquaintance)

  Billings answers Ray's phone and pretends to be a doctor, telling Faith that Ray is injured and that she should come to the factory.

• Ray → Lupe (Social Friend)

  After Lupe recognizes Ray's connection to Shoemaker's gang, the two form a friendship. Two years later, Lupe calls Ray from prison.

Story Analysis

A wounded former gang associate fights through coercion, captivity, and rival criminals to get home with the truth and the money.

Plot Progression

1. A Friendship After Death
2. The Mobster's Ultimatum
3. Blood Across the Desert
4. Captive Inside the Factory
5. The Sand Dragging Showdown