Character Relationship Map: Deadly Detention

Characters

• Jessica (played by Sarah Davenport) — protagonist

  Jessica is one of the students confined in the former prison for Saturday detention. She helps Ms Presley collect the students’ cellphones, joins the search for an escape route, discovers the shrine c...

• Lexie (played by Alex Frnka) — protagonist

  Lexie is one of the students sent to Saturday detention in the abandoned prison. She is confined alongside Jessica, Kevin, Taylor Hunt, Barrett Newman, and the other students as the doors lock and the...

• Ms Presley (played by Gillian Vigman) — supporting

  Ms Presley supervises the Saturday detention and explains the rules requiring the students to remain seated, stay silent, surrender their cellphones, and write about their hidden feelings. She is atta...

• Barrett Newman (played by Henry Zaga) — supporting

  Barrett Newman is involved in administering the detention, distributing the essay papers before the students are trapped. While searching the prison with Jessica, Kevin, Lexie, Taylor Hunt, and the ot...

• Kevin (played by Coy Stewart) — supporting

  Kevin is one of the students confined in the former prison during Saturday detention. He travels with the group through dangerous passages and a dead end while the unseen voice taunts them and claims...

• Taylor Hunt (played by Jennifer Robyn Jacobs) — supporting

  Taylor Hunt is one of the students sent to the former prison for Saturday detention. Taylor is confined with Jessica, Kevin, Lexie, Barrett Newman, and the other students after the doors lock and the...

• Peter (played by Kevin Blake) — supporting

  Peter escorts the students to the detention area at the beginning of the film. His role connects the students to the Saturday detention arrangement before Ms Presley explains the rules and the group i...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Barrett Newman → Ms Presley (Professional Teacher And Student) — Barrett assists with the detention procedure while remaining under Ms Presley's authority.

  Barrett distributes the essay papers while Ms Presley supervises the detention and explains its rules.

• Ms Presley → Taylor Hunt (Professional Teacher And Student) — Taylor is subject to Ms Presley's detention supervision.

  Taylor Hunt is confined with the students while Ms Presley explains the detention requirements.

• Ms Presley → Kevin (Professional Teacher And Student) — Ms Presley holds authority over Kevin at the beginning of the ordeal.

  Kevin is among the students placed under Ms Presley's detention rules in the former prison.

• Ms Presley → Lexie (Professional Teacher And Student) — Ms Presley supervises Lexie during the deadly detention.

  Lexie is confined in the detention group while Ms Presley supervises the students and imposes the essay and silence rules.

• Ms Presley → Jessica (Professional Teacher And Student) — Their teacher-student relationship becomes strained when Jessica refuses to let the attacked Ms Presley back inside.

  Ms Presley explains the detention rules to Jessica, while Jessica helps her collect the students' cellphones.

• Peter → Jessica (Professional Detention Escort) — Peter is responsible for bringing Jessica into the detention setting.

  Peter escorts Jessica and the other students to the detention area after the school is closed for fumigation.

• Peter → Ms Presley (Professional Associate) — Peter assists with the students' detention under Ms Presley's authority.

  Peter escorts the students to the detention area, where Ms Presley explains and enforces the detention rules.

Story Dynamics

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

• Barrett Newman → Kevin (Alliance Survival Group Member) — Barrett and Kevin are fellow members of the group facing the prison traps.

  Barrett is electrocuted by a trapped door, and Kevin continues through the prison with the other students after Barrett is revived.

• Kevin → Taylor Hunt (Social Detention Companion) — They share the detention group's survival crisis.

  Kevin and Taylor Hunt are both part of the student group trapped inside the former prison.

• Lexie → Taylor Hunt (Social Detention Companion) — Their connection is established by their shared confinement.

  Lexie and Taylor Hunt are named among the students confined together in the former prison.

• Lexie → Kevin (Social Detention Companion) — They share the same dangerous detention ordeal.

  Lexie and Kevin are both confined in the detention group and continue through the prison as the students try to survive.

• Jessica → Taylor Hunt (Alliance Survival Ally) — Jessica and Taylor are connected through the collective escape attempt.

  Taylor Hunt is among the remaining students searching the prison with Jessica after the detention becomes a deadly trap.

• Jessica → Kevin (Alliance Survival Ally) — Jessica and Kevin face the prison's escalating dangers as fellow detainees.

  Jessica remains part of the student group while Kevin and the others confront dangerous passages, a dead end, and the unseen controller.

• Jessica → Lexie (Alliance Survival Ally) — Jessica and Lexie are members of the group seeking escape and survival.

  Jessica and the remaining students search through the prison together and discover the shrine connected to their deceased classmate.

• Jessica → Barrett Newman (Alliance Detention Companion) — Jessica and Barrett belong to the same survival group.

  Jessica remains with Barrett and the other students as they search the prison and try to keep one another alive after Barrett is electrocuted.

Story Analysis

Students trapped in a former prison uncover a deliberate punishment scheme connected to a classmate's death.

Plot Progression

1. Detention Behind Bars — The school closes because of an opossum infestation, sending the students to Saturday detention in a former prison. Ms Presley establishes strict rules and the students surrender their phones.
2. The Prison Changes Rules — The doors lock, the telephones fail, and an unseen voice claims control through the public-address system. Ms Presley is attacked, leaving the students trapped and distrustful.
3. Traps And Despair — The students search for an escape route and discover deadly door traps. Barrett is electrocuted and revived, but the group continues through dangerous passages and reaches a dead end.
4. The Shrine Of Blame — The unseen voice insists that the students are the sole survivors. Jessica and the remaining students find a shrine that links the prison ordeal to their deceased classmate's suicide.
5. The Hidden Punisher — Jessica is seized during another attack. The hall cop reveals that he engineered the infestation, detention, clues, and prison trap, while the confrontation remains unresolved.