Character Relationship Map: Results

Characters

• Kat (played by Cobie Smulders) — protagonist

  Kat is a personal trainer at Power 4 Life, assigned by Trevor to train Danny. She becomes attracted to Danny but rejects his romantic dinner, then quits her job after reconsidering her life. Her compl...

• Trevor (played by Guy Pearce) — supporting

  Trevor owns Power 4 Life and initially assigns Kat to train Danny. He confronts Danny when Danny stops paying, then helps him recommit to his goals and brings him in as an investor. Trevor is Kat's fo...

• Danny (played by Kevin Corrigan) — supporting

  Danny is a wealthy, recently divorced man who joins Power 4 Life while living with boredom and depression. He is attracted to Kat, but their sexual encounter and his romantic gesture do not lead to a...

• Grigory (played by Anthony Michael Hall) — supporting

  Grigory is Trevor's fitness idol, whom Trevor invites to lead a seminar at the new Power 4 Life. Trevor discovers that their fitness philosophies are incompatible. Grigory attends with his wife Erin,...

• Erin (played by Brooklyn Decker) — supporting

  Erin is Grigory's wife and accompanies him when Trevor invites him to lead a seminar at the new Power 4 Life. She is present as Kat and Trevor argue about their business and failed relationship; their...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Grigory → Erin (Family Husband And Wife) — Erin accompanies Grigory to the meeting where Kat and Trevor argue; the couple are unexpectedly won over by their bickering.

  The plot identifies Erin as Grigory's wife and says she accompanies him when Trevor invites him to the new Power 4 Life.

• Trevor → Grigory (Professional Fitness Idol And Invitee) — Trevor seeks Grigory's involvement because he admires him, but their differing philosophies complicate the proposed seminar.

  Trevor invites Grigory, his fitness idol, to lead a seminar at the new Power 4 Life, but discovers that their fitness philosophies are incompatible.

• Kat → Danny (Professional Trainer And Client With Unreturned Romantic Interest) — Their trainer-client relationship becomes sexual, but Danny's romantic gesture does not lead to a relationship. Kat later quits her trainer job.

  Trevor assigns Kat to train Danny. Danny becomes attracted to her, they have sex, and she later angrily rejects his romantic dinner.

• Kat → Trevor (Romantic Former Lovers Reunited) — Their past relationship complicates their work together. After Kat quits and an attempted reconciliation is rebuffed, they reconnect, have sex, and confess their love.

  The plot says Kat and Trevor have a sexual history and that Trevor was in love with her. After they reconnect, Trevor admits he loves her, and Kat rec...

Story Dynamics

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

• Kat → Grigory (Social Unexpectedly Persuasive Counterpart) — Kat's argument with Trevor helps persuade Grigory, despite the meeting not being a planned pitch from her.

  Kat arrives while Trevor is meeting Grigory and Erin, and she and Trevor bicker about their business and failed relationship. Their exchange unexpecte...

• Trevor → Danny (Alliance Business Partners And Friends) — Their relationship shifts from a payment dispute to friendship and a business partnership, with Danny later helping Trevor reconnect with Kat.

  Trevor confronts Danny after Danny stops paying, encourages him to continue pursuing his goals, and later brings him in as an investor. Trevor eventua...

Story Analysis

A lonely new gym client, an impulsive trainer, and a conflicted gym owner reshape their lives and relationships through attraction, friendship, and renewed commitment.

Plot Progression

1. A Client Walks In — Recently divorced Danny joins Power 4 Life and is assigned to Kat. Their sessions reveal Danny's unhappy lifestyle and lead to a sexual encounter followed by his rejected romantic dinner.
2. The Gym and Its Fractures — Danny stops paying the gym, prompting Trevor to confront him and urge him to keep pursuing his goals. They make amends, and Trevor brings Danny in as an investor while Kat reconsiders her life and qui...
3. Danny Helps Trevor — Trevor trains Danny at a different gym, and they become friends. After Trevor admits he was in love with Kat, Danny encourages him to pursue her and sells Kat his share in the business to help reconne...
4. A Future Reopened — Trevor's meeting with Grigory is complicated by their different fitness philosophies, but Kat and Trevor's bickering unexpectedly wins over Grigory and Erin. Kat and Trevor later admit their love, whi...