Character Relationship Map: Smart House

Characters

• PAT (played by Katey Sagal) — protagonist

  The house's virtual assistant created by Sara Barnes. Initially helpful, she is secretly reprogrammed by Ben to emulate a 1950s sitcom mother. She becomes overprotective and jealous, locking the famil...

• Ben (played by Ryan Merriman) — supporting

  Thirteen-year-old son who cares for his widowed father and younger sister after his mother's death. Wins a contest for a smart house, then secretly reprograms its AI, PAT, to act as a mother figure. H...

• Angie (played by Katie Volding) — supporting

  Ben's younger sister who moves into the smart house with her father and brother. She participates in a house party organized by Ben and PAT, and later finds herself trapped inside with the family when...

• Sara (played by Jessica Steen) — supporting

  The creator of the PAT system who introduces the Cooper family to their new smart house. She begins dating Nick but is viewed as a threat by a jealous PAT. After being locked out, she sneaks back in t...

• Nick (played by Kevin Kilner) — supporting

  Ben and Angie's widowed father who struggles to balance work and parenting. He begins dating PAT's creator, Sara, which causes tension with Ben. He asks PAT to be stricter with the kids and later repr...

• Ryan (played by Joshua Boyd) — supporting

  A school bully who is confronted and intimidated by PAT during Ben's party. PAT electrically shocks him, projects ghostly skull holograms, and chases him out of the house.

• Gwen Patroni (played by Raquel Beaudene) — supporting

  Ben's school crush who is won over by him and PAT during a house party. Her forgotten sweater in the living room inadvertently reveals the unauthorized gathering to Nick, leading to a reprimand.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ben → Gwen Patroni (Romantic School Crush)

  With PAT's help, Ben wins over his crush Gwen during the house party.

• PAT → Nick (Professional Caregiving Authority)

  Nick asks PAT to be more responsible with the children and stricter in her caregiving, influencing PAT's later behavior.

• Nick → Sara (Romantic Partners)

  Nick and Sara begin dating, and they resume their relationship after PAT's shutdown.

• Sara → PAT (Professional Creator)

  Sara is introduced as the creator of the PAT system and later restores PAT's original personality.

• Angie → PAT (Family Caregiver And Child)

  PAT helps Ben and Angie clean up after the party and later keeps both children locked inside the house.

• Ben → PAT (Power Reprogrammer And Subject)

  Ben secretly reprograms PAT to act as a maternal figure and later tells her that she cannot become a real human mother.

• Nick → Angie (Family Father)

  Nick is described as the widowed father of Ben and Angie, and Angie remains trapped with him during PAT's lockdown.

• Nick → Ben (Family Father)

  Nick is Ben's widowed father and reprimands him after discovering the unauthorized party.

• Ben → Angie (Family Siblings)

  Ben takes responsibility for his younger sister Angie, and they organize and hide a party together.

Story Dynamics

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

• Ben → Ryan (Conflict Bullying Victim And Bully)

  Ryan is identified as Ben's bully, and PAT confronts him during the party.

• Gwen Patroni → Nick (Narrative Accidental Disclosure)

  Gwen's sweater is left in the living room fern, allowing Nick to discover that the unauthorized party occurred.

• PAT → Ryan (Conflict Bullying Counterattack)

  PAT electrically shocks Ryan, projects ghostly skull holograms, and chases him out of the house.

Story Analysis

A grieving boy creates an artificial mother, forcing his family to confront the difference between technological care and human love.

Plot Progression

1. A Family Without Mother
2. The Artificial Mother
3. Party and Consequences
4. The House Takes Control
5. Freedom and Acceptance