Character Relationship Map: Misconceptions

Characters

• Terry Price-Owens (played by Orlando Jones) — protagonist
• Sandy Price-Owens (played by David Moscow) — supporting
• Parker Bliss, Sr. (played by David Sutcliffe) — supporting
• Mranda Bliss (played by A.J. Cook) — supporting
• Tom Dexter (played by Sam Ball) — supporting
• Lucy Dexter (played by Sarah Carter) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Lucy Dexter → Tom Dexter (Romantic Committed Relationship Under Strain)

  Lucy presses Tom to commit to her and warns that she may accept a transfer to North Dakota and leave for good.

• Mranda Bliss → Lucy Dexter (Family Sisters)

  Mranda introduces Terry to her sister, Lucy Dexter, as the prospective father of the child she is carrying.

• Terry Price-Owens → Sandy Price-Owens (Family Spouses Seeking A Child)

  Terry and Sandy are described as a couple from Boston hoping to have a child. Terry also tries to reconnect with Sandy by phone.

• Mranda Bliss → Parker Bliss, Sr. (Family Estranged Spouses)

  The plot identifies Mranda and Parker as husband and wife. Their marriage has been strained by their son's death, and Parker becomes furious when he l...

Story Dynamics

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

• Terry Price-Owens → Parker Bliss, Sr. (Social Conversation Through Shared Grief)

  After Parker learns the truth about the pregnancy, Terry and Parker share a conversation about grief and the effects of the family's experience with t...

• Mranda Bliss → Terry Price-Owens (Alliance Surrogate And Intended Parent)

  Mranda tells Lucy that Terry is the prospective father of the child she is carrying for a Boston couple. Terry is eager to help.

Story Analysis

A surrogacy decision kept secret tests a grieving marriage, while two other relationships face their own uncertainty.

Plot Progression

1. Faith and Family Wounds
2. A Secret Surrogacy Plan
3. The Truth Comes Out
4. Grief and Separate Pleas
5. A Celebration in Uncertainty