Character Relationship Map: Remember Me

Characters

• Jenny (played by Wendy Hughes) — protagonist

  Jenny is a welfare-centre worker, wife of Geoff, and mother of Michael and a daughter. Her former husband Howard re-enters her life, prompting an affair, troubling dreams, and growing uncertainty abou...

• Geoff (played by Robert Grubb) — supporting

  Geoff is Jenny's husband and the father of their children. He notices her unusual behaviour and questions her about it, though she conceals her relationship with Howard. He accompanies the family to t...

• Howard (played by Richard Moir) — supporting

  Howard is Jenny's former husband, who spent years in a mental institution and later claims he has recovered. He renews contact with her, rekindles their relationship, and recreates their old home. Aft...

• Michael (played by Jack Ellis) — supporting

  Michael is Jenny and Geoff's son. Jenny drops him and his sister at school after dealing with a flat tyre, and he is part of the family scenes at the beach behind their home. The synopsis gives no fur...

• Jenny's Father (played by Peter Gwynne) — supporting

  Jenny's father visits with her mother and spends time with the family at the beach and in the country. He recalls the man who hanged himself when Jenny was seven, helping explain her childhood nightma...

• Adele (played by Sandy Gore) — supporting

  Adele is Jenny's friend and a psychologist. When Jenny confides that she wants to end her affair with Howard, Adele supports her and offers counselling. She later helps Jenny work through her feelings...

• Jenny's Mother (played by Carol Raye) — supporting

  Jenny's mother visits the family with Jenny's father and is present during their time at the beach and at the country home. She notices someone at the house, and later gives Jenny a pill to help her s...

• Barbara (played by Celia De Burgh) — supporting

  Barbara is Geoff's friend and co-worker. She visits with a case for Geoff to consider, concerning developers whose treatment of Jenny's clients angers Jenny. Her arrival contributes to Jenny's feeling...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Jenny's Mother → Jenny (mother)
• Jenny's Father → Jenny (father)
• Geoff → Barbara (Professional Coworkers) — They work together on a case involving property developers.

  Barbara arrives with Geoff and discusses a case she has brought for him to examine.

• Jenny → Adele (Professional Therapist And Client) — Adele provides professional guidance that helps Jenny interpret her experiences.

  Adele, identified as a psychologist, offers Jenny free help and works through the affair and Howard's history with her.

• Jenny → Michael (Family Mother And Son) — Michael is one of Jenny's children and part of her family responsibilities.

  Jenny is shown dropping Michael and her daughter at school before going to work.

• Jenny → Howard (Romantic Ex-Spouses) — Their former marriage remains emotionally influential after the divorce.

  The plot states that Jenny and Howard were divorced nine years earlier.

• Jenny → Geoff (Family Husband And Wife) — They are married and share a household with their children.

  The plot identifies Geoff as Jenny's husband and shows them raising a family together.

Story Dynamics

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

• Geoff → Jenny's Father (Alliance Crisis Allies) — They cooperate during the final emergency surrounding Jenny and Howard.

  Geoff and Jenny's father both respond to Jenny's disappearance and become involved in the search in the woods.

• Jenny → Barbara (Conflict Personal Friction) — Barbara's presence and professional discussion intensify Jenny's isolation and anger.

  Jenny becomes angry when Barbara arrives with Geoff and when they discuss defending developers whose treatment of Jenny's clients troubles her.

• Jenny's Father → Howard (Conflict Armed Enemies) — They directly confront each other during the violent climax.

  Jenny's father enters the woods with a gun, shoots at Howard, and is then beaten by him with a machete.

Story Analysis

A married woman's unresolved past with Howard collides with trauma, medication, and a violent return to reality.

Plot Progression

1. A Quiet Life Disturbed — Jenny manages her family and welfare work until Howard resumes contact after years in an institution. His calls and a hidden watcher turn ordinary routines into a source of fear.
2. The Past Reopens — A tense lunch and a gallery encounter draw Jenny back toward Howard. Their renewed relationship awakens nightmares, secrecy, and memories of their troubled marriage.
3. Memory Against Reality — Jenny confides in Adele and begins to understand how medication may produce waking dreams. She ends the affair, but Geoff's concern and the family's retreat cannot stop her visions.
4. The Escape Revealed — Adele discovers that Howard escaped rather than being released. Jenny searches for him near an abandoned house while family tensions and visions become increasingly dangerous.
5. Violence in the Woods — Howard breaks into the house and leads Jenny into the woods. Her father confronts him, and Jenny kills Howard after he attacks her father.