10 Attitudes (2001) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Josh Stevens
(played by Jason Stuart) — protagonist
Josh is a gay caterer in his thirties whose ten-year relationship ends after his partner cheats on him. His friend challenges him to find a suitable partner within ten dates or return to Cleveland. Af...
Todd
(played by Ben Crowley) — minor
Todd is a nineteen-year-old with whom Josh's long-term partner cheats. That betrayal brings Josh's ten-year relationship to an end and sets the story's dating challenge in motion. Todd is identified i...
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Josh Stevens → Todd
(Indirect Romantic Conflict) — Todd is connected to the breakup that begins Josh's search for a new partner.
Todd is identified as the nineteen-year-old with whom Josh's partner cheats, causing Josh to end his ten-year relationship.
Story Analysis
After betrayal and a failed ten-date challenge, Josh confronts loneliness, disappointment, and an unexpected opportunity for reconciliation.
Plot Progression
Betrayal And The Wager
— Josh's ten-year relationship ends after an affair involving Todd. A friend challenges him to find a suitable partner within ten dates or return to Cleveland.
A Parade Of Mismatches
— Josh moves through several dates involving drug suspicions, unusual interests, a rejected threesome, and an apparent desire for a one-night stand. His attempts reveal incompatible expectations.
Boundaries Under Pressure
— Further dates expose bathhouse incompatibility, abusive behavior toward a bartender, and self-absorbed conversation. Josh becomes increasingly skeptical about finding a partner.
Intimacy And Regret
— A suitor from group therapy shares a dark past, then has sex with Josh before Josh is ready. Josh regrets the encounter and feels reduced to an escort.
Departure And Recognition
— The seemingly ideal tenth match fails to appear and conceals a marriage. After intoxication and despair, Josh prepares to return to Cleveland before meeting a remorseful former bully.
