Character Relationship Map: Gutterballs

Characters

• Steve (played by Alastair Gamble) — protagonist

  Leader of one bowling team who harasses Sam and instigates a brawl. He brutally rapes Lisa, coerces Patrick into participating, and attempts to kill her with a bowling pin. He is ultimately found and...

• Sarah (played by Mihola Terzic) — supporting

  A team member who attempts to continue the match after the attacks. She hides in the basement with Jamie, later grabs a shotgun, kills Lisa to save Jamie, cuts the exit chains, and ultimately executes...

• Jamie (played by Nathan Witte) — supporting

  Initially confronts Steve's team for their behavior. Returns with the traumatized Lisa and apologizes to her. He helps Sarah escape the basement, fights and decapitates Egerton, but is later executed...

• Joey (played by Wade Gibb) — supporting

  Steve's friend who participates in the assault on Lisa. Later fixes the lane pins before being brutally killed by Egerton, leaving his headless body and severed head to be discovered by Steve and Sara...

• Lisa (played by Candice Lewald) — supporting

  A woman targeted by Steve's group. She is repeatedly raped by Steve, A.J., Joey, and a coerced Patrick. After surviving, she orchestrates a revenge plot with Jamie, kills Steve, but is ultimately slai...

• Ben (played by Jeremy Beland) — supporting

  A team member who briefly has sex with Cindy upstairs. He leaves to retrieve a condom and is subsequently ambushed in the bathroom, where his eyes are gouged out with a sharpened bowling pin.

• A.J. (played by Nathan Dashwood) — supporting

  Part of Steve's team who rapes Lisa on the pool table. He notices the mysterious BBK scoreboard strikes and investigates them before being forcefully killed by a ball waxer he accidentally turns on.

• Patrick (played by Trevor Gemma) — supporting

  Steve's friend who witnesses and is horrified by the initial rape. Coerced by Steve, he participates in the assault on Lisa. He later reveals himself as a second killer to Egerton, is spared, but is k...

• Sam (played by Jimmy Blais) — supporting

  A transgender woman harassed by Steve's group. She retreats to the bathroom to freshen up, where she is attacked by the killer, forced down, and castrated with a bowling pin before being killed.

• Cindy (played by Stephanie Schacter) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ben → Cindy (Romantic Sexual Partners) — Their brief sexual encounter is interrupted by the killings.

  Ben and Cindy have sex upstairs, and Ben leaves to retrieve a condom.

• Steve → Patrick (Power Coercer) — Steve exerts direct control over Patrick through intimidation.

  When Patrick refuses to participate in the assault, Steve coerces him into using the bowling pin.

Story Dynamics

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

• Sarah → Jamie (Alliance Escape Partner) — They cooperate while trapped, though their alliance collapses after the escape.

  Sarah and Jamie hide together in the basement, and Sarah shoots the chains off the exit doors so they can escape.

• Lisa → Sarah (Conflict Enemy) — Sarah ultimately treats Lisa as a threat while trying to survive and protect Jamie.

  Sarah grabs the shotgun and kills Lisa during the final confrontation.

• Lisa → Jamie (Alliance Revenge Partner) — They cooperate in a revenge scheme against those connected to Lisa's assault.

  The final confrontation reveals that Lisa's revenge plan included Jamie, and Jamie helps her reach the basement confrontation.

• Patrick → Lisa (Conflict Coerced Abuser) — Patrick's guilt is complicated by his initial horror and coercion.

  Patrick initially refuses to participate but is coerced by Steve into assaulting Lisa with the bowling pin.

• Joey → Lisa (Conflict Abuser) — Joey contributes to Lisa's victimization and later dies during the killings.

  After A.J.'s assault, Joey abuses Lisa while she is left on the pool table.

• A.J. → Lisa (Conflict Perpetrator And Victimizer) — A.J. is directly involved in the abuse that motivates Lisa's revenge.

  A.J. rapes Lisa on the pool table after Steve's assault.

• Steve → Joey (Alliance Teammate) — They belong to the same bowling group and act together before becoming victims of the killer.

  Joey is identified as Steve's friend and participates with Steve's group during the assault on Lisa.

• Steve → Lisa (Conflict Perpetrator And Victim) — Steve's abuse of Lisa drives her later revenge and the final confrontation.

  After Lisa returns for her purse, Steve violently rapes her and later prepares to assault her with a bowling pin.

• Steve → Jamie (Conflict Rival) — Their opposing responses to the harassment establish a direct rivalry.

  Jamie chastises Steve's group for harassing Sam, and a brawl follows between Steve's team and Jamie's team.

• Steve → Sam (Conflict Harasser) — Steve treats Sam with hostility and initiates the early social conflict.

  Steve and his friends harass Sam, a transgender woman, before Jamie confronts them.

Story Analysis

A bowling-night assault triggers a masked killing spree, a revenge conspiracy, and a final collapse of trust among the survivors.

Plot Progression

1. Bowling After Midnight — Two teenage groups receive permission to bowl after hours. Harassment of Sam leads to a fight, but the groups are sent away until the following night.
2. The Forgotten Purse — Lisa returns to the bowling centre for her purse and is assaulted by Steve's group. Patrick's coercion deepens the moral guilt surrounding the attack.
3. The BBK Scoreboard — The groups return with Lisa and resume their tournament. A mysterious BBK entry appears while the first killings begin inside the bowling centre.
4. Machines Of Revenge — The killer attacks the bowlers through bathrooms, machinery, and bowling equipment. The growing BBK strikes turn the tournament into a sequence of executions.
5. Masks And Judgments — Sarah and Jamie discover the bodies and face the killer, Lisa, and Patrick in the basement. They escape the chained centre, but Sarah finally executes Jamie.