Double Jeopardy (1992) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Lisa Burns Donnelly
(played by Rachel Ward) — protagonist
Former lover of Jack who rekindles their affair after ten years. Kills her current boyfriend in self-defense while Jack witnesses. Faces a murder trial defended by Karen. Secretly manipulative, she se...
Jack Hart
(played by Bruce Boxleitner) — protagonist
School administrator and Lisa's former lover. Reconnects with her, leading to an affair and witnessing her killing a boyfriend. Fired due to the scandal, he later deduces Lisa framed him for a staged...
Karen Hart
(played by Sela Ward) — supporting
Jack's wife and a lawyer who defends Lisa during her murder trial. Discovers a map in the trash and drives to a location to meet Jack. The film concludes with her and Jack observing each other from a...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Karen Hart → Lisa Burns Donnelly
(Professional Lawyer) — Professional legal representation during a murder trial.
Jack Hart → Karen Hart
(Family Husband) — Married couple living with their young daughter.
Jack Hart → Lisa Burns Donnelly
(Romantic Lovers) — Former romantic partners who reconnect after a decade.
Story Analysis
A renewed affair leads through murder, legal jeopardy, betrayal, and a fatal confrontation at a climbing site.
Plot Progression
A Reunion Rekindled
— Former lovers meet again after ten years apart. A dinner invitation reconnects the past with an established family life.
Affair And Fatal Deception
— The reunion develops into an affair and is followed by a boyfriend's fatal shooting. The witness becomes entangled in a potentially deceptive account of the crime.
Scandal In The Courtroom
— The murder trial places the witness's marriage and career under pressure. The accused person's devious nature and darker side gradually emerge.
The Staged Crime Exposed
— The witness reconstructs the incident and realizes that he was set up. He also concludes that the rape was staged, but the legal barrier to a retrial remains.
Climb Into Final Silence
— The former lovers climb The Devil's Needle, where one falls to her death. A map brings the lawyer to the site, ending with a distant silent encounter.
