Dead Heat (1988) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Characters
Randi James
(played by Lindsay Frost) — supporting
A corporate public relations representative and protégé of Arthur Laudermilk. She reveals herself to be an early resurrection test subject and dissipates after seeking forgiveness from Roger.
Dr. Ernest McNab
(played by Darren McGavin) — supporting
A corrupt chief coroner who secretly uses a resurrection machine to reanimate corpses for criminal acts. He murders several characters before committing suicide and being killed again by Roger's machi...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Randi James → Dr. Ernest McNab
(Professional Associate) — They are connected through the company and its resurrection program, although McNab conceals the criminal purpose from Randi.
Randi James works as the company's head public relations representative, while Dr. Ernest McNab is the chief coroner connected to the resurrection ope...
Story Analysis
A police investigation uncovers a resurrection experiment whose promise of eternal life produces violence, moral collapse, and ultimate destruction.
Plot Progression
Bullets Cannot Stop Them
— A violent robbery exposes criminals who appear immune to gunfire. Autopsy evidence then suggests that the bodies had already died and somehow left the morgue.
The Machine Beneath The Company
— The chemical evidence leads investigators to a corporate facility, where a strange machine and a reanimated biker reveal an impossible process. One detective is killed inside a decompression room.
Twelve Hours To Dissolution
— The dead detective is revived but learns that the process is temporary. Attacks by undead assailants, a tomb clue, and Randi's confession expose the personal cost of the experiments.
The Coroner's Hidden Empire
— The numeric clue points toward Dr. Ernest McNab, who has used reanimated bodies for criminal acts. He kills a witness and attempts to destroy the resurrected detective in an ambulance crash.
No Eternal Life
— The resurrected detective storms the laboratory during a sales demonstration. McNab's resurrection ends in a machine overload, and the machine itself is destroyed.
