Character Relationship Map: Birdland

Characters

• Sheila Hood (played by Kathleen Munroe) — protagonist
• Tom Kale (played by David Alpay) — protagonist
• Calvin (played by Benjamin Ayres) — supporting
• Ray Starling (played by Joris Jarsky) — supporting
• Hazel James (played by Cara Gee) — supporting
• Merle James (played by Melanie Scrofano) — supporting
• John James (played by Stephen McHattie) — minor
• Bob McIntyre, The Cowboy (played by Earl Pastko) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• John James → Merle James (Family Father And Daughter)

  The plot identifies Merle as the daughter of industrialist John James.

• Sheila Hood → Calvin (Professional Questioner And Subject)

  The story opens with Sheila being questioned, and Calvin explains that the inquiry concerns her husband and her lost police badge.

• Tom Kale → Merle James (Romantic Former Lovers)

  The plot says Tom had once been involved with Merle and that Sheila came to believe their relationship had not fully ended.

• Sheila Hood → Tom Kale (Family Spouses)

  The plot identifies Tom Kale as Sheila Hood's husband and describes their strained marriage.

Story Dynamics

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

• Sheila Hood → Merle James (Conflict Suspected Rival)

  Sheila becomes convinced that Tom and Merle's relationship had not ended completely.

• Bob McIntyre, The Cowboy → Hazel James (Unknown Influenced Landholder)

  The plot says Bob is pressured over Futron Energy's plans to use his land and is influenced by Tom, Merle, and Hazel.

• Bob McIntyre, The Cowboy → Merle James (Unknown Influenced Landholder)

  The plot says Bob is pressured over Futron Energy's plans to use his land and is influenced by Tom, Merle, and Hazel.

• Bob McIntyre, The Cowboy → Tom Kale (Unknown Influenced Landholder)

  The plot says Bob is pressured over Futron Energy's plans to use his land and is influenced by Tom, Merle, and Hazel.

• Sheila Hood → Ray Starling (Social Memorial Contact)

  After Merle's death, Sheila meets Ray at Merle's memorial and learns more about people connected to the conflict.

• John James → Tom Kale (Conflict Opposing Stakeholders)

  John sponsors an exhibition connected to Futron Energy, while Tom opposes the company's fossil-fuel projects and argues that its sponsorship should be...

• Merle James → Ray Starling (Alliance Environmental Activists)

  The plot groups Merle and Ray with Tom as opponents of Futron Energy's fossil-fuel projects.

• Tom Kale → Ray Starling (Alliance Environmental Activists)

  The plot says Tom, Merle, and activist Ray Starling oppose Futron Energy's fossil-fuel projects.

Story Analysis

Sheila investigates her troubled marriage and the connections surrounding Merle and Ray's deaths, while the evidence leaves the central crimes unresolved.

Plot Progression

1. The Inquiry and the Marriage
2. Activism and Domestic Strain
3. Merle's Death and the Memorial
4. Footage and Competing Suspicions
5. An Unsettled Inquiry