Character Relationship Map: The Faculty

Characters

• Zeke Tyler (played by Josh Hartnett) — protagonist

  Zeke Tyler is an intelligent, rebellious student repeating his senior year. He sells a powdery drug hidden in pens, later discovering it is raw caffeine that can kill the parasites. He helps Casey Con...

• Casey Connor (played by Elijah Wood) — protagonist

  Casey Connor is a frequently harassed photographer for the school newspaper and an unappreciated assistant to Delilah Profitt. After finding a strange parasite, Casey exposes the teachers' infection,...

• Delilah Profitt (played by Jordana Brewster) — supporting

  Delilah Profitt is the spiteful editor-in-chief of the school paper and head cheerleader, while Casey Connor works as her assistant. She is infected and destroys Zeke Tyler's laboratory and drug suppl...

• Stan Rosado (played by Shawn Hatosy) — supporting

  Stan Rosado is Delilah Profitt's mistreated boyfriend and a football player who is considering leaving the team to pursue academics. He investigates the infected team after Principal Valerie Drake is...

• Marybeth Louise Hutchinson (played by Laura Harris) — supporting

  Marybeth Louise Hutchinson is a naive transfer student who befriends Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell and develops a mutual crush with Zeke Tyler. She secretly serves as the alien queen, fakes taking Zeke Ty...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Delilah Profitt → Marybeth Louise Hutchinson (Power Controlled Associate) — The relationship reflects Marybeth's broader alien control over infected hosts.

  Delilah is revealed as infected, while Marybeth is later revealed as the alien queen leading the takeover.

• Stan Rosado → Delilah Profitt (Romantic Boyfriend And Girlfriend) — Their relationship begins under emotional strain and ends after the invasion crisis.

  Stan is explicitly described as Delilah's mistreated boyfriend.

• Casey Connor → Delilah Profitt (Professional Assistant And Editor) — A strained newspaper working relationship that later develops into romance.

  Casey is the school newspaper photographer and Delilah is its editor-in-chief. He works as her assistant despite her mistreatment.

• Zeke Tyler → Marybeth Louise Hutchinson (Romantic Mutual Crush) — Their apparent romance conceals Marybeth's identity as the alien queen.

  Marybeth develops a crush on Zeke, and the plot explicitly states that the attraction is reciprocated.

Story Dynamics

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

• Casey Connor → Stan Rosado (Alliance Investigation Allies) — Stan supports Casey's investigation before becoming infected.

  Casey tells Stan about the alien-control theory, and Stan participates in the group's response to the threat.

• Stan Rosado → Marybeth Louise Hutchinson (Conflict Threatened Acquaintances) — Marybeth's alien plan places Stan among the people endangered by infection.

  Stan becomes infected during the confrontation with the coach and football team, whose infection campaign is connected to Marybeth's invasion.

• Stan Rosado → Zeke Tyler (Alliance Teammates) — Their connection is defined by the football team and its changing membership.

  Stan is initially on the football team, and one month later Zeke has taken Stan's place on that team.

• Delilah Profitt → Zeke Tyler (Conflict Opponents) — Delilah's infection directly damages Zeke's main defense.

  After Delilah is revealed as infected, she destroys Zeke's laboratory and most of his drug supply before escaping.

• Casey Connor → Marybeth Louise Hutchinson (Conflict Final Opponents) — Casey delivers the decisive blow against Marybeth's alien form.

  Casey traps Marybeth behind retracting bleachers and stabs Zeke's drug into her eye, killing her.

• Casey Connor → Zeke Tyler (Alliance Teammates) — Their cooperation becomes central to stopping the invasion.

  Casey tells Zeke about the alien theory, and the two later work together to retrieve Zeke's drugs and confront Marybeth.

Story Analysis

Students uncover and defeat an alien invasion hidden beneath the routines and social tensions of a high school.

Plot Progression

1. A Parasite At School — Casey discovers a strange creature while the students' social conflicts are introduced. The creature's identification begins connecting ordinary school life to an alien threat.
2. The Hidden Infection — Casey and Delilah witness a parasite being used inside the school. Their report is dismissed, forcing Casey to rely on fellow students rather than authorities.
3. Caffeine Against Aliens — Zeke discovers that powdered caffeine dehydrates and kills the parasites. The group tests itself, only to learn that Delilah has already been infected.
4. The False Queen — The students return to the school and attempt to stop the invasion by killing their suspected queen. The plan fails, and Stan becomes infected.
5. The Queen Unmasked — Marybeth reveals that she is the alien queen and explains that her dying planet motivated the invasion. Casey uses Zeke's drug to kill her and stop the infection.