Character Relationship Map: Reunion

Characters

• Ray Hammond (played by Lil Rel Howery) — protagonist

  Evan's best friend and a career-struggling attendee. Initially makes unwanted advances on Meagan, leading to a public argument. He discovers a key earring at the crime scene and hides it before it's f...

• Evan West (played by Billy Magnussen) — protagonist

  A police officer attending the reunion who shows romantic interest in Jasmine. He actively investigates the murder alongside Ray, discovering crucial evidence like the hidden earring. Secretly, he is...

• Jasmine Park (played by Jamie Chung) — supporting

  A journalist attending the reunion who develops a romantic interest in Evan. She discovers Mathew's body and the incriminating sexts. While investigating his office for evidence of illegal financial a...

• Amanda Tanner (played by Nina Dobrev) — supporting

  A politician at the reunion who discovers sexts sent by Mathew. She attempts to conceal a VHS tape revealing a past crime where she and Mathew used peanut butter to poison a class president rival. She...

• Vivian Chase (played by Jillian Bell) — supporting

  Labeled a weirdo, she confronts Mathew publicly during the reunion, alleging he tormented her during high school. She remains at the house after the storm and later spots the open trunk containing Mea...

• Mathew Danbury (played by Chace Crawford) — supporting

  A wealthy hedge fund manager hosting the high school reunion. Though he claims to be happily married, he flirts with multiple women and sends late-night sexts. He is found murdered early in the film....

• Theodore Buckley (played by Michael Hitchcock) — supporting

  The group's former high school teacher who remains at the house after the storm. Computer records reveal he was financially defrauded by Mathew, giving him a strong motive for revenge. He survives the...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Ray Hammond → Jasmine Park (Professional Allies) — Their shared ordeal develops into a new professional partnership.

  After Ray proves his innocence, Jasmine offers him a job as an investigator for her newspaper.

• Jasmine Park → Mathew Danbury (Professional Investigative Subject) — Her journalistic investigation exposes Mathew's financial crimes.

  Jasmine says she attended the reunion to gather evidence that Mathew's hedge fund was involved in illegal activities.

• Evan West → Jasmine Park (Romantic Interest) — Their attraction develops while the murder investigation unfolds.

  During the reunion, Evan and Jasmine begin forming a romantic connection.

Story Dynamics

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

• Evan West → Mathew Danbury (Conflict Murder Accomplice) — Evan secretly assists the murder scheme and the framing of Ray.

  Ray concludes that Evan sent fake sexts from Mathew's phone and disposed of Meagan's body to implicate Ray; Evan is arrested afterward.

• Mathew Danbury → Theodore Buckley (Conflict Financial Victimizer) — Mathew's financial wrongdoing gives Buckley a strong revenge motive.

  Jasmine's research reveals that Mathew defrauded Buckley of his life savings.

• Mathew Danbury → Amanda Tanner (Conflict Blackmailer And Target) — Mathew's shared past with Amanda exposes her to coercion and suspicion.

  Amanda possesses a VHS tape showing her and Mathew poisoning a class-president rival, and someone uses knowledge of it to blackmail her.

• Mathew Danbury → Vivian Chase (Conflict Former Tormentor And Target) — Their unresolved high-school hostility gives Vivian an apparent motive.

  Vivian interrupts the reunion to accuse Mathew of tormenting her during high school.

• Ray Hammond → Evan West (Social Best Friends) — A longstanding friendship tested by deception and suspicion.

  Ray is introduced as Evan's best friend, and the two investigate Mathew's murder together.

Story Analysis

A trapped group of former classmates investigates two murders while old secrets and a frame-up turn their reunion into a deadly reckoning.

Plot Progression

1. Reunion Beneath the Snow — Former classmates gather at Mathew's house for their twentieth reunion. Old grievances, romantic tension, and public accusations surface before a snowstorm traps several guests overnight.
2. A Murder Without a Witness — Jasmine discovers Mathew's body after the storm, while the disabled phone lines prevent immediate help. Sexts and the sealed house suggest that one of the remaining guests is responsible.
3. Secrets in the House — The group searches for evidence and uncovers the hidden earring, Amanda's incriminating VHS tape, and a blackmail scheme involving the power supply. Jasmine's investigation also reveals Mathew's finan...
4. The Frame-Up Unravels — Meagan's body is found in a car trunk, and footprints make Ray appear guilty. After police arrive, Ray seizes control and reconstructs the staged murders and the conspiracy against him.