Character Relationship Map: Wasteman

Characters

• Taylor (played by David Jonsson) — protagonist

  Taylor is a prison cook who has served 13 years and becomes eligible for early release because of good behaviour. Addicted to Subutex, he cuts hair for fellow prisoners and buys drugs from Gaz and Pau...

• Dee (played by Tom Blyth) — supporting

  Dee is Taylor’s new cellmate and a drug dealer who quickly challenges Gaz and Paul’s control of the prison trade. He becomes Taylor’s friend, helps him contact Adam, and sends Adam expensive trainers....

• Paul (played by Alex Hassell) — supporting

  Paul is one of the prisoners who supplies Taylor with drugs and helps control the prison trade alongside Gaz. When Dee takes over part of their business, Paul joins Gaz in violently attacking him and...

• Gaz (played by Corin Silva) — supporting

  Gaz is a prisoner who sells drugs to Taylor and shares control of the prison trade with Paul. Angered by Dee’s arrival and growing influence, Gaz helps beat Dee unconscious, forces Taylor to participa...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Taylor → Paul (Professional Barber Customer) — Taylor provides Paul with haircuts inside the prison.

  Taylor regularly does haircuts for Paul in prison.

• Taylor → Gaz (Professional Barber Customer) — Taylor provides Gaz with haircuts as part of their prison routine.

  Taylor regularly does haircuts for Gaz in prison.

Story Dynamics

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

• Paul → Dee (Conflict Rival) — Paul actively participates in escalating the campaign against Dee.

  Paul joins Gaz in beating Dee and later helps post a video encouraging prisoners to kill him for money.

• Gaz → Dee (Conflict Rival) — Gaz views Dee as a direct threat to his prison drug operation.

  Gaz attacks Dee with Paul after Dee starts selling drugs and takes business away from them.

• Gaz → Paul (Alliance Business Partner) — Gaz and Paul operate together against Dee's competing drug business.

  Gaz and Paul jointly control the prison drug trade and violently attack Dee when he takes business away from them.

• Taylor → Dee (Social Cellmate) — Their forced proximity develops into an unstable personal bond.

  Dee is assigned as Taylor's new cellmate, and the two begin to form a friendship.

Story Analysis

Taylor confronts addiction, coercion, guilt, and responsibility while pursuing release and a renewed connection with Adam.

Plot Progression

1. A Chance Beyond The Walls — Taylor learns that good behaviour may secure his early release after thirteen years in prison. His addiction, prison work, and estrangement from Adam establish the pressures shaping his choices.
2. The Dangerous New Cellmate — Dee arrives as Taylor's new cellmate and begins selling drugs, threatening Gaz and Paul's control. Taylor nevertheless forms a friendship with Dee and receives help contacting Adam.
3. Violence Takes Control — Gaz and Paul beat Dee while Taylor fails to intervene, then force Taylor to participate in a filmed assault. Dee's hospital recovery transforms their fragile friendship into resentment and coercion.
4. A Prison Ready To Explode — Taylor becomes Dee's drug mule and is ambushed by Gaz's side of the trade. Dee's retaliation triggers a riot, while Gaz and Paul use a video to put a bounty on him.
5. The Last Choice — Dee blackmails Taylor into stealing a knife and killing Gaz and Paul by threatening Adam. Taylor refuses the murder, then confronts Dee's overdose and leaves prison after concealing the circumstances.