Character Relationship Map: Autopsy

Characters

• Dr. David Benway (played by Robert Patrick) — protagonist

  The hospital doctor directing the sinister medical experiment. He reassures Emily about Bobby, controls access to the operating room, discusses patients as experimental subjects, and orders Nurse Mari...

• Emily (played by Jessica Lowndes) — supporting

  A young woman involved in the opening car accident and the film’s central investigator. She waits for Bobby, resists the hospital’s attempts to control her, speaks with Jude, and reports seeing Clare’...

• Nurse Marian (played by Jenette Goldstein) — supporting

  A nurse who helps Dr. David Benway operate the hospital and conceal its experiment. She tells Emily that she must be examined, discusses patients with Dr. David Benway as experimental subjects, and is...

• Bobby (played by Ross Kohn) — supporting

  Emily’s companion in the opening accident, Bobby is cut by flying glass and taken for urgent treatment at the hospital. A glass fragment causes an unexpected medical crisis, after which he is rushed i...

• Jude (played by Ross McCall) — supporting

  A hospital patient who appears confused, drugged, or hallucinating. Jude tells Emily that he was given a pill and suggests that he has witnessed something connected with death. His warning gives Emily...

• Clare (played by Ashley Schneider) — supporting

  A victim whose mutilated body becomes evidence of the hospital’s hidden violence. Emily claims that she saw Clare’s body and that body parts are concealed inside the hospital. Although Clare’s actions...

• Man Under Car (played by Gregg Brazzel) — supporting

  The unidentified man in a hospital gown struck by the young people’s car after their celebratory drive. He is badly injured, and the group struggles to find help before hospital personnel arrive and t...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Dr. David Benway → Jude (Professional Physician And Patient) — Jude is among the patients affected by the hospital's medical procedures.

  Jude says that he was given a pill and has witnessed something connected to death, while Dr. David Benway discusses patients as experimental subjects.

• Dr. David Benway → Nurse Marian (Professional Medical Colleague) — They cooperate in the hospital's experimental medical operations.

  Dr. David Benway and Nurse Marian discuss patients as experimental subjects and the hospital's medical breakthrough.

• Dr. David Benway → Bobby (Professional Physician And Patient) — Dr. David Benway oversees Bobby's medical treatment.

  Dr. David Benway tells Emily that Bobby will be fine, and Bobby is later rushed into surgery under the hospital's care.

Story Dynamics

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

• Emily → Man Under Car (Narrative Witness To Injury) — Emily is present when the injured man is discovered and taken away.

  After the crash, Emily and the group discover that they have struck a badly injured man in a hospital gown.

• Emily → Clare (Narrative Witness To Death) — Emily's testimony links her investigation to Clare's apparent death.

  Emily claims that she saw Clare's mutilated body and that body parts are hidden inside the hospital.

• Emily → Jude (Narrative Informant) — Jude provides Emily with information about the hospital's danger.

  Jude tells Emily that he was given a pill and suggests that he has witnessed something connected to death.

• Nurse Marian → Emily (Conflict Gatekeeper) — Nurse Marian restricts Emily's access and movement inside the hospital.

  Nurse Marian repeatedly prevents Emily from following Bobby and tells her that she must undergo examination.

• Dr. David Benway → Emily (Conflict Deceiver) — Dr. David Benway manages Emily through misleading reassurances.

  Dr. David Benway privately tells Emily that Bobby is receiving treatment and urges her to remain calm while the hospital hides its sinister activities...

• Emily → Bobby (Social Travel Companion) — Emily remains closely concerned with Bobby after the accident.

  Emily and Bobby are traveling together with the young group when the crash occurs. Emily waits anxiously while Bobby is taken into surgery.

Story Analysis

A roadside accident leads Emily into a hospital where medical treatment conceals a deadly human experiment.

Plot Progression

1. Crash Beneath the Hospital Shadow — Emily and Bobby's celebration ends when their vehicle strikes a badly injured man in a hospital gown. The hospital personnel take him away, drawing the group into an unsettling medical environment.
2. Treatment Behind Closed Doors — Bobby's glass injury becomes a severe medical crisis, and he is rushed into surgery. Emily is separated from him and subjected to the hospital's restrictive procedures.
3. Patients Become Evidence — Scott's cry for help and Jude's warning expose disturbing conditions among the patients. Conversations between Dr. David Benway and Nurse Marian reveal that patients are being treated as experimental...
4. Bodies Beneath the Hospital — Emily learns about the experiment's hosts and claims that Clare's mutilated body and hidden body parts are inside the hospital. Her report is dismissed while a frightened patient is brought back upsta...
5. Lisette's Brutal Procedure — Dr. David Benway decides the hospital must be cleared but remains because Lisette is not ready. Nurse Marian prepares Lisette for a brutal operation, and the deadly experiment continues.