Character Relationship Map: The Offering

Characters

• Sam Harris (played by Matthew Settle) — protagonist

  Sam is Anna's husband and Katie's father. After Jamie arrives to investigate Anna's death, he is shown struggling with Katie's illness and becomes desperate to save her. Believing the demon's promise...

• Jamie Waters (played by Elizabeth Rice) — supporting

  Jamie Waters is a police detective from Chicago who travels to Singapore after learning that her sister has died by suicide. She moves into the family house, investigates other apparent suicides conne...

• May Wong (played by Pamelyn Chee) — supporting

  May is a researcher whose work involves software and undersea internet cables. As Jamie investigates deaths marked by a mysterious symbol and references to returning after seven days, May's work becom...

• Father Matthew Goh (played by Adrian Pang) — supporting

  Father Matthew is a priest with computer expertise who joins Jamie's investigation as it points to a supernatural threat spreading through digital networks. He connects the deaths to the Tower of Babe...

• Charlotte Sharma (played by Tan Kheng Hua) — supporting

  Charlotte is one of the people whose death appears connected to Anna's. Jamie discovers that the cases share a mysterious symbol and references to returning after seven days, making Charlotte's death...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Jamie Waters → May Wong (Professional Investigator And Researcher) — May's research provides a possible connection between the deaths and the digital-network threat Jamie is investigating.

  As Jamie follows clues, she finds that the cases may be linked to May Wong, whose research involves software and undersea internet cables.

Story Dynamics

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

• Sam Harris → Father Matthew Goh (Conflict Would-Be Victim And Rescuer) — Matthew attempts to intervene when Sam is about to act on the promise of being cured and returning.

  Sam believes the demon's promise and prepares to take his own life; Jamie and Father Matthew try to stop him.

• Jamie Waters → Father Matthew Goh (Alliance Investigation Partners) — They work together to investigate the threat and attempt to prevent Sam from taking his life.

  Father Matthew becomes involved as the investigation points toward a threat spreading through digital networks. Jamie and Father Matthew later try to...

• Jamie Waters → Charlotte Sharma (Narrative Investigator And Case Subject) — Charlotte's death becomes part of Jamie's investigation into the pattern surrounding Anna's death.

  Jamie investigates disturbing cases and learns that Charlotte Sharma's death appears connected to Anna's.

Story Analysis

Jamie investigates deaths tied to a deceptive promise of resurrection as a digital threat puts Sam and Katie in danger.

Plot Progression

1. A Sister's Death — Jamie learns that Anna has died in Singapore and travels there. She finds that Anna's daughter is with Sam and begins investigating the circumstances of the death.
2. A Pattern of Returns — Jamie investigates Charlotte's death and discovers a shared symbol and references to returning after seven days. Katie's account of a frightening many-named figure adds a disturbing clue.
3. The Digital Threat — The investigation points toward May Wong's work with software and undersea cables, and Father Matthew joins the inquiry. They uncover a video that uses a supposed resurrection to deceive vulnerable pe...
4. A Father's Desperation — Matthew connects the deaths to a demon rebuilding the Tower of Babel through successive suicides. Hoping to save Katie from her illness, Sam believes the promise and prepares to take his own life.
5. The Unfinished Exorcism — Jamie and Matthew try to stop Sam, but the demon enters Katie. Matthew begins an exorcism while the demon invokes his past, and Jamie hears Anna's voice; the account ends without resolving their fates...