Character Relationship Map: Parallels

Characters

• Ronan Carver (played by Mark Hapka) — protagonist

  Alex's son who receives a message to meet at his father's house. Recovers a strange ball-shaped device and joins Beatrix and Harold to find Alex. Breaks free during interrogation, knocks out Tinkler,...

• Beatrix Carver (played by Jessica Rothe) — protagonist

  Alex's daughter who converges at her father's house and teams up with Ronan and Harold to locate him. Discovers Harold is a corrupt corporate lawyer in an alternate world and sends evidence to the med...

• Polly (played by Constance Wu) — supporting

  A traveler between worlds who explains the building's 36-hour transport rule and warns the group to stay hidden in hostile timelines. Convinces a settlement leader they are confused travelers, becomes...

• Alex Carver (played by Yorgo Constantine) — supporting

  The father of Ronan and Beatrix who summons them to his house. In an alternate timeline, he is identified as a terrorist who detonated a suitcase nuke. He later reveals himself, directs Tinkler to the...

• Chief Stone (played by Davi Jay) — supporting

  A police captain who initially offers little help but directs the group to an abandoned building. In an alternate world, he serves as a settlement leader, takes the group hostage due to distrust of ou...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Alex Carver → Chief Stone (Meta Alternate Counterpart) — The story places Stone in a radically different role in another timeline.

  The group recognizes Chief Stone as the leader of the local settlement, while an alternate world's history presents different versions of familiar peo...

• Chief Stone → Polly (Power Authority Figure) — Stone exercises coercive authority over Polly and the traveling group.

  Stone's local settlement controls the captured travelers, while Polly attempts to persuade him that they are merely confused travelers.

• Ronan Carver → Beatrix Carver (Family Siblings) — The siblings cooperate throughout the search for Alex and the investigation of alternate worlds.

  Ronan and Beatrix separately receive messages from their father, converge at his house, and work together to locate him.

• Alex Carver → Beatrix Carver (Family Father) — Alex is Beatrix's father and directly controls the revelations surrounding her family.

  Alex sends Beatrix a message asking her to meet him. He later reveals information about her parents and tells her to find their mother.

• Alex Carver → Ronan Carver (Family Father) — Alex is Ronan's missing father and the central mystery behind the world-crossing journey.

  Alex sends Ronan a message asking him to meet at Alex's house. Alex later identifies Ronan as his son and tells him to find his mother.

Story Dynamics

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

• Polly → Alex Carver (Narrative Investigator) — Polly supports the investigation into Alex's whereabouts and origins.

  Polly travels with Ronan while they explore Alex's empty house and search for information about him.

• Chief Stone → Beatrix Carver (Conflict Hostage Taker) — Stone's settlement authority places Beatrix under direct threat and removes the group's freedom.

  Stone takes the group hostage after becoming suspicious that the outsiders know his name and former occupation.

• Chief Stone → Ronan Carver (Conflict Hostage Taker) — Stone changes from a limited helper into an authority figure who detains Ronan.

  In the devastated world, Stone distrusts outsiders and takes the group hostage after they recognize his name and former occupation.

• Beatrix Carver → Polly (Alliance Travel Companions) — Polly becomes a practical guide and ally to Beatrix during the interworld journey.

  Polly joins Beatrix and the others after meeting them in the devastated world, and remains with the group through later transports.

• Ronan Carver → Polly (Alliance Travel Companions) — Ronan and Polly travel together and investigate the alternate worlds as partners.

  Polly joins the group after explaining the building's transport rule, and she later explores Alex's house with Ronan.

Story Analysis

A family search becomes an interworld mystery about identity, alternate histories, and the hidden origin of reality.

Plot Progression

1. The Missing Father's Trail — Ronan and Beatrix answer Alex's messages and find him missing from his house. Their search leads to an abandoned building and a strange device.
2. Across The Ruined Earth — The building transports the group to a nuclear-devastated world. Polly explains the thirty-six-hour rule, but armed forces soon capture the travelers.
3. The Father In The Footage — The settlement leader detains the group and exposes footage identifying Alex as a terrorist. Ronan escapes, but a nuclear blast forces another dangerous transition.
4. Doubles And Hidden Warnings — In an advanced world, the travelers investigate alternate versions of Alex and their associates. Ronan and Polly uncover a core-world device while assassins attack.
5. The Core World Revelation — Alex reveals himself and explains that the family originated outside the world they knew as home. He orders the siblings to find their mother before another transport begins.