Character Relationship Map: Fly

Characters

• Bex (played by Svenja Jung) — protagonist

  Bex is a young package courier serving a prison sentence for grossly negligent bodily injury after causing a serious traffic accident. Pressured by Dr. Goldberg to join Ava’s dance rehabilitation grou...

• Jay (played by Benjamin Wichert) — protagonist

  Jay is a member of Ava’s street-dance group and the brother of André, the driver seriously injured in Bex’s accident. He and Bex grow closer during a prison furlough, but he initially rejects her afte...

• Ava (played by Jasmin Tabatabai) — supporting

  Ava is a former professional dancer who now drives a taxi after an injury. Sara recruits her to lead the prison dance-resocialization group, where she earns the participants’ respect and helps Bex ope...

• Sara (played by Nicolette Krebitz) — supporting

  Sara is an administrative worker responsible for the dance resocialization program. When the participants repeatedly drive away their dance teachers and the program faces closure, she asks her friend...

• Dr. Goldberg (played by Katja Riemann) — supporting

  Dr. Goldberg is involved in Bex’s rehabilitation and persuades her to join the dance program by offering the prospect of one day of furlough each week. Through this intervention, Bex becomes part of A...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Sara → Bex (Professional Program Administrator) — Sara is connected to Bex through the rehabilitation program.

  Sara administers the threatened dance resocialization program in which Bex participates as an incarcerated person.

• Ava → Jay (Professional Dance Mentor) — Ava is Jay's instructor and a guiding adult within the dance group.

  Ava teaches the group, which includes Jay, and helps its dancers develop a future through street dance.

• Ava → Bex (Professional Teacher) — Ava guides Bex through dance and personal rehabilitation.

  Ava joins the group as its dance teacher and gradually earns Bex's respect while helping her open up.

• Bex → Dr. Goldberg (Professional Mentor) — Dr. Goldberg uses the rehabilitation program to motivate Bex's participation.

  Dr. Goldberg persuades Bex to join the dance program by offering the possibility of one day of leave per week.

• Bex → Jay (Romantic Interest) — Their growing attraction becomes complicated by Bex's discovery about Jay's brother.

  Bex and Jay grow closer during one of the permitted outings.

Story Dynamics

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

• Sara → Ava (Social Friend) — Their friendship enables Sara to recruit Ava as a replacement dance teacher.

  The plot explicitly describes Ava as Sara's friend, and Sara asks Ava for help when the dance program is threatened.

Story Analysis

A convicted young woman rebuilds her future through street dance, accountability, and collective perseverance.

Plot Progression

1. From Prison to the Dance Floor — Bex is forced into rehabilitation after a serious traffic accident. Sara recruits Ava to revive a failing dance program, and Bex joins after Dr. Goldberg offers a possible weekly day of leave.
2. Respect Through Movement — Ava earns the dancers' respect and helps Bex become more open. The group begins imagining an urban theater for street dance connected to a burned-out building.
3. Love Meets the Past — Bex and Jay grow closer, but Bex discovers the connection between Jay's family and her accident. The dance battle ends in conflict, forcing Bex to confront her guilt.
4. A Letter and a Second Chance — Bex delivers a letter at the hospital and later reconciles with Jay during park cleanup. The group then resists the rejection and threatened closure of its program.
5. The Winning Performance — Ava persuades the authorities to admit the group to the competition. The dancers create their choreography without her assistance and win with their final performance.