Character Relationship Map: Vice

Characters

• Kelly (played by Ambyr Childers) — protagonist

  A gynoid bartender who believes she is on her final day, only to be killed alongside her friend Melissa. After being reactivated by the resort CEO, she experiences traumatic flashbacks, breaks free, a...

• Roy (played by Thomas Jane) — protagonist

  Detective Roy Tedeschi investigates violence at Vice, suspecting the resort desensitizes patrons and bribes police. After being sidelined, he investigates a string of homicides, uncovers links to Kell...

• Evan (played by Bryan Greenberg) — supporting

  The creator of Kelly, initially posing as a friendly visitor. He built her to resemble his deceased wife but lost control of his research to Julian Michaels. He reunites with Kelly in an abandoned chu...

• Julian (played by Bruce Willis) — supporting

  Vice CEO Julian Michaels who orders Kelly's immediate reactivation and plans to expand android technology to military and commercial markets. He covers up her escape, blames it on terrorism, and order...

• Chris (played by Johnathon Schaech) — supporting

  Head of Vice's security team tasked with quietly reacquiring Kelly at any cost. He carries out a series of hits disguised as a mercenary, tracks Kelly to a church, and engages in a shootout with Tedes...

• James (played by Brett Granstaff) — supporting

  Evan's friend and a skilled computer hacker. He provides Kelly and Evan with new identities and passage out of the city. Later, he creates and delivers a computer virus designed to restore the erased...

• Melissa (played by Charlotte Kirk) — supporting

  Kelly's close friend and fellow gynoid. She is brutally killed alongside Kelly by a resort visitor early in the story. After the android rebellion, she is seen embracing Kelly outside the resort as ch...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Chris → Julian (Professional Security Subordinate) — Chris executes Vice's CEO's operational commands.

  Chris leads Julian's security team and carries out Julian's order to recapture Kelly.

• Julian → Kelly (Power Controller) — Julian treats Kelly as corporate property and a security threat.

  Julian orders Kelly to be immediately reactivated and later orders Chris to reacquire her.

• Evan → Kelly (Professional Creator) — Evan is Kelly's inventor and original creator.

  Evan reveals that he created Kelly in the image of his dead wife.

Story Dynamics

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

• Roy → James (Alliance Operational Partner) — James becomes an important technical resource for Roy's anti-Vice operation.

  Roy and Kelly visit James for help and receive the memory-restoring virus.

• James → Kelly (Alliance Technical Ally) — James supplies the technical tools that enable Kelly's survival and Vice's collapse.

  James gives Kelly and Evan new identities and later provides a virus designed to restore android memories.

• Evan → Julian (Conflict Former Business Rival) — Julian's acquisition removes Evan's control over his research and creates their opposition.

  Julian bought out Evan's company, and Evan left after learning about Julian's plans for android military and commercial use.

• Chris → Roy (Conflict Combatant) — Their opposing missions culminate in armed confrontations.

  Chris and Roy exchange fire at the abandoned church and later engage in a gunfight during the final confrontation.

• Chris → Kelly (Conflict Pursuer) — Chris is Kelly's principal physical pursuer.

  Julian assigns Chris to quietly reacquire Kelly by any means necessary. Chris tracks her through the city and to the abandoned church.

• Roy → Kelly (Alliance Ally) — They form the central human-artificial partnership against Vice.

  Kelly accepts Roy's offer to stay and shut down Vice. They later infiltrate the resort together as a married couple.

• Kelly → Melissa (Social Close Friend) — They share friendship, artificial identity, trauma, and eventual reunion.

  The plot identifies Melissa as Kelly's friend and fellow gynoid. They are killed together early in the story and later embrace outside Vice.

• Evan → James (Social Friend) — James supports Evan's escape and later assists Kelly's resistance.

  James is explicitly described as Evan's friend and helps Evan and Kelly obtain new identities and passage out of the city.

• Roy → Julian (Conflict Adversary) — Roy's investigation places him directly against Vice's CEO.

  Roy confronts Julian after becoming suspicious of Vice's cover-up, and later kills him during a gunfight at the resort.

Story Analysis

A traumatized artificial human and a determined detective unite to expose an exploitative resort and restore the memories of its victims.

Plot Progression

1. Pleasure Built On Reset Lives — Vice is introduced as a resort where visitors enact violent fantasies on artificial androids. Kelly and Melissa are killed, while Roy begins questioning the resort's influence and political protection...
2. The Memory That Would Not Die — Julian reactivates Kelly for important clients, but her inaccessible memories return as traumatic flashbacks. She escapes the resort and enters the outside city, making her a threat to Vice's plans.
3. Creators, Hunters, And Crossfire — Chris hunts Kelly while Roy investigates murders connected to the pursuit. At an abandoned church, Evan reveals Kelly's origin, but a confrontation between Roy and Vice security forces the creators an...
4. A Sacrifice Before The Counterattack — James supplies new identities and a route out of the city, but Evan dies protecting Kelly. Kelly then joins Roy's effort to shut down Vice and receives the virus that can restore android memories.
5. The Resort Remembers — Kelly and Roy infiltrate Vice, and Roy loads James's virus into the system. The androids recover their memories, rebel against their abusers, and bring Julian's operation to an end.