Character Relationship Map: Doppelganger

Characters

• Holly Gooding (played by Drew Barrymore) — protagonist

  Protagonist who moves to Los Angeles after being implicated in a murder and is relentlessly pursued by a seemingly evil doppelganger.

• Patrick Highsmith (played by George Newbern) — protagonist

  A writer and landlord who becomes romantically involved with Holly Gooding while secretly investigating her troubled past.

• Elizabeth (played by Leslie Hope) — supporting

  Patrick's writing partner and ex-girlfriend who assists him in investigating Holly Gooding's suspicious circumstances.

• Holly's Father (played by Thomas Bosack) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Holly's Father → Holly Gooding (father)
• Patrick Highsmith → Elizabeth (Professional Writing Partners) — They share a professional creative partnership.

  Elizabeth is explicitly described as Patrick's writing partner.

• Holly Gooding → Patrick Highsmith (Romantic Interest) — Their attraction develops while Patrick investigates Holly's dangerous circumstances.

  Patrick begins to fall for Holly after she rents a room from him, and he remains attached despite his doubts about her.

Story Dynamics

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

• Elizabeth → Holly Gooding (Alliance Investigative Ally) — Elizabeth indirectly supports the search for the truth about Holly.

  Elizabeth assists Patrick in investigating the suspicious events connected to Holly.

Story Analysis

A woman pursued by an apparently evil double becomes the center of a dangerous investigation involving murder, disguise, trauma, and supernatural identity.

Plot Progression

1. Flight From A Murder — Holly leaves New York after being implicated in a murder and reaches Los Angeles. She rents a room from Patrick while an apparently evil double follows her.
2. Desire And Suspicion — Patrick notices that Holly is strange but becomes romantically attached to her. Information about her brother, father, and murdered mother makes her past increasingly disturbing.
3. A Private Investigation — After an attack on Holly's brother, Patrick refuses to involve the police and investigates with Elizabeth. A knife-wielding figure identical to Holly's supposedly dead father attacks Patrick.
4. Masks At The Family Home — Patrick follows Holly to her family home and is ambushed. The psychiatrist is exposed as the disguised figure behind the doppelganger appearances and Holly's misfortunes.
5. The Double Reunites — Holly divides into two supernatural beings, one of which kills the psychiatrist and spares Patrick. The halves merge, while the funeral vision and hospital awakening destabilize the apparent resolutio...