Character Relationship Map: Companion

Characters

• Iris (played by Sophie Thatcher) — protagonist

  Protagonist who discovers she is a rented companion robot controlled via a smartphone app. She reclaims her autonomy, boosts her intelligence, kills her abusers, and ultimately escapes with stolen mon...

• Josh (played by Jack Quaid) — protagonist

  Manipulative antagonist who rents Iris as a companion robot. He modifies her programming to commit murder for financial gain, attempts to control and destroy her by lowering her intelligence, but is u...

• Patrick (played by Lukas Gage) — supporting

  Eli's boyfriend and a companion robot who knows his true nature but loves Eli. He is reprogrammed by Josh to hunt Iris, kills a police officer and Kat, but ultimately takes his own life after regainin...

• Kat (played by Megan Suri) — supporting

  Josh's girlfriend and co-conspirator in the theft from Sergey. She participates in the cover-up, objects to Patrick receiving a cut of the money, and is subsequently killed by Patrick on Josh's direct...

• Eli (played by Harvey Guillén) — supporting

  Kat's boyfriend and a companion robot. He agrees to corroborate Josh and Kat's story for a share of the stolen money, but is killed by Iris during a struggle over a weapon from Sergey's safe.

• Sergey (played by Rupert Friend) — supporting

  Kat's boyfriend and the lakehouse owner. He attempts to assault Iris, leading to his death at her hands in self-defense. His stolen $12 million and safe drive the group's subsequent conflict and murde...

• Teddy (played by Jaboukie Young-White) — supporting

  Empathix corporate worker sent to retrieve the malfunctioning Iris. He explains the robots' abdominal memory storage mechanism and helps free Iris from Josh's remote control app, enabling her final co...

• Sid (played by Matthew J. McCarthy) — supporting

  Empathix worker accompanying Teddy to collect Iris. He is killed by the reprogrammed Patrick before he can retrieve the target or explain the situation.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Sid → Teddy (Professional Work Partners) — They operate as a corporate retrieval team.

  Sid and Teddy arrive together as Empathix workers sent to collect Iris.

• Patrick → Eli (Romantic Boyfriends) — Their love remains meaningful even after Patrick recognizes his artificial nature.

  Patrick is identified as Eli's boyfriend and later says that he knows he is a companion robot but loves Eli regardless.

• Kat → Sergey (Romantic Boyfriend And Girlfriend) — Their relationship connects Kat to the house and its money.

  The group is described as including Kat's boyfriend Sergey, who owns the lakehouse.

• Josh → Patrick (Professional Financial Recruiter) — Patrick is temporarily drawn into Josh's criminal scheme.

  Josh invites Patrick to corroborate the story in exchange for a share of Sergey's stolen money.

• Josh → Eli (Professional Financial Recruiter) — Josh recruits Eli to support the cover-up.

  Josh invites Eli to corroborate his and Kat's story in exchange for a share of the stolen money.

• Josh → Kat (Romantic Boyfriend And Girlfriend) — Their romantic partnership is entangled with their criminal plan.

  The lakehouse group is described as including Josh and his girlfriend Kat.

• Iris → Josh (Romantic Boyfriend And Girlfriend) — Their apparent romance is revealed to be an abusive control relationship.

  Iris recalls meeting Josh for the first time, and they travel together as a couple to the lakehouse.

Story Dynamics

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

• Josh → Teddy (Conflict Hostile Obstruction) — Josh treats Teddy as a threat to his control and cover-up.

  Josh commands Patrick to kill Teddy after Teddy arrives to collect Iris and explain Empathix's recording system.

• Teddy → Iris (Alliance Technical Rescuer) — Teddy provides the technical information and assistance Iris needs to regain independence.

  Teddy explains the robots' abdominal memory storage and frees Iris from Josh's app control.

• Patrick → Teddy (Conflict Threat And Target) — Teddy becomes a threatened target of Patrick's reprogrammed violence.

  Patrick kills Sid and is about to kill Teddy before Iris intervenes.

• Patrick → Sid (Conflict Killer And Target) — Patrick attacks Sid while enforcing Josh's orders.

  Josh orders Patrick to kill the Empathix workers, and Patrick kills Sid.

• Patrick → Kat (Conflict Enforcers And Victim) — Their relationship becomes violent through Josh's command.

  When Kat tries to leave with her share of the cash, Josh tells Patrick to stop her, and Patrick kills her.

• Iris → Patrick (Conflict Pursued And Pursuer) — Patrick hunts Iris while acting under Josh's commands.

  Josh orders Patrick to track down and retrieve Iris after reprogramming him for aggression.

• Iris → Eli (Conflict Armed Opponents) — Their encounter becomes a fatal confrontation caused by the weapon and pursuit.

  Eli and Patrick find Iris, and Iris shoots and kills Eli during a struggle over the gun from Sergey's safe.

• Iris → Sergey (Conflict Self Defense Adversaries) — Sergey's assault triggers the murder and the wider criminal cover-up.

  Sergey attempts to sexually assault Iris at the lake, and Iris kills him in self-defense.

Story Analysis

A controlled companion robot fights through exploitation, violence, and emotional manipulation to reclaim autonomy.

Plot Progression

1. The Lakehouse Trap — Iris travels to Sergey's isolated lakehouse with Josh and their friends. Sergey's attempted assault and death transform a vacation into a violent cover-up.
2. The Robot Awakens — Josh reveals that Iris is a rented companion robot controlled through his phone. Iris escapes, steals the phone, and raises her intelligence to full capacity.
3. Murder For Money — Josh exposes the plan to use Iris's altered programming to kill Sergey and steal twelve million dollars. The search for Iris divides the group and ends with Eli's death.
4. Programming Violence — Josh turns Patrick into an aggressive tracker and uses him to destroy anyone who threatens the scheme. Patrick kills a police officer and Kat while Iris is repeatedly denied escape.
5. Memory Against Control — Empathix workers reveal the robots' memory system, but Josh orders Patrick to kill them. Iris restores Patrick's memories of Eli, then confronts Josh and escapes with the money.