Character Relationship Map: Remains

Characters

• Tom (played by Grant Bowler) — protagonist

  A casino employee who becomes a reluctant survivor leader after a nuclear apocalypse triggers a zombie outbreak. He conceals a tragic past involving a drunk driving crash and ultimately escapes with C...

• Jensen (played by Miko Hughes) — protagonist

  A magician's assistant who helps restore power and aids the survivors in trapping zombies. He dies after discovering the army's betrayal and confronting them.

• Cindy (played by Tawny Cypress) — supporting

  An army medic who survives a convoy attack. She initially steals supplies with Victor but later allies with Tom and Tori to escape, seeking her daughter.

• Tori (played by Evalena Marie) — supporting

  A casino employee and Tom's romantic partner. She is resourceful but becomes increasingly volatile, eventually betraying Tom and transforming into a zombified survivor with retained intelligence.

• Victor (played by Anthony Marks) — supporting

  A survivor who initially enters the casino seeking refuge. He secretly collaborates with the army to steal survivors' supplies, acting as a catalyst for the group's internal conflict.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Tom → Tori (Romantic Partner) — Their intimate relationship becomes strained under apocalyptic pressure.

  Tom and Tori are casino employees who begin the story by having a sexual encounter in the stock room.

Story Dynamics

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

• Tori → Cindy (Conflict Hostile Survivors) — Their antagonism becomes one of the group's decisive fractures.

  Tori threatens to shoot Cindy, argues with her, taunts her about her father's death, and later abandons her after Cindy breaks her ankle.

• Tom → Cindy (Alliance Escape Allies) — Their alliance becomes the basis for the final escape.

  After the convoy fails, Tom rescues Cindy from the crashed pickup, and they later decide to travel to Carson City to search for Cindy's daughter.

• Jensen → Tori (Alliance Survival Teammates) — They share practical responsibilities during the casino siege.

  Jensen helps restore the power, while Jensen and Tori belong to the survivor group that traps zombies throughout the casino.

• Tom → Victor (Conflict Internal Adversaries) — Victor's self-preservation and secret collaboration undermine Tom's survivor group.

  Victor enters the casino after sacrificing another man to zombies, while Tom later helps defend the casino's remaining supplies from the army's operat...

• Victor → Cindy (Alliance Supply Collaborators) — Victor and Cindy are both connected to the army's seizure of survivor supplies, although the plot gives no direct scene of their cooperation.

  Jensen discovers that the army took the casino's food and supplies with Victor's help.

• Jensen → Victor (Conflict Distrustful Survivors) — Victor's secret cooperation contributes to the conflict that leads to Jensen's death.

  Jensen discovers that Victor helped the army take the casino's food and supplies, then confronts the soldiers on the dock.

• Tom → Jensen (Alliance Survival Teammate) — They cooperate during the early investigation of the abandoned casino.

  Tom and Jensen inspect the casino security cameras together after Jensen restores the power.

Story Analysis

Survivors trapped in a ruined casino struggle with zombies, betrayal, guilt, and the uncertain boundary between human and undead.

Plot Progression

1. Peace Day Collapse — Tom and Tori begin an intimate encounter at the casino just as Peace Day ends in a nuclear blast. The power failure traps them and exposes the deserted, dangerous casino.
2. The Casino Survivors — Jensen restores the power and joins Tom and Tori inside the casino. Victor arrives seeking refuge, while the survivors trap zombies and settle into an uneasy routine.
3. Rescue And Betrayal — The survivors try to signal a military convoy, accidentally awaken the zombies, and are separated before the army arrives. Jensen discovers that Victor helped the army seize their supplies.
4. Confessions Under Siege — Tom rescues the injured Cindy after the convoy is destroyed by stronger zombies. Their group confronts personal guilt, hostility, and the approaching horde.
5. Fire And Transformation — Tom, Tori, and Cindy prepare an explosive escape as the stronger zombies breach the casino. Tori betrays Tom, the casino is destroyed, and zombified Tori retains signs of intelligence.