Character Relationship Map: Framed

Characters

• Mike Santini (played by Rob Lowe) — protagonist
• Eddie Meyers (played by Sam Neill) — supporting
• Lucy Santini (played by Alicia Coppola) — supporting
• Capt. MacNamara (played by Peter MacNeill) — supporting
• Joan Thomas (played by Janet Wright) — supporting
• Daniel Cole (played by Stewart Bick) — supporting
• Suzanna Ford (played by Kim Bourne) — supporting
• Preston Drai (played by Wayne Nicklas) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Daniel Cole → Mike Santini (Power Investigative Authority) — Cole occupies a senior prosecutorial position over the case's public response.

  Cole handles the federal case and publicly credits the additional backup after the convoy ambush in which Mike is hit.

• Daniel Cole → Eddie Meyers (Professional Case Attorney) — Cole represents the prosecution handling Eddie's legal case.

  Daniel Cole is identified as the assistant U.S. attorney handling Eddie's case and the trial.

• Joan Thomas → Eddie Meyers (Professional Security Escort) — Joan is part of Eddie's official security detail.

  Joan Thomas escorts Eddie with Mike in the heavily protected convoy traveling to the federal courthouse.

• Capt. MacNamara → Mike Santini (Power Superior Officer) — MacNamara directs Mike's involvement in the Eddie investigation.

  Capt. MacNamara contacts Mike about Eddie and asks him to ensure that the fax is held at the front desk.

• Mike Santini → Lucy Santini (Family Member) — Mike and Lucy are family members whose vacation is disrupted by Mike's investigation.

  Mike vacations with Lucy Santini and their children at an Atlantis resort. He also wants a fax about Eddie kept from Lucy so she will not panic.

Story Dynamics

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

• Eddie Meyers → Suzanna Ford (Alliance Operational Associate) — Suzanna assists Eddie with preparations for the clothing switch.

  Eddie explains that Suzanna Ford helped take Mike's measurements before Eddie changed both men's clothes.

• Mike Santini → Preston Drai (Conflict Investigator And Suspect) — Mike views Drai as a possible target of the investigation.

  Mike learns about money laundering and begins to suspect that Preston Drai is operating in the United States rather than Moscow.

• Eddie Meyers → Preston Drai (Conflict Criminal Connection) — Eddie's disclosures connect Drai to the suspected laundering investigation.

  Eddie's information about money laundering leads Mike to suspect that Preston Drai may be operating in the United States rather than Moscow.

• Joan Thomas → Mike Santini (Alliance Convoy Partner) — Joan and Mike cooperate in transporting Eddie under security protection.

  Joan Thomas and Mike escort Eddie in a heavily protected convoy to the federal courthouse.

• Mike Santini → Eddie Meyers (Alliance Reluctant Partner) — Their hostile interview develops into a reluctant operational partnership.

  Eddie persuades Mike to help locate the hidden money and emergency disk, and the story ends with both men proceeding toward the bank together.

Story Analysis

A detective's disrupted vacation becomes an uneasy partnership with a provocative witness pursuing hidden money and an emergency disk.

Plot Progression

1. Vacation Meets The Wanted Man — Mike enjoys an Atlantis vacation with Lucy and their children until he unexpectedly encounters Eddie. Capt. MacNamara then draws Mike into the investigation while keeping the matter from Lucy.
2. The Witness With A Secret — Eddie is placed in a government witness-protection house and proves difficult to manage. During Mike's interview, Eddie reveals the possible existence of an emergency disk and millions of dollars.
3. Money, Laundering, And Suspicion — Eddie explains why he distrusts Daniel Cole and gives information that makes Mike suspect Preston Drai is operating in the United States. Eddie later appears as a key government witness at the federal...
4. Ambush On The Courthouse Road — Joan and Mike escort Eddie in a heavily protected convoy. The convoy is ambushed, Mike is hit, and Cole publicly credits backup forces with preventing a greater tragedy.
5. The Unfinished Bank Operation — Eddie persuades Mike to pursue the hidden money and disk. After discovering Mike's wire, Eddie changes their clothes and reveals that the destination is not the bank Mike expected, but Mike ultimately...