Character Relationship Map: 13 Moons

Characters

• Suzi (played by Jennifer Beals) — protagonist

  Suzi is Bananas's wife, driven to attack him after discovering his relationship with Louise. She runs Bananas over and is jailed for the attempted assault, becoming part of the group that seeks bail a...

• Louise (played by Elizabeth Bracco) — protagonist

  Louise is Bananas's stripper girlfriend, whose discovery by Suzi triggers the opening conflict. She travels with the others after Bananas is injured and Suzi is jailed, while her relationship with Ban...

• Bananas (played by Steve Buscemi) — supporting

  Bananas is a clown who is run over by his wife, Suzi, after she discovers his relationship with Louise. His injury and the resulting arrest bring several characters together to arrange bail, making hi...

• Timmy (played by Austin Wolff) — minor

  Timmy is the sick son of the bail bondsman and has a defective kidney that is slowly failing. When a donor becomes available, the group learns that Slovo is the match, so Timmy is taken to the hospita...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Suzi → Bananas (Romantic Wife) — Their marriage is destabilized by Bananas's affair and escalates into physical violence.

  The plot identifies Suzi as Bananas's wife. She runs him over after discovering his relationship with Louise.

• Bananas → Louise (Romantic Girlfriend) — Their affair triggers the central conflict between Bananas and Suzi.

  Louise is explicitly described as Bananas's stripper girlfriend, and Suzi discovers their relationship.

Story Dynamics

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

• Timmy → Suzi (Unknown Shared Crisis) — Their connection arises from the group convergence and Timmy's medical emergency.

  Suzi is one of the characters whose jail-related storyline converges with the emergency involving Timmy's failing kidney.

• Timmy → Bananas (Unknown Shared Crisis) — Bananas becomes part of the wider crisis surrounding Timmy's possible transplant.

  Bananas is among the characters whose journey intersects with the emergency involving Timmy's defective kidney and the donor at the hospital.

• Timmy → Louise (Unknown Shared Crisis) — Their connection is situational, formed by the emergency surrounding Timmy's medical condition.

  After the characters intersect, Timmy is revealed to have a defective kidney, while Louise is among the group involved in the resulting pursuit to the...

• Suzi → Louise (Conflict Rival) — Louise becomes the direct focus of the marital jealousy driving Suzi's actions.

  Suzi discovers Louise's relationship with her husband Bananas, immediately before attempting to run him over.

Story Analysis

A chaotic chain of personal conflicts converges on a desperate search for an injured kidney donor who may save Timmy.

Plot Progression

1. Marriage Breaks Apart — Suzi discovers Bananas's relationship with Louise and runs him over. Her arrest forces the damaged marriage into a jail and bail-bond storyline.
2. Strangers Converge — The jail brings together several unrelated personal crises, including Louise's conflict with an angry producer and a priest's bail problem. The journey is further disrupted by Slovo.
3. A Child Needs A Donor — The intersecting characters learn that Timmy has a defective kidney and is slowly dying. A hospital page reveals that a possible donor is available.
4. The Donor Disappears — The group rushes Timmy toward the hospital because Slovo is the potential donor. Slovo partly recovers, escapes, and wanders away despite internal bleeding.
5. Two Lives In The Balance — The characters must track Slovo through the streets before his condition worsens. Timmy's survival depends on finding the injured donor.