Character Relationship Map: The Screwfly Solution

Characters

• Alan (played by Jason Priestley) — protagonist
• Barney (played by Elliott Gould) — supporting
• Anne (played by Kerry Norton) — supporting

  Mother and daughter fleeing a global epidemic that turns men into murderous psychopaths, struggling to survive.

• Bella (played by Linda Darlow) — supporting
• Amy (played by Brenna O'Brien) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Bella → Barney (Professional Epidemiological Collaborator) — Bella and Barney exchange research findings about the worldwide murders.

  Bella informs Barney about the epidemic while they are coordinating matching findings.

• Alan → Barney (Professional Research Partner) — Alan and Barney are scientific collaborators investigating the biological crisis.

  Alan is working alongside Barney on an insect problem in the rainforest, and they later coordinate epidemic findings.

• Anne → Amy (Family Mother) — Anne's central purpose is to protect Amy from the infected male population.

  The plot describes Anne and Amy as mother and daughter fleeing across the country.

• Alan → Amy (Family Father) — Alan's infection turns his paternal relationship with Amy into a direct threat.

  Alan and Anne are stated to have a daughter named Amy.

• Alan → Anne (Family Husband) — Alan and Anne are married partners whose family bond is destroyed by Alan's infection.

  The plot identifies Anne as Alan's wife and states that they have a daughter, Amy.

Story Dynamics

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

• Anne → Barney (Alliance Survival Ally) — Barney becomes Anne's principal human ally after Amy's death.

  A hooded Barney helps Anne escape the hospital, and they later live together in a camping tent.

Story Analysis

A global epidemic destroys male sanity and female life, leaving Anne to uncover an alien biological-control experiment.

Plot Progression

1. The Femicides Spread — A worldwide wave of femicides draws Bella into an investigation. Her findings connect the violence to infected men and reveal that the crisis is global.
2. The Unheeded Warning — Bella's warning reaches Barney, who joins Alan in briefing officials. Their proposed chemical or surgical solution is rejected by a skeptical and indignant military panel.
3. A Family Destroyed — Alan recognizes that he is infected and says goodbye to Anne and Amy. In the Ontario rainforest, Anne must shoot him after he attacks Amy, but Amy returns to him and is presumed killed.
4. Winter Without Shelter — Anne escapes a hospital massacre with Barney and hides under a male disguise. They endure winter together until Barney dies, leaving Anne alone.
5. The Screwfly Revelation — Anne evades hunters and discovers that bright aliens caused the epidemic through biological-control technology. The remaining female life on Earth is ultimately presumed exterminated.