Character Relationship Map: Buffaloed

Characters

• Peg Dahl (played by Zoey Deutch) — protagonist

  Protagonist and master hustler from Buffalo who transitions from selling counterfeit tickets to running a debt collection firm. After being cheated by her former boss, she launches a legitimate collec...

• Graham (played by Jermaine Fowler) — supporting

  A DA investigator looking into the shady debt collection racket in Buffalo. He forms a romantic connection with Peg, exchanges information with her, and provides crucial intel that helps her establish...

• Wizz (played by Jai Courtney) — supporting

  The corrupt owner of a local debt collection firm who initially employs Peg. After being outmaneuvered, he retaliates by sabotaging Peg's business, destroying her offices, targeting her family, and en...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Peg Dahl → Wizz (Professional Former Employer) — Wizz initially employs Peg, creating the professional connection that later collapses.

  Peg works for Wizz's local debt collection firm and rises to the top before he cheats her.

• Peg Dahl → Graham (Romantic Partner) — Their brief romantic connection also becomes a source of useful investigative information.

  Peg and Graham leave the bar together, exchange information, and sleep together after discussing her plans.

Story Dynamics

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

• Graham → Wizz (Conflict Investigative Adversaries) — Graham's official investigation opposes the practices associated with Wizz's company.

  Graham investigates the shady debt collection racket in Buffalo, including the corrupt business environment represented by Wizz's firm.

Story Analysis

A determined hustler turns financial desperation into entrepreneurial ambition, then confronts the corrupt system she helped expose.

Plot Progression

1. A Hustler Takes Shape — Peg grows up in Buffalo with a strong desire to escape poverty. Unable to afford college, she turns to counterfeit ticket sales and is sent to prison.
2. Learning The Collection Trade — After prison, Peg enters Wizz's debt collection firm and quickly rises. Wizz's betrayal pushes her toward an independent business.
3. A Legitimate Hustle — Peg uses Graham's information to build a new collection company. She recruits unconventional workers and makes the firm successful.
4. Retaliation And Ruin — Wizz sabotages Peg's offices and attacks her personal life. The conflict peaks when Peg confronts him with a firearm and is arrested.
5. The Debt Empire Falls — Peg cooperates with police, records illegal collectors, and helps trigger a citywide crackdown. She destroys the debt sheets, serves another sentence, and begins again.