Character Relationship Map: Forbidden Secrets

Characters

• Alexandra Kent Lambeth (played by Kristy Swanson) — protagonist

  The central character, Alexandra returns to her family brownstone while divorcing Dan Lambeth and trying to understand her troubled past and her mother's worsening condition. She investigates clues ab...

• Mike Stanheight (played by David Keeley) — protagonist

  A psychiatrist who has been treating Older Evelyn Kent, Mike meets Alexandra at a fundraising event and becomes involved as she tries to understand her mother's past. When Alexandra is hospitalized, h...

• Dr. Sam Bradburn (played by Christopher Bondy) — supporting

  Alexandra's psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Bradburn hears that she is divorcing Dan Lambeth and moving back into the family brownstone. He worries that returning to the house and confronting her painful past c...

• Dan Lambeth (played by Charles Edwin Powell) — supporting

  Dan Lambeth is Alexandra's husband, though the two are divorcing. Alexandra tells Dr. Sam Bradburn that she is ending the marriage and moving back into her family's brownstone. The available events pr...

• Older Evelyn Kent (played by Jude Beny) — supporting

  Older Evelyn Kent is Alexandra's mother and is receiving psychiatric treatment from Mike Stanheight. Her condition worsens: she becomes agitated, draws on walls, and smashes a mirror. Alexandra hopes...

• Young Alexandra (played by Jessica Willems) — supporting

  Young Alexandra is Alexandra Kent Lambeth as a child. She wakes to find her mother in distress, and her aunt Judith Kent comforts her by explaining that her mother's mind is tired. The frightening inc...

• Younger Evelyn Kent (played by Cate Link) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Young Alexandra → Younger Evelyn Kent (Family Daughter And Mother) — The childhood account presents Alexandra as the daughter of a distressed Evelyn.

  The childhood scene describes Alexandra waking to find her mother in distress, while the character list includes the younger versions of Alexandra and...

• Mike Stanheight → Older Evelyn Kent (Professional Psychiatrist And Patient) — Mike provides psychiatric treatment to Evelyn.

  At the fundraising event, Alexandra meets Mike, a psychiatrist who has been treating her mother, Older Evelyn Kent.

• Alexandra Kent Lambeth → Dr. Sam Bradburn (Professional Psychiatrist And Patient) — Sam treats Alexandra and cautions her against pursuing the disturbing mystery.

  Alexandra tells her psychiatrist, Dr. Sam Bradburn, about her divorce and move. He later urges her not to dwell on the evidence she finds.

• Alexandra Kent Lambeth → Dan Lambeth (Family Wife And Husband) — Their marriage is ending as Alexandra prepares to return to the family brownstone.

  Alexandra tells Dr. Sam Bradburn that she is divorcing Dan Lambeth.

• Alexandra Kent Lambeth → Older Evelyn Kent (Family Daughter And Mother) — Alexandra seeks to understand her mother's past while navigating their strained connection.

  Alexandra is wary of becoming close to her mother again, and the story identifies Older Evelyn Kent as the mother whose condition is worsening.

Story Dynamics

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

• Alexandra Kent Lambeth → Mike Stanheight (Alliance Investigation Allies) — Mike investigates Alexandra's medication concerns as she tries to recover her memories.

  Alexandra meets Mike at a fundraising event, and Mike later questions the medication recorded on her hospital chart after she says she was never presc...

Story Analysis

Alexandra returns to her family home and investigates an unresolved past while struggling to distinguish recovered memories from fear and uncertainty.

Plot Progression

1. A Childhood That Returns — A childhood memory of Evelyn's distress leaves Alexandra frightened. Years later, the incident returns in a nightmare as she prepares to move back into the family brownstone.
2. A Mother's Unraveling — Alexandra meets Mike, who treats Evelyn, and hopes to understand the family's past. Evelyn's worsening behavior and the images Alexandra discovers deepen the mystery.
3. The Brownstone's Hidden Past — Photographs, drawings, and old permits lead Alexandra to suspect that someone concealed evidence connected to her aunt's death. Her accusation is met with a denial and an alibi.
4. Memories Under Sedation — Mounting stress leaves Alexandra afraid she may have harmed someone, and she is hospitalized and sedated. Mike questions her Haldol record, after which a pill prompts fragments of memory and an unreso...