Character Relationship Map: D.O.A.

Characters

• Frank Bigelow (played by John Doe) — protagonist

  A private detective who discovers that he has been poisoned with iridium and has only days to live. He investigates who poisoned him and why, uncovering a criminal scheme involving stolen iridium and...

• Mrs. Phillips (played by Anne Gaybis) — supporting

  A St. Augustine socialite who hires Bigelow to investigate her husband’s disappearance, presenting the case as a way to divert attention from her own scheme. She later admits to partnering with Stanle...

• Majak (played by John Byner) — supporting

  A gangster connected to the Phillips family and the stolen iridium. He tells Bigelow that the poisoning resulted from a deal gone wrong and promises to kill the person responsible if Bigelow finds the...

• Chester (played by Jake La Botz) — supporting

  A hood working for Majak who first drives Bigelow away from Gene Phillips and later helps control and threaten him. At the alligator farm, Chester tortures Bigelow and tries to kill him. During a figh...

• Stanley Phillips (played by Kevin Crowley) — supporting

  Gene Phillips’s brother, who meets Bigelow at the Phillips office and warns him to leave town. He is involved with Mrs. Phillips and a partner in the iridium theft, and turns Bigelow over to the gangs...

• Rita (played by Paola Duque) — supporting

  A singer at the Blue Bay nightclub whom Bigelow suspects of being romantically involved with Gene Phillips. She tells Bigelow that Majak is behind the events surrounding the case. Later, she is reveal...

• Grace (played by Lucinda Jenney) — supporting

  A patient Bigelow meets while hiding in a hospital chapel. Although he is reluctant, he agrees to meet her for Mass, and later finds her outside the church to say goodbye as he nears death. Her meetin...

• Lockwood (played by Chad Light) — supporting

  A partner in the scheme involving Mrs. Phillips and Stanley, and the person who stole the iridium. Bigelow finds Gene Phillips dead at the meeting place and pursues Lockwood, who escapes. Later, Chest...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Mrs. Phillips → Frank Bigelow (Professional Client And Investigator)

  Mrs. Phillips hires Frank Bigelow to investigate her husband's disappearance and his connection to Majak.

Story Dynamics

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

• Majak → Lockwood (Conflict Criminal Opponents)

  Majak wants the stolen iridium recovered, while Lockwood is identified as the person who stole it.

• Stanley Phillips → Lockwood (Alliance Criminal Partners)

  Mrs. Phillips identifies Stanley and Lockwood as partners in the iridium scheme.

• Rita → Mrs. Phillips (Alliance Criminal Partners)

  At the airport, Rita emerges from behind the plane, and the story reveals that she and Mrs. Phillips are partners.

• Mrs. Phillips → Lockwood (Alliance Criminal Partners)

  Mrs. Phillips states that she and Stanley are partners with Lockwood, who stole the iridium.

• Mrs. Phillips → Stanley Phillips (Alliance Criminal Partners)

  Mrs. Phillips confesses that she and Stanley are in partnership with Lockwood.

• Frank Bigelow → Grace (Social Emotional Connection)

  Bigelow meets Grace in the hospital chapel, agrees to meet her for Mass, and later says goodbye outside the church.

• Frank Bigelow → Rita (Unknown Distrustful Informants)

  Bigelow meets Rita at the nightclub, and she later tells him that Majak is behind the events surrounding the poisoning.

• Frank Bigelow → Lockwood (Conflict Pursuer And Fugitive)

  Bigelow finds Lockwood at the lighthouse after a murder, chases him when he escapes, and later witnesses him being taken to Majak.

• Frank Bigelow → Chester (Conflict Captive And Torturer)

  Chester transports Bigelow to Majak and later tortures him at the alligator farm.

• Frank Bigelow → Stanley Phillips (Conflict Hostile Interrogation)

  Stanley Phillips tells Bigelow to leave town and turns him over to Chester and Whitey after Bigelow refuses.

• Frank Bigelow → Majak (Conflict Adversary)

  Majak explains the poisoning and later orders Chester and Whitey to kill Frank Bigelow when the iridium is not recovered.

Story Analysis

A dying investigator races to expose the conspiracy behind his poisoning before his final hours run out.

Plot Progression

1. A Client With A Secret
2. Days Measured In Hours
3. The Criminal Web
4. Bodies And Betrayals
5. The Last Pursuit