Character Relationship Map: All the Devil's Men

Characters

• Leigh (played by Sylvia Hoeks) — protagonist

  A CIA operative with a personal history involving McKnight and Collins. She blames Collins for her father's death in South Waziristan, then approaches him with an offer to cooperate. Collins realizes...

• Brennan (played by William Fichtner) — supporting

  A member of the team deployed to London with Collins and Samuelson to pursue McKnight. Although Collins is reluctant to work with others, Brennan takes the lead during the operation. Brennan is later...

• Samuelson (played by Gbenga Akinnagbe) — supporting

  A member of the London operation alongside Collins and Brennan. He joins the effort to find McKnight, the high-priority target, as the team races against a twelve-hour deadline. After Brennan is lost...

• McKnight (played by Elliot Cowan) — supporting

  The high-priority target of the London operation and a disavowed operative pursuing a dangerous weapons deal. He is arranging to buy a warhead for a tactical nuclear weapon, prompting Collins and the...

• Deighton (played by Joseph Millson) — supporting

  An old associate of Collins who knows McKnight and helped him establish himself in London. Wary of the team's intentions, Deighton nevertheless provides information that draws them closer to McKnight....

• Collins (played by Milo Gibson) — supporting

  A former Navy SEAL and bounty hunter recalled by FullSpec for the London mission to stop McKnight. Reluctant to work with a team, he operates alongside Brennan and Samuelson, confronts Leigh over thei...

• Oleg (played by Yavor Baharov) — supporting

  Oleg is involved in the covert operation that precedes Collins being told his former employer is cutting him loose. The summary provides no further details about Oleg's role in that operation or any d...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Leigh → Collins (Professional Former Handler And Operative) — Leigh brings Collins back for the London operation, but their working relationship is strained by her blame over her father's death and her own competing plans.

  Leigh offers Collins a chance to return to active work by sending him to London for the mission.

Story Dynamics

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

• Collins → Oleg (Unknown Covert Operation Participants) — Oleg is connected to the operation mentioned in Collins's background, but the supplied account gives no further detail about their interaction.

  The account opens by referring to a covert operation involving Oleg before describing Collins being cut loose by his former employer.

• Leigh → McKnight (Conflict Personal Enemy) — McKnight's killing of Leigh's father gives her pursuit of him a personal dimension; she also seeks credit for his death and future CIA work.

  Leigh reveals that McKnight beheaded her father and sent her the video.

• Deighton → McKnight (Alliance Associate And Protector) — Deighton provides information that draws the team into McKnight's orbit and is connected to the armed protection surrounding McKnight.

  Deighton knows McKnight, helped him establish himself in London, and commands the private army hired by McKnight, as stated in the character profile.

• Collins → Deighton (Conflict Former Associates Turned Enemies) — Their past association gives way to an explicit lethal threat as Deighton obstructs Collins's pursuit.

  Deighton is described as an old associate of Collins. He later admits that he intends to kill Collins, calling it business, while Collins considers it...

• Collins → Samuelson (Alliance Mission Allies) — Samuelson participates in the pursuit and is present when the surviving operatives debate continuing the mission.

  Samuelson joins the London operation with Collins and Brennan, and remains among the surviving operatives who reconsider whether to continue.

• Collins → Brennan (Alliance Mission Allies) — Brennan works with Collins on the London mission; his loss is a major setback for the operation.

  Brennan takes the lead during the operation, and he is later lost as the pursuit turns violent.

• Collins → McKnight (Conflict Hunter And Target) — Collins's mission is to stop McKnight's nuclear deal, though the supplied account ends before their pursuit is resolved.

  The London team is assigned to pursue McKnight, whom intelligence identifies as a high-priority target arranging to buy a warhead.

Story Analysis

A returning operative pursues a disavowed target planning a nuclear purchase while confronting personal grievances, violent consequences, and doubts about the mission.

Plot Progression

1. A Return to the Field — After a covert operation involving Oleg, Collins is cut loose by his former employer. FullSpec brings him back for a London assignment targeting McKnight, and a short deadline forces the team to move...
2. Following Deighton's Lead — Collins joins Brennan and Samuelson, though he is reluctant to work with others. Their contact with Deighton provides a route toward McKnight, whose planned warhead purchase raises the mission's stake...
3. Leigh's Double Game — Leigh offers Collins cooperation, but he suspects that she is maneuvering to benefit from both sides and claim credit for McKnight's death. She also reveals the personal grievance behind her pursuit:...
4. Violence and Reckoning — The pursuit turns violent, leaving Brennan lost and Collins wounded while McKnight takes refuge on a boat. Deighton threatens Collins, and Collins later confesses to a past killing that deepens his do...
5. An Unfinished Pursuit — The surviving operatives weigh Collins's doubts against the danger of McKnight's nuclear deal. Collins agrees to continue, and the group decides to hack TJD Security's servers, but the supplied accoun...