Character Relationship Map: Subliminal Seduction

Characters

• Darrin Danver (played by Ian Ziering) — protagonist

  A leading computer game designer who moves to Las Vegas with his wife to work for Compucom. As he investigates the company, he discovers that its Mouse Maze game contains illegal subliminal directives...

• Deb Danver (played by Katherine Kelly Lang) — supporting

  Darrin's wife, who is uneasy about Compucom's expectations and decides to finish her Ph.D. Her growing curiosity about the company contributes to tension between the couple, and she joins Darrin in in...

• Larry Bonner (played by Larry Manetti) — supporting

  A Compucom executive who, during a company dinner, leaps from the roof after his wife babbles hysterically about the game they are all in. His death shocks those present and leads his secretary Angie...

• Meg (played by Kim Morgan Greene) — supporting

  A top Compucom executive who, alongside Jimmy, dangerously tests the effects of cerebral brain-lobe stimulation on unsuspecting volunteers. The subjects carry out assigned tasks and later have no memo...

• Jimmy (played by Kin Shriner) — supporting

  A top Compucom executive who works with Meg to test cerebral brain-lobe stimulation on unsuspecting volunteers. Their experiments make people perform tasks without remembering them the next morning, l...

• Angie (played by Rainer Grant) — supporting

  Larry's secretary, who turns to Darrin for comfort after Larry's death and also pursues plans to seduce him. She later helps Darrin and Deb re-encode Mouse Maze before mass production, and holds the c...

• Hoover Dam Guard (played by Jesse V. Johnson) — minor

Canonical Relationships

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

• Hoover Dam Guard → Darrin Danver (Power Authority Presence) — The guard represents the authority present at the final danger site.

  The climax occurs at Hoover Dam, where Deb is directed to jump and Darrin pulls her to safety; the listed Hoover Dam Guard is associated with this loc...

• Angie → Darrin Danver (Romantic Seductive Pursuit) — Angie attempts to seduce Darrin during the crisis.

  After Larry's death, Angie turns to Darrin to console her grief and carry out her plans of seduction.

• Angie → Larry Bonner (Professional Secretary) — Angie works directly for Larry in a professional capacity.

  The plot explicitly identifies Angie as Larry's secretary.

• Darrin Danver → Deb Danver (Family Spouses) — Darrin and Deb are married partners whose relationship is threatened by Compucom's manipulation.

  The plot introduces Darrin as moving to Las Vegas with his wife, Deb. Their married life and shared home are central to the story.

Story Dynamics

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

• Angie → Jimmy (Conflict Armed Opponent) — Angie helps restrain Jimmy during the final confrontation.

  At the climax, Angie holds the culprits at gunpoint for the authorities to handle; Jimmy is one of the named executives conducting the experiments.

• Angie → Meg (Conflict Armed Opponent) — Angie confronts the corporate perpetrators with a weapon.

  At the climax, Angie holds the culprits at gunpoint for the authorities to handle; Meg is one of the named executives conducting the experiments.

• Meg → Jimmy (Alliance Research Partners) — Meg and Jimmy jointly conduct the company's experiments.

  The plot states that Meg and Jimmy dangerously test the effects of cerebral brain-lobe stimulus on unsuspecting volunteers.

• Darrin Danver → Jimmy (Conflict Adversary) — Jimmy represents the company operation Darrin seeks to expose and stop.

  Jimmy is identified as one of the two executives testing cerebral brain-lobe stimulation, while Darrin uncovers the illegal directives embedded in the...

• Darrin Danver → Meg (Conflict Adversary) — Darrin's investigation places him in opposition to Meg's experiments.

  Darrin investigates Compucom and discovers that its game contains subliminal directives, while Meg is identified as one of the executives testing brai...

Story Analysis

A game designer uncovers a corporation's subliminal control system and races to save his wife from its lethal directives.

Plot Progression

1. Luxury With Conditions — Darrin and Deb move to Las Vegas and receive an extravagant welcome from Compucom. Deb becomes uneasy with the corporation's expectations while Darrin grows loyal to the company.
2. The Dinner Disaster — Meg and Jimmy conduct memory-erasing brain-stimulation experiments on volunteers. At a company dinner, a disturbing warning is followed by Larry's fatal leap from the roof.
3. Secrets In The Game — Darrin investigates Mouse Maze and finds illegal subliminal directives aimed at executives and consumers. Hidden CDs found at home provide further evidence of Compucom's activities.
4. Rewriting The Weapon — Darrin and Deb seek technical analysis of the hidden CDs and re-encode Mouse Maze with Angie's help. Darrin then uncovers the flash-frame mechanism behind the game's physical effects.
5. The Damside Directive — Darrin learns how devastating the game can be and discovers that Deb has been directed toward a fatal jump at Hoover Dam. He saves her while Angie confronts the culprits at gunpoint.