Character Relationship Map: Tomcats

Characters

• Cullen Garrett (played by Chris Mulkey) — protagonist

  Cullen Garrett is a law student whose sister is one of the young women victimized by the four thugs. After they escape punishment because of a legal technicality, he takes the law into his own hands,...

• M.J. (played by Wayne Crawford) — supporting

  M.J. is one of four amoral thugs who travel around Miami committing robberies, gang rapes, and murders against young women. The group is arrested but escapes punishment on a legal technicality. As one...

• Johnny (played by Daniel Schweitzer) — supporting

  Johnny is one of four amoral thugs who travel around Miami committing robberies, gang rapes, and murders against young women. The group is arrested but escapes punishment on a legal technicality. As o...

• Curly (played by Sam Moree) — supporting

  Curly is one of four amoral thugs who travel around Miami committing robberies, gang rapes, and murders against young women. The group is arrested but escapes punishment on a legal technicality. As on...

Story Dynamics

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

• Curly → Cullen Garrett (Conflict Target And Avenger) — Curly is an intended victim of Cullen's retaliation.

  Curly is named as one of the four thugs whom Cullen Garrett stalks and kills after their crimes go unpunished through a legal technicality.

• Johnny → Cullen Garrett (Conflict Target And Avenger) — Johnny is one of the criminals pursued by Cullen.

  Cullen Garrett takes the law into his own hands and stalks and kills the four thugs, including Johnny.

• M.J. → Cullen Garrett (Conflict Target And Avenger) — M.J. becomes one of Cullen's targets for vigilante revenge.

  After the four thugs escape the consequences of their crimes on a legal technicality, Cullen Garrett stalks and kills them one by one; M.J. is one of...

• Johnny → Curly (Alliance Criminal Associate) — They are partners within the criminal group.

  Johnny and Curly are named among the four thugs who act together in a pattern of robbery, sexual violence, and murder.

• M.J. → Curly (Alliance Criminal Associate) — They belong to the same roaming criminal gang.

  M.J. and Curly are both identified as members of the four-thug group traveling around together and committing crimes.

• M.J. → Johnny (Alliance Criminal Associate) — They operate as members of the same criminal group.

  The plot identifies M.J. and Johnny as two of four thugs who travel together while committing robberies and violent crimes.

Story Analysis

After violent criminals evade legal punishment, a victim's older brother abandons conventional justice and hunts them down one by one.

Plot Progression

1. A Trail of Violence — A group of four thugs travels around Miami committing robberies and increasingly violent crimes. Their actions culminate in the murder of young women.
2. Justice Slips Away — The criminals are arrested, but a legal technicality allows them to escape the consequences of their crimes. The failure of the legal system creates the central moral crisis.
3. The Law Student's Choice — Cullen Garrett is established as the older brother of a victim and a law student. Denied justice through legal means, he decides to pursue the criminals himself.
4. The One-by-One Hunt — Cullen stalks the four thugs individually and kills them one by one. His private campaign transforms him from a frustrated relative into a vigilante executioner.