Character Relationship Map: The Battery

Characters

• Ben (played by Jeremy Gardner) — protagonist

  One of the two protagonists and a former baseball player who has fully adapted to the post-apocalyptic survival lifestyle. Pragmatic, traumatized by past losses, and serves as the reluctant mentor and...

• Mickey (played by Adam Cronheim) — protagonist

  The second protagonist and former baseball player who struggles to adapt to the apocalypse. Initially passive and detached, he gradually matures through trauma and Ben's guidance before ultimately suc...

• Annie (played by Alana O'Brien) — supporting

  A cautious survivor belonging to the organized group 'The Orchard'. Prioritizes group security over individual pleas, aggressively deterring strangers from following them.

• Egghead (played by Jamie Pantanella) — supporting

  A companion of Annie and a member of The Orchard group. Helps refuel the abandoned car and accompanies Annie in evading the protagonists.

• Frank (played by Larry Fessenden) — supporting

  A survivor and member of The Orchard group, heard over the walkie-talkie alongside Annie. Represents the organized survivor community that rejects Mickey.

• Zombie (played by Cynthia Stilson-Shook) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Frank → Mickey (Power Gatekeeper) — Frank is associated with the survivor group that denies Mickey access.

  Frank is heard over the walkie-talkie in the conversation representing the Orchard group, which refuses Mickey's request to join.

Story Dynamics

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

• Egghead → Mickey (Conflict Group Barrier) — Egghead's allegiance to Annie's group prevents cooperation with Mickey.

  Egghead leaves with Annie rather than helping Mickey after Annie refuses contact and removes the car keys.

• Egghead → Ben (Conflict Opposing Survivor) — Egghead is aligned with the survivors who abandon Ben and Mickey.

  Egghead arrives with the woman after Ben kills the car thief, helps prepare the abandoned car, and leaves with Annie after Ben is shot.

• Frank → Ben (Narrative Group Representative) — Frank represents an inaccessible alternative to Ben's isolated survival life.

  Frank's radio conversation with Annie is part of the organized survivor community that Ben and Mickey attempt to contact.

• Annie → Ben (Conflict Armed Adversary) — Annie directly obstructs Ben and leaves him seriously disadvantaged.

  After Mickey recognizes Annie's voice, Annie shoots Ben in the leg and throws their car keys into a grassy area.

• Annie → Mickey (Conflict Rejected Applicant) — Annie rejects Mickey's attempt to enter the Orchard community.

  Mickey contacts Annie's group to ask to join, but Annie refuses and later orders him to stay off the channel.

• Annie → Egghead (Alliance Companion) — Egghead accompanies Annie and assists her group's movement.

  Egghead refuels the abandoned car, and he leaves with Annie after she shoots Ben and throws away the car keys.

• Annie → Frank (Alliance Group Associate) — They are connected through the organized survivor community.

  Ben and Mickey overhear Annie and Frank speaking over the walkie-talkie, and both are implied to belong to the Orchard survivor group.

• Mickey → Zombie (Conflict First Kill Opponent) — The zombie becomes the immediate test of Mickey's ability to survive.

  Ben leaves a baseball bat in Mickey's room, and Mickey successfully kills the zombie after struggling with it.

• Ben → Zombie (Conflict Enemy) — Ben treats zombies as a direct survival threat.

  Ben releases the tied zombie into Mickey's room and later helps defend against zombies surrounding their car.

• Ben → Mickey (Alliance Teammate) — They depend on one another for travel, survival, and protection.

  The plot follows Ben and Mickey traveling together through Connecticut, scavenging for supplies and surviving the apocalypse as a two-person team.

Story Analysis

Two former baseball players struggle to preserve friendship and humanity while survival increasingly demands isolation, violence, and sacrifice.

Plot Progression

1. Roads Without A Future — Ben and Mickey travel through zombie-ravaged Connecticut while revealing the trauma that shaped their opposing survival philosophies. Their dependence is strong, but their arguments expose growing emo...
2. A Voice Beyond Isolation — The discovery of walkie-talkies gives Mickey access to Annie, Frank, and the Orchard. The group's refusal intensifies Mickey's longing for community and normality.
3. Lessons In Violence — Ben forces Mickey to confront a zombie, producing Mickey's first kill and a painful argument. Mickey then begins adopting practical survival skills and becomes less detached.
4. The Orchard's Rejection — A roadside hostage crisis ends with Ben killing an armed survivor. Annie and Egghead arrive, but Annie attacks Ben and abandons the pair without their keys.
5. The Cost Of Survival — Trapped in a car by zombies, Ben and Mickey attempt to recover the keys. Mickey returns bitten, forcing Ben to kill his closest companion before declaring revenge against Annie.