Character Relationship Map: The Rage

Characters

• Nick Travis (played by Lorenzo Lamas) — protagonist

  A veteran FBI agent, Travis is assigned to assist Kelly McCord and Sheriff Dobson in investigating the militia's murders. Disillusioned after his supervisor John Taggart's deadly handling of a standof...

• Kelly McCord (played by Kristen Cloke) — protagonist

  An FBI criminal profiler who leads the task force investigating the murders in Wasatch County, McCord works closely with veteran agent Nick Travis and Sheriff Dobson. Art Dacy targets and kidnaps her,...

• Art Dacy (played by Gary Busey) — supporting

  The leader of a militia of psychosexual thrill-killers, Dacy directs the murders and rapes that bring FBI profiler Kelly McCord and agent Nick Travis into the investigation. Angered by McCord's remark...

• Bobby Joe (played by Dell Yount) — supporting

  A right-hand man to militia leader Art Dacy, Bobby Joe pursues Nick Travis and Kelly McCord and nearly kills McCord. He later joins Dacy and Cyndi in opening fire during the trailer-park confrontation...

• Lucas McDermott (played by David Carradine) — minor

  A former comrade of Art Dacy, Lucas is interviewed by Nick Travis and Kelly McCord at the Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He explains the militia's past in the Phoenix Program and the event...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Kelly McCord → Lucas McDermott (Professional Investigative Contact) — Lucas provides information that advances McCord's investigation.

  McCord participates in the interview with Lucas, during which the investigators learn about the militia's connection to the Phoenix Program.

• Nick Travis → Lucas McDermott (Professional Investigative Contact) — Travis treats Lucas as a key source of investigative information.

  Travis and McCord interview Lucas McDermott at the Salt Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center to learn about Dacy's past.

• Art Dacy → Bobby Joe (Power Leader And Lieutenant) — Bobby Joe operates as a trusted subordinate within Dacy's militia.

  The plot identifies Bobby Joe as Dacy's right-hand man, and Bobby Joe pursues Travis and McCord on behalf of the militia.

Story Dynamics

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

• Art Dacy → Lucas McDermott (Social Former Comrades) — Their shared past connects the militia leader to a former associate who becomes an informant.

  Lucas is identified as Dacy's former comrade and explains that Dacy and the militia previously belonged to the Phoenix Program.

• Kelly McCord → Bobby Joe (Conflict Investigator And Threat) — Bobby Joe represents a direct physical danger to McCord.

  Bobby Joe pursues McCord and nearly kills her while the militia attempts to stop the investigation.

• Nick Travis → Bobby Joe (Conflict Pursuer And Opponent) — Their opposing roles place Travis against one of Dacy's main enforcers.

  Bobby Joe pursues Travis and McCord during the investigation, while Travis later joins the operation against the militia.

• Kelly McCord → Art Dacy (Conflict Targeted Adversaries) — McCord's investigation and public statement make her a personal target for Dacy.

  Dacy becomes enraged after McCord suggests in a news interview that he is sexually impotent, then kidnaps and attempts to rape her.

• Nick Travis → Art Dacy (Conflict Primary Adversaries) — Travis directly opposes Dacy throughout the investigation and finale.

  Travis pursues Dacy's militia and ultimately rams his boat into Dacy's boat before fighting him and blowing him up.

• Nick Travis → Kelly McCord (Alliance Partner) — They form the central investigative partnership.

  Kelly McCord is assigned to lead the investigation and is partnered with Nick Travis. They continue investigating together even after McCord's suspens...

Story Analysis

An FBI investigation becomes a personal battle against a violent militia shaped by war trauma, institutional betrayal, and revenge.

Plot Progression

1. A New Task Force — A violent militia terrorizes Wasatch County, and Kelly McCord is assigned to lead the investigation with Nick Travis. The investigators quickly become targets of the militia.
2. The Hunt Turns Personal — Bobby Joe attacks the investigators, while Art Dacy kidnaps McCord after her public remarks. Travis rescues her, but the investigation causes a disastrous gunfight and McCord's suspension.
3. Secrets Beneath the Past — Travis and McCord uncover the militia's connection to the Phoenix Program through Lucas McDermott. Lucas is killed, but his final information leads them to the Cougar Canyon hideout.
4. The Ceremony Under Threat — The investigators realize that the promised escape to Canada is a diversion and identify the Bountiful Society ceremony as the militia's real target. Travis detains McCord to protect her, but she esca...
5. Fire on the River — The militia attacks the retreat, but the task force intervenes. Dacy and Cyndi abduct McCord and flee by boat before the final pursuit destroys the militia's leadership.