Acceptable Risks (1986) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Don Sheppard
(played by Brian Dennehy) — protagonist
Wes Boggs
(played by Kenneth McMillan) — protagonist
Lee Snyder
(played by Christine Ebersole) — supporting
Sally Framm
(played by Beah Richards) — supporting
David Kohler
(played by Richard Gilliland) — supporting
Lou Keller
(played by Vic Polizos) — supporting
Jack Morris
(played by Peter Jurasik) — supporting
Ann Kohler
(played by Patti Cohoon-Friedman) — supporting
Janet Framm
(played by Cicely Tyson) — supporting
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Don Sheppard → Lou Keller
(Professional Colleagues) — Working together on disaster response
David Kohler → Ann Kohler
(Family Spouses) — Married couple impacted by the chemical disaster
Sally Framm → Janet Framm
(Family Mother-Daughter) — Family bond affected by the chemical disaster
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Lee Snyder → Jack Morris
(Conflict Investigator-Subject) — Journalist investigating company representative
Lee Snyder → Wes Boggs
(Conflict Investigator-Subject) — Journalist investigating company executive
Wes Boggs → Jack Morris
(Alliance Professional Allies) — Company representatives coordinating response
Don Sheppard → Lee Snyder
(Alliance Allies) — Working together to investigate the disaster
Don Sheppard → Wes Boggs
(Conflict Professional Rivals) — Conflict over responsibility for the chemical disaster
Story Analysis
A plant manager and a city manager challenge institutional decisions that place a town at risk of chemical disaster.
Plot Progression
Unsafe Orders
— Citichem owners demand cost cuts at the chemical plant. The cuts compromise safety and place the plant manager in opposition to the owners.
Ignored Objections
— The plant manager protests the dangerous changes, but the protest has no effect. The unsafe conditions continue until a worker dies.
Silenced Warning
— The city manager recognizes that a deadly disaster is imminent and attempts to warn the people. Local politicians suppress the warning.
Deadly Chemical Flood
— The community remains unprepared when a meltdown occurs. Deadly chemicals spread through the town, bringing the disaster to its catastrophic climax.
