Character Relationship Map: Spooked

Characters

• Mort Whitman (played by Cliff Curtis) — protagonist

  Mort Whitman is an investigative journalist pursuing the most important story of his career. He investigates the suspicious death of Kevin Jones, tracing Kevin’s final days and uncovering a major paym...

• Kevin Jones (played by Christopher Hobbs) — supporting

  Kevin Jones is a second-hand computer dealer whose receipt of a large payment from a multinational bank places him at the center of the mystery. Before his suspicious death, he becomes increasingly pa...

• Jimmy Blick (played by John Leigh) — supporting

  Jimmy Blick is Kevin Jones’s best mate and one of the people who can describe Kevin’s increasingly troubled state before his death. Through Jimmy’s perspective, Mort Whitman learns more about Kevin’s...

• Ruby Elder (played by Miriama Smith) — supporting

  Ruby Elder is Kevin Jones’s girlfriend and a witness to the changes in his behaviour before his suspicious death. Alongside Jimmy Blick, she helps reveal Kevin’s growing paranoia and instability to Mo...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Mort Whitman → Ruby Elder (Professional Journalist And Source) — Ruby supplies another firsthand perspective for Mort's investigation.

  Mort reconstructs Kevin's final days through Ruby's perspective as his girlfriend.

• Mort Whitman → Jimmy Blick (Professional Journalist And Source) — Jimmy functions as a personal source for Mort's reporting.

  Mort reveals Kevin's final behavior through the eyes of Jimmy, indicating that Jimmy provides information for Mort's investigation.

• Kevin Jones → Ruby Elder (Romantic Partners) — Ruby is Kevin's romantic partner and an important witness to his decline.

  Ruby is explicitly identified as Kevin's girlfriend and contributes to the account of his increasingly erratic behavior.

Story Dynamics

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

• Kevin Jones → Jimmy Blick (Social Best Friends) — Jimmy provides personal knowledge of Kevin's final days.

  The plot identifies Jimmy as Kevin's best mate and uses Jimmy's perspective to reveal Kevin's paranoia and erratic behavior.

• Mort Whitman → Kevin Jones (Narrative Investigator And Subject) — Mort makes Kevin's death and hidden discoveries the central focus of his investigation.

  Mort investigates the days leading up to Kevin's suspicious death and tries to uncover what Kevin had discovered.

Story Analysis

A journalist investigates a suspicious death linked to a bank payoff, dangerous secrets, and competing explanations of murder or accident.

Plot Progression

1. The National Story — Mort Whitman pursues a major national story involving a large payment from a multinational bank to Kevin Jones. Kevin's suspicious death turns the financial lead into a dangerous investigation.
2. Witnesses to a Decline — Mort traces the days before Kevin's death through Jimmy Blick and Ruby Elder. Their accounts reveal Kevin's increasing paranoia and erratic behavior.
3. Secrets Behind the Threat — The investigation asks what dangerous secrets Kevin had discovered. Private security, police, SIS, and the CIA are all identified as possible forces surrounding him.
4. Murder or Accident — Mort confronts competing explanations for Kevin's death. The case may involve powerful forces, or Kevin may have drunk too much and crashed his car.