Character Relationship Map: Tempted

Characters

• Charlie LeBlanc (played by Burt Reynolds) — protagonist

  Charlie LeBlanc is a wealthy construction contractor struggling with his mortality and deeply distrustful of his much younger wife, Lilly. He hires Jimmy Mulate to test Lilly’s fidelity, pays Byron Bl...

• Jimmy Mulate (played by Peter Facinelli) — supporting

  Jimmy Mulate is a freelance carpenter hired by Charlie to seduce Lilly, initially accepting the offer to help fund his law school education. He becomes Lilly’s lover, helps dispose of a body with Ted,...

• Ted (played by Eric Mabius) — supporting

  Ted is Jimmy Mulate’s friend and encourages him to accept Charlie’s proposition so the money can support Jimmy’s law school education. Ted later kills the son of a reportedly homosexual governor and r...

• Byron Blades (played by George DiCenzo) — supporting

  Byron Blades is Charlie’s private investigator and initially refuses to help monitor Lilly and Jimmy. He ultimately installs cameras and microphones in the LeBlanc mansion, gives Charlie recorded evid...

• Dot Collins (played by Mike Starr) — supporting

  Dot Collins is Charlie’s henchman and accompanies him when Charlie recruits Jimmy for the seduction scheme. Collins later helps Charlie confront Jimmy and arrives at the swamp shack with a shotgun, in...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Charlie LeBlanc → Dot Collins (Power Boss) — Collins functions as Charlie's subordinate and enforcer.

  Charlie arrives with Dot Collins when he recruits Jimmy, and later orders Collins to help deal with the situation.

• Charlie LeBlanc → Jimmy Mulate (Professional Employer) — Charlie recruits Jimmy for a paid personal scheme.

  Charlie offers Jimmy $10,000 upfront, with additional payments if Jimmy seduces Charlie's wife and identifies her tattoo.

Story Dynamics

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

• Jimmy Mulate → Dot Collins (Conflict Threatened Target) — Collins becomes a direct physical threat to Jimmy.

  Collins accompanies Charlie during the confrontation with Jimmy and later arrives with a shotgun seeking to kill Jimmy.

• Byron Blades → Dot Collins (Conflict Opponent) — Blades's law-enforcement operation opposes Collins's armed intervention.

  Blades works with law enforcement during the swamp-shack operation, where Collins arrives armed and dies in a shootout with police.

• Byron Blades → Jimmy Mulate (Narrative Surveillance Witness) — Blades repeatedly gathers and uses evidence affecting Jimmy's fate.

  Blades installs recording equipment, later gives Jimmy a recording, and cooperates with police while monitoring Jimmy's exchange at the swamp shack.

• Ted → Charlie LeBlanc (Conflict Murderous Adversary) — Ted directly attacks and kills Charlie.

  Ted is revealed as the masked assailant who shoots Charlie twice during the attack.

• Charlie LeBlanc → Byron Blades (Social Friend) — Blades is a trusted personal associate of Charlie.

  Charlie visits his friend Byron Blades and asks him to surveil his wife and Jimmy during the business trip.

• Jimmy Mulate → Ted (Social Friend) — Ted influences Jimmy's decision as a close friend.

  Ted encourages Jimmy to accept Charlie's offer so Jimmy can use the money for law school.

Story Analysis

A paid fidelity test spirals into adultery, coercion, murder, surveillance, and a final police operation.

Plot Progression

1. The Fidelity Test — Charlie, troubled by mortality and jealousy, hires Jimmy to seduce his wife. Ted encourages Jimmy, while Charlie recruits Blades to record the experiment.
2. Seduction and Bloodshed — Jimmy's first attempt ends at gunpoint, but he later spends an evening with Charlie's wife. Ted's killing forces Jimmy into the disposal of a body.
3. The Affair Revealed — Charlie’s secretary exposes the scheme, and Jimmy has sex with Charlie's wife. Surveillance footage then turns Charlie's test into a violent confrontation.
4. Murder and Evidence — Jimmy discovers the tattoo while being pressured to help kill Charlie. Charlie is shot, Ted is exposed, and Blades gives Jimmy a recording that may determine his guilt.
5. The Swamp Reckoning — Jimmy seeks legal protection and arranges a recording exchange at a swamp shack while cooperating with police. Collins attacks with a shotgun, dies in the shootout, and Charlie's wife is arrested.