Character Relationship Map: Reverse Angle

Characters

• Eve Pretson (played by Emmanuelle Vaugier) — protagonist

  Eve Pretson is a small-time investigative journalist who survives a car wreck near the home of a murdered retired professor and inventor. She wakes with complete amnesia, then witnesses the murder of...

• Harry Griggs (played by Anthony Lemke) — supporting

  Harry is a doctor and seminar speaker whose business card Eve has somehow obtained, though she cannot remember meeting him. When two armed men pursue her after the crash, he helps her escape and works...

• Ned Larfield (played by Michel Perron) — supporting

  Ned is a former MIT professor and inventor who developed a revolutionary car that does not use an engine. His invention is viewed as a threat to the Ameristake Oil and Gas Company and its profits. Eve...

• Al Petrenko (played by Marc Thibaudeau) — supporting

  Al is involved in editing Eve’s report about Ned Larfield. He condemns the piece as unfairly mocking an older man trying to make a difference and quits rather than help edit it. He is still alive afte...

• Bob Hoffman (played by Richard Robitaille) — supporting

  Bob is contacted by Eve while she is driving back to Philadelphia and insists that she needs to reach Al Petrenko. He tells her that Ned Larfield has been killed. The available account does not explai...

• Barrett (played by Matt Silver) — supporting

  Barrett is warned by a powerful figure that Ned Larfield’s engine-free car could damage the Ameristake Oil and Gas Company, threaten thousands of jobs, and cost him a fortune. The figure also refers t...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Al Petrenko → Eve Pretson (Professional Editorial Disagreement) — Al objects to Eve's treatment of Ned in the report and refuses to participate in editing it.

  Al condemns Eve's report about Ned as unfair and quits rather than help edit it.

• Eve Pretson → Ned Larfield (Professional Investigative Reporter And Subject) — Eve's reporting on Ned becomes connected to the mystery surrounding his invention and murder.

  Eve has been working on a report about Ned Larfield, and Al argues that her report unfairly mocks him.

Story Dynamics

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

• Eve Pretson → Bob Hoffman (Social Urgent Informant Contact) — Bob relays news of Ned's death during Eve's urgent attempt to contact Al.

  Eve calls Bob while driving back to Philadelphia and insists that she needs to reach Al; Bob tells her Ned has been killed.

• Al Petrenko → Ned Larfield (Social Defender Of His Work) — Al expresses sympathy for Ned and objects to the way Eve's report portrays him.

  Al says Eve's report unfairly mocks an old man trying to make a difference.

• Barrett → Ned Larfield (Conflict Ordered Adversary) — Barrett is directed to suppress Ned and his engine-free car because the invention threatens the oil company and its interests.

  Barrett is ordered to have his two men erase Ned's invention, its creator, and related evidence.

• Eve Pretson → Harry Griggs (Alliance Trusting Escape Partners) — Harry helps Eve evade the armed men and piece together clues despite her inability to remember meeting him.

  Eve escapes from two armed pursuers with Harry and later says she believes she can trust only him.

Story Analysis

An amnesiac journalist and a doctor follow clues to an unexplained pursuit as a murdered inventor's story intersects with her reporting.

Plot Progression

1. A Threat to the Invention — Barrett is warned that Ned's engine-free car could damage the oil company and its interests. An order is given to erase the invention, its creator, and related evidence.
2. Amnesia and Pursuit — Eve wakes after a crash with no memory and is pursued by two armed men. Harry helps her escape as they begin investigating why she is being targeted.
3. Clues and Distrust — Eve and Harry avoid the police because she fears the pursuers may be officers. Her memory of armed men at the burning wreck and Harry's business-card clue point toward the Airport Hotel.
4. A Report and a Murder — Al objects to Eve's report about Ned and quits rather than edit it. News then reports Ned's execution-style murder and the burning of his compound, while the available account ends before the mystery...