Character Relationship Map: Broke

Characters

• True Brandywine (played by Wyatt Russell) — protagonist

  Protagonist and cattle wrangler. A former rodeo competitor who suffers a traumatic brain injury and severe frostbite after a horse-dragging accident. Stranded in a winter forest, he battles survival,...

• Ali (played by Auden Thornton) — protagonist

  A nurse who tends to True's burns and becomes his romantic partner. She encourages his artistic aspirations and expresses mutual love, though they eventually break up. She later discovers his portrait...

• George Brandywine (played by Dennis Quaid) — supporting

  True's father and a former Marine. He works alongside his sons on the farm, advocates for military service, and has strained moments with True over life choices. He provides emotional support through...

• Kathy Brandywine (played by Mary McDonnell) — supporting

  True's mother residing on the family farm in Nevada. She participates in the family's mourning following Caleb's death.

• City Woman (played by Bethany Jacobs) — supporting
• Caleb Brandywine (played by Johnny Berchtold) — supporting

  True's younger brother. He trains with True in wilderness survival, enlists in the Marine Corps, and tragically dies, leaving a profound emotional impact on True and the family.

• Nervous Cowboy (played by Austin Amelio) — supporting
• Truck Driver (played by Vernon Seth Breding) — minor
• Nurse (played by Tami Renner) — minor
• Snowplow Driver (played by Charley Crockett) — minor
• Lacy (played by Gillian Todd) — minor
• Boyd (played by Aaron Murtagh) — minor
• Pam (played by Kate Britton) — minor
• Cliff (played by Tom Skerritt) — supporting

  Owner of a cattle ranch who employs True as a horse breaker. He engages in philosophical conversations with True and grants him permission to tend to cattle in a remote pasture, leading to the pivotal...

• Rose (played by Alet Taylor) — supporting
• Maria (played by Jackie Freeman Vetter) — supporting
• City Man (played by John Budge) — supporting

Story Analysis

Physical and Financial Decline in Professional Sports

Plot Progression

1. The Breaking Point
2. Crossroads
3. The Final Ride
4. Against All Odds
5. Aftermath